| Respondent ID | 12618632582 |
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| End Date | 04/30/2021 5:05:04 AM |
| language | en |
| 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 | Cricova |
| State/Province | |
| Country | Moldova |
| What languages do you speak? (Please separate with commas so we can parse them) | Romanian, Russian, English |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| Non-technical Role or Other (please specify) | |
| How many years experience in your field? | 1-3 |
| 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 | Cricova |
| Node State/Province | |
| Node Country | Moldova |
| 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? | Handy dApps. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | Nothing prevents me from operating an xx network node. |
| What is the maximum upload bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 670 |
| What is the maximum download bandwidth in megabits per second your node can provide? | 530 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? | 90 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. | I pay 35 USD per month |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | 90 |
| 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). | Arax |
| 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. | No |
| 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)? | AMD Ryzen 5 3600x , Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, Kioxia Exceria Plus 1TB NVMe SSD, 64RAM |
| 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: | No |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I have only positive feelings about this platform. I want to support David Chaum and to tell him that I share his values as a person and a developer. |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | Word of Mouth |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? |
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| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus - Praxxis & cMix technology - Elixxir. As far as I can see, these are two separate projects that have been merged to create a platform. I would like to explore them in more detail. |
| Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | NYM and Polkadot |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | No |
| 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 |
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| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | In distributed networks hardware resources Spread across multiple data centers. It’s owned by the network provider. And in decentralized ones Resources are owned and shared by network members/participants. |
| 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. | xx Network is the most ethical network. The architecture, economics, and governance of the network are subordinated to one goal - to democratize and decentralize the system as much as possible. |
| 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? | This is the only way to deal with the state and corporations that have unlimited power. |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | If we reason like that, quantum computers are a threat to any system. Banks and other government institutions would be the first to suffer. |
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