Respondent Id |
10664118811 |
Application Date |
2019-04-15 5:37:07 |
Application Language |
English |
Applicant City |
Queluz |
Applicant State/Province |
Lisbon |
Applicant Country |
Portugal |
What languages do you speak? |
English, Portuguese |
What is your occupation? |
IT |
How many years experience in your field? |
8-15 |
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? |
Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? |
Started mining Bitcoin just for fun in 2010 while i was a hardcore gamer in World of Warcraft. At that time i only understood the Technical component and not the Economical from Distributed Ledger Technology. In 2014 i lost all my btc at Mt.Gox. I've returned back to the cryptospace in 2016 mining ETH and studying the economical component. Now i'm starting a PhD on the field (KICO - Knowledge and Information Coin) |
Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
Node City |
Queluz |
Node State |
Lisbon |
Node Country |
Portugal |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
Easier setup and configuration suitable for non-tech people. helping mass adoption and descentralization. |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
ASIC algorithms. |
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) |
48 |
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) |
98 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . |
0.16190 € kW/h |
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) |
8 |
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? |
Personal Home |
Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? |
No |
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? |
No |
Yes (Please list specs) |
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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: |
|
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
Yes (please specify) |
Yes (please specify) |
Microsoft Azure. |
Why do you want to be a node? |
The project seems very interesting. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Coindesk |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Telegram |
Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
The technical approach, the knowledge and skills of the team supporting the project |
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
No |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
No |
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. |
No |
If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? |
|
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
Decentralization is associated to Power - Distributed is the technical framework to support decentralization. A like DAO kind of systems |
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. |
Pre-Processing. Dynamic "worker team" selection. Security and Privacy |
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? |
Because privacy is a fundamental of liberty. We should own our data and only "share" it when and with who we want. |
Tags |
Individual, Portugal, English |