Over and out
I've seen this post coming since months, although I of course didn't know how final it'll finally turn out to be.
I'm still a bit unsure, but it's been a few days since my main decision fell, and it's about time to inform all of you guys of my current outlook on the future.
About a day before the chain froze I dropped out of the top 20 witnesses. I took a break from chats and the communities to take care of my personal life. Not without making sure that my tools and services stay up, and every couple of days I made sure there's no important inquiry. But I was prepared that that won't be enough to keep the required big voters support forever.
Now the freeze was of course absolutely unexpected. I was able to bring the witness node back up after a day of resync, but the public cluster would require considerably more time to bring back up stable, and I don't feel much pressure to do so right now.
As all my other services use this node, they're obviously down too.
I'll set up a script to reimburse the unprocessed steemdice bets soon (TM), due to the legal insecurities it brought with it I'm actually quite happy to get rid of it. I'll sell the domain if anyone thinks there's a way to make it profitable...
Steeminvite may eventually come back up, certainly faster if someone else wants to take over.
I'm still in the PEvO discord, and if it actually gets a small community working on it I'm happy to get involved with them.
My voting bot is gone, not sure yet what I'll do with my SP in the future, but asking for delegations will still be futile.
Personally, I more and more come to think that's the only right way for me right now. I've been working with systems and code since more than 20 years, 8 of those in a day job I never wanted to have. That pretty much took the fun out of it for me. Crypto brought new motivations into play, but in the end the work wasn't that much different.
I embrace the possibility I have to change my way of life, and get back to traveling. I have always been somewhat of a gypsy, moving from one place to another every 3-5 years. For this move I decided to get out as much as possible - and explore Europe in a van. If you're interested to keep in touch, I set up the Steepshot blog @jukatravels - don't expect me to suddenly become a blogger who shares all his life though 😉
There will not be a list of people I thank. You all know who you are and what you do, and I'd be so glad to meet lots of you in person on my trip (@steem.camp anyone?) .
See you in discord, or for a beer!
❤
Schade dass Du aufhörst, Deine Fullnode war eine der Besten und Zuverlässigsten.
I'm very sorry to read this. You have been my favorite witness. Bye @pharesim, have a good time. Thank you for all your upvotes.
Thanks @pharesim for all you did and your support for @SteemFest. I wish you great travels and a great summer ahead. Unfortunately I can't make it to Steem.camp, as we have in that week a trip pre-booked with the fam to an island in the north, but it seems like a GREAT event!
I hope you manage to get the van up to next SteemFest in november. Announced very soon (tm too) now.
thanks man, danke, schoene gruesse an die Juka!
and btw congrats with your drivers license :) :)
You're a very good guy and I hope you have a great time traveling. You deserve the break. For your votes, while you are out, might I suggest following @steemstem or @curie or using votes to support great content in another promising community? None of them would ask for any compensation or do any self-voting, plus you could keep the curation rewards. Feel free to contact me if you need other suggestions. Best wishes.
@donkeypong I agree with your suggestion for following @smartsteem or @curie both always doing a great work. I'm also a singular curator supporting the portuguese comunity.
Very sad to hear that. There is a lot that I could say, but the only thing, that I will say is THANK YOU A LOT for your steady support in the past. Without you a lot of projects would not exist (even my own project @steembay got the biggest support from you, and possibly wouldn't exist without your regular vote).
I will be at steem.camp , perhaps we can share a beer and one or two thoughts there.
Best of luck on your future ways (Seen your VAN, there will be many of them available)
I often smiled when I saw your name and, if it was on a post of mine, thanked you, inwardly. 🙏🏼
You’re doing the right thing to buy your freedom back. Hope your travels bring you joy and inspiration. If so, hope you might share them :)
✨ Many blessings 💫
I've been happy to give you my witness vote and am now happy to see you choosing to do what you feel will bring you the greatest satisfaction in life. You've given a lot, and it is important for givers to also get good at prioritizing their own happiness.
I've recently "retired" myself, though from a completely different "job," and can totally understand the appeal of some years traveling. (Commitments to others are delaying that a bit for me.) Travel has a way of making it easier for us to discover new aspects of who we could be, if only because nothing is where we expect it to be and those we meet aren't all projecting the same well-worn patterns onto us.
If you've spent a lot of your life using talents you're good at using without feeling the joy of it, then what a wonderful phase to enter in which your only responsibility is to discover who you wish to be and become him. Bon voyage.
I've always loved your reassuring, kind presence here, even when I haven't always spoken to you to tell you so — since it's been a while, here it is in the chain.
I hope you have the most amazing time traveling; maybe we'll run into each other someday. <3
I gave you an upvote on your post! Please give me a follow and I will give you a follow in return and possible future votes!
Thank you in advance!
Thank you pharesim for your work here. I wish you all the best with your traveling and enjoying life. Life is too short for spending it on things you don't really enjoy.
Safe travels and have fun! :D
Running a bunch of services regardless of the platform is no easy task, especially if you've been going it alone.
As to your uncertainty regarding what to do with the SP, I'm sure many others will have suggestions and so I'll go with it's your stake, do what you want and whatever makes you happy.
But for funsies I'd likely go winfrey/drphil bot running on a freebie host of choice, hahaha.
Thanks for all the support unasked for, you'll always be a legend in my book.
Enjoy the travels, stay safe and may the road treat you well.