Node Application 10676025477, submitted 2019-04-19 17:11:47

Respondent Id 10676025477
Application Date 2019-04-19 17:11:47
Application Language English
Applicant City Santa barbara
Applicant State/Province California
Applicant Country United States
What languages do you speak? English, Spanish
What is your occupation? Software Development
How many years experience in your field? 1-3
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? Staking or running full node
Are you an individual or a group? Individual
Node City Santa Barbara
Node State California
Node Country United States
For which networks Have you ever operated a node? Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc)
What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? Nothing to compare to just yet. Ease of setup/update maintenance is good or proper documentation
What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? Maybe some technical aspects but I’m sure that could be overcome if encountered
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) 32
What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) 60
Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . Apartment electricity is free
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) 60
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? No
Do you already own sufficient hardware to meet the published Elixxir BetaNet node specifications? No
Yes (Please list specs)
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: Unsure what requirements are
Do you have past experience deploying servers to cloud-based services? Yes (please specify)
Yes (please specify) Heroku etc.
Why do you want to be a node? Think elixxir is pushing for privacy where a lot of others have fallen short. Not just encrypting messages but the meta data associated with all our online lives being stored and tracked can and should be private
How did you originally hear about Elixxir? Twitter
Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? Twitter
Are you an active member of those communities? Yes
What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? Complete privately focused
Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? Btc
Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? Ltc investment summit Los angeles
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 requirement
What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? No single point of decision vs potential multiple nodes operating distributed across a network
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.
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?
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