bitcoin/src/policy/fees.cpp
Wladimir J. van der Laan 6859ad2936
Merge #10706: Improve wallet fee logic and fix GUI bugs
11590d3 Properly bound check conf_target in wallet RPC calls (Alex Morcos)
fd29d3d Remove checking of mempool min fee from estimateSmartFee. (Alex Morcos)
2fffaa9 Make QT fee displays use GetMinimumFee instead of estimateSmartFee (Alex Morcos)
1983ca6 Use CoinControl to pass custom fee setting from QT. (Alex Morcos)
03ee701 Refactor to use CoinControl in GetMinimumFee and FeeBumper (Alex Morcos)
ecd81df Make CoinControl a required argument to CreateTransaction (Alex Morcos)

Pull request description:

  This builds on #10589  (first 5 commits from that PR, last 5 commits are new)

  The first couple commits refactor to use the CCoinControl class to pass fee calculation parameters around.

  This allows for fixing the buggy interaction in QT between the global payTxFee which can be modified by the RPC call settxfee or temporarily modified by the QT custom fee settings.  Before these changes the GUI could sometimes send a transaction with a recently set payTxFee and not respect the settings displayed in the GUI.   After these changes, using the GUI does not involve the global transaction confirm target or payTxFee.

  The prospective fee displays in the smart fee slider and the coin control dialog are changed to use the fee calculation from GetMinimumFee, this simplifies the code and makes them slightly more correct in edge cases.

  Maxing the fee calculation with the mempool min fee is move from estimateSmartFee to GetMinimumFee.

  This fixes a long standing bug, and should be tagged for 0.15 as it is holding up finalizing the estimatesmartfee RPC API before release.

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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#include "policy/fees.h"
#include "policy/policy.h"
#include "amount.h"
#include "clientversion.h"
#include "primitives/transaction.h"
#include "random.h"
#include "streams.h"
#include "txmempool.h"
#include "util.h"
static constexpr double INF_FEERATE = 1e99;
std::string StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) {
static const std::map<FeeEstimateHorizon, std::string> horizon_strings = {
{FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE, "short"},
{FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE, "medium"},
{FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE, "long"},
};
auto horizon_string = horizon_strings.find(horizon);
if (horizon_string == horizon_strings.end()) return "unknown";
return horizon_string->second;
}
std::string StringForFeeReason(FeeReason reason) {
static const std::map<FeeReason, std::string> fee_reason_strings = {
{FeeReason::NONE, "None"},
{FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE, "Half Target 60% Threshold"},
{FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE, "Target 85% Threshold"},
{FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE, "Double Target 95% Threshold"},
{FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE, "Conservative Double Target longer horizon"},
{FeeReason::MEMPOOL_MIN, "Mempool Min Fee"},
{FeeReason::PAYTXFEE, "PayTxFee set"},
{FeeReason::FALLBACK, "Fallback fee"},
{FeeReason::REQUIRED, "Minimum Required Fee"},
{FeeReason::MAXTXFEE, "MaxTxFee limit"}
};
auto reason_string = fee_reason_strings.find(reason);
if (reason_string == fee_reason_strings.end()) return "Unknown";
return reason_string->second;
}
bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode) {
static const std::map<std::string, FeeEstimateMode> fee_modes = {
{"UNSET", FeeEstimateMode::UNSET},
{"ECONOMICAL", FeeEstimateMode::ECONOMICAL},
{"CONSERVATIVE", FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE},
};
auto mode = fee_modes.find(mode_string);
if (mode == fee_modes.end()) return false;
fee_estimate_mode = mode->second;
return true;
}
/**
* We will instantiate an instance of this class to track transactions that were
* included in a block. We will lump transactions into a bucket according to their
* approximate feerate and then track how long it took for those txs to be included in a block
*
* The tracking of unconfirmed (mempool) transactions is completely independent of the
* historical tracking of transactions that have been confirmed in a block.
