Node Application 10661597506, submitted 2019-04-13 0:47:52

Respondent Id 10661597506
Application Date 2019-04-13 0:47:52
Application Language English
Applicant City Toronto
Applicant State/Province Ontario
Applicant Country Canada
What languages do you speak? English, French
What is your occupation? Privacy/Security
How many years experience in your field? 4-7
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? Professional degree beyond bachelor’s degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? Operating nodes and investing since 2012
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City London
Node State
Node Country United Kingdom
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Ravencoin
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Running on a regular laptop!
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) 51
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) 40
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . Not sure
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) 49
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) Yes
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) Variety of experience
Why do you want to be a node? Good fun
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Newsletter
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? Fixing the trilemna, usable currency
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? All
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? All
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? Yes I am
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? Depends on the use case
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? Safety and security of all, identity and data is part of an individuals identity
Tags Individual, United Kingdom, English

Interesting that this applicant wants to run a node for “good fun”! Anyone have thoughts on how valuable a node runner’s incentives are?

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