vote2018/proposals/shossain/README.md

## About SHossain

I am with Komodo community since the BTCD days. Mined BTCD, participated in SuperNET ICO, a long time hodler. A very advanced user, problem solver with attention to detail. Without being a coder, I made and hosted explorebtcd.info block explorer by myself. Also, I have a self hosted tech blog which runs on a VPS for over 4 years, [TechLoverHD](https://techloverhd.com).

I love all things technology and kind of crazy that way. At least, that's how people describes me. Currently, I'm a team member, testing BarterDEX and other Komodo Platfrom related products everyday and help other users. I also documented BarterDEX APIs and created some nice wiki docs, install guides for users and devs alike.

Notary Nodes provides security for Komodo and the whole ecosystem is benefited from this. I would like to present myself as a candidate for Notary Node Election 2018 to operate a node in the EU region and another in the AR region. I already have testnodes setup and leading the testnet team. You can see the performance of all the testnodes [here](https://dexstats.info/notarizations.php). My 2nd node was the last to be added in this testnet and slowly rised above other testnodes.

## Why Vote SHossain?

- Did I say I love technology?
- I'm in Slack over 75 hour every week and most updated about Komodo Platform
- Very fast to update nodes
- One of the first testers to test most of the latest Komodo Platform technology
- High level of understanding about the platform and the tech
- Proven track record of getting things running quickly
- A very advanced user in terms of computer, server, mobile, gadgets
- I have my test node running for over a month
- Leading this year's Notary testnet group, created guide and helping operators to start notarizing
- A Notary Node will be helpful for my BarterDEX and other Komodo tech testing
- I will provide high spec node which is scalable and will add more server if needed
- I will add and operate electrum servers for BarterDEX

## Disclosure
- I am a team member and I test BarterDEX
- I am not an existing node operator
- I am not teaming up with another node secretly
- I have a capability of running a Notary Node easily

## EU Server Specs

- Processor: 2 x [Intel Xeon Gold 5120 Scalable 14 core](https://ark.intel.com/products/120474/Intel-Xeon-Gold-5120-Processor-19_25M-Cache-2_20-GHz) = 28 cores / 56 threads total
- RAM: 4 x 32GB = 128GB [Crucial 2400 MHz ECC DDR4](http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/ct32g4rfd424a)
- Storage: 2 x 2TB [Intel Solid-State Drive DC P4600 - PCIe 3.1 x4](https://ark.intel.com/products/122509/Intel-SSD-DC-P4600-Series-2_0TB-2_5in-PCIe-3_1-x4-3D1-TLC), Read speed 3290 MB/s, Write speed 1650 MB/s in RAID1
- Power Supply: Redundant Power Supply
- Colo/Data Center: Tier 3 in the UK

## AR Server Specs

- Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5 v4 8 core = 16 cores / 32 threads total
- RAM: 4 x 16GB = 64 GB DDR4
- Storage: 4 x 512GB SSD in RAID10
- Power Supply: Redundant Power Supply
- Internet speed: 1Gbps downlink, 250Mbps uplink
- Colo/Data Center: #4 Top Data Center in Moscow, Russia

## Vote Details:

### Region: EU

##### Public Vote (t) Address: [`RSUMqZFwz7yPzTmyzEtH9VzH7LBoD7twSB`](http://vote2.explorer.supernet.org/address/RSUMqZFwz7yPzTmyzEtH9VzH7LBoD7twSB)

### Region: AR
##### Public Vote (t) Address: [`RFUN8XezmmZt47pzVmoz7aN5LtFNV9pyuj`](http://vote2.explorer.supernet.org/address/RFUN8XezmmZt47pzVmoz7aN5LtFNV9pyuj)

## Private Vote (z) Address: `zcYTkJTZteZDsjq56qsYY1WNzy5m1VYkjKpm651b7ZhUgewYe2PBRFFeZUciNQ6iBaPvELbuEGUGKHKBW2XHEm1F2yeYdhe`