*/
class TxConfirmStats
{
private:
//Define the buckets we will group transactions into
const std::vector<double>& buckets; // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive)
const std::map<double, unsigned int>& bucketMap; // Map of bucket upper-bound to index into all vectors by bucket
// For each bucket X:
// Count the total # of txs in each bucket
// Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
std::vector<double> txCtAvg;
// Count the total # of txs confirmed within Y blocks in each bucket
// Track the historical moving average of theses totals over blocks
std::vector<std::vector<double>> confAvg; // confAvg[Y][X]
// Track moving avg of txs which have been evicted from the mempool
// after failing to be confirmed within Y blocks
std::vector<std::vector<double>> failAvg; // failAvg[Y][X]
// Sum the total feerate of all tx's in each bucket
// Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
std::vector<double> avg;
// Combine the conf counts with tx counts to calculate the confirmation % for each Y,X
// Combine the total value with the tx counts to calculate the avg feerate per bucket
double decay;
// Resolution (# of blocks) with which confirmations are tracked
unsigned int scale;
// Mempool counts of outstanding transactions
// For each bucket X, track the number of transactions in the mempool
// that are unconfirmed for each possible confirmation value Y
std::vector<std::vector<int> > unconfTxs; //unconfTxs[Y][X]
// transactions still unconfirmed after GetMaxConfirms for each bucket
std::vector<int> oldUnconfTxs;
void resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets);
public:
/**
* Create new TxConfirmStats. This is called by BlockPolicyEstimator's
* constructor with default values.
* @param defaultBuckets contains the upper limits for the bucket boundaries
* @param maxPeriods max number of periods to track
* @param decay how much to decay the historical moving average per block
*/
TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets, const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
unsigned int maxPeriods, double decay, unsigned int scale);
/** Roll the circular buffer for unconfirmed txs*/
void ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight);
/**
* Record a new transaction data point in the current block stats
* @param blocksToConfirm the number of blocks it took this transaction to confirm
* @param val the feerate of the transaction
* @warning blocksToConfirm is 1-based and has to be >= 1
*/
void Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val);
/** Record a new transaction entering the mempool*/
unsigned int NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val);
/** Remove a transaction from mempool tracking stats*/
void removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight,
unsigned int bucketIndex, bool inBlock);
/** Update our estimates by decaying our historical moving average and updating
with the data gathered from the current block */
void UpdateMovingAverages();
/**
* Calculate a feerate estimate. Find the lowest value bucket (or range of buckets
* to make sure we have enough data points) whose transactions still have sufficient likelihood
* of being confirmed within the target number of confirmations
* @param confTarget target number of confirmations
* @param sufficientTxVal required average number of transactions per block in a bucket range
* @param minSuccess the success probability we require
* @param requireGreater return the lowest feerate such that all higher values pass minSuccess OR
* return the highest feerate such that all lower values fail minSuccess
* @param nBlockHeight the current block height
*/
double EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
double minSuccess, bool requireGreater, unsigned int nBlockHeight,
EstimationResult *result = nullptr) const;
/** Return the max number of confirms we're tracking */
unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return scale * confAvg.size(); }
/** Write state of estimation data to a file*/
void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;
/**
* Read saved state of estimation data from a file and replace all internal data structures and
* variables with this state.
*/
void Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets);
};
TxConfirmStats::TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
unsigned int maxPeriods, double _decay, unsigned int _scale)
: buckets(defaultBuckets), bucketMap(defaultBucketMap)
{
decay = _decay;
scale = _scale;
confAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
confAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
}
failAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
failAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
}
txCtAvg.resize(buckets.size());
avg.resize(buckets.size());
resizeInMemoryCounters(buckets.size());
}
void TxConfirmStats::resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets) {
// newbuckets must be passed in because the buckets referred to during Read have not been updated yet.
