| Respondent Id | 10661988008 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-13 9:23:51 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Scottsdale |
| Applicant State/Province | AZ |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Point-of-Sale Value Added Reseller (VAR) - Business Owner |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I recently Graduated with a MSc in Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia with a 3.8 gpa. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Scottsdale |
| Node State | AZ |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Bitcoin Core was simple enough, I have no specific recommendations. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | None that I can think of. |
| 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) | 90 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 11.96¢/kWh 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) | 50 |
| If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Cloud-Based Servers |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? | Datacenter |
| 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) | We can easily scale on AWS as needed. |
| 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) | Our company's internal ERP system (linux), File backup servers (our customers data backups as a service), a testing environment for POS system (Debian Linux). |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I believe in decentralization and want to remain engaged in promising future initiatives. I like the Elixxir narrative. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Coindesk |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | David Chaum, innovative way of protecting metadata privacy though mixing, and scalability through pre-processing. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | I a most interested in Bitcoin Core, Dash, Sovrin, Stellar, Blockstack, and Hedera Hashgraph. |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Devcon3 2017 in Cancun. |
| 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? | 1 post a week to start with. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | In my view, decentralized networks purely peer to peer, where as distributed networks use multiple servers each servicing multiple clients. In both cases, a single central entity does not rule the entire network. I am a decentralization maximalist as far as is practically feasible. I am allergic to centralization because human nature is predisposed to control. |
| 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. | Complete Privacy, including metadata, through mixing innovation. And, Scalability through node pre-processing. |
| 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? | Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human authority cannot be trusted with unchecked power over other people. |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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This applicant says they have a Master’s Degree in digital currency… should we seek applicants with credentials of this sort?
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