| Respondent Id |
10675667592 |
| Application Date |
2019-04-19 12:50:39 |
| Application Language |
English |
| Applicant City |
Franklin |
| Applicant State/Province |
WI |
| Applicant Country |
United States |
| What languages do you speak? |
English |
| What is your occupation? |
Privacy/Security |
| How many years experience in your field? |
16+ |
| 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? |
I run multiple minering rigs out of my chicago and ashburn data centers as well as at home and I trade crypto currency. |
| Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
| Node City |
Lombard |
| Node State |
IL |
| Node Country |
United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, Loki, Storj |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
Power efficiency. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
Cost of operations. |
| 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) |
51 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) |
100 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . |
0.12kwH |
| 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) |
50 |
| 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? |
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) |
Dell Servers with Xeon processors, 60 to 256GB RAM, all SSD Storage options, I have mostly AMD GPU, what is the GPU spec? |
| 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: |
I have a lot of AMD GPU hardware. Willing to purchase nVidia. But I can't find your actual Hardware Requirements technical specifications. |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) |
Yes. I work with VMware, Azure, AWS, Digital Ocean and Vultr. One of my companies deploys VMware and KVM based cloud infrastructure for clients. |
| Why do you want to be a node? |
I am deeply interested in being part of a crypto project that breaks out into the mainstream. I have made some money mining over the years, however I want more than just mining with a project. I want to be a consumer of the platform as well as a participant in its operations so long as the economics of running a node work. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Reddit |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Reddit, Discord, Facebook, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
Encryption of transaction meta data and node teaming for performance scaling. The fact this isn't an ETH token! |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
not at the moment. |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
no not yet. |
| 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? |
Would be interesting in video content of node depoloyment and operaitons. Tweets, medium updates after updates and regular ongoing operational experiences. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
On the technical side a distributed network is closer to full mesh and the control aspects are broken down to smaller regions. While I come from a command and control operations background, I like systems that can operate without a centralized control mechanism. |
| 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. |
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| 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 more and more Privacy is being taken away from us or not even offered in the first place. If not by a government entity its by an overzealous technology company like Google, Amazon, Apple, etc. |
| Tags |
Individual, United States, English |