| Respondent Id | 10664118811 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-15 5:37:07 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Queluz |
| Applicant State/Province | Lisbon |
| Applicant Country | Portugal |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Portuguese |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 8-15 |
| 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? | Started mining Bitcoin just for fun in 2010 while i was a hardcore gamer in World of Warcraft. At that time i only understood the Technical component and not the Economical from Distributed Ledger Technology. In 2014 i lost all my btc at Mt.Gox. I've returned back to the cryptospace in 2016 mining ETH and studying the economical component. Now i'm starting a PhD on the field (KICO - Knowledge and Information Coin) |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Queluz |
| Node State | Lisbon |
| Node Country | Portugal |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Easier setup and configuration suitable for non-tech people. helping mass adoption and descentralization. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | ASIC algorithms. |
| 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) | 48 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 98 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.16190 € kW/h |
| 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) | 8 |
| 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: | |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | Microsoft Azure. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | The project seems very interesting. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Coindesk |
| 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? | The technical approach, the knowledge and skills of the team supporting the project |
| 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. | 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? | Decentralization is associated to Power - Distributed is the technical framework to support decentralization. A like DAO kind of systems |
| 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. | Pre-Processing. Dynamic "worker team" selection. Security and Privacy |
| 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? | Because privacy is a fundamental of liberty. We should own our data and only "share" it when and with who we want. |
| Tags | Individual, Portugal, English |