Respondent Id | 10544022102 |
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Application Date | 2019-02-20 16:52:20 |
Application Language | English |
Applicant City | Montreal |
Applicant State/Province | Quebec |
Applicant Country | Canada |
What languages do you speak? | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch |
What is your occupation? | Biomedical Engineer & Filmmaker |
How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I am a blockchain enthusiast: I study both the operational aspects of different tokens as well as their economics and their potential disruptive aspect. |
Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
Node City | Montreal |
Node State | Quebec |
Node Country | Canada |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), XSN, REN |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | I was seduced by the One-click setup of some coins. I'd love to have an extremely easy way to update the nodes, and a notification of the status of the node. |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | If costs would become too important. |
What is a reasonable maximum connection speed on which you could operate a BetaNet node in your geographic region? (Where 0 = 10 Megabits/second, and 100 = 10 Gigabits/second) | 100 |
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 95 |
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? (Where 0 = 1 hour/month, and 100 = 20 hours/month) | 25 |
If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Cloud-Based Servers |
In what type of environment would this server be located? | Bare Metal server at Vultr |
Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | No |
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | Yes (Please list specs) |
Yes (Please list specs) | E3-1270v6 processor, 8CPU @ 3.8 Ghz, 32768Mb Mem, 10Gb Ethernet |
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: | |
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
Yes (please specify) | XSN, REN |
Why do you want to be a node? | The first step for a coin to succeed is to have enough robustness e.g nodes |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Word of Mouth |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram |
Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I read several interviews David Chaum's and understand the flaws of BTC and trust that Elixxir can solve those issues. |
Outside of Elixxir 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)? | Local BTC meetups in the Netherlands |
As part of growing the Elixxir community, are you willing to create content as part of operating an Elixxir 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. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | I could help with videos, but would feel unconfortable sharing my own opinions |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Decentralized have nodes individually attached to bigger nodes, while distributed has each node connected to several other nodes. |
As best as you can given currently available information, please describe the value proposition of the Elixxir platform and how it differs from other current blockchain solutions. | Elixxir is scalable privacy-focused digital cash, while BTC is not private, ETH is not scalable, XRP is not really decentralized, and most other competitors show governance issues. |
Privacy by Default is a goal of the Elixxir Platform. In your opinion, why is Privacy by Default critical for the future of the internet? | Long answer short: because 1984 is soon to be a reality. |
Tags | Individual, Canada, English |
What is the estimated cost to run on Cloud Based Servers?