diff --git a/beem/account.py b/beem/account.py
index 578cc9257c2479444b05df4aa5943257c1b4a9af..4b54b85ac54ee98c783d218be93fdc2f01e8260e 100644
--- a/beem/account.py
+++ b/beem/account.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from beem.amount import Amount
 from beembase import operations
 from beemgraphenebase.account import PrivateKey, PublicKey
 from beemgraphenebase.py23 import bytes_types, integer_types, string_types, text_type
+from beem.constants import STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ class Account(BlockchainObject):
         if with_regeneration:
             utc = pytz.timezone('UTC')
             diff_in_seconds = (utc.localize(datetime.utcnow()) - (self["last_vote_time"])).total_seconds()
-            regenerated_vp = diff_in_seconds * 10000 / 86400 / 5 / 100
+            regenerated_vp = diff_in_seconds * 10000 / STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS / 100
         else:
             regenerated_vp = 0
         total_vp = (self["voting_power"] / 100 + regenerated_vp)
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ class Account(BlockchainObject):
         missing_vp = voting_power_goal - self.get_voting_power()
         if missing_vp < 0:
             return 0
-        recharge_seconds = missing_vp * 100 * 5 * 86400 / 10000
+        recharge_seconds = missing_vp * 100 * STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS / 10000
         return timedelta(seconds=recharge_seconds)
 
     def get_recharge_time(self, voting_power_goal=100):
diff --git a/beem/comment.py b/beem/comment.py
index cd3b570b07ed1e2de469bb588a981319649cb308..7ec2507a75de8d38f5545681acb68332a56f910a 100644
--- a/beem/comment.py
+++ b/beem/comment.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from .blockchainobject import BlockchainObject
 from .exceptions import ContentDoesNotExistsException, VotingInvalidOnArchivedPost
 from beembase import operations
 from beemgraphenebase.py23 import py23_bytes, bytes_types, integer_types, string_types, text_type
+from beem.constants import STEEM_REVERSE_AUCTION_WINDOW_SECONDS, STEEM_100_PERCENT, STEEM_1_PERCENT
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ class Comment(BlockchainObject):
             elapsed_seconds = (vote_time - self["created"]).total_seconds()
         else:
             raise ValueError("vote_time must be a string or a datetime")
-        reward = (elapsed_seconds / 1800)
+        reward = (elapsed_seconds / STEEM_REVERSE_AUCTION_WINDOW_SECONDS)
         if reward > 1:
             reward = 1.0
         return 1.0 - reward
@@ -537,16 +538,6 @@ class Comment(BlockchainObject):
         else:
             [post_author, post_permlink] = resolve_authorperm(identifier)
 
-        steem_conf = self.steem.get_config()
-        if 'STEEMIT_100_PERCENT' in steem_conf:
-            STEEM_100_PERCENT = steem_conf['STEEMIT_100_PERCENT']
-            STEEM_1_PERCENT = steem_conf['STEEMIT_1_PERCENT']
-        elif 'STEEM_100_PERCENT' in steem_conf:
-            STEEM_100_PERCENT = steem_conf['STEEM_100_PERCENT']
-            STEEM_1_PERCENT = steem_conf['STEEM_1_PERCENT']
-        else:
-            STEEM_100_PERCENT = 10000
-            STEEM_1_PERCENT = (STEEM_100_PERCENT / 100)
         vote_weight = int(weight * STEEM_1_PERCENT)
         if vote_weight > STEEM_100_PERCENT:
             vote_weight = STEEM_100_PERCENT
diff --git a/beem/constants.py b/beem/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d51c0186b525205233d4b0640773d71d31ac8c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beem/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+
+STEEM_100_PERCENT = 10000
+STEEM_1_PERCENT = 100
+STEEM_1_TENTH_PERCENT = 10
+STEEM_REVERSE_AUCTION_WINDOW_SECONDS = 1800
+STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS = 432000
+STEEM_ROOT_POST_PARENT = ''
diff --git a/beem/steem.py b/beem/steem.py
index 881a37a83ad7df80e3501d91c769b77dc01c3155..8f6fe4e3724092fe1a08297e0d15fccc142ebdb0 100644
--- a/beem/steem.py
+++ b/beem/steem.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from .exceptions import (
 from .wallet import Wallet
 from .transactionbuilder import TransactionBuilder
 from .utils import formatTime, resolve_authorperm, derive_permlink, remove_from_dict
+from beem.constants import STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ class Steem(object):
         # get props
         global_properties = self.get_dynamic_global_properties()
         vote_power_reserve_rate = global_properties['vote_power_reserve_rate']
-        max_vote_denom = vote_power_reserve_rate * (5 * 60 * 60 * 24)
+        max_vote_denom = vote_power_reserve_rate * STEEM_VOTE_REGENERATION_SECONDS
         return max_vote_denom
 
     def _calc_resulting_vote(self, voting_power=10000, vote_pct=10000):
diff --git a/examples/benchmark_nodes2.py b/examples/benchmark_nodes2.py
index 0417a7c5bb77df1d01237c8b3ae471eef62ff377..0e28887971e70c9b403d74d1fe7637d08effbc4d 100644
--- a/examples/benchmark_nodes2.py
+++ b/examples/benchmark_nodes2.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from beem.steem import Steem
 from beem.utils import parse_time, formatTimedelta, get_node_list, construct_authorperm, resolve_authorperm, resolve_authorpermvoter, construct_authorpermvoter
 from beem.comment import Comment
 from beem.vote import Vote
-from beemgrapheneapi.rpcutils import NumRetriesReached
+from beemapi.exceptions import NumRetriesReached
 FUTURES_MODULE = None
 if not FUTURES_MODULE:
     try:
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def benchmark_node(node, how_many_minutes=10, how_many_seconds=30):
     block_count = 0
     history_count = 0
     access_time = 0
+    follow_time = 0
     blockchain_version = u'0.0.0'
     sucessfull = False
     error_msg = None
@@ -92,7 +93,11 @@ def benchmark_node(node, how_many_minutes=10, how_many_seconds=30):
         Account(author, steem_instance=stm)
         stop = timer()
         account_time = stop - start
-        access_time = (vote_time + comment_time + account_time) / 3.0
+        start = timer()
+        account.get_followers()
+        stop = timer()
+        follow_time = stop - start
+        access_time = (vote_time + comment_time + account_time + follow_time) / 4.0
         sucessfull = True
     except NumRetriesReached:
         error_msg = 'NumRetriesReached'
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ def benchmark_node(node, how_many_minutes=10, how_many_seconds=30):
         error_msg = str(e)
     return {'sucessfull': sucessfull, 'node': node, 'error': error_msg,
             'total_duration': timer() - start_total, 'block_count': block_count,
-            'history_count': history_count, 'access_time': access_time,
+            'history_count': history_count, 'access_time': access_time, 'follow_time': follow_time,
             'version': blockchain_version}