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 |