I went through the steps of creating a witness and I know first hand the pain in the arse it can be. I decided my time is better off mining and posting here occasionally until the community has settled down with everything going on. You went on to do much more than just having a witness, so your time investment is vast. I can not blame you for wanting to step back for a while until things are in a better place for everyone. It just sucks you put so much time and energy into this only to have it invalidated. I hope you can find a comfortable place moving forward.I have been told running a witness and mining really wont pay off that much anyways, but maybe I was fed disinformation to discourage me even more.