After careful consideration, I have decided to shut down my witness.
I am simply losing too much Steem for server costs.
If I keep that Steem powered up instead, I can have more influence than if I depleted all my power to pay for witness hardware.
I am looking forward to being just a normal Steemian again.
Apart from not having to worry about server maintenance, I do not have to be engaged in witness politics anymore. I can go back to speaking my mind freely.
When I started the witness, I did not know 30 good witnesses to vote for, myself.
This has changed and there are enough good (backup) witnesses now.
Thanks for all the trust !
I will try to use the earned power well.