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diff --git a/src/txmempool.cpp b/src/txmempool.cpp
index 64c9eac73d..4bf01d4848 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.cpp
+++ b/src/txmempool.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
#include "core.h"
#include "txmempool.h"
+#include <boost/circular_buffer.hpp>
+
using namespace std;
CTxMemPoolEntry::CTxMemPoolEntry()
@@ -35,12 +37,311 @@ CTxMemPoolEntry::GetPriority(unsigned int currentHeight) const
return dResult;
}
+//
+// Keep track of fee/priority for transactions confirmed within N blocks
+//
+class CBlockAverage
+{
+private:
+ boost::circular_buffer<CFeeRate> feeSamples;
+ boost::circular_buffer<double> prioritySamples;
+
+ template<typename T> std::vector<T> buf2vec(boost::circular_buffer<T> buf) const
+ {
+ std::vector<T> vec(buf.begin(), buf.end());
+ return vec;
+ }
+
+public:
+ CBlockAverage() : feeSamples(100), prioritySamples(100) { }
+
+ void RecordFee(const CFeeRate& feeRate) {
+ feeSamples.push_back(feeRate);
+ }
+
+ void RecordPriority(double priority) {
+ prioritySamples.push_back(priority);
+ }
+
+ size_t FeeSamples() const { return feeSamples.size(); }
+ size_t GetFeeSamples(std::vector<CFeeRate>& insertInto) const
+ {
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CFeeRate& f, feeSamples)
+ insertInto.push_back(f);
+ return feeSamples.size();
+ }
+ size_t PrioritySamples() const { return prioritySamples.size(); }
+ size_t GetPrioritySamples(std::vector<double>& insertInto) const
+ {
+ BOOST_FOREACH(double d, prioritySamples)
+ insertInto.push_back(d);
+ return prioritySamples.size();
+ }
+
+ // Used as belt-and-suspenders check when reading to detect
+ // file corruption
+ bool AreSane(const std::vector<CFeeRate>& vecFee)
+ {
+ BOOST_FOREACH(CFeeRate fee, vecFee)
+ {
+ if (fee < CFeeRate(0))
+ return false;
+ if (fee.GetFee(1000) > CTransaction::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(1000) * 10000)
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+ bool AreSane(const std::vector<double> vecPriority)
+ {
+ BOOST_FOREACH(double priority, vecPriority)
+ {
+ if (priority < 0)
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
+ {
+ std::vector<CFeeRate> vecFee = buf2vec(feeSamples);
+ fileout << vecFee;
+ std::vector<double> vecPriority = buf2vec(prioritySamples);
+ fileout << vecPriority;
+ }
+
+ void Read(CAutoFile& filein) {
+ std::vector<CFeeRate> vecFee;
+ filein >> vecFee;
+ if (AreSane(vecFee))
+ feeSamples.insert(feeSamples.end(), vecFee.begin(), vecFee.end());
+ else
+ throw runtime_error("Corrupt fee value in estimates file.");
+ std::vector<double> vecPriority;
+ filein >> vecPriority;
+ if (AreSane(vecPriority))
+ prioritySamples.insert(prioritySamples.end(), vecPriority.begin(), vecPriority.end());
+ else
+ throw runtime_error("Corrupt priority value in estimates file.");
+ if (feeSamples.size() + prioritySamples.size() > 0)
+ LogPrint("estimatefee", "Read %d fee samples and %d priority samples\n",
+ feeSamples.size(), prioritySamples.size());
+ }
+};
+
+class CMinerPolicyEstimator
+{
+private:
+ // Records observed averages transactions that confirmed within one block, two blocks,
+ // three blocks etc.
+ std::vector<CBlockAverage> history;
+ std::vector<CFeeRate> sortedFeeSamples;
+ std::vector<double> sortedPrioritySamples;
+
+ int nBestSeenHeight;
+
+ // nBlocksAgo is 0 based, i.e. transactions that confirmed in the highest seen block are
+ // nBlocksAgo == 0, transactions in the block before that are nBlocksAgo == 1 etc.
+ void seenTxConfirm(CFeeRate feeRate, double dPriority, int nBlocksAgo)
+ {
+ // Last entry records "everything else".
+ int nBlocksTruncated = min(nBlocksAgo, (int) history.size() - 1);
+ assert(nBlocksTruncated >= 0);
+
+ // We need to guess why the transaction was included in a block-- either
+ // because it is high-priority or because it has sufficient fees.
+ bool sufficientFee = (feeRate > CTransaction::minRelayTxFee);
+ bool sufficientPriority = AllowFree(dPriority);
+ const char* assignedTo = "unassigned";
+ if (sufficientFee && !sufficientPriority)
+ {
+ history[nBlocksTruncated].RecordFee(feeRate);
+ assignedTo = "fee";
+ }
+ else if (sufficientPriority && !sufficientFee)
+ {
+ history[nBlocksTruncated].RecordPriority(dPriority);
+ assignedTo = "priority";
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // Neither or both fee and priority sufficient to get confirmed:
+ // don't know why they got confirmed.
+ }
+ LogPrint("estimatefee", "Seen TX confirm: %s : %s fee/%g priority, took %d blocks\n",
+ assignedTo, feeRate.ToString(), dPriority, nBlocksAgo);
+ }
+
+public:
+ CMinerPolicyEstimator(int nEntries) : nBestSeenHeight(0)
+ {
+ history.resize(nEntries);
+ }
+
+ void seenBlock(const std::vector<CTxMemPoolEntry>& entries, int nBlockHeight)
+ {
+ 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;
+ }
+ nBestSeenHeight = nBlockHeight;
+
+ // Fill up the history buckets based on how long transactions took
+ // to confirm.
+ std::vector<std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*> > entriesByConfirmations;
+ entriesByConfirmations.resize(history.size());
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, entries)
+ {
+ // How many blocks did it take for miners to include this transaction?
+ int delta = nBlockHeight - entry.GetHeight();
+ if (delta <= 0)
+ {
+ // Re-org made us lose height, this should only happen if we happen
+ // to re-org on a difficulty transition point: very rare!
+ continue;
+ }
+ if ((delta-1) >= (int)history.size())
+ delta = history.size(); // Last bucket is catch-all
+ entriesByConfirmations[delta-1].push_back(&entry);
+ }
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < entriesByConfirmations.size(); i++)
+ {
+ std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*> &e = entriesByConfirmations.at(i);
+ // Insert at most 10 random entries per bucket, otherwise a single block
+ // can dominate an estimate:
+ if (e.size() > 10) {
+ std::random_shuffle(e.begin(), e.end());
+ e.resize(10);
+ }
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry, e)
+ {
+ // Fees are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
+ CFeeRate feeRate(entry->GetFee(), entry->GetTxSize());
+ double dPriority = entry->GetPriority(entry->GetHeight()); // Want priority when it went IN
+ seenTxConfirm(feeRate, dPriority, i);
+ }
+ }
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < history.size(); i++) {
+ if (history[i].FeeSamples() + history[i].PrioritySamples() > 0)
+ LogPrint("estimatefee", "estimates: for confirming within %d blocks based on %d/%d samples, fee=%s, prio=%g\n",
+ i,
+ history[i].FeeSamples(), history[i].PrioritySamples(),
+ estimateFee(i+1).ToString(), estimatePriority(i+1));
+ }
+ sortedFeeSamples.clear();
+ sortedPrioritySamples.clear();
+ }
+
+ // Can return CFeeRate(0) if we don't have any data for that many blocks back. nBlocksToConfirm is 1 based.
+ CFeeRate estimateFee(int nBlocksToConfirm)
+ {
+ nBlocksToConfirm--;
+
+ if (nBlocksToConfirm < 0 || nBlocksToConfirm >= (int)history.size())
+ return CFeeRate(0);
+
+ if (sortedFeeSamples.size() == 0)
+ {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < history.size(); i++)
+ history.at(i).GetFeeSamples(sortedFeeSamples);
+ std::sort(sortedFeeSamples.begin(), sortedFeeSamples.end(),
+ std::greater<CFeeRate>());
+ }
+ if (sortedFeeSamples.size() == 0)
+ return CFeeRate(0);
+
+ int nBucketSize = history.at(nBlocksToConfirm).FeeSamples();
+
+ // Estimates should not increase as number of confirmations goes up,
+ // but the estimates are noisy because confirmations happen discretely
+ // in blocks. To smooth out the estimates, use all samples in the history
+ // and use the nth highest where n is (number of samples in previous bucket +
+ // half the samples in nBlocksToConfirm bucket):
+ size_t nPrevSize = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < nBlocksToConfirm; i++)
+ nPrevSize += history.at(i).FeeSamples();
+ size_t index = min(nPrevSize + nBucketSize/2, sortedFeeSamples.size()-1);
+ return sortedFeeSamples[index];
+ }
+ double estimatePriority(int nBlocksToConfirm)
+ {
+ nBlocksToConfirm--;
+
+ if (nBlocksToConfirm < 0 || nBlocksToConfirm >= (int)history.size())
+ return -1;
+
+ if (sortedPrioritySamples.size() == 0)
+ {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < history.size(); i++)
+ history.at(i).GetPrioritySamples(sortedPrioritySamples);
+ std::sort(sortedPrioritySamples.begin(), sortedPrioritySamples.end(),
+ std::greater<double>());
+ }
+ if (sortedPrioritySamples.size() == 0)
+ return -1.0;
+
+ int nBucketSize = history.at(nBlocksToConfirm).PrioritySamples();
+
+ // Estimates should not increase as number of confirmations needed goes up,
+ // but the estimates are noisy because confirmations happen discretely
+ // in blocks. To smooth out the estimates, use all samples in the history
+ // and use the nth highest where n is (number of samples in previous buckets +
+ // half the samples in nBlocksToConfirm bucket).
+ size_t nPrevSize = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < nBlocksToConfirm; i++)
+ nPrevSize += history.at(i).PrioritySamples();
+ size_t index = min(nPrevSize + nBucketSize/2, sortedFeeSamples.size()-1);
+ return sortedPrioritySamples[index];
+ }
+
+ void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
+ {
+ fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
+ fileout << history.size();
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CBlockAverage& entry, history)
+ {
+ entry.Write(fileout);
+ }
+ }
+
+ void Read(CAutoFile& filein)
+ {
+ filein >> nBestSeenHeight;
+ size_t numEntries;
+ filein >> numEntries;
+ history.clear();
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < numEntries; i++)
+ {
+ CBlockAverage entry;
+ entry.Read(filein);
+ history.push_back(entry);
+ }
+ }
+};
+
+
CTxMemPool::CTxMemPool()
{
// Sanity checks off by default for performance, because otherwise
// accepting transactions becomes O(N^2) where N is the number
// of transactions in the pool
fSanityCheck = false;
+
+ // 25 blocks is a compromise between using a lot of disk/memory and
+ // trying to give accurate estimates to people who might be willing
+ // to wait a day or two to save a fraction of a penny in fees.
+ // Confirmation times for very-low-fee transactions that take more
+ // than an hour or three to confirm are highly variable.
+ minerPolicyEstimator = new CMinerPolicyEstimator(25);
+}
+
+CTxMemPool::~CTxMemPool()
+{
+ delete minerPolicyEstimator;
}
void CTxMemPool::pruneSpent(const uint256 &hashTx, CCoins &coins)
@@ -128,6 +429,28 @@ void CTxMemPool::removeConflicts(const CTransaction &tx, std::list<CTransaction>
}
}
+// Called when a block is connected. Removes from mempool and updates the miner fee estimator.
+void CTxMemPool::removeForBlock(const std::vector<CTransaction>& vtx, unsigned int nBlockHeight,
+ std::list<CTransaction>& conflicts)
+{
+ LOCK(cs);
+ std::vector<CTxMemPoolEntry> entries;
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, vtx)
+ {
+ uint256 hash = tx.GetHash();
+ if (mapTx.count(hash))
+ entries.push_back(mapTx[hash]);
+ }
+ minerPolicyEstimator->seenBlock(entries, nBlockHeight);
+ BOOST_FOREACH(const CTransaction& tx, vtx)
+ {
+ std::list<CTransaction> dummy;
+ remove(tx, dummy, false);
+ removeConflicts(tx, conflicts);
+ }
+}
+
+
void CTxMemPool::clear()
{
LOCK(cs);
@@ -195,6 +518,53 @@ bool CTxMemPool::lookup(uint256 hash, CTransaction& result) const
return true;
}
+CFeeRate CTxMemPool::estimateFee(int nBlocks) const
+{
+ LOCK(cs);
+ return minerPolicyEstimator->estimateFee(nBlocks);
+}
+double CTxMemPool::estimatePriority(int nBlocks) const
+{
+ LOCK(cs);
+ return minerPolicyEstimator->estimatePriority(nBlocks);
+}
+
+bool
+CTxMemPool::WriteFeeEstimates(CAutoFile& fileout) const
+{
+ try {
+ LOCK(cs);
+ fileout << 99900; // version required to read: 0.9.99 or later
+ fileout << CLIENT_VERSION; // version that wrote the file
+ minerPolicyEstimator->Write(fileout);
+ }
+ catch (std::exception &e) {
+ LogPrintf("CTxMemPool::WriteFeeEstimates() : unable to write policy estimator data (non-fatal)");
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool
+CTxMemPool::ReadFeeEstimates(CAutoFile& filein)
+{
+ try {
+ int nVersionRequired, nVersionThatWrote;
+ filein >> nVersionRequired >> nVersionThatWrote;
+ if (nVersionRequired > CLIENT_VERSION)
+ return error("CTxMemPool::ReadFeeEstimates() : up-version (%d) fee estimate file", nVersionRequired);
+
+ LOCK(cs);
+ minerPolicyEstimator->Read(filein);
+ }
+ catch (std::exception &e) {
+ LogPrintf("CTxMemPool::ReadFeeEstimates() : unable to read policy estimator data (non-fatal)");
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+
CCoinsViewMemPool::CCoinsViewMemPool(CCoinsView &baseIn, CTxMemPool &mempoolIn) : CCoinsViewBacked(baseIn), mempool(mempoolIn) { }
bool CCoinsViewMemPool::GetCoins(const uint256 &txid, CCoins &coins) {