| Respondent ID | 11637627831 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 05/26/2020 2:36:11 PM |
| Applicant City | Zheleznovodsk |
| Applicant State/Province | Stavropolskiy kray |
| Applicant Country | Russia |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Associates degree (for example: AA, AS) |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Zheleznovodsk |
| Node Province | STavropolskiy kray |
| Node Country | Russian |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | NKN, SOLANA, SHIPCHAIN |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in xx network nodes vs. previous nodes you have supported? | Snapshot,Easy installation |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | Did not met |
| 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. | 0.05$ |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | 100 |
| Connection speed | 90Mbps |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Personal Home |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Vultr, Digitalocean, Linode, OVH, REG.RU and other |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications (found here)? | |
| Specs | CPU - 8 core 16 threads, ram 48 GB DDR 4, RTX 2070, SSD 1 TB |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I’m always interested to learn something new. |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | Telegram |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | Twitter, Telegram, Facebook |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | Variations of its application |
| 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, but I would like to |
| 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: Yes, at the moment I am the administrator of the Russian-speaking group in the telegram Chromia |
| 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. | Depending on the workload of the main job |
| 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 undo the centralization of the internet by big tech companies, To help build true digital cash to fuel a decentralized economy |
| Other Reasons | I am always interested to get acquainted with something new for myself. |
| 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? | The authorities of different states tighten control over confidentiality. People should have the right to their confidentiality and boundlessness! |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | In my opinion, there is no such threat so far, I think it will not appear soon. |
Might be a worthy betanode runner. Connection speed somewhat below minimum requirements (100 upload / 100 download Mbps), though. Could you upgrade?