.........and the default fee accepted by miners remains 0.1mBTC per kilobyte.
Really?
So basically, the actual fee remains the same then??
Guess I wasn't the only one who misunderstood: http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-transaction-fees-slashed-tenfold/
I hope that is not true, I really am looking forward to this release just because of the lower transaction fees.