unconfTxs.resize(GetMaxConfirms());
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < unconfTxs.size(); i++) {
unconfTxs[i].resize(newbuckets);
}
oldUnconfTxs.resize(newbuckets);
}
// Roll the unconfirmed txs circular buffer
void TxConfirmStats::ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight)
{
for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
oldUnconfTxs[j] += unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j];
unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j] = 0;
}
}
void TxConfirmStats::Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val)
{
// blocksToConfirm is 1-based
if (blocksToConfirm < 1)
return;
int periodsToConfirm = (blocksToConfirm + scale - 1)/scale;
unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
for (size_t i = periodsToConfirm; i <= confAvg.size(); i++) {
confAvg[i - 1][bucketindex]++;
}
txCtAvg[bucketindex]++;
avg[bucketindex] += val;
}
void TxConfirmStats::UpdateMovingAverages()
{
for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < confAvg.size(); i++)
confAvg[i][j] = confAvg[i][j] * decay;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < failAvg.size(); i++)
failAvg[i][j] = failAvg[i][j] * decay;
avg[j] = avg[j] * decay;
txCtAvg[j] = txCtAvg[j] * decay;
}
}
// returns -1 on error conditions
double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
double successBreakPoint, bool requireGreater,
unsigned int nBlockHeight, EstimationResult *result) const
{
// Counters for a bucket (or range of buckets)
double nConf = 0; // Number of tx's confirmed within the confTarget
double totalNum = 0; // Total number of tx's that were ever confirmed
int extraNum = 0; // Number of tx's still in mempool for confTarget or longer
double failNum = 0; // Number of tx's that were never confirmed but removed from the mempool after confTarget
int periodTarget = (confTarget + scale - 1)/scale;
int maxbucketindex = buckets.size() - 1;
// requireGreater means we are looking for the lowest feerate such that all higher
// values pass, so we start at maxbucketindex (highest feerate) and look at successively
// smaller buckets until we reach failure. Otherwise, we are looking for the highest
// feerate such that all lower values fail, and we go in the opposite direction.
unsigned int startbucket = requireGreater ? maxbucketindex : 0;
int step = requireGreater ? -1 : 1;
// We'll combine buckets until we have enough samples.
// The near and far variables will define the range we've combined
// The best variables are the last range we saw which still had a high
// enough confirmation rate to count as success.
// The cur variables are the current range we're counting.
unsigned int curNearBucket = startbucket;
unsigned int bestNearBucket = startbucket;
unsigned int curFarBucket = startbucket;
unsigned int bestFarBucket = startbucket;
bool foundAnswer = false;
unsigned int bins = unconfTxs.size();
bool newBucketRange = true;
bool passing = true;
EstimatorBucket passBucket;
EstimatorBucket failBucket;
// Start counting from highest(default) or lowest feerate transactions
for (int bucket = startbucket; bucket >= 0 && bucket <= maxbucketindex; bucket += step) {
if (newBucketRange) {
curNearBucket = bucket;
newBucketRange = false;
}
curFarBucket = bucket;
nConf += confAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
totalNum += txCtAvg[bucket];
failNum += failAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
for (unsigned int confct = confTarget; confct < GetMaxConfirms(); confct++)
extraNum += unconfTxs[(nBlockHeight - confct)%bins][bucket];
extraNum += oldUnconfTxs[bucket];
// If we have enough transaction data points in this range of buckets,
// we can test for success
// (Only count the confirmed data points, so that each confirmation count
// will be looking at the same amount of data and same bucket breaks)
if (totalNum >= sufficientTxVal / (1 - decay)) {
double curPct = nConf / (totalNum + failNum + extraNum);
// Check to see if we are no longer getting confirmed at the success rate
if ((requireGreater && curPct < successBreakPoint) || (!requireGreater && curPct > successBreakPoint)) {
if (passing == true) {
// First time we hit a failure record the failed bucket
unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
passing = false;
}
continue;
}
// Otherwise update the cumulative stats, and the bucket variables
// and reset the counters
else {
failBucket = EstimatorBucket(); // Reset any failed bucket, currently passing
foundAnswer = true;
passing = true;
passBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
nConf = 0;
passBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
totalNum = 0;
passBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
passBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
