| Respondent Id | 10664334873 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-15 7:42:27 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Princeton |
| Applicant State/Province | NJ |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English |
| What is your occupation? | Education |
| 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 have been teaching technology for most of my career, In 2017 I open Ledger Academy, a Blockchain Training Center in downtown Princeton. Co--organize Blockchain Princeton Meetups as well as Chair the Hyperledger Learning Materials nd Training Working Group. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Princeton |
| Node State | NJ |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | N/A |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | I have never operated a node, So my learning curve may be steep but I am excitited to make the climb |
| 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) | 52 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 82 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | TBD |
| 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) | 44 |
| 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? | 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: | Have dell computers (5) that would be dedicated. |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I would like to gain valuable information so I can create curriculum around this topic. Also I have been contemplating taking this step but did not know how to get started , so I figured we could start together. I also can work on your documentation. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | I have followed David C. career and saw him speak recently. I really like the technology behind the platform. With privacy and scalability concerns surrounding blockchains I feel this platform address these issues. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Hyperledger: I am Chairperson for one of the Working Groups and an active member of several Hyperledger Special Interest Groups [edited to protect identity)] |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | WBF Miami 2018, Ethereal 2018 WBF NYC 2018. |
| 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? | Compensated , as much as possible, Vouleenteer, 2-3 hours a week. |
| 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, United States, English |
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good job, good actitude, you have my vote
One of our members @thesys advised me to start learning Linux and this would put me on the right track. I am sharing the love great to have some newbie like me in the community.