| Respondent Id | 10661574419 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-13 0:08:40 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Noviy Urengoy |
| Applicant State/Province | YANAO |
| Applicant Country | Russia |
| What languages do you speak? | Russian |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Graduated Secondary or High School, or equivalent |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | My experience consists of mining, investments and participation in blockchain projects. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Noviy Urengoy |
| Node State | YANAO |
| Node Country | Russia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, pivx, cardano |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Not very expensive nodes worth and protection against asiks. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | I have a fast Internet and a powerful computer and the necessary knowledge, nothing will prevent me |
| What is a reasonable maximum connection speed on which you could operate a BetaNet node in your geographic region? (Where 0 = 10 Megabits/second, and 100 = 10 Gigabits/second) | 75 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 99 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.03 |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator? (Where 0 = 1 hour/month, and 100 = 20 hours/month) | 100 |
| If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Hardware |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Datacenter |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Yes (please describe) |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) | i7-9700K, DDR4 64Gb, Samsung 860 pro 1 tb, Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING, Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8GB |
| Do you have hardware you would like to use but does not meet the stated BetaNet node specs? If so, please provide specs on that hardware below: | No |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | amazon ec2, cloud.yandex.ru, |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I believe in the project and want to be useful. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Facebook, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I like the idea of privacy. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | tezos, pivx, eos |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Blockchain Life 2018, INTERNATIONAL BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT |
| As part of growing the Elixxir community, are you willing to create content as part of operating an Elixxir BetaNet node? Examples would be node setup & on-boarding review vlog post, bi-weekly twitter update, medium review of on-going node operational process, etc. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | 2-3 |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | “distributed means not all the processing of the transactions is done in the same place”, whereas “decentralized means that not one single entity has control over all the processing”. I I like the approach of focusing on decentralized. |
| As best as you can given currently available information, please describe the value proposition of the Elixxir platform and how it differs from other current blockchain solutions. | Internet privacy is a matter of concern today, many blockchains are easy to track. |
| Privacy by Default is a goal of the Elixxir Platform. In your opinion, why is Privacy by Default critical for the future of the internet? | Advertisers track your online activities and invade your privacy. Your online transactions, email and social network profiles are constantly monitored, thus invading your privacy. |
| Tags | Individual, Russia, English |