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<p>In HF20, comments (replies) can be broadcasted once every 3 seconds, per account (one comment per account per block).  See: <a href="https://github.com/steemit/steem/issues/2019">#2019</a></p>

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<p>Posts (root comments) can only be broadcasted once every 5 minutes, per account.</p>

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