| Respondent Id | 10592966495 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-14 10:24:56 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Sao Paulo |
| Applicant State/Province | Sao Paulo |
| Applicant Country | Brazil |
| What languages do you speak? | Portuguese, English, 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? | Graduated Secondary or High School, or equivalent |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Hi, I've been involved with Bitcoin since early 2011, worked at Bitcoin Center NY. I've being working in the past 5 years playing the role as a CTO and Head of Innovation of some C-Level Financial Providers in Latin America, my main role was to push digital transformation including Bitcoin/Blockchain, as a side project and my passion for programming and the crypto field since my youth, i've been running some nodes and would like to contribute to the project. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Sao Paulo |
| Node State | Sao Paulo |
| Node Country | Brasil |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | less time to sync and maintain. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | Not having a full disclosure community |
| 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) | 91 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | $25 |
| 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) | 20 |
| 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? | Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) | Multi Core Intel with more than 1 TB of available |
| 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) | Most of my servers besides my customized crypto custody runs on cloud based services. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Be part of the network |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Word of Mouth |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Medium |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Crypto blind signatures properly inspired |
| 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)? | consensus, web3 summit, devcon |
| 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? | maybe 1 tutorial or 2 |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | pushing forward the 20th century financial world to the 21th |
| 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. | decentralized randomized algorithm to select node seems to be a clever idea on how to replace power and stability |
| 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? | privacy is one of the most fundamental right of any being in this planet |
| Tags | Individual, Brasil, English |
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very interested in your solicitude, u have my vote
Good to see your experience. You will make a fine addition to the project.
Hi, we need to talk during the node implementation. Abraço from Portugal.