diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 947773030..bb336c848 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Web UI version numbers should always match the corresponding version of LBRY App
   * New publishes now display immediately in My Files, even before they hit the lbrynet file manager.
   * New welcome flow for new users
   * Redesigned UI for Discover
+  * Handle more of price calculations at the daemon layer to improve page load time
 
 ### Changed
   * Update process now easier and more reliable
diff --git a/lbry b/lbry
index 043e2d0ab..e8bccec71 160000
--- a/lbry
+++ b/lbry
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 043e2d0ab96030468d53d02e311fd848f35c2dc1
+Subproject commit e8bccec71c7424bf06d057904e4722d2d734fa3f
diff --git a/lbryum b/lbryum
index 121bda396..39ace3737 160000
--- a/lbryum
+++ b/lbryum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 121bda3963ee94f0c9c027813c55b71b38219739
+Subproject commit 39ace3737509ff2b09fabaaa64d1525843de1325
diff --git a/ui/js/component/common.js b/ui/js/component/common.js
index d8b0fc052..0c8d66ca0 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/common.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/common.js
@@ -62,22 +62,34 @@ export let CreditAmount = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
     amount: React.PropTypes.number.isRequired,
     precision: React.PropTypes.number,
-    label: React.PropTypes.bool
+    isEstimate: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    label: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    showFree: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    look: React.PropTypes.oneOf(['indicator', 'plain']),
   },
   getDefaultProps: function() {
     return {
       precision: 1,
       label: true,
+      showFree: false,
+      look: 'indicator',
     }
   },
   render: function() {
-    var formattedAmount = lbry.formatCredits(this.props.amount, this.props.precision);
+    const formattedAmount = lbry.formatCredits(this.props.amount, this.props.precision);
+    let amountText;
+    if (this.props.showFree && parseFloat(formattedAmount) == 0) {
+      amountText = 'free';
+    } else if (this.props.label) {
+      amountText = formattedAmount + (parseFloat(formattedAmount) == 1 ? ' credit' : ' credits');
+    } else {
+      amountText = formattedAmount;
+    }
+
     return (
-      <span className="credit-amount">
+      <span className={`credit-amount credit-amount--${this.props.look}`}>
         <span>
-          {formattedAmount}
-          {this.props.label ?
-           (parseFloat(formattedAmount) == 1.0 ? ' credit' : ' credits') : '' }
+          {amountText}
         </span>
         { this.props.isEstimate ? <span className="credit-amount__estimate" title="This is an estimate and does not include data fees">*</span> : null }
       </span>
@@ -89,15 +101,21 @@ export let FilePrice = React.createClass({
   _isMounted: false,
 
   propTypes: {
-    metadata: React.PropTypes.object,
     uri: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    look: React.PropTypes.oneOf(['indicator', 'plain']),
   },
 
-  getInitialState: function() {
+  getDefaultProps: function() {
     return {
+      look: 'indicator',
+    }
+  },
+
+  componentWillMount: function() {
+    this.setState({
       cost: null,
       isEstimate: null,
-    }
+    });
   },
 
   componentDidMount: function() {
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ export let FilePrice = React.createClass({
       if (this._isMounted) {
         this.setState({
           cost: cost,
-          isEstimate: includesData,
+          isEstimate: !includesData,
         });
       }
     }, (err) => {
@@ -119,22 +137,11 @@ export let FilePrice = React.createClass({
   },
 
