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go from 1 to 0.</p><h2id=easy-mode-default-cooldown>Easy Mode: Default cooldown<ahref=#easy-mode-default-cooldownclass=anchoraria-hidden=true>#</a></h2><p>When configuring mCaptcha in <ahref=/docs/terminology/difficulty-factor#easy-option>easy