| Respondent ID | 11841883912 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 07/29/2020 8:22:07 AM |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Chisinau |
| Applicant State/Province | Chisinau |
| Applicant Country | Moldova |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Russian, Romanian |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Graduated Secondary or High School, or equivalent |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Chisinau |
| Node Province | Chisinau |
| Node Country | Moldova |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in xx network nodes vs. previous nodes you have supported? | Easily configurable logging level |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | Well.. if I'll need 20k $ "skin in the game" that would be a NONO! for me, I live in a country where GDP per capita is 25 times smaller than the one in US. And even if I would have that kind of money laying around, I wouldn't participate in this kind of project that would put participants from poorer countries at a disadvantage. |
| 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. | 10 cents per kwh |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | 40 |
| What is the maximum upload bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 97 Mbps |
| What is the maximum download bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 91 Mbps |
| 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), I deployed a server for automating testing of a front end project in a datacenter |
| Specs | I will actually buy the hardware, I'm not really sure that I will be selected to participate in the network but if I will, I will buy the hardware corresponding to the specs https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4816439/BetaNet%20Node%20Rollout/Elixxir%20BetaNet%20Nodes%20Guide.pdf (I am aware that for the next phases probably the spects will change, I will buy something that is ready for production also for MainNet phase) |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I'm working in IT for more than 4 years and I do DevOps related stuff for quite a while, I've deployed all sorts of tech stacks on all sorts of cloud based services. I don't plan to deploy the elixxir node on the cloud though; the specs needed for running a node make the cloud not a very cost effective solution in my opinion |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | Word of Mouth |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | Telegram |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | The ability to create software on top of elixxir platform |
| Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | No |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | No (I did watched a couple on youtube though :) ) |
| 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. | I'd like to make twitter posts about my experience |
| 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 earn xx coins, To contribute to a promising project, To help build true digital cash to fuel a decentralized economy, To reverse the political centralization of legal, police, and military organizations which favor the wealthy and powerful |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Distributed networks are "decentralized" from the technical perspective(hardware & software) while decentralized networks is more about social perspective (control/ownership/decision making etc). For example I can run a database cluster on my own laptop and call it a "distributed" thing, because any software failure in any of the db nodes participating in the cluster, does not affect the integrity of the data "distributed" between the nodes in the "network" (that's an extreme example of having something with the "distributed" element to it, and totally centralized :)). Where do I sit?... Peace, love, a better future for all humanity, that's where I sit :) I do believe that if Elixxir will become what it claims/hopes to be, it will enable people to organize themselves in ways that were never possible before. At the end of the day It is a question of practicality, the balance between how centralized a network should be. Let's do the following mental exercise: suppose I would have to choose between: 1) something that needs an insane amount of computing power to be manipulated (let's say that the total computer power of humanity is not enough) vs 2) a "glorified database" type of blockchain (some state/organization won't have to spend too much effort to discover and take control of the master nodes) First option might be efficient enough to consume less energy/resources than the whole "bureaucratic apparatus" of any behemothic centralized structure (including any first world state) for the function that it provides (e.g. ownership rights), but is not practical enough for billions of people where the "fee"(~energy/resources) necessary for benefiting of the feature provided is to high(e.g. ownership rights - people don't own that much compared to the "fee" necessary to benefit from the feature), however the "glorified database" might be "decentralized enough" for their purposes (the "war lord" doesn't have enough computing power or "social power" to do anything to the master nodes). So I believe in practice both of them need to exist and ideally if they are integrated people can move from one network to another when it will make economic sense. So we should strive for maximizing the "decentralization divided by cost" ratio :) and I am also in favor of free market conditions that would create a fair competitions between all the solutions out there (including an open standard that would allow people to easily move their "assets" from one solution to another) |
| 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. | The Elixxir platform would be the only decentralized platform (and the anonymity is something that increases the level of decentralization) that would provide the quality of service needed by the demands of our time. In theory its processing capacity should increase with every new node added to the network. |
| 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? | To maximize the outcome of what humanity does as a whole(or the average well being of an individual), we need to maximize the equality of opportunity for each individual. Owning your own data is a part of this equality. Let's do a mental exercise, we have two almighty gods: The Good and The Bad (insert jokes with "Ugly" here) When the Good rules the world you would like to share all your personal data with him so he can help you in the most efficient manner possible, when the Bad rules the world you would like to share 0 information with him so he won't be able to do you harm based on your personal data. So ideally the individual should have the power to decide what and when to share. HELL YEAH 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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