   render: function() {
-    if (this.state.cost === null && this.props.metadata) {
-      if (!this.props.metadata.fee) {
-        return <span className="credit-amount">free*</span>;
-      } else {
-        if (this.props.metadata.fee.currency === "LBC") {
-          return <CreditAmount label={false} amount={this.props.metadata.fee.amount} isEstimate={true} />
-        } else if (this.props.metadata.fee.currency === "USD") {
-          return <span className="credit-amount">???</span>;
-        }
-      }
+    if (this.state.cost === null) {
+      return <span className={`credit-amount credit-amount--${this.props.look}`}>???</span>;
     }
-    return (
-      this.state.cost !== null ?
-      <CreditAmount amount={this.state.cost} label={false} isEstimate={!this.state.isEstimate}/> :
-      <span className="credit-amount">???</span>
-    );
+
+    return <CreditAmount label={false} amount={this.state.cost} isEstimate={this.state.isEstimate} showFree={true} />
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/ui/js/component/file-actions.js b/ui/js/component/file-actions.js
index 2f2a4074d..6c105ed75 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/file-actions.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/file-actions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import lbry from '../lbry.js';
+import uri from '../uri.js';
 import {Link} from '../component/link.js';
-import {Icon} from '../component/common.js';
+import {Icon, FilePrice} from '../component/common.js';
 import {Modal} from './modal.js';
 import {FormField} from './form.js';
 import {ToolTip} from '../component/tooltip.js';
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ let FileActionsRow = React.createClass({
       linkBlock = <Link label="Open" button="text" icon="icon-folder-open" onClick={this.onOpenClick} />;
     }
 
+    const lbryUri = uri.normalizeLbryUri(this.props.uri);
+    const title = this.props.metadata ? this.props.metadata.title : lbryUri;
     return (
       <div>
         {this.state.fileInfo !== null || this.state.fileInfo.isMine
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ let FileActionsRow = React.createClass({
           </DropDownMenu> : '' }
         <Modal type="confirm" isOpen={this.state.modal == 'affirmPurchase'}
                contentLabel="Confirm Purchase"  onConfirmed={this.onAffirmPurchase} onAborted={this.closeModal}>
-          Do you want to purchase this?
+          Are you sure you'd like to buy <strong>{title}</strong> for <strong><FilePrice uri={lbryUri} metadata={this.props.metadata} label={false} look="plain" /></strong> credits?
         </Modal>
         <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'notEnoughCredits'} contentLabel="Not enough credits"
                onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
@@ -175,12 +178,12 @@ let FileActionsRow = React.createClass({
         </Modal>
         <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'timedOut'} contentLabel="Download failed"
                onConfirmed={this.closeModal}>
-          LBRY was unable to download the stream <strong>lbry://{this.props.uri}</strong>.
+          LBRY was unable to download the stream <strong>{lbryUri}</strong>.
         </Modal>
         <Modal isOpen={this.state.modal == 'confirmRemove'} contentLabel="Not enough credits"
                type="confirm" confirmButtonLabel="Remove" onConfirmed={this.handleRemoveConfirmed}
                onAborted={this.closeModal}>
-          <p>Are you sure you'd like to remove <cite>{this.props.metadata ? this.props.metadata.title : this.props.uri}</cite> from LBRY?</p>
+          <p>Are you sure you'd like to remove <cite>{title}</cite> from LBRY?</p>
 
           <label><FormField type="checkbox" checked={this.state.deleteChecked} onClick={this.handleDeleteCheckboxClicked} /> Delete this file from my computer</label>
         </Modal>
diff --git a/ui/js/component/file-tile.js b/ui/js/component/file-tile.js
index b2477a7be..2abaa5d21 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/file-tile.js
+++ b/ui/js/component/file-tile.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export let FileTileStream = React.createClass({
     return {
       showNsfwHelp: false,
       isHidden: false,
-      available: null,
     }
   },
   getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ export let FileCardStream = React.createClass({
     return {
       showNsfwHelp: false,
       isHidden: false,
-      available: null,
     }
   },
   getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -232,7 +230,6 @@ export let FileTile = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
     uri: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    available: React.PropTypes.bool,
   },
 
   getInitialState: function() {
diff --git a/ui/js/lbry.js b/ui/js/lbry.js
index 9e8b1565e..244b82142 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbry.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbry.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import lbryio from './lbryio.js';
 import lighthouse from './lighthouse.js';
 import jsonrpc from './jsonrpc.js';
 import uri from './uri.js';
@@ -216,12 +217,18 @@ lbry.getPeersForBlobHash = function(blobHash, callback) {
 lbry.costPromiseCache = {}
 lbry.getCostInfo = function(lbryUri) {
   if (lbry.costPromiseCache[lbryUri] === undefined) {
-    const COST_INFO_CACHE_KEY = 'cost_info_cache';
     lbry.costPromiseCache[lbryUri] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const COST_INFO_CACHE_KEY = 'cost_info_cache';
       let costInfoCache = getSession(COST_INFO_CACHE_KEY, {})
 
