# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-04-21 19:35:40
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6159.msg91702#msg91702

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Because there is a real cost to the network for every transaction, and the code hasn't been fully optimized yet. @p{par}

Allowing users and miners to set fee policy without recompiling will happen, but I think there are higher priority issues to tackle first.