Greetings friends,
I'm a little behind the curve on making a proper introduction but thought I'd begin here in this thread since Vato has created such a great forum for introductions. I'm delegate bits. I have endeavored to answer all the questions below, and if there's anything else folks would like to know just ask.
About me: I'm just a tech savvy guy with a background in film production and political science. I have long been exploring the realms of the open source world, and have been something of a linux evangelist for 15 years or so. I've been watching the evolution of block chain technology since the beginning and I think bitshares x is the most perfect expression of all that potential to date!
1. what for do you spend your delegates income? (e.g charity, VPS, beer etc.)
Given that the current price of BTSX is so low relative its enormous potential, delegate income is currently being thought of as investment rather than immediate income. While personal funds are being used to maintain the server and cover day to day efforts. As the network grows and delegate income rises, I intend to direct the lion's share of income towards outreach & adoption efforts, more on this in Q5.
2. whats your burn-rate and why?
At the moment I have a 0% burn rate, but I forsee a gradual transition to as much as 20% burn rate as the network continues to develop. I feel that at this stage of the game it makes sense to help delegates secure and expand the network before beginning to reward shareholders in this way. When we have succeeded in developing a robust network of delegates then increased burn rate will be of benefit to all shareholders.
3. where is your delegate located?
NYC and Zurich
4. whats your machine/connection/redundancy specs?
It's a VPS: 4G RAM; 200 GB SSD Storage; 4 CPU cores; 2TB Transfer/month
The backup machine is an identical server in a separate region.
When network grows up and we get to 10tps+ there will be a need for more powerful setup and work is in progress to prepare migration to a cloud server with fallback.
5. "short" up to 300 character description why are you running a delegate or many of them
This is history in the making, how could I not run a delegate?
I am committed to helping develop and expand the bitshares ecosystem. The profound geopolitical implications alone have me onboard, and every Dev Hangout pretty much blows my mind. I really want bitshares X to succeed and maintaining a reliable delegate is one way I can help keep the network strong. Delegate income after server maintenance costs will be directed towards outreach and adoption efforts. I've initiated the beginnings of a blog at bits.community, and I'm interested in providing value to the community through whatever format and content is most beneficial there. Drawing on my skills as a writer and filmmaker, I'm also interested in doing real world interviews and generating intriguing content to build the energy and momentum around Bitshares X.
6. are you related to other delegate operators?
bits and bitcoinerS are a two person team effort. We provide redundancy for each other on a number of levels.
7. how many delegates are in your control?
Well, technically 1, but I provide redundancy for the other.
Ok, off to catch up on this Delegate Voice Hangout... So much to do!
Cheers, bits