Respondent Id |
10675465293 |
Application Date |
2019-04-19 10:49:53 |
Application Language |
English |
Applicant City |
BOCA RATON |
Applicant State/Province |
FL |
Applicant Country |
United States |
What languages do you speak? |
Portuguese, 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? |
Graduated Secondary or High School, or equivalent |
Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? |
I'm involved in the Crypto space since 2017. I have experience in mining, setup nodes and configure wallets. |
Are you an individual or a group? |
Individual |
Node City |
Boca Raton |
Node State |
FL |
Node Country |
United States |
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? |
Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), LTC, PIVX, TRAC, RVN, LOKI, BWK, INXT |
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? |
An easy way to analyze the log and quickly troubleshoot any problem. |
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? |
If it's too expensive. |
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) |
5 |
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. . |
$0.12 per KW/h |
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) |
I do have Core I7 computers with 16GB RAM and 3TB hard disk, I have some GPUs I could easily assemble a node. |
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: |
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Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? |
Yes (please specify) |
Yes (please specify) |
I have some servers running on Mandic, a Brazilian company who provide cloud computing services. I could deploy a node in Brazil as well. |
Why do you want to be a node? |
I believe Elixxir will be a game changer among the platforms available now in the crypto space. |
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? |
Word of Mouth |
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? |
Telegram |
Are you an active member of those communities? |
No |
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? |
It's not a fork, it comes with a whole fresh solution for the blockchain space. The idea of the nodes running with powerfull GPUs to speed up the transactions sounds promising. David Chaum achievements and reputation. |
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? |
I run a BTC node and I'm about to setup a Lightning node. I run an Internxt node. |
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? |
No. |
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? |
I can create twitter posts regularly and right medium reviews. |
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? |
Decentralized network is one who doesn't have a organization behind it and distributed network is a network without a single point of failure but with an organization controlling it. I don't choose a side, I believe in trade offs. |
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. |
The way the nodes are designed, powerful and with a GPU will allow the scalability of the network without the necessity of miners confirming the transactions. |
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 day after day we have less privacy in the world with companies looking to profit through selling our personal information. |
Tags |
Individual, United States, English |