+      function cacheAndResolve(cost, includesData) {
+        costInfoCache[lbryUri] = {cost, includesData};
+        setSession(COST_INFO_CACHE_KEY, costInfoCache);
+        resolve({cost, includesData});
+      }
+
       if (!lbryUri) {
-        reject(new Error(`URI required.`));
+        return reject(new Error(`URI required.`));
       }
 
       if (costInfoCache[lbryUri] && costInfoCache[lbryUri].cost) {
@@ -230,27 +237,44 @@ lbry.getCostInfo = function(lbryUri) {
 
       function getCost(lbryUri, size) {
         lbry.stream_cost_estimate({uri: lbryUri, ... size !== null ? {size} : {}}).then((cost) => {
-          costInfoCache[lbryUri] = {
-            cost: cost,
-            includesData: size !== null,
-          };
-          setSession(COST_INFO_CACHE_KEY, costInfoCache);
-          resolve(costInfoCache[lbryUri]);
+          cacheAndResolve(cost, size !== null);
         }, reject);
       }
 
+      function getCostGenerous(lbryUri) {
+        // If generous is on, the calculation is simple enough that we might as well do it here in the front end
+        lbry.resolve({uri: lbryUri}).then((resolutionInfo) => {
+          const fee = resolutionInfo.claim.value.stream.metadata.fee;
+          if (fee === undefined) {
+            cacheAndResolve(0, true);
+          } else if (fee.currency == 'LBC') {
+            cacheAndResolve(fee.amount, true);
+          } else {
+            lbryio.getExchangeRates().then(({lbc_usd}) => {
+              cacheAndResolve(fee.amount / lbc_usd, true);
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
       const uriObj = uri.parseLbryUri(lbryUri);
       const name = uriObj.path || uriObj.name;
 
-      lighthouse.get_size_for_name(name).then((size) => {
-        if (size) {
-          getCost(name, size);
+      lbry.settings_get({allow_cached: true}).then(({is_generous_host}) => {
+        if (is_generous_host) {
+          return getCostGenerous(lbryUri);
         }
-        else {
+
+        lighthouse.get_size_for_name(name).then((size) => {
+          if (size) {
+            getCost(name, size);
+          }
+          else {
+            getCost(name, null);
+          }
+        }, () => {
           getCost(name, null);
-        }
-      }, () => {
-        getCost(name, null);
+        });
       });
     });
   }
@@ -647,6 +671,23 @@ lbry.resolve = function(params={}) {
   });
 }
 
+// Adds caching.
+lbry.settings_get = function(params={}) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (params.allow_cached) {
+      const cached = getSession('settings');
+      if (cached) {
+        return resolve(cached);
+      }
+    }
+
+    lbry.call('settings_get', {}, (settings) => {
+      setSession('settings', settings);
+      resolve(settings);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 // lbry.get = function(params={}) {
 //   return function(params={}) {
 //     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/ui/js/lbryio.js b/ui/js/lbryio.js
index 99fcd0e0d..9efeac9b1 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbryio.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbryio.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const lbryio = {
   enabled: false
 };
 
-const CONNECTION_STRING = 'http://localhost:8080/';
+const CONNECTION_STRING = 'https://api.lbry.io/';
+const EXCHANGE_RATE_TIMEOUT = 20 * 60 * 1000;
 
 const mocks = {
   'reward_type.get': ({name}) => {
@@ -24,12 +25,32 @@ const mocks = {
   }
 };
 
