| Respondent ID | 11643871053 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 05/28/2020 7:01:18 AM |
| Applicant City | Vilnius |
| Applicant State/Province | N/A |
| Applicant Country | Lithuania |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Some college |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Toronto |
| Node Province | n/a |
| Node Country | Canada |
| 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? | 100% support for binary installs (not only dockerized) |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | Easier (less downtime) upgrades |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? | Out of the box prometheus stats for easier possible problem monitoring |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. | |
| On a monthly basis, how much time can you publicly commit to dedicating toward governance if you were selected as a BetaNet node operator?` | GPU might be a bottleneck - especially if multipl remote GPU can't be attached. |
| Connection speed | |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | 61 |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications (found here)? | Datacenter |
| Specs | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Yes I do. Its not 2000 year anymore. Provisioning hardware servers is easy. Initial install is done using KVM/Webui and such. Later- when deploying some project/node/validator - I use automation tools like ansible - for easier testnet/mainnet installs. Especialy when in need of running more than 1 node. I am running 30+ hardware servers in different datacenters |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | No |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | google surfing - it was long ago - can't clearly remmeber. |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | No |
| Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | huglester |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | huglester |
| 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: | Instructional video content: huglester, Group messaging curation: https://www.facebook.com/jaroslav.petrusevic, Forum management for Bitcointalk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaroslav-petrusevic-772a85b3/, Forum management for Discord: I personally work in web development industry also. And I see how social marketing companies do "sell" our personal data. I really hope that XX can solve this "privacy" problem. Its been here for a long time - time to change this. , Other forum management: CELO, Solana - I am mostly active on telegram/discord., Meetup group management: No |
| Why do you want to run a node in the xx network? | I could help someone write node setup tutorial - or fix it. I have lots of experience in this. Also saw so many tutorials missing some few steps or so., No, To protect the privacy of political speech |
| Other Reasons | To protect private personal communication around health and lifestyle issues from mass surveillance and abuse by centralized organizations |
| 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. | To earn xx coins |
| 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 help build David Chaum's vision of a decentralized world |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | To contribute to a promising project |
Applicant seems to have good expertise, but the application form seems to have been filled in somewhat carelessly (answers to last questions). You may want to defend it further here!
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