I am also setting my witness to vote for a lower interest, was voting for 18% now I am at 16%
But we knew that when raising HBD interest to 20% that it would make it very attractive. It was alright when HIVE was not going down, but with the current market conditions I am afraid new investors may not see that Hive is about HIVE.
I don't think the change will impact HIVE at all, but it may signal that HIVE is still at the very least as important as HBD.
If I were to put a big chunk of money on Hive on a bear market like this I don't think I would even consider HIVE with an interest of 20% on HBD, I'd go all in on HBD, and the thought of that bothers me.