# BitcoinLouie - Squad Leader Application **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** Squad-Staking\ **Created:** [April 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.obol.org/t/bitcoinlouie-squad-leader-application/129 "2024-04-18T18:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BitcoinLouie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@BitcoinLouie](https://community.obol.org/u/BitcoinLouie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.obol.org/t/bitcoinlouie-squad-leader-application/129/1 "2024-04-18T18:15:22Z")
Name or Username: BitcoinLouie Location or Timezone: Pacific Time Spoken Languages: English, some Spanish Preferred Communication Channel: Telegram/Discord **Interest in speaking on a Squad Leader Discord Event** : Not interested in speaking, but I am willing to be active in support of production events. (moderation, socials, remote support) Reason for wanting to Lead a Squad: Continue supporting the network and building work experience to do this professionally. 9 years in Ethereum ecosystem. 2015 Ethereum GPU miner → 2017 NFT CM → 2021 Ethereum Validator → Dappnode Community Steward **Staking Setup** Previous Experience with Staking / DevOps / Hardware Infrastructure: IT Systems Deployment - IT Desktop support - 2014 GPU miner - Genesis Ethereum Validator Hardware (or cloud infrastructure) I plan to run my Obol DV on: Dappnode Home Staker 1 x AMD EPYC 16c/32t, 128GB, 8TB NVMe (Hypervisor) 1 x i5-9500, 32GB ram, 2x2TB NVMe SFF-PC 1 x i5-7500t, 32GB, 2TB Nvme Mini-PC Currently a Techne Credential Holder: Not Yet, working on it. ---
**Author:** ![atomicwhale](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.obol.org/atomicwhale/32/137_2.png) [@atomicwhale](https://community.obol.org/u/atomicwhale)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://community.obol.org/t/bitcoinlouie-squad-leader-application/129/2 "2024-04-29T01:07:23Z")
Hey BitcoinLouie, I am interested in joining a squad. I have holesky nodes in North America and APAC and can switch to suit the squad, I am confident that my performance won’t disappoint. Contact me if you are interested. Name or Username: atomicwhale Location or Timezone: AEST Spoken Languages: English Preferred Communication Channel: Discord Reason for wanting to Find a Squad: Participate and try out the Obol DVT stack **Staking Setup** Previous Experience with Staking / DevOps / Hardware Infrastructure: I am an experienced mainnet node operator, a current solo, rocket pool, and SSV mainnet/holesky operator. Hardware (or cloud infrastructure) I plan to run my Obol DV on: Cloud: OVH bare metal server Self-host server: i5-8500T, 32GB, 2TB NVMe (dedicated node machine with UPS) Currently a Techne Credential Holder (Yes/No): No ---
**Author:** ![Gaetansemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gaetansemp](https://community.obol.org/u/Gaetansemp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.obol.org/t/bitcoinlouie-squad-leader-application/129/3 "2024-05-02T18:28:43Z")
Hi BitcoinLouie, are you still looking for members for your squad ? I am also running a Dappnode and would love to join ! **General Info** Name or Username: Gaetansemp Location or Timezone: Europe Spoken Languages: English, french Preferred Communication Channel (Telegram, Discord, Email, etc): Discord Reason for wanting to Find a Squad: Supporting the network after having runned RocketPool and Diva already **Staking Setup** Previous Experience with Staking / DevOps / Hardware Infrastructure: -\>1 year of running RPL on Mainnet → Few months of running Diva on testnet Hardware (or cloud infrastructure) I plan to run my Obol DV on: Dappnode (i5, 64Go, 4Tb) Currently a Techne Credential Holder (Yes/No): No