| Respondent Id |
10673459409 |
| Application Date |
2019-04-18 11:51:12 |
| Application Language |
English |
| Applicant City |
Cali |
| Applicant State/Province |
Valle del Cauca |
| Applicant Country |
Colombia |
| What languages do you speak? |
spanish, english |
| What is your occupation? |
Full-Time Node Operator |
| How many years experience in your field? |
1-3 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? |
Doctorate or other terminal degree (for example, PhD, EdD) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? |
Running several staking nodes for PoS coins and mining CPU only coins |
| Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
| Node City |
Cali |
| Node State |
Valle del Cauca |
| Node Country |
Colombia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Vericoin, Verium reserve, PIVX, QTUM |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
none, happy with my nodes. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
electricity fluuctuations iin my local area |
| 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) |
20 |
| 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. . |
0.04 cents for 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? |
Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) |
intel i3, 32gb ram, 30tb HD, 20mbps internet connection |
| 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: |
server 16gb ram, intel xeon E5, 1 tb HD, 20gbps internet |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
No |
| Yes (please specify) |
|
| Why do you want to be a node? |
For the rewards and economic incentives, of course. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
https://decryptmedia.com/6533/david-chaum-governments-crack-crypto |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Facebook |
| Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
dApps, and usable everyday digital money |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
Vericoin/VeriumReserve |
| 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? |
publications at reddit |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
decentralized is true P2P, one person, one vote, not by computer power, company name or number of nodes. Other than that, its distributed. |
| 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. |
High TPS with dApps, i have not seen that in any other blockchain |
| 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 its a basic human rigth, period. |
| Tags |
Individual, Colombia, English |