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We're committed to not powering down faster from these accounts than would have been possible under the current software. That's approximately powering down no more than 1/8th of stake each 3 months. This is not a commitment to power down.

OK, I got it. Thanks for clarifying. I appreciate it.

I didn't know that would be possible.

It has always been possible to power down more slowly than the maximum rate (at least using the CLI wallet). I think there has been some confusion about this since the function to power down a smaller amount is not exposed in the GUI.