Respondent Id |
10661655356 |
Application Date |
2019-04-13 2:14:49 |
Application Language |
English |
Applicant City |
4002 Basel |
Applicant State/Province |
BS |
Applicant Country |
Switzerland |
What languages do you speak? |
english, german, swiss german |
What is your occupation? |
Professor for Distributed Ledger Technology at the University of Basel |
How many years experience in your field? |
4-7 |
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? |
Doctorate or other terminal degree (for example, PhD, EdD) |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? |
Teaching university level classes, research, blockchain book author. |
Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
Node City |
Basel |
Node State |
BS |
Node Country |
Switzerland |
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? |
I will provide feedback once I got a chance to test it |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
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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) |
68 |
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) |
90 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . |
below EU average |
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? |
Hardware |
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? |
Yes (Please list specs) |
Yes (Please list specs) |
Don’t worry about it. It’ll be sufficient :-) |
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: |
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Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
No |
Yes (please specify) |
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Why do you want to be a node? |
I like the project, want to contribute and gain first hand experience. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Word of Mouth |
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? |
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Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
Bitcoin Association Switzerland, Crypto Valley Association, Board Member of the Swiss Blockchain Federation |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
I have been speaking at literally dozens, e.g. Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz and in Davos |
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? |
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What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
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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. |
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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? |
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Tags |
Individual, Switzerland, English |