Comment 6 for bug 1261507

Right, that's exactly the reason for the new implementation. The hardcoded fee of 100 μBTC was actually put in place like a year ago or something, so with the value having shot up like 10x what is was back then, the fee is actually considered quite expensive. And, if you think about just sending money to a friend, that's around $0.10 in fees. So, if it's safe to lower the fee, we'll do that as a temporary measure until the new implementation appears.