> **Possible Duplicate:**  
> [Should the 24-hour timeout apply to bounties awarded for “exemplary answer”?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116072/should-the-24-hour-timeout-apply-to-bounties-awarded-for-exemplary-answer)  

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I set an incentive bounty on https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30794/minecraft-harvesting-cobblestone (before the new bounty system was announced). Once a qualifying answer had been posted, I clicked to start the bounty, and was confronted with the new bounty system. I selected that I'd like to reward an existing answer, but it's still making me wait 24 hours before I can award it!

For this specific bounty type, can the waiting period be waived?