Node Application 10645000850, submitted 2019-04-05 15:51:26

Respondent Id 10645000850
Application Date 2019-04-05 15:51:26
Application Language English
Applicant City Prague
Applicant State/Province
Applicant Country Czech Republic
What languages do you speak? English, german
What is your occupation? IT fan
How many years experience in your field? 4-7
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Some school up to Secondary or High School, no diploma
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? I started with crypto in 2014 with Monero and fen other not known projects.
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Prague
Node State
Node Country Czech Republic
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Zoin, Nix, Adeptio
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Faster setup of the node
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? I think there are none
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) 0
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. . 0.02
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) 50
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? Personal Home
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? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) Private VPS for mining and nodes
Why do you want to be a node? Support the network and learn more about the project
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Twitter
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Twitter
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? New project with bright future
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? At the moment no.
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? Every one can participate in decentralized network freely
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, speed, security
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? Every person is free to do things based on human behavior that does not interfere with law.
Tags Individual, Czech Republic, English