| Respondent Id |
10671648999 |
| Application Date |
2019-04-17 17:32:36 |
| Application Language |
English |
| Applicant City |
ILORIN |
| Applicant State/Province |
Kwara |
| Applicant Country |
Nigeria |
| What languages do you speak? |
English,Yoruba |
| What is your occupation? |
IT |
| How many years experience in your field? |
4-7 |
| 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? |
Trading |
| Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
| Node City |
ILORIN |
| Node State |
Kwara |
| Node Country |
Nigeria |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
It always gets better |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
Network fluctuations |
| 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) |
2 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) |
75 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . |
$10 |
| 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? |
Both |
| In what type of environment would this server be located? |
Personal Home |
| 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) |
Raspberry Pi V2 B |
| 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: |
Raspberry Pi V4 |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) |
Accessibility |
| Why do you want to be a node? |
To generate revenue, and to also make the world a better place. |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Newsletter |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? |
Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
In short, Elixxir is what Bitcoin failed. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
NodeBase |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
Nigerian Cryptocurrency Community |
| 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? |
As many as I could. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
Decentralised networks are controlled by users connected via peer-to-peer connection; while distributed networks are controlled by a main service provider. I sit with node creators- whereby we optimize the whole network by our contribution to it |
| 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. |
Goes without saying |
| 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? |
Thas the core of decentralizion. We can't say we're decentralised if our internet is centralised. |
| Tags |
Individual, Nigeria, English |