failNum = 0;
extraNum = 0;
bestNearBucket = curNearBucket;
bestFarBucket = curFarBucket;
newBucketRange = true;
}
}
}
double median = -1;
double txSum = 0;
// Calculate the "average" feerate of the best bucket range that met success conditions
// Find the bucket with the median transaction and then report the average feerate from that bucket
// This is a compromise between finding the median which we can't since we don't save all tx's
// and reporting the average which is less accurate
unsigned int minBucket = std::min(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
unsigned int maxBucket = std::max(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
txSum += txCtAvg[j];
}
if (foundAnswer && txSum != 0) {
txSum = txSum / 2;
for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
if (txCtAvg[j] < txSum)
txSum -= txCtAvg[j];
else { // we're in the right bucket
median = avg[j] / txCtAvg[j];
break;
}
}
passBucket.start = minBucket ? buckets[minBucket-1] : 0;
passBucket.end = buckets[maxBucket];
}
// If we were passing until we reached last few buckets with insufficient data, then report those as failed
if (passing && !newBucketRange) {
unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
}
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "FeeEst: %d %s%.0f%% decay %.5f: feerate: %g from (%g - %g) %.2f%% %.1f/(%.1f %d mem %.1f out) Fail: (%g - %g) %.2f%% %.1f/(%.1f %d mem %.1f out)\n",
confTarget, requireGreater ? ">" : "<", 100.0 * successBreakPoint, decay,
median, passBucket.start, passBucket.end,
100 * passBucket.withinTarget / (passBucket.totalConfirmed + passBucket.inMempool + passBucket.leftMempool),
passBucket.withinTarget, passBucket.totalConfirmed, passBucket.inMempool, passBucket.leftMempool,
failBucket.start, failBucket.end,
100 * failBucket.withinTarget / (failBucket.totalConfirmed + failBucket.inMempool + failBucket.leftMempool),
failBucket.withinTarget, failBucket.totalConfirmed, failBucket.inMempool, failBucket.leftMempool);
if (result) {
result->pass = passBucket;
result->fail = failBucket;
result->decay = decay;
result->scale = scale;
}
return median;
}
void TxConfirmStats::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
{
fileout << decay;
fileout << scale;
fileout << avg;
fileout << txCtAvg;
fileout << confAvg;
fileout << failAvg;
}
void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets)
{
// Read data file and do some very basic sanity checking
// buckets and bucketMap are not updated yet, so don't access them
// If there is a read failure, we'll just discard this entire object anyway
size_t maxConfirms, maxPeriods;
// The current version will store the decay with each individual TxConfirmStats and also keep a scale factor
if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
filein >> decay;
if (decay <= 0 || decay >= 1) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
}
filein >> scale;
}
filein >> avg;
if (avg.size() != numBuckets) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate average bucket count");
}
filein >> txCtAvg;
if (txCtAvg.size() != numBuckets) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in tx count bucket count");
}
filein >> confAvg;
maxPeriods = confAvg.size();
maxConfirms = scale * maxPeriods;
if (maxConfirms <= 0 || maxConfirms > 6 * 24 * 7) { // one week
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must maintain estimates for between 1 and 1008 (one week) confirms");
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
if (confAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate conf average bucket count");
}
}
if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
filein >> failAvg;
if (maxPeriods != failAvg.size()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in confirms tracked for failures");
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
if (failAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in one of failure average bucket counts");
}
}
} else {
failAvg.resize(confAvg.size());
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
failAvg[i].resize(numBuckets);
}
}
// Resize the current block variables which aren't stored in the data file
// to match the number of confirms and buckets
resizeInMemoryCounters(numBuckets);
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Reading estimates: %u buckets counting confirms up to %u blocks\n",
numBuckets, maxConfirms);
}
unsigned int TxConfirmStats::NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val)
{
unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
unsigned int blockIndex = nBlockHeight % unconfTxs.size();
unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]++;
return bucketindex;
}
void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight, unsigned int bucketindex, bool inBlock)
