the reason for choosing 2.4 hours vote-windows is inspired by the EOS ICO by @dan. Also it has to do with not draining the bot for vote-power but have a more calculated boost. As you know there is a limit on 10 X 100% upvotes per in a 24 hour period so these settings are done initially to explore and we adjust as we move forward. If it was per hour, we would adjust down the %.

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