wallet/rpc: add maxfeerate parameter to sendrawtransaction

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpc/client.cpp b/src/rpc/client.cpp
index a266580b3d..c19160d325 100644
--- a/src/rpc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/client.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "signrawtransactionwithkey", 2, "prevtxs" },
     { "signrawtransactionwithwallet", 1, "prevtxs" },
     { "sendrawtransaction", 1, "allowhighfees" },
+    { "sendrawtransaction", 1, "maxfeerate" },
     { "testmempoolaccept", 0, "rawtxs" },
     { "testmempoolaccept", 1, "allowhighfees" },
     { "combinerawtransaction", 0, "txs" },
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index d19afaa8a1..fedc30dc35 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <script/standard.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/bip32.h>
+#include <util/moneystr.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 #include <validationinterface.h>
@@ -1039,7 +1040,7 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "\nAlso see createrawtransaction and signrawtransactionwithkey calls.\n",
                 {
                     {"hexstring", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex string of the raw transaction"},
-                    {"allowhighfees", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false", "Allow high fees"},
+                    {"maxfeerate", RPCArg::Type::AMOUNT, /* default */ FormatMoney(maxTxFee), "Reject transactions whose fee rate is higher than the specified value, expressed in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"},
                 },
                 RPCResult{
             "\"hex\"             (string) The transaction hash in hex\n"
@@ -1056,7 +1057,10 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 },
             }.ToString());
 
-    RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VSTR, UniValue::VBOOL});
+    RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {
+        UniValue::VSTR,
+        UniValueType(), // NUM or BOOL, checked later
+    });
 
     // parse hex string from parameter
     CMutableTransaction mtx;
@@ -1064,12 +1068,24 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX decode failed");
     CTransactionRef tx(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(mtx)));
 
-    bool allowhighfees = false;
-    if (!request.params[1].isNull()) allowhighfees = request.params[1].get_bool();
-    const CAmount highfee{allowhighfees ? 0 : ::maxTxFee};
+    CAmount max_raw_tx_fee = maxTxFee;
+    // TODO: temporary migration code for old clients. Remove in v0.20
+    if (request.params[1].isBool()) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Second argument must be numeric (maxfeerate) and no longer supports a boolean. To allow a transaction with high fees, set maxfeerate to 0.");
+    } else if (request.params[1].isNum()) {
+        size_t weight = GetTransactionWeight(*tx);
+        CFeeRate fr(AmountFromValue(request.params[1]));
+        // the +3/4 part rounds the value up, and is the same formula used when
+        // calculating the fee for a transaction
+        // (see GetVirtualTransactionSize)
+        max_raw_tx_fee = fr.GetFee((weight+3)/4);
+    } else if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "second argument (maxfeerate) must be numeric");
+    }
+
     uint256 txid;
     std::string err_string;
-    const TransactionError err = BroadcastTransaction(tx, txid, err_string, highfee);
+    const TransactionError err = BroadcastTransaction(tx, txid, err_string, max_raw_tx_fee);
     if (TransactionError::OK != err) {
         throw JSONRPCTransactionError(err, err_string);
     }
@@ -2048,7 +2064,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
     { "rawtransactions",    "createrawtransaction",         &createrawtransaction,      {"inputs","outputs","locktime","replaceable"} },
     { "rawtransactions",    "decoderawtransaction",         &decoderawtransaction,      {"hexstring","iswitness"} },
     { "rawtransactions",    "decodescript",                 &decodescript,              {"hexstring"} },
-    { "rawtransactions",    "sendrawtransaction",           &sendrawtransaction,        {"hexstring","allowhighfees"} },
+    { "rawtransactions",    "sendrawtransaction",           &sendrawtransaction,        {"hexstring","allowhighfees|maxfeerate"} },
     { "rawtransactions",    "combinerawtransaction",        &combinerawtransaction,     {"txs"} },
     { "hidden",             "signrawtransaction",           &signrawtransaction,        {"hexstring","prevtxs","privkeys","sighashtype"} },
     { "rawtransactions",    "signrawtransactionwithkey",    &signrawtransactionwithkey, {"hexstring","privkeys","prevtxs","sighashtype"} },