Respondent Id |
10658830277 |
Application Date |
2019-04-11 19:56:46 |
Application Language |
English |
Applicant City |
Almere |
Applicant State/Province |
Flevoland |
Applicant Country |
Netherlands |
What languages do you speak? |
Dutch, English, German |
What is your occupation? |
Privacy/Security |
How many years experience in your field? |
16+ |
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? |
Solomining Ethereum Mining grin and zcash Keeping up with blockchain tech |
Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
Node City |
Almere |
Node State |
Flevoland |
Node Country |
Netherlands |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Zcash grin |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
Proffit, worldchanger |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
Energy 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) |
93 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . |
0.19 € per 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) |
24 |
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? |
Personal Home |
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) |
Exact to spec, rtx 2070, amd ryzen 7 2700x, 16 gb, 1tb ssd etc |
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: |
No |
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
Yes (please specify) |
Yes (please specify) |
Amazone |
Why do you want to be a node? |
For fun and profit, a worldchanger |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Word of Mouth |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Reddit, Discord, LinkedIn |
Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
Worldchanger, David Chaum |
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)? |
Yes, mimblewimble and some local amsterdam conferences and meetups |
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? |
Decentral is independent Distributed is centrally controled I’m more on the decentral side |
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. |
Fast(in relation to btc) reliable(in relation to lightning) independent(in relation to dash) anonymous(in relation to btc) |
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? |
We are just at the beginning of a next metanet, and will be very dependent on it. Privacy is a basic right. |
Tags |
Individual, Netherlands, English |