Respondent Id | 10675211020 |
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Application Date | 2019-04-19 8:18:49 |
Application Language | English |
Applicant City | Austin |
Applicant State/Province | Texas |
Applicant Country | United States |
What languages do you speak? | English |
What is your occupation? | Privacy/Security |
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? | Mining and full node operations since 2011. Design, consulting, advising and SME for multiple projects. |
Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
Node City | Austin |
Node State | Texas |
Node Country | United States |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Tezos, Monero, Multiple other projects, DASH |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Documentation TOR routing or equivalent network obfuscation No static IP required Prefer TCP connectivity but could manage UDP Efficient power requirements |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | PII surrounding node operation being released without authorization. Maintaining static IP or other known network location Heat and power being non-efficient or over burdened |
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) | 95 |
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | ~ $0.07 per Kw |
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? | Multiple locations are available, depends on final requirements |
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) | Multiple 32 core CPU systems, 64+GB RAM, 5+TB storage, 500 Mbit connection |
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) | Amazon AWS Digital Ocean Azure GCP Others |
Why do you want to be a node? | The project seems very interesting and I like running full nodes with cash flow possibilities. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Conference discussions |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Twitter |
Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | The privacy implementation is something that interests me greatly, as well as, the security development and scaling functions. |
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Yes, many but will not disclose via this form. |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Attended many conferences since 2014 in the US, London, and Singapore. I have also hosted one every year since 2014. |
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? | Depends on the demand |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Within cryptocurrency networks, it comes down to the consensus mechanism. Does every node need to form consensus or only specific nodes. Decentralized is a subset of distributed. I sit on the edge. |
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. | Scalable throughput that offers privacy. |
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? | Privacy by design is a must as this follows the principle of least privilege and zero trust. It lowers risk factors and damage when breach occurs. |
Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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i think you is a good candidate for runner betanode and mainnet for Elixxir. u have my vote