| Respondent ID | 11651834019 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 05/30/2020 7:49:03 PM |
| Applicant City | Vilnius |
| Applicant State/Province | N/A |
| Applicant Country | Lithuania |
| 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? | Bachelor’s degree (for example: BA. BS) |
| Did you purchase xx coins in the xx coin sale? | No |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Vilnius |
| Node Province | N/A |
| Node Country | Lithuania |
| 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? | FULL failover support without double slashing and so on. this seems to be a problem everywhere. so we setup for example two XX nodes. in two differect geolocations. and sleep well |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an xx network node? | might be server costs. time will show. |
| 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. | 0.12eur |
| 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 | 300Mbps |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Datacenter |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Am runing many rented server currently. |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published xx network BetaNet Node specifications (found here)? | |
| Specs | cpu is epyc. only question left is GPU. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | its what I do. |
| How did you originally hear about the xx network? | |
| Which current xx network communities are you a member of? | Telegram |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the xx network platform? | Privacy probably what matters most now. |
| Outside of xx network communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | just business stuff. not some "chatting" person. I like doing my job and am not some community guy |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | some crypto related only locally. nothing big. and noing to be proud of YET. |
| 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. | Not sure yet. Would need to touch the code and see |
| Would you be interested in helping to lead the development of the next xx network community? | No |
| Why do you want to run a node in the xx network? | To protect the privacy of political speech, To earn xx coins, To contribute to a promising project, To reverse the political centralization of legal, police, and military organizations which favor the wealthy and powerful |
| Other Reasons | Love validating promising projects. |
| 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? | |
| In your opinion, what threat, if any, do quantum computers pose toward decentralized systems? What about centralized systems? |
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Interesting application, though somewhat incomplete.