Node Application 10661397332, submitted 2019-04-12 20:40:21

Respondent Id 10661397332
Application Date 2019-04-12 20:40:21
Application Language English
Applicant City New York
Applicant State/Province NY
Applicant Country United States
What languages do you speak? English
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? 6 years professional experience in the crypto space including mining, investing, stake node operations, co-founding SolidX and joining with Galaxy Digital. I was a FinTech systems admin prior to crypto.
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Croton on Hudson
Node State NY
Node Country United States
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Tezos, Monero, Decred, Bitshares, NXT, Zcash, many others, DASH
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Very interested in seeing a high performance mixnet in operation.
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? None. I have a virtual server designated for this purpose.
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) 65
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. . $0.18/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) 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? 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) Xeon processor, 64gb Ram, 2tb ssd
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) I’ve used AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean
Why do you want to be a node? Privacy is sorely lacking on the internet in general and in blockchain specifically. That needs to change.
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Word of Mouth
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Medium, Twitter
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? Privacy, scalability.
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)? Zcon, Scaling Bitcoin, Consensus, Fluidity
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? Decentralized network means independent operators of nodes, distributed networks could be very centralized such as Facebook server farms etc. I prefer the former but there are use cases for both.
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? Privacy by default protects us all. It’s the biggest flaw on the internet and on products like bitcoin and Zcash.
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