| Respondent Id | 10675395472 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-18 12:21:34 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Miami |
| Applicant State/Province | FL |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Portuguese, Spanish, French |
| What is your occupation? | Finance/Investments |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Bachelor’s degree (for example: BA. BS) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Iv been investing in the blockchain space since 2016. Currently running a crypto hedge fund and advisory firm. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Miami |
| Node State | FL |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), 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? | Ease of implementing the node. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | None. |
| 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) | 71 |
| 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. . | TBD |
| 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? | Both |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Office |
| 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? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | My team has plenty of experience. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Iv been following the Elixxir development and closely worked with the entire team. Iv also visited the Elixxir offices and met with the entire team in person. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Been in contact with Stephanie and Jim since mid 2018. |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Speed, Privacy, Throughput |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Blockstack, Conesensus, World Cryptocon, Miami Blockchain Week (All), San Francisco Blockchain Week (All) |
| 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? | Happy to create content for all interactions with the Elixxir node set up. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | I believe there is a delicate balance and most perspectives are too extreme for any true level of progress and adoption. I believe each project needs to have the right balance to ensure that its protocol gets adopted. |
| 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. | The main value proposition of Elixxir is privacy and throughput. Also the fact of running smart contracts and calculations off chain is a large differentiating factor. The messaging GTM is a good start, Elixxir will need to prove it can bring paid transactions through its platform to become sustainable and provide value to the token. |
| 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? | Privacy and Payments should be private by default, it is a basic human right. |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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great job !! u have my vote
Definitely someone who would be a great member.you have my support