We already knew that voter apathy is the main problem of dPOS. I think there is a better awareness of the witnesses roles. Congrats to all the new and old witnesses for the hard work. I know some of us hit the 32GB wall but luckily there are some solution like using ZRAM.
Small remark: maybe you could, instead of looking at accounts with more than 100,000 VESTS look at some $$ value. 50 Steem was harder to get in December than now.