| Respondent Id | 10675847510 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-19 14:51:01 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Santa Monica |
| Applicant State/Province | CA |
| Applicant Country | United States |
| What languages do you speak? | English,French,Hebrew |
| 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? | I made the Satoshi team their hot drinks, and ordered Pizza for them once in a while. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Los Angeles |
| Node State | CA |
| Node Country | United States |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc), NANO,STORJ |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | The ability to control maximum disk space usage, and maximum i/o usage |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | |
| 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) | 20 |
| 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. . | 18.5 cents per kilowatt hour (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) | 10 |
| 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) | Almost the exact same as the ones in the published spec: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4816439/BetaNet%20Node%20Rollout/Elixxir%20BetaNet%20Nodes%20Guide.pdf |
| 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: | Yes, I also have a weaker machine with 8 cores, 32GB Ram, and an nVidia GT1080 GPU |
| Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? | Yes (please specify) |
| Yes (please specify) | Google Cloud, Amazon EC2, and various private clouds |
| Why do you want to be a node? | gaining additional knowledge and experience with crypto tech |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | Word of Mouth |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | No |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Very High TPS |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Too many to recount, as well as a few Money 20/20 conferences |
| 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 write a technical blog post about my experience |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | The main difference I care about is the "trustless" nature of decentralized networks |
| 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. | Very High TPS |
| 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? | Oh man :-D It absolutely is! Explaining this is a whole philosophical debate |
| Tags | Individual, United States, English |