| Respondent Id | 10664206244 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-15 6:37:51 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Portland |
| Applicant State/Province | ME |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | IT |
| How many years experience in your field? | 1-3 |
| 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? | I have been cooperating several mining rigs out out of my place of residence for about 4 years. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Portland |
| Node State | ME |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero, PASC, ZEC |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Less energy consumption. |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | The availability of reasonably priced 500 Mbps internet services. Currently, the standard throughput is around 100 Mbps |
| 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) | 35 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 96 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 6.94ยข/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) | 100 |
| 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? | Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) | ASUS X99-DELUXE II, Intel i7-6800k, NVIDIA 1080ti, Plextor PX-1TM8PeY 1TB, 32GB Corsair Vengence, Hardware will be upgraded upon acceptance |
| 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? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I find this project exciting and fresh. I would love to be involved in something new and upcoming. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Coindesk |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | The scalability and security. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Not really. |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | |
| 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? | Whatever is required. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | On a decentralized network, each node makes its own decision. On a distributed network the decisions are shared across multiple nodes. I sit neutral, both are useful depending on the goal. |
| 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. | Elixir claims to have solutions for privacy, speed, scalability and future disasters. The value is obvious. |
| 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? | In a world where everything is connected to the internet, and personal data have become a commodity. Without privacy by default we will soon forfeit our right to anonymity. |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |