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Diffstat (limited to 'src/policy')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/policy/fees.cpp | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/policy/fees.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp index c8f2df781b..553c88fddc 100644 --- a/src/policy/fees.cpp +++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp @@ -548,14 +548,12 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator(const fs::path& estimation_filepath AutoFile est_file{fsbridge::fopen(m_estimation_filepath, "rb")}; - // Whenever the fee estimation file is not present return early if (est_file.IsNull()) { LogPrintf("%s is not found. Continue anyway.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath)); return; } std::chrono::hours file_age = GetFeeEstimatorFileAge(); - // fee estimate file must not be too old to avoid wrong fee estimates. if (file_age > MAX_FILE_AGE && !read_stale_estimates) { LogPrintf("Fee estimation file %s too old (age=%lld > %lld hours) and will not be used to avoid serving stale estimates.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(file_age), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(MAX_FILE_AGE)); return; diff --git a/src/policy/fees.h b/src/policy/fees.h index 52761f03ca..8ed13482e9 100644 --- a/src/policy/fees.h +++ b/src/policy/fees.h @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ // How often to flush fee estimates to fee_estimates.dat. static constexpr std::chrono::hours FEE_FLUSH_INTERVAL{1}; -/** fee_estimates.dat that are more than 60 hours (2.5 days) will not be read, - * as the estimates in the file are stale. +/** fee_estimates.dat that are more than 60 hours (2.5 days) old will not be read, + * as fee estimates are based on historical data and may be inaccurate if + * network activity has changed. */ static constexpr std::chrono::hours MAX_FILE_AGE{60}; |