| Respondent ID | 12484108598 |
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| End Date | 03/11/2021 5:07:01 PM |
| language | ru |
| If you have previously applied to be a node please provide us with your application ID. Second-time applicants will be highly considered. You can email us at [email protected] if you don't know your application ID. | |
| City/Town | Kharkiv |
| State/Province | Kharkivska |
| Country | Ukraine |
| What languages do you speak? (Please separate with commas so we can parse them) | English, Russian, Ukrainian |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| Non-technical Role or Other (please specify) | |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Kharkiv |
| Node State/Province | Kharkovskaya |
| Node Country | Ukraine |
| For which networks have you ever operated a node? |
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| What kind of improvements would you like to see in xx network nodes vs. previous nodes you have supported? | Decentralization, accessibility, easy control |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | no restrictions |
| What is the maximum upload bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 750 |
| What is the maximum download bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 790 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? | 96 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. | 51 |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | 30 |
| 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). | volia internet |
| If your server is located in a Datacenter, please specify the name of the company hosting it. Nodes will not be allowed to run on Hetzner. If you do, you will not receive compensation. | |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | No |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications (found here)? | No |
| 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: | AMD Ryzen 9 3900xt, 1TB NVME WD, RAM: 16GB DDR4, ASUS RTX 2080 Super, motherboard msi meg x570 ace |
| Why do you want to be a node? | cryptocurrency in my life since 2016, I want to continue to take part in this |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | Telegram |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? |
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| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | privacy, confidentiality |
| Outside of xx network 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)? | yes, I attended, BlockchainUA as well as local conferences |
| 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: | |
| As part of growing the xx network community, are you willing to create content as part of operating an xx network 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. | No |
| Would you be interested in helping to lead the development of the next xx network community? | No |
| Why do you want to run a node in the xx network |
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| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | A dis tributed network is a network in which nodes can be managed from multiple local centers. A decentralized network is a peer-to-peer network in which each node is independent and can establish a connection with any other node in the network to achieve some goal. I like decentralized networks better |
| 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. | I believe that the value of the XX platform is that it provides confidential messaging and this is very relevant at this time. |
| 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 my opinion, confidentiality will solve a lot of problems at the moment and also in the future, as control by the government increases, which collects confidential information and uses it for personal purposes. |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | I believe that centralized systems can be susceptible to attacks from quantum computers, but for decentralized systems, I think that it is too early to talk about any threat from quantum computers. I think that the future is behind decentralization, or I want to believe it)) |
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