-lbryio.call = function(resource, action, params={}, method='get') {
+
+lbryio.getExchangeRates = function() {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (!lbryio.enabled && (resource != 'discover' || action != 'list')) {
-      reject(new Error("LBRY internal API is disabled"))
+    const cached = getSession('exchangeRateCache');
+    if (!cached || Date.now() - cached.time > EXCHANGE_RATE_TIMEOUT) {
+      lbryio.call('lbc', 'exchange_rate', {}, 'get', true).then(({lbc_usd, lbc_btc, btc_usd}) => {
+        const rates = {lbc_usd, lbc_btc, btc_usd};
+        setSession('exchangeRateCache', {
+          rates: rates,
+          time: Date.now(),
+        });
+        resolve(rates);
+      });
+    } else {
+      resolve(cached.rates);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+lbryio.call = function(resource, action, params={}, method='get', evenIfDisabled=false) { // evenIfDisabled is just for development, when we may have some calls working and some not
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (!lbryio.enabled && !evenIfDisabled && (resource != 'discover' || action != 'list')) {
+      reject(new Error("LBRY interal API is disabled"))
       return
     }
+
     /* temp code for mocks */
     if (`${resource}.${action}` in mocks) {
       resolve(mocks[`${resource}.${action}`](params));
diff --git a/ui/js/page/show.js b/ui/js/page/show.js
index d38e9dc75..ea41731af 100644
--- a/ui/js/page/show.js
+++ b/ui/js/page/show.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ let ShowPage = React.createClass({
       cost: null,
       costIncludesData: null,
       uriLookupComplete: null,
+      isDownloaded: null,
     };
   },
   componentWillMount: function() {
@@ -62,8 +63,16 @@ let ShowPage = React.createClass({
     document.title = this._uri;
 
     lbry.resolve({uri: this._uri}).then(({ claim: {txid, nout, has_signature, signature_is_valid, value: {stream: {metadata, source: {contentType}}}}}) => {
+      const outpoint = txid + ':' + nout;
+
+      lbry.file_list({outpoint}).then((fileInfo) => {
+        this.setState({
+          isDownloaded: fileInfo.length > 0,
+        });
+      });
+
       this.setState({
-        outpoint: txid + ':' + nout,
+        outpoint: outpoint,
         metadata: metadata,
         hasSignature: has_signature,
         signatureIsValid: signature_is_valid,
@@ -80,21 +89,21 @@ let ShowPage = React.createClass({
     });
   },
   render: function() {
-    const
-      metadata = this.state.uriLookupComplete ? this.state.metadata : null,
-      title = this.state.uriLookupComplete ? metadata.title : this._uri;
-
+    const metadata = this.state.metadata;
+    const title = metadata ? this.state.metadata.title : this._uri;
     return (
       <main className="constrained-page">
         <section className="show-page-media">
           { this.state.contentType && this.state.contentType.startsWith('video/') ?
-              <Video className="video-embedded" uri={this._uri} metadata={metadata} /> :
+              <Video className="video-embedded" uri={this._uri} metadata={metadata} outpoint={this.state.outpoint} /> :
               (metadata ? <Thumbnail src={metadata.thumbnail} /> : <Thumbnail />) }
         </section>
         <section className="card">
           <div className="card__inner">
             <div className="card__title-identity">
-              <span style={{float: "right"}}><FilePrice uri={this._uri} metadata={metadata} /></span>
+              {this.state.isDownloaded === false
+                ? <span style={{float: "right"}}><FilePrice uri={this._uri} metadata={this.state.metadata} /></span>
+                : null}
               <h1>{title}</h1>
               { this.state.uriLookupComplete ?
                 <div>
diff --git a/ui/js/page/watch.js b/ui/js/page/watch.js
index 315e19a9c..164745e10 100644
--- a/ui/js/page/watch.js
+++ b/ui/js/page/watch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import {Icon, Thumbnail} from '../component/common.js';
+import {Icon, Thumbnail, FilePrice} from '../component/common.js';
 import {Link} from '../component/link.js';
 import lbry from '../lbry.js';
 import Modal from '../component/modal.js';
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ const VideoStream = require('videostream');
 export let WatchLink = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
     uri: React.PropTypes.string,
+    metadata: React.PropTypes.object,
     downloadStarted: React.PropTypes.bool,
-    onGet: React.PropTypes.func
+    onGet: React.PropTypes.func,
   },
   getInitialState: function() {
     affirmedPurchase: false
   },
-  onAffirmPurchase: function() {
+  play: function() {
     lbry.get({uri: this.props.uri}).then((streamInfo) => {
       if (streamInfo === null || typeof streamInfo !== 'object') {
         this.setState({
@@ -50,10 +51,16 @@ export let WatchLink = React.createClass({
             attemptingDownload: false,
           });
         } else if (cost <= 0.01) {
-          this.onAffirmPurchase()
+          this.play()
         } else {
-          this.setState({
-            modal: 'affirmPurchase'
+          lbry.file_list({outpoint: this.props.outpoint}).then((fileInfo) => {
+            if (fileInfo) { // Already downloaded
+              this.play();
+            } else {
+              this.setState({
+                modal: 'affirmPurchase'
+              });
+            }
           });
         }
       });
@@ -83,8 +90,8 @@ export let WatchLink = React.createClass({
         You don't have enough LBRY credits to pay for this stream.
       </Modal>
       <Modal type="confirm" isOpen={this.state.modal == 'affirmPurchase'}
-             contentLabel="Confirm Purchase"  onConfirmed={this.onAffirmPurchase} onAborted={this.closeModal}>
-        Do you want to purchase this?
+             contentLabel="Confirm Purchase"  onConfirmed={this.play} onAborted={this.closeModal}>
+        Are you sure you'd like to buy <strong>{this.props.metadata.title}</strong> for <strong><FilePrice uri={this.props.uri} metadata={this.props.metadata} label={false} look="plain" /></strong> credits?
       </Modal>
     </div>);
   }
@@ -95,10 +102,11 @@ export let Video = React.createClass({
   _isMounted: false,
   _controlsHideDelay: 3000, // Note: this needs to be shorter than the built-in delay in Electron, or Electron will hide the controls before us
   _controlsHideTimeout: null,
-  _outpoint: null,
 