{
//nBestSeenHeight is not updated yet for the new block
int blocksAgo = nBestSeenHeight - entryHeight;
if (nBestSeenHeight == 0) // the BlockPolicyEstimator hasn't seen any blocks yet
blocksAgo = 0;
if (blocksAgo < 0) {
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, blocks ago is negative for mempool tx\n");
return; //This can't happen because we call this with our best seen height, no entries can have higher
}
if (blocksAgo >= (int)unconfTxs.size()) {
if (oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex] > 0) {
oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex]--;
} else {
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from >25 blocks,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
bucketindex);
}
}
else {
unsigned int blockIndex = entryHeight % unconfTxs.size();
if (unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex] > 0) {
unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]--;
} else {
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from blockIndex=%u,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
blockIndex, bucketindex);
}
}
if (!inBlock && (unsigned int)blocksAgo >= scale) { // Only counts as a failure if not confirmed for entire period
unsigned int periodsAgo = blocksAgo / scale;
for (size_t i = 0; i < periodsAgo && i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
failAvg[i][bucketindex]++;
}
}
}
// This function is called from CTxMemPool::removeUnchecked to ensure
// txs removed from the mempool for any reason are no longer
// tracked. Txs that were part of a block have already been removed in
// processBlockTx to ensure they are never double tracked, but it is
// of no harm to try to remove them again.
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::removeTx(uint256 hash, bool inBlock)
{
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo>::iterator pos = mapMemPoolTxs.find(hash);
if (pos != mapMemPoolTxs.end()) {
feeStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
shortStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
longStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
mapMemPoolTxs.erase(hash);
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
: nBestSeenHeight(0), firstRecordedHeight(0), historicalFirst(0), historicalBest(0), trackedTxs(0), untrackedTxs(0)
{
static_assert(MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE > 0, "Min feerate must be nonzero");
size_t bucketIndex = 0;
for (double bucketBoundary = MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary <= MAX_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_SPACING, bucketIndex++) {
buckets.push_back(bucketBoundary);
bucketMap[bucketBoundary] = bucketIndex;
}
buckets.push_back(INF_FEERATE);
bucketMap[INF_FEERATE] = bucketIndex;
assert(bucketMap.size() == buckets.size());
feeStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE);
shortStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE);
longStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE);
}
CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator()
{
delete feeStats;
delete shortStats;
delete longStats;
}
void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate)
{
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
unsigned int txHeight = entry.GetHeight();
uint256 hash = entry.GetTx().GetHash();
if (mapMemPoolTxs.count(hash)) {
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error mempool tx %s already being tracked\n",
hash.ToString().c_str());
return;
}
if (txHeight != nBestSeenHeight) {
// Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random they don't
// affect the estimate. We'll potentially double count transactions in 1-block reorgs.
// Ignore txs if BlockPolicyEstimator is not in sync with chainActive.Tip().
// It will be synced next time a block is processed.
return;
}
// Only want to be updating estimates when our blockchain is synced,
// otherwise we'll miscalculate how many blocks its taking to get included.
if (!validFeeEstimate) {
untrackedTxs++;
return;
}
trackedTxs++;
// Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
CFeeRate feeRate(entry.GetFee(), entry.GetTxSize());
mapMemPoolTxs[hash].blockHeight = txHeight;
unsigned int bucketIndex = feeStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
mapMemPoolTxs[hash].bucketIndex = bucketIndex;
unsigned int bucketIndex2 = shortStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex2);
unsigned int bucketIndex3 = longStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex3);
}
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry)
{
if (!removeTx(entry->GetTx().GetHash(), true)) {
// This transaction wasn't being tracked for fee estimation
return false;
}
// How many blocks did it take for miners to include this transaction?
