| Respondent Id | 10544824948 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-02-21 1:25:48 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Gold Coast |
| Applicant State/Province | QLD |
| Applicant Country | Australia |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Czech, German, Spanish |
| 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? | Bachelor’s degree (for example: BA. BS) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I have been investing, mining and generally involved in Crypto space since late 2015. I am running miners for Worktips, developed custom trading app and I am looking into node space. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Sydney |
| Node State | NSW |
| Node Country | Australia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Monero |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | simplicity and reliability |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | internet speed |
| 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) | 20 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 80 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 100AUD/month (500KW at AUD$0.25/KW + add.cost) |
| 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) | 40 |
| If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Both |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Datacenter |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | Yes (please describe) |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | No |
| Yes (Please list specs) | |
| 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: | nil |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | azure,aws,digital-ocean - vms linux,win machines |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I believe this project has a great potential and I wish to be part of it |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
| 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? | innovative approach to scaling strategy and consensus protocol |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | worktips |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | no |
| 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. | No |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | decentralised - load and decision is not centralised distributed - decision can be centralised, load is spread prefer decentralised model |
| 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 brings blockchain technology to the public, by addressing the scaling issue while maintaining high level of security. Speed is the main driver today and Elixxir is built on it. |
| 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? | I believe we should be protecting our privacy and it seems that we are going the opposite direction. Privacy by Default to my best knowledge helps in this aspect. |
| Tags | Individual, Australia, English |
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