| Respondent Id | 10668275478 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-16 14:33:10 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Berlin |
| Applicant State/Province | Berlin |
| Applicant Country | Germany |
| What languages do you speak? | English,German,French |
| What is your occupation? | Full-Time Node Operator |
| 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? | We are the number 1 cosmos validator in terms of performance in their game of stakes and currently in the top 5 (in terms of delegations) on their mainnet. We have extensive systems architecture, administration and engineering experience and have built proprietary HA and key management solutions for PoS chains |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Group |
| Node City | Frankfurt |
| Node State | |
| Node Country | Germany |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Tezos, Cosmos, Terra, Iris, polkadot |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Proper high availability support (we had to build this ourselves), interfaces to Enterprise key management solutions |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | |
| 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. . | 0.24ct/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) | 51 |
| 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? | Datacenter |
| 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? | Yes (Please list specs) |
| Yes (Please list specs) | We are currently ordering RTX2080s as we are also running Solana. Except for that we run on various Xeon based systems with Enterprise grade hardware (HP servers) |
| 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) | Our team ran large scale deployments on AWS, GCP and Packet. With 1000+ machines |
| Why do you want to be a node? | We will use our top notch operational excellence + security expertise (found 6+ critical bugs in cosmos) to help the ecosystem grow and secure the network |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Multiplied |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Reddit, Medium |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Privacy and scalability |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Polkadot, cosmos, Iris, Terra, Solana, Loom |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Web 3 Summit |
| 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? | A knowledge base for validators |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Decentralized systems are controlled by different actors. We run one node in a decentralized systems. However our HA architecture makes our own operations distributed |
| 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 | Group, Germany, English |
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