| Respondent Id | 10598859609 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-03-17 19:26:45 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Beijing |
| Applicant State/Province | Beijing |
| Applicant Country | China |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Chinese, Italian |
| What is your occupation? | Master student, Founder of Peking University Blockchain Association |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| 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?. | Started in 2016 with Ethereum, invested in several projects, decided to do the association to create new projects in the space. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Group |
| Node City | Beijing |
| Node State | Beijing |
| Node Country | China |
| 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? | With the decentralize randomized algorithm, I’m hoping to see a more fair node selection. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | |
| 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) | 10 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 50 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.5RMB/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) | 75 |
| 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? | University / Academic Institution |
| 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? | 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: | |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I haven’t seen a better project in the space, also, having a node in Peking University adds legitimacy to the project. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | I heard about the team coming to Beijing for a meetup. |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Discord, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | The node selecation process governed by an algorithm and not delegates/votes. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Yes, in Beijing the association volunteered at CSDN Ethereum Conference. |
| 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? | Distributed network is a further implementation of decentralization as every node has a backup of the database. I think the more distributed, the fairer, although there are bottlenecks, that Elixxir addresses quite well. |
| 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. | The decentralized randomized algorithm is a great way to find a balance between being a decentralized or a distributed network, it solves the main bottlenecks of transaction speed that a fully distributed network has, at the same time keeping the total decentralization aspect. |
| 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? | As the whole world is starting to go online, having a reliable platform that enables fast, private and secure transactions will be key. Privacy allows for less vulnerability, especially by hackers around the globe. |
| Tags | Group, China, English |