Dear @mattclarke, nothing to do with your neat idea for a "canary" but I noticed that you both have witness slots available and have some approval for dead witnesses (such as @cryptwo).

On the other hand, @lux-witness is a cool witness struggling for more votes. Here is our latest published update: I will never let you down - Witness Update. We'll publish another one soon, because many things have happened in the past 10 days.

Here is what we want to stand for (our original application)

And here is our latest accomplishment: we are one of the only 6 (six) active witnesses to have NEVER missed a block (despite the hiccup in the blockchain last week, what with the negative vesting withdrawal transactions)

Thanks for your time and consideration