// blocksToConfirm is 1-based, so a transaction included in the earliest
// possible block has confirmation count of 1
int blocksToConfirm = nBlockHeight - entry->GetHeight();
if (blocksToConfirm <= 0) {
// This can't happen because we don't process transactions from a block with a height
// lower than our greatest seen height
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error Transaction had negative blocksToConfirm\n");
return false;
}
// Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
CFeeRate feeRate(entry->GetFee(), entry->GetTxSize());
feeStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
shortStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
longStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
return true;
}
void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*>& entries)
{
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
if (nBlockHeight <= nBestSeenHeight) {
// Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random
// they don't affect the estimate.
// And if an attacker can re-org the chain at will, then
// you've got much bigger problems than "attacker can influence
// transaction fees."
return;
}
// Must update nBestSeenHeight in sync with ClearCurrent so that
// calls to removeTx (via processBlockTx) correctly calculate age
// of unconfirmed txs to remove from tracking.
nBestSeenHeight = nBlockHeight;
// Update unconfirmed circular buffer
feeStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
shortStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
longStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
// Decay all exponential averages
feeStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
shortStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
longStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
unsigned int countedTxs = 0;
// Update averages with data points from current block
for (const auto& entry : entries) {
if (processBlockTx(nBlockHeight, entry))
countedTxs++;
}
if (firstRecordedHeight == 0 && countedTxs > 0) {
firstRecordedHeight = nBestSeenHeight;
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy first recorded height %u\n", firstRecordedHeight);
}
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy estimates updated by %u of %u block txs, since last block %u of %u tracked, mempool map size %u, max target %u from %s\n",
countedTxs, entries.size(), trackedTxs, trackedTxs + untrackedTxs, mapMemPoolTxs.size(),
MaxUsableEstimate(), HistoricalBlockSpan() > BlockSpan() ? "historical" : "current");
trackedTxs = 0;
untrackedTxs = 0;
}
CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget) const
{
// It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
if (confTarget <= 1)
return CFeeRate(0);
return estimateRawFee(confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE);
}
CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee(int confTarget, double successThreshold, FeeEstimateHorizon horizon, EstimationResult* result) const
{
TxConfirmStats* stats;
double sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_FEETXS;
switch (horizon) {
case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
stats = shortStats;
sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT;
break;
}
case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
stats = feeStats;
break;
}
case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
stats = longStats;
break;
}
default: {
throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
}
}
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
// Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > stats->GetMaxConfirms())
return CFeeRate(0);
if (successThreshold > 1)
return CFeeRate(0);
double median = stats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, sufficientTxs, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
if (median < 0)
return CFeeRate(0);
return CFeeRate(median);
}
unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) const
{
switch (horizon) {
case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
return shortStats->GetMaxConfirms();
}
case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
return feeStats->GetMaxConfirms();
}
case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
return longStats->GetMaxConfirms();
}
default: {
throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
}
}
}
unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::BlockSpan() const
{
if (firstRecordedHeight == 0) return 0;
assert(nBestSeenHeight >= firstRecordedHeight);
return nBestSeenHeight - firstRecordedHeight;
}
unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HistoricalBlockSpan() const
{
if (historicalFirst == 0) return 0;
assert(historicalBest >= historicalFirst);
if (nBestSeenHeight - historicalBest > OLDEST_ESTIMATE_HISTORY) return 0;
return historicalBest - historicalFirst;
}
unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::MaxUsableEstimate() const
{
// Block spans are divided by 2 to make sure there are enough potential failing data points for the estimate
return std::min(longStats->GetMaxConfirms(), std::max(BlockSpan(), HistoricalBlockSpan()) / 2);
}
/** Return a fee estimate at the required successThreshold from the shortest
* time horizon which tracks confirmations up to the desired target. If
* checkShorterHorizon is requested, also allow short time horizon estimates
* for a lower target to reduce the given answer */
double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateCombinedFee(unsigned int confTarget, double successThreshold, bool checkShorterHorizon, EstimationResult *result) const
{
double estimate = -1;
if (confTarget >= 1 && confTarget <= longStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
// Find estimate from shortest time horizon possible
if (confTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // short horizon
estimate = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
}
else if (confTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // medium horizon
estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
}
else { // long horizon
estimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
}
if (checkShorterHorizon) {
EstimationResult tempResult;
// If a lower confTarget from a more recent horizon returns a lower answer use it.
