| Respondent Id | 10662902171 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-14 7:49:31 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | San Antonio |
| Applicant State/Province | TX |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Electronics Tech |
| How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Some college |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I spent some time mining a couple different cryptos (protection, feather coin, and I set up a bitcoin node although I didn't mine) a few years ago. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | San Antonio |
| Node State | TX |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Feather, Litecoin |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Inc like something to invest in the I can reasonably certain will give me some meaningful return even if it isn't monetary. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | Based on the survey responses- probably money, bond+ hardware+ |
| 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) | 100 |
| 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. . | $0.0691 /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) | 95 |
| 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? | 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: | I'd be purchasing hardware specifically to run the node. |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | I've dabbled in AWS, there was I time I considered deploying a bitcoin node on there but didn't expect sufficient profit to make it worthwhile. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I'd like to get involved in something (a community) I can get behind, I want to get involved from the ground up, and I'd like to make some money. blockchain will have a place in the future- that's why I'd like to get involved in something meaningful. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | It was touted as fixing all the problems of previous blockchains |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | No |
| 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. | Yes (how much content on a monthly basis?) |
| If yes, how much content on a monthly basis? | 15 |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | I'd like to find the ideal balance between the two, reaping the desirable benefits of 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. | Elixxir is going to increase the speed, privacy, security, and reliability of existing blockchains. |
| 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? | The internet poses a huge risk to privacy- protecting that should be a guiding principle |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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