Respondent Id |
10551059926 |
Application Date |
2019-02-23 21:54:59 |
Application Language |
English |
Applicant City |
Perth |
Applicant State/Province |
Western Australia |
Applicant Country |
Australia |
What languages do you speak? |
English |
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? |
Some college |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? |
Started with mining LTC, moved onto Protoshares then Bitshares. I have been a steemit witness from day 1 still running to date. Founded [an EOS community]. An EOSIO Block Producer in January 2018 where I currently work full time across multiple chains, initiatives and services. |
Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
Node City |
Sydney |
Node State |
New South Wales |
Node Country |
Australia |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
EOS, Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), LTC, Steemit, ZCOIN |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
Multi-threading |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
I will need to justify the startup bond (I understand there will be a bond of some sort) $ amount to myself as well as infrastructure cost. |
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) |
50 |
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. . |
Will be running in a DC where we lease space which includes power. In saying that 600W will be around $130AUD / Month |
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) |
8 |
If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? |
Hardware |
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? |
Yes (Please list specs) |
Yes (Please list specs) |
We have a significant deployment in Equinex SY2 and SY3 to easily meet the compute requirements (64GB RAM / 500GB HDD / Gigabit Internet) .. we will however need to add GPU support |
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: |
Well if a GPU is not necessary it will make our infrastructure deployment far easier. |
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
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Yes (please specify) |
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Why do you want to be a node? |
To generate revenue and I know that I have the required technical ability to be a reliable operator. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Word of Mouth |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Telegram, Discord, Twitter |
Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
It's ability to scale and most importantly the privacy aspect. |
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
I am extremely active in the EOSIO community as I founded and currently run [an EOS block producer and publish articles and videos about the EOS community]. |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
Many conferences mainly in the EOSIO space, the last two were Crypto Finance 2018 in Norway and Blockchain Live 2018 in London |
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? |
Happy to be an active twitter user and contribute a few hours a month to socialise the technical aspects |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
Decentralized means the network operators are distributed across different organisations, political regions and cultures .. distributed is probably more the geographical aspect. Typically I put both into a single concept. I'm a bit of column A and B.. if it doesn't need to be decentrized / distributed we don't have to enable it to a fault. |
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. |
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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? |
Control of your own data is more important that most people know.. so enabling it by default will at least put users in a stronger position from the get go.. and they can share if they see fit. |
Tags |
Individual, Australia, English |