| Respondent Id | 10597069230 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-16 4:54:22 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | miercurea sibiului |
| Applicant State/Province | sibiu |
| Applicant Country | Romania |
| What languages do you speak? | romanian, english, italian, french |
| What is your occupation? | engineer |
| 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 have 1,5 years experience with crypto , I'm running a bitcoin +lighting node as well as other nodes for various blockchains, currently i have around 30 instances opened (vultr, do, aws) and they are all related to crypto |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | frankfurt |
| Node State | Frankfurt Rhine-Main |
| Node Country | Germany |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), ren, wagerr, nyzo |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | cost vs incentives , no issue to operate the node at a loss during the bootstrap phase but nodes revenue should cover the costs of running after 6 months or less |
| 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) | 88 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 99 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 15 cents (usd)/ kwh |
| 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) | 48 |
| 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? | |
| Do you have past experience deploying hardware servers in a datacenter? | |
| Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? | |
| 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: | |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | as mentioned before I have extensive experience with deploying servers to cloud based services, currently running around 30 instances (ren, WGR, Nyzo) |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I want to be part of the future |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Medium |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | the fresh approach |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | yes: ren , WGR , nyzo, ln , btc |
| 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. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | 1-2 hrs/week |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | I'm in for 100% decentralization , distributed but not decentralized networks are a very ugly compromise most of the time built with the appearance of decentralization for the personal gain of a few |
| 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. | |
| 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? | 1984 :) |
| Tags | Individual, Germany, English |