Node Application 10668525117, submitted 2019-04-16 16:01:43

Respondent Id 10668525117
Application Date 2019-04-16 16:01:43
Application Language English
Applicant City Nordendorf
Applicant State/Province Bavaria
Applicant Country Germany
What languages do you speak? German, English
What is your occupation? IT
How many years experience in your field? 16+
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? Since 2013 in Bitcoin, and lerned Software Developer/Architect
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Nordendorf
Node State Bavaria
Node Country Germany
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Monero
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? coins for the nodes in cold storage
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? other interesting privacy orientated coins
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) 50
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. .
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) 75
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? Yes (Please list specs)
Yes (Please list specs) core i9, 64GB DDR4RAM,GTX-1080Ti
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: qnap NAS T440
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? No
Yes (please specify)
Why do you want to be a node? To take part in the community and get familar with elixxir because its one of my favourite cryptos soon
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? coinmarketcap
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Telegram, Medium
Are you an active member of those communities? No
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? Privacy
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones?
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? 2015 in Vienna, Solarplaza´s Blockchain2Energy Europe in Amsterdam 2018, C3 Berlin 2018, Bitcoin Tech-Days 2019 in Munich
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?
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? Because governments want no privacy
Tags Individual, Germany, English
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awesome, looking forward for this :+1::pray::high_brightness:

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