| Respondent Id | 10669716261 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-17 4:20:22 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Warrnambool |
| Applicant State/Province | Victoria |
| Applicant Country | Australia |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Dairy OOperative |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| 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? | Crypto enthusiast/investor for 2 years |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Warrnambool |
| Node State | Victoria |
| Node Country | Australia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | N/A |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | None, I have a mate who is a computer guru. He will help set it up if i need help |
| 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) | 2 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 95 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 32c/KwH |
| 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) | 30 |
| 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) | |
| 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? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I have considered running nodes for some time now and I believe Elixxir will be one of the best projects this year hence my node application |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | ICO research |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Discord |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | The fact that David Chaum is involved. Privacy and de-centralisation also rate very highly |
| 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. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | A reasonable amount (hard to quantify) but as someone with basic computer knowledge, If I can operate a node I will gladly create someting useful to show that If I can do it, anyone can |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | A de-centralised network has no single controlling entity, in a distributed network parts of system exist in a number of different locations. I believe de-centralisation is a key to how future society exists. |
| 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. | Making data and records truly private whereas other blockchain solutions claim to be de-centralised but aren't |
| 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? | Big brother is watching everything we do, and listening to a lot of what we say. Time for governments and organisations to fall back into line with community and society expectations |
| Tags | Individual, Australia, English |