You're barking at the wrong tree. The task of a witness is to solve blocks to secure the network. For that, he gets paid. It's not the job to "HODL" that payment, nor is it desirable (taxation, etc.)

And if you think I'm "just sitting idle", you've seemingly spent less time researching than writing this comment... https://gitlab.syncad.com/therealwolf42

Also, in regards to the rest of your comment: haven't you read any of my posts written in the past years? I made it VERY CLEAR what changes I want to see in Hive/Steem to secure the longevity. If you're not happy with the direction it's on, don't put the blame on me - I'm doing my best, but I can't change it alone.

I can understand your frustration and reasoning because I've felt similarly but you're shooting at the wrong person. I'm not even exiting, still contributing, just explaining that 13 weeks PD model is a bad incentive model with the alternatives we have in crypto and that I've taken actions accordingly.

And to be honest: even if I were to sell all my HIVE, none of it would matter regarding my work as witness - the incentive is the payment. And either I'm good enough to be a TOP20 or I'm not.