It is with a heavy heart that I write this, but I have made the decision to shut down REETG 😔
I have been thinking about his for the last few weeks, and unfortunately after weighing everything up I feel it is the right decision.
The pool has always been running at a loss, and I knew that would be the case to start with, I knew it was not going to be easy to attract delegators - I just didn't realise how difficult it would be.
With the recent lowering of the min pool cost too this now makes it even less viable - yes I know, I could have kept the cost the same, but then I risk losing more delegators to more competitive pools.
Over the last 1 year and 7 months its become very clear that you'll only do well if:
- Your pool has a high ROA which for small pools who don't mint blocks regularly is pretty much impossible
- You spend all day online constantly engaging which I don't have the time to do
- You're actively building on #Cardano, which again I don't have the time to do due to my job
Just running a stake pool for many people doesn't seem like a viable option, and that's fine, it was just hard for me to admit.
I can't keep losing money on this. It may be better during a bull market, it might not, who knows, but I can't keep waiting around to find out.
It feels like the odds are too stacked against me, and honestly seeing some epochs with 0 blocks, or having an epoch with only 2 and then losing one to a slot battle is soul destroying and it does ware me down.
You then have the recent actions of the CF which to be honest left a really sour taste in my mouth.
I love the Cardano community, and I will still be around and doing what I can to promote Cardano on my personal account, I just can't continue to operate a pool.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to my delegators who have stuck with me, please don't feel like I am saying you didn't do enough, you're amazing! It's just I've realised the SPO life isn't for me.
Here are some great SSPO's that I'd recommend staking with:
@HephyPool@Upstream_ada@RcadaPool@GrahamsNoPlus1@HUG_Pool
Again, thank you all so much, this isn't goodbye from me, just goodbye from REETG, I will still be around on my personal profile.
Wow this has been emotional to write out, forgive me if I don't reply for a while, I need to wind down and just absorb this a bit.
REETG is now actually an approved pool instead of a reserved one for the @CoinectaFinance FISO.
So stake with REETG and earn $CNCT tokens 😃
A massive thank you goes out to Coinecta for this opportunity!
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