As I mentioned in my previous post (https://steemit.com/witness-category/@marcosdk/last-witness-report), I have taken the decision to cease my activities as Witness on Steem. This contest is just one of the projects I had in the pipeline for this platform. My most ambitious project has been to bring back Steem as an alternative to Steem-Engine and to bring back tokenised communities.

However, such projects require a large investment of time and money. With Steem-DAO funds locked up and no solid backing as a witness, it is foolhardy to undertake them. Unfortunately, for more than a year I have not been able to get the support of some of the major whales, so my position in the witness rankings has always been very shaky. I believe that spending more time to get those endorsements makes no sense at this stage and puts me in a " lost opportunities " situation.

I am therefore announcing that this is the last call for the competition.

Over the next few weeks I will complete my withdrawal from this platform to focus my efforts on finding new and exciting opportunities.

Best of luck to everyone and thank you very much for joining me here 💖

Let's go to last week's winners!

1st place (40 Steem)

@eleena
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@eleena/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest-a-day-at-the-races
1st

2nd place (25 Steem)

@dagonmaster
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@dagonmaster/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest-a-day-at-the-races-by-dagonmaster
2nd

3rd place (15 Steem)

@wojuq1
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@wojuq1/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest-a-day-at-the-races
3rd

Honor Mentions (5 Steem)

@poorvik
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@poorvik/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest-a-day-at-the-races-by-poorvik

@sathclark
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@sathclark/rust-race-2120-concept-art

@borjaz
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@borjaz/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest-a-day-at-the-races

@lifetrail
https://steemit.com/hive-156403/@lifetrail/viii-ai-art-on-steem-contest

Congrats!!!

Prizes have been sent

It is unfortunate news that you give us, friend @marcosdk, because the experience of the AI art on steem contest was very enriching.
I wish you much success in your next projects.
Greetings.

Thank you very much.

Thanks so much for the honorable mention!

Te deseo suerte en los nuevos retos que elijas superar y felicito a los ganadores de esta ronda.
Agradezco que me hayas motivado a dar mis primeros pasos en AI. Suerte!

@marcosdk It's sad to have you leave the platform, we will miss your great contests, I wish you all the best.

@marcosdk thank you very much for having the contest. Congratulations to all winners. This is my first win in such a competition. Sad to hear your decision. But I wish you all the very best for the future. Cheers.

That's a sad news to receive! After long time, I enjoyed this contest on the platform. Anyway, I wish you success for your future projects!

Thank you very much for the gift and support

Oh my god, I'm extremely happy and at the same time feel sad to know the contest has come to an end. There can be ups and downs, so if you can consider and ask users to support for your witness they might join with you.

Congratulations to the winners! This time the race was quite close. :)

Evening Sir,
I would like to ask for your assistance with my account being hacked and I am not in control anymore of the wallet.
How can I recover control of my account @ybf?
I tried the recovery process on Steemworld but it led to no correction.
Can you help me, Sir?