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I think @gtg's point is that the bonus VESTS should count toward voting, and maybe the penalty for shorter staking, at least when it comes to voting, should be quite high. (Not expressing my own view here, just pointing out how I read it.)

Either way, it is fairly trivial to implement. You either add the value or don't. It is not significant to the implementation, only the design. The design is in a very early stage (we are still focused on SMTs).

Vests should be vests.