if (confTarget > feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
double medMax = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(feeStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
if (medMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || medMax < estimate)) {
estimate = medMax;
if (result) *result = tempResult;
}
}
if (confTarget > shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
double shortMax = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(shortStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
if (shortMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || shortMax < estimate)) {
estimate = shortMax;
if (result) *result = tempResult;
}
}
}
}
return estimate;
}
/** Ensure that for a conservative estimate, the DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT is also met
* at 2 * target for any longer time horizons.
*/
double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateConservativeFee(unsigned int doubleTarget, EstimationResult *result) const
{
double estimate = -1;
EstimationResult tempResult;
if (doubleTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
}
if (doubleTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
double longEstimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
if (longEstimate > estimate) {
estimate = longEstimate;
if (result) *result = tempResult;
}
}
return estimate;
}
/** estimateSmartFee returns the max of the feerates calculated with a 60%
* threshold required at target / 2, an 85% threshold required at target and a
* 95% threshold required at 2 * target. Each calculation is performed at the
* shortest time horizon which tracks the required target. Conservative
* estimates, however, required the 95% threshold at 2 * target be met for any
* longer time horizons also.
*/
CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, FeeCalculation *feeCalc, bool conservative) const
{
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
if (feeCalc) {
feeCalc->desiredTarget = confTarget;
feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
}
double median = -1;
EstimationResult tempResult;
// Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > longStats->GetMaxConfirms())
return CFeeRate(0);
// It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
if (confTarget == 1)
confTarget = 2;
unsigned int maxUsableEstimate = MaxUsableEstimate();
if (maxUsableEstimate <= 1)
return CFeeRate(0);
if ((unsigned int)confTarget > maxUsableEstimate) {
confTarget = maxUsableEstimate;
}
assert(confTarget > 0); //estimateCombinedFee and estimateConservativeFee take unsigned ints
/** true is passed to estimateCombined fee for target/2 and target so
* that we check the max confirms for shorter time horizons as well.
* This is necessary to preserve monotonically increasing estimates.
* For non-conservative estimates we do the same thing for 2*target, but
* for conservative estimates we want to skip these shorter horizons
* checks for 2*target because we are taking the max over all time
* horizons so we already have monotonically increasing estimates and
* the purpose of conservative estimates is not to let short term
* fluctuations lower our estimates by too much.
*/
double halfEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget/2, HALF_SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
if (feeCalc) {
feeCalc->est = tempResult;
feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE;
}
median = halfEst;
double actualEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget, SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
if (actualEst > median) {
median = actualEst;
if (feeCalc) {
feeCalc->est = tempResult;
feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE;
}
}
double doubleEst = estimateCombinedFee(2 * confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, !conservative, &tempResult);
if (doubleEst > median) {
median = doubleEst;
if (feeCalc) {
feeCalc->est = tempResult;
feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE;
}
}
if (conservative || median == -1) {
double consEst = estimateConservativeFee(2 * confTarget, &tempResult);
if (consEst > median) {
median = consEst;
if (feeCalc) {
feeCalc->est = tempResult;
feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE;
}
}
}
if (feeCalc) feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
if (median < 0)
return CFeeRate(0);
return CFeeRate(median);
}
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
{
try {
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
fileout << 149900; // version required to read: 0.14.99 or later
fileout << CLIENT_VERSION; // version that wrote the file
fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
if (BlockSpan() > HistoricalBlockSpan()/2) {
fileout << firstRecordedHeight << nBestSeenHeight;
}
else {
fileout << historicalFirst << historicalBest;
}
fileout << buckets;
feeStats->Write(fileout);
shortStats->Write(fileout);
longStats->Write(fileout);
}
catch (const std::exception&) {
LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(): unable to write policy estimator data (non-fatal)\n");
return false;
}
return true;
}
bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
{
try {
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
int nVersionRequired, nVersionThatWrote;
filein >> nVersionRequired >> nVersionThatWrote;
if (nVersionRequired > CLIENT_VERSION)
return error("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): up-version (%d) fee estimate file", nVersionRequired);
// Read fee estimates file into temporary variables so existing data
// structures aren't corrupted if there is an exception.
