| Respondent Id | 10675788151 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-19 14:09:34 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Laguna niguel |
| Applicant State/Province | CA |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | French,English |
| 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? | Master’s degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) |
| Please describe your experience in the Crypto/Blockchain space, if any? | Running full nodes for BTC, BCH and XMR. Blockchain software coding for Bitcoin splitter |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Laguna niguel |
| Node State | CA |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Monero |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | More robustness and fault tolerance. More visibility on node health in real time |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | If port already used by another app |
| 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) | 17 |
| 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. . | I have solar panels. Cost of electricity is about 20 cents per KWh otherwise |
| 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) | 11 |
| If you were selected to run a BetaNet node, would it run on your own hardware or be deployed to cloud-based servers? | Hardware |
| 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) | Intel core7, 24 GB RAM, GTX 960 graphic card, 1TB HD |
| 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) | On several dedicated hosting services for my company and private apps too. Like hivelocity, webfaction, ... |
| Why do you want to be a node? | Last more and be at forefront of elixxir because I believe in cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange that can revolutionize the world. FREEDOM! |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Discord, Twitter |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Ability for MoE, merchant transactions like BCH as will as the strong fungibility and privacy of the coin |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | BCH mostly |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Anarchapulco |
| 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? | 1 article a month at most |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Decentralized: controlled by different entities Distributed: various physical locations Decentralization is key to survival in an adversarial world |
| 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. | To name the main ones: Better privacy by not leaking meta data. Better transaction speed and network capacity overall to achieve MoE |
| 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? | Censorship and control resistance. It is about the survivability of freedom, as simple as that |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |
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Good solicitude! Its great work with u beta node and mainnet!
Good fit for our community