| Respondent Id | 10661672094 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-13 2:41:45 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Winnipeg |
| Applicant State/Province | MB |
| Applicant Country | Canada |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Associates degree (for example: AA, AS) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Some mining, some trading. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Winnipeg |
| Node State | MB |
| Node Country | Canada |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Ravencoin, Veruscoin |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | UI and usability improvements always welcome, don't know enough technically to give more meaningful feedback, but willing to learn. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | 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) | 60 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 100 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.069 USD/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) | 10 |
| 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? | 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: | AMD Ryzen 1800x (8 cores, 16 logical), 32 GB RAM, GTX 950, 512 GB SSD, 600 Mbps download/20 Mbps upload |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Interested in potential of the Elixxir project, and interested in expanding knowledge as software developer into blockchain technology. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Bitcointalk |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I believe the technical aspirations of Elixxir should provide another step towards mass-adoption, if the speed, security, and quantum-resistance goals are met. Also interested in expanding my development knowledge into the blockchain spectrum. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Member but not very active in existing projects at the time. |
| 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? | |
| 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? | |
| Tags | Individual, Canada, English |