unsigned int nFileBestSeenHeight;
filein >> nFileBestSeenHeight;
if (nVersionThatWrote < 149900) {
// Read the old fee estimates file for temporary use, but then discard. Will start collecting data from scratch.
// decay is stored before buckets in old versions, so pre-read decay and pass into TxConfirmStats constructor
double tempDecay;
filein >> tempDecay;
if (tempDecay <= 0 || tempDecay >= 1)
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
std::vector<double> tempBuckets;
filein >> tempBuckets;
size_t tempNum = tempBuckets.size();
if (tempNum <= 1 || tempNum > 1000)
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must have between 2 and 1000 feerate buckets");
std::map<double, unsigned int> tempMap;
std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> tempFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(tempBuckets, tempMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, tempDecay, 1));
tempFeeStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, tempNum);
// if nVersionThatWrote < 139900 then another TxConfirmStats (for priority) follows but can be ignored.
tempMap.clear();
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tempBuckets.size(); i++) {
tempMap[tempBuckets[i]] = i;
}
}
else { // nVersionThatWrote >= 149900
unsigned int nFileHistoricalFirst, nFileHistoricalBest;
filein >> nFileHistoricalFirst >> nFileHistoricalBest;
if (nFileHistoricalFirst > nFileHistoricalBest || nFileHistoricalBest > nFileBestSeenHeight) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Historical block range for estimates is invalid");
}
std::vector<double> fileBuckets;
filein >> fileBuckets;
size_t numBuckets = fileBuckets.size();
if (numBuckets <= 1 || numBuckets > 1000)
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must have between 2 and 1000 feerate buckets");
std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileShortStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileLongStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
fileFeeStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
fileShortStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
fileLongStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
// Fee estimates file parsed correctly
// Copy buckets from file and refresh our bucketmap
buckets = fileBuckets;
bucketMap.clear();
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < buckets.size(); i++) {
bucketMap[buckets[i]] = i;
}
// Destroy old TxConfirmStats and point to new ones that already reference buckets and bucketMap
delete feeStats;
delete shortStats;
delete longStats;
feeStats = fileFeeStats.release();
shortStats = fileShortStats.release();
longStats = fileLongStats.release();
nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
historicalFirst = nFileHistoricalFirst;
historicalBest = nFileHistoricalBest;
}
}
catch (const std::exception& e) {
LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): unable to read policy estimator data (non-fatal): %s\n",e.what());
return false;
}
return true;
}
void CBlockPolicyEstimator::FlushUnconfirmed(CTxMemPool& pool) {
int64_t startclear = GetTimeMicros();
std::vector<uint256> txids;
pool.queryHashes(txids);
LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
for (auto& txid : txids) {
removeTx(txid, false);
}
int64_t endclear = GetTimeMicros();
LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Recorded %u unconfirmed txs from mempool in %gs\n",txids.size(), (endclear - startclear)*0.000001);
}
FeeFilterRounder::FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee)
{
CAmount minFeeLimit = std::max(CAmount(1), minIncrementalFee.GetFeePerK() / 2);
feeset.insert(0);
for (double bucketBoundary = minFeeLimit; bucketBoundary <= MAX_FILTER_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_FILTER_SPACING) {
feeset.insert(bucketBoundary);
}
}
CAmount FeeFilterRounder::round(CAmount currentMinFee)
{
std::set<double>::iterator it = feeset.lower_bound(currentMinFee);
if ((it != feeset.begin() && insecure_rand.rand32() % 3 != 0) || it == feeset.end()) {
it--;
}
return *it;
}