| Respondent ID | 11651419492 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 05/30/2020 1:38:15 PM |
| Applicant City | Paphos |
| Applicant State/Province | Paphos |
| Applicant Country | Cyprus |
| What is your occupation? | Full-Time Node Operator |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Doctorate or other terminal degree (for example, PhD, EdD) |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Paphos |
| Node Province | Paphos |
| Node Country | Cyprus |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in xx network nodes vs. previous nodes you have supported? | Scalable BFT |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | No setback |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? | 100 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. | 22.36 euro 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?` | 65 |
| Connection speed | 10Mbps |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Personal Home |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Some nodes that I run are on server racks, I can setup almost everything :) |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications (found here)? | |
| Specs | Intel Core i9-9980HK CPU, 32GB RAM, 1024GB SSD |
| Why do you want to be a node? | True believer of decentralization. To support the security of the network. To support democratic participation |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | Twitter, Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | Cryptography, security, consensus algorithm |
| Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Ethereum, Solidity Developer, Web Services |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Decentralized 2019, http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ |
| 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. | Technical Slides, Tech Documentation, Medium articles - 2 times per month |
| 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 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 |
| Other Reasons | |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Decentralized = no central authority Distributed = has to do with location |
| 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? | Promote a new paradigm shift where ownership of data is shifted to the data owner not some centralized service |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? | Current cryptographic systems could suffer an attack from quantum computers. |
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You could be a worthy betanode runner, would you be able to upgrade your hardware and connection speed to meet the Revised BetaNet Node Hardware Requirements?