| Respondent Id | 10676453046 |
|---|---|
| Application Date | 2019-04-20 1:59:12 |
| Application Language | English |
| Applicant City | Ljubljana |
| Applicant State/Province | Ljubljana |
| Applicant Country | Slovenia |
| What languages do you speak? | English, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian |
| What is your occupation? | Software Development |
| How many years experience in your field? | 4-7 |
| 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 have been involved in Crypto space since 2014. I have been involves in several Crypto projects as a member of development team. |
| Are you an individual or a group? | Individual |
| Node City | Ljubljana |
| Node State | Ljubljana |
| Node Country | Slovenia |
| For which networks Have you ever operated a node? | Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, etc), Ethereum (ETH, ETC, etc) |
| What kind of improvements would you like to see in Elixxir nodes vs. previous the previous nodes you have supported? | Speed in terms of #trx/sec. Privacy one can trust. Adoption is the Key! |
| What are potential setbacks preventing you from operating an Elixxir node? | I will stop from operating an Elixxir node if it will eat my own money and will not offset that with other intangible benefits. Block from the government/law. |
| 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) | 48 |
| What is a reasonable uptime estimate you can provide for your BetaNet node? (As a percentage) | 98 |
| Please estimate the cost of electricity in the geographic area where your BetaNet node will be running. . | 0.07 EUR/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) | 50 |
| 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) | AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, MSI X370 motherboard, 32GB RAM memory, Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB GPU, 1TB SSD, Ubuntu Linux |
| 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) | Intermediate deployment and configuration skills for the servers on AWS. |
| Why do you want to be a node? | I would like to participate in the system that provides Privacy on the Internet. Privacy, Privacy, Privacy! |
| How did you originally hear about Elixxir? | In a debate with a friend of mine. |
| Which current Elixxir communities are you a member of? | Telegram, Discord, Facebook |
| Are you an active member of those communities? | Yes |
| What specifically, interests you about the Elixxir platform? | Privacy, next generation blockchain. |
| Outside of Elixxir communities, are you an active participant in other node or developer community groups? If so, which ones? | Bitcoin and Ethereum. |
| Have you ever attended a blockchain conference? If so, which one(s)? | Amsterdam in 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2014 local crypto Meetups |
| 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? | node setup how-to blog, share experience operating my node. |
| What is the difference between decentralized networks and distributed networks, and where on the decentralization spectrum do you sit? | Distributed networks, not sure about decentralized ;) |
| 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, speed/performance, scalability. |
| 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? | Privacy by Default is the only way to have a shot at building Privacy on the Internet. I like Privacy of Data and Privacy of Metadata!!! |
| Tags | Individual, Slovenia, English |