   propTypes: {
-    uri: React.PropTypes.string,
+    uri: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    metadata: React.PropTypes.object,
+    outpoint: React.PropTypes.string,
   },
   getInitialState: function() {
     return {
@@ -113,7 +121,6 @@ export let Video = React.createClass({
   },
   onGet: function() {
     lbry.get({uri: this.props.uri}).then((fileInfo) => {
-      this._outpoint = fileInfo.outpoint;
       this.updateLoadStatus();
     });
     this.setState({
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ export let Video = React.createClass({
   },
   updateLoadStatus: function() {
     lbry.file_list({
-      outpoint: this._outpoint,
+      outpoint: this.props.outpoint,
       full_status: true,
     }).then(([status]) => {
       if (!status || status.written_bytes == 0) {
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ export let Video = React.createClass({
             <span>this is the world's world loading screen and we shipped our software with it anyway... <br/><br/>{this.state.loadStatusMessage}</span> :
             <video controls id="video" ref="video"></video> :
           <div className="video__cover" style={{backgroundImage: 'url("' + this.props.metadata.thumbnail + '")'}}>
-            <WatchLink className="video__play-button" uri={this.props.uri} onGet={this.onGet} icon="icon-play"></WatchLink>
+            <WatchLink className="video__play-button" uri={this.props.uri} metadata={this.props.metadata} outpoint={this.props.outpoint} onGet={this.onGet} icon="icon-play"></WatchLink>
           </div>
       }</div>
     );
diff --git a/ui/scss/_canvas.scss b/ui/scss/_canvas.scss
index 25eb836fc..8aa4227e3 100644
--- a/ui/scss/_canvas.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/_canvas.scss
@@ -57,15 +57,11 @@ $drawer-width: 220px;
   color: white;
   border-radius: 2px;
 }
-.credit-amount
+.credit-amount--indicator
 {
   font-weight: bold;
   color: $color-money;
 }
-.credit-amount--estimate {
-  font-style: italic;
-  color: $color-meta-light;
-}
 #drawer-handle
 {
   padding: $spacing-vertical / 2;