| Respondent ID | 11839113467 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 07/28/2020 3:23:46 PM |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Baar |
| Applicant State/Province | Zug |
| Applicant Country | Switzerland |
| What languages do you speak? | German, English |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| 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 | Baar |
| Node Province | Zug |
| Node Country | Switzerland |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | |
| 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? | Power consumption, support time it needs |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? | 95 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. | 100$ |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | 41 |
| What is the maximum upload bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 1000 |
| What is the maximum download bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 10000 |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Personal Home |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Yes (please describe), We ran several Debian Servers in different Network-Zones for different security requirements. Custom Hardening, Mail-Server, Fileserver, App-Servers, Backup... |
| Specs | i7-8700K, 24G RAM, Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080, 1T SSD |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I want to support the first project that I think would meet my personal requirements. |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | I was looking for some coin, that I can reliably invest my money. |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | future-proof through quantum-resistant cryptography and scalability |
| 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)? | |
| 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? | Yes |
| Why do you want to run a node in the xx network? | To protect the privacy of political speech, To promote quantum secure distributed systems, To earn xx coins, To contribute to a promising project, To undo the centralization of the internet by big tech companies, To help build true digital cash to fuel a decentralized economy |
| 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? | Because noone can know everything (how to enable privacy), and if privacy is not enabled by default, it has no privacy. I want to say, everybody should have privacy by default, otherwise other people cannot protect their privacy. |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | decentralized systems solely rely on encryption, if encryption is broken, the system is broken. A owner of a centralized system could undo potential breakage and fix the security issue. |
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It may be worth checking the suitability of the i7 8700 with the xx Network Team (@benger may be able to help) as it has previously been noted that the i7 9700 is slightly underspec’d.
Other than that 