Winding down my validator nodes

Update

I've just stopped validating on the three active nodes I've had for years.

I'll let them run until they stop validating, and remove them after that.

I will no longer update this site, but will leave it online.

Why

xx coin still hasn't found a way to monetize the network, and the price makes cloud-based validation unprofitable.

I don't need to sell node rewards to fund the nodes - never have since Era 1 - but after 1170 eras of validating the economics still doesn't work.

Is xx Network okay?

Yes. I have no plans to abandon xx Network or sell my coins.

The community needs a reset to marginalize some of the current members, and empowered leaders (currently it has none).

These problems don't impact the network itself - the network is still very much viable - but prevent progress and development.

Let's hope for the best!