There was a patch[1] some time ago that prevents sending fees larger than 1 BTC. Still a lot of money, but it won't let you lose thousands of dollars. 1: https

There was a patch[1] some time ago that prevents sending fees larger than 1 BTC. Still a lot of money, but it won't let you lose thousands of dollars. 1: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2949 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2949