Orange IV Node Application 12102680844

Respondent ID 12102680844
End Date 10/23/2020 5:25:56 AM
language en
If you have previously applied to be a node please provide us with your application ID.
City/Town Kiev
State/Province
Country Ukraine
What languages do you speak? EN, RU, UA
What is your occupation? IT
Non-technical Role or Other (please specify)
How many years experience in your field? 8-15
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Professional degree beyond bachelor’s degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)
Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? No
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Kyiv
Node State/Province
Node Country Ukraine
For which networks have you ever operated a node?
  • Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc)
  • Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc)
  • Other (please specify): NuCypher and many more
What kind of improvements would you like to see in xx network nodes vs. previous nodes you have supported? -
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? -
What is the maximum upload bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? 100-1000
What is the maximum download bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? 100-1000
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? 99
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. $0.10
On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` 10
In what type of environment would this server be located? Personal Home
If your server is located in your personal home, please specify the name of your Internet Service Provider (ISP). LANET, IPNET
If your server is located in a Datacenter, please specify the name of the company hosting it. -
Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? I work with server administration since 2005
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications? I plan some upgrade in a few days
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 some i5 4th gen without good dedicated GPU
Why do you want to be a node? I like to contribute to decentralizing and blockchains
How did you originally hear about the xx network? Bitcointalk
Which current xx network communities are you a member of?
  • Twitter
  • Telegram
  • Discord
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? nice fetures
Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? concordium, hopr, rocketpool
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)?
Do you have past experience managing communities or creating content to be distributed across social media? Please enter details for all with which you are comfortable or have experience:
  • Group messaging curation / management (telegram, whatsapp, etc): +
  • Forum management for Bitcointalk: +
As part of growing the xx network community, are you willing to create content as part of operating an xx network BetaNet node? How much content on a monthly basis? I can try
Would you be interested in helping to lead the development of the next xx network community? Yes
Why do you want to run a node in the xx network
  • To protect private personal communication around health and lifestyle issues from mass surveillance and abuse by centralized organizations
  • To promote quantum secure distributed systems
  • To earn xx coins
  • To contribute to a promising project
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit?
As best as you can given currently available information, please describe the value proposition of the xx network platform and how it differs from other current blockchain solutions.
Privacy by Default is a goal of the xx network Platform. In your opinion, why is Privacy by Default critical for the future of the internet?
In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems?
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Turing GPU Requirement
The xx network BetaNet requires a Nvidia Turing GPU due to upgrades to the microarchitecture of the shaders granting an order of magnitude increase in performance for the specific workloads used. The mul units have been increased to 32 bits, which greatly increases the speed of the modular exponentiation and modular multiplication which are some of the core cryptographic operations of the cMix protocol.

Specs can be found on page 3-4 of Beta Node Handbook

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HW please?

Sorry for the delay.
After upgrade it will be:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Biostar x470nh
2x8Gb ddr4
ASUS TURBO-RTX2070-8G
SSD m.2 NVMe PCIe Samsung SM961 1Tb

GW: AMD FX-6300

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Hello. Now ryzen 5 2600 is installed. Is it strictly required to replace CPU?
~15% perfomance

Yes, please check out the hardware requirements in this post:

https://staging-forum.xx.network/t/betanet-node-final-hardware-requirements-are-here

Ok. I’ll put 3600. Already found on the aftermarket

You mean you will replace with a AMD Ryzen 7 2700x?

i’ll install AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

Should I proceed with upgrade? Am I selected as a node runner?

I suggest to wait for the final decision. You will have a grace period to set everything up.

That will be underspeced. No vote from me then.

Sorry I’ve missed “x”. I’ll get AMD Ryzen 5 3600x
Also will get 970 EVO.

The minimum requirement is a AMD Ryzen 7 2700x.

Just checked again in the handbook. Your AMD Ryzen 5 3600x meets the specs. You have my vote then!

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Nice. How many votes do I need?

In the end it will be the xx node team which will make the final selection. Votes from the community will just serve as some sort of guidance.

CAn you awnser the last 5 questions?

node will be ready till the end of this week

so, the final hw is (node+gw):

ryzen 5 3600xt
asus prime x570-p
ddr4 2x16gb@3600mhz
gigabyte rtx 3070
samsung 970 evo

cuda 11.1 ubuntu 20

will 100mbit be enough or better upgrade to 1000?