After many years of having the honor of being a Hive witness, I've decided that running a witness server is not for me, as I have too much going on to be instantly on-call to fix things when they (to often) go wrong.
My lifestyle, religion and commitments mean I have periods when I am unavailable for multiple days at a time and this is invariably when something goes wrong with my witness server.
This happened during HiveFest and when I was travelling for weeks thereafter.
Then last week when I was super busy away from my main computer I got this.
To all the Hiveans who have voted for me over the years, THANK-YOU!
If you are looking for somewhere to move your witness vote I suggest @brianoflondon & @techcoderx. They have the skills, time and right mental approach to be keeping servers running reliably over the long term.
I'd much rather spend my Hive time posting content.
always sad a witness leaving but good reasons, good luck!
What a nice way to announce it. Sorry to hear, but it seems a sound choice. Hope your business is all good :)
Thanks. Yes things are moving along nicely.
best of luck Andrew, and thank you for being a standup Hivean for so many years.
Thanks.
Thanks for all you've done over the years. Sorry to see you go but happy for you to be nmaking the best choice for you. I will check out the witnesses you recommend.
Thanks. I'm only stopping being a witness. I'll still be posting and doing other things for Hive.
Thanks a lot for the shoutout. All the best going forward.
No problem. You deserve it.
honest decision
I'm sorry about that.. But it's better to continue with whatever makes you feel.
All the best mate, thanks for letting us all know.