| Respondent Id | 10675632443 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-19 12:30:14 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | London |
| Applicant State/Province | England |
| Applicant Country | United Kingdom |
| What languages do you speak? | English, URDU |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 16+ |
| 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? | Founder of [a blockchain consultanting firm] established 2013 |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Group |
| Node City | London |
| Node State | England |
| Node Country | United Kingdom |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), Monero |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Node sync times |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | Non as of now |
| 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) | 87 |
| 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. . | 7cent 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) | 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? | 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) | Multi thread Redhat server farm |
| 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) | AwS docker |
| Why do you want to be a node? | To be involved in a better blockchain DLT stack |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Word of Mouth |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | The vision going forward |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Wepesa |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Most of them for last 5 years |
| 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? | 10 hours |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Firmly on Decentralisation however open to DLT for sidechain type usecases |
| 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. | Vision, Decentralisation and true 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? | Access to all as a given not a privilege |
| Tags | Group, United Kingdom, English |
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