| Respondent Id | 10665564874 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-15 14:37:33 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Fastiv |
| Applicant State/Province | Kiev region |
| Applicant Country | Ukraine |
| What languages do you speak? | Russian, Ukrainian, English |
| What is your occupation? | Crypto research, investment, mining farm and support nodes |
| How many years experience in your field? | 1-3 |
| What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? | Bachelor’s degree (for example: BA. BS) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | I work with fund in office research crypto projects for investment, create bounty campaign. Then I work on another fund where I work in trader-analyst Besides I have mining farm (2 years) and constantly developing myself in this area! |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Fastiv |
| Node State | Kiev region |
| Node Country | Ukraine |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | I set up a node for Quakrchain, and the rest of the time only mining but I want to start a Node in farm parallel mining |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | the ability to create a node on the mining farm |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | equipment incompatibility Non profit, because equipment needs to be maintained |
| 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) | 6 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 100 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 15 cent per 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) | 10 |
| 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) | I have GPU farm with 4 GPUs |
| 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 don't remember now GPU farm can be involved? If no I ready to start mining if there is one |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | No |
| Yes (please specify) | |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Becouse I have farm(24/7 work) and like Elixxir among other projects |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Telegram |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | David Chaum Decentralized, privacy |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Quarkchain, observer in Lighting nodes community |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | BlockchainUA, IForum BlockhainHUB Kyiv - GEO, NEM |
| 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? | Yes! If I have a success and if it is necessary for someone |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Maybe on the russian I will say but not english.. |
| 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. | David Chaum! If siriously more privacy with good mechanizm of work the network |
| 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? | Becouse current internet giants ignore internet user rights |
| Tags | Individual, Ukraine, English |
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We have also received node applications from areas of conflict such as Ukraine (I realize Kyiv is several hundred miles from the Donbas region)… are the experiences of these applicants something we should prioritize for the BetaNet?
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The Ukraine’s monthly salary hovers around $300 US. Most people cannot afford covering their monthly hydro and food bills, especially after IMF pushed for the pension reform and 35% increase in the natural gas in order to bring the costs to European standards. We are not even speaking about the conflict region. The population is just not self sufficient and most youngsters are leaving the country for a better life in US or Europe. In my opinion, when looking at countries involved in geopolitical conflicts, only the applications submitted by long time IT/Crypto professionals, people involved in University Research, long time miners or data center specialists should be credited. Otherwise the stability of the nodes/network may be compromised, when said Govt decides to stop the internet traffic under Martial Law.
Credit to Intellinews :
“Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices in US dollar terms stood at $2,964.193 in 2018, according to October’s update of the World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That makes Ukraine the poorest country in Europe, behind Moldova ($3,226.717), Belarus ($6,020.043) and Russia ($10,950.492).”
Add the potential conflict on top of it, and it is a recipe for disaster.
I’m sympathetic to your concerns about network uptime, although Ukraine has faster internet than most of Eastern Europe. I’m skeptical about the IMF GDP data; Ukrainians are notorious for under-reporting their income, and in my visits to Kyiv I’ve seen plenty of signs of prosperity. I wouldn’t be surprised if rural areas face much greater economic hardship.
I agree Peter that Professionals are Professionals no matter where they create. 
If internet speed is important, please also consider Ukraine’s neighbouring country Moldova. According to Wikipedia:
" Internet in Moldova is one of the fastest and cheapest in the world. The country ranks 3rd in the world by gigabit coverage with around 90% of the population having the option to subscribe to a gigabit plan."
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Thanks Andrew – we do have a few applications in here from Moldova – check them out if you haven’t done so already.