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-rw-r--r--src/policy/fees.cpp61
-rw-r--r--src/policy/fees.h10
-rw-r--r--src/rpc/mining.cpp2
-rw-r--r--src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp7
4 files changed, 45 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index 74ed002724..44adb26d4c 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ private:
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 MAX_CONFIRMS for each bucket
+ // transactions still unconfirmed after GetMaxConfirms for each bucket
std::vector<int> oldUnconfTxs;
void resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public:
* @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 maxConfirms, double decay);
+ unsigned int maxPeriods, double decay, unsigned int scale);
/** Roll the circular buffer for unconfirmed txs*/
void ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight);
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public:
EstimationResult *result = nullptr) const;
/** Return the max number of confirms we're tracking */
- unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return confAvg.size(); }
+ unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return scale * confAvg.size(); }
/** Write state of estimation data to a file*/
void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;
@@ -128,17 +129,17 @@ public:
TxConfirmStats::TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
- unsigned int maxConfirms, double _decay)
+ unsigned int maxPeriods, double _decay, unsigned int _scale)
: buckets(defaultBuckets), bucketMap(defaultBucketMap)
{
decay = _decay;
- scale = 1;
- confAvg.resize(maxConfirms);
- for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxConfirms; i++) {
+ scale = _scale;
+ confAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
confAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
}
- failAvg.resize(maxConfirms);
- for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxConfirms; i++) {
+ failAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
+ for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
failAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
}
@@ -172,8 +173,9 @@ 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 = blocksToConfirm; i <= confAvg.size(); i++) {
+ for (size_t i = periodsToConfirm; i <= confAvg.size(); i++) {
confAvg[i - 1][bucketindex]++;
}
txCtAvg[bucketindex]++;
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
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;
@@ -236,9 +239,9 @@ double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
newBucketRange = false;
}
curFarBucket = bucket;
- nConf += confAvg[confTarget - 1][bucket];
+ nConf += confAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
totalNum += txCtAvg[bucket];
- failNum += failAvg[confTarget - 1][bucket];
+ failNum += failAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
for (unsigned int confct = confTarget; confct < GetMaxConfirms(); confct++)
extraNum += unconfTxs[(nBlockHeight - confct)%bins][bucket];
extraNum += oldUnconfTxs[bucket];
@@ -339,6 +342,7 @@ double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
result->pass = passBucket;
result->fail = failBucket;
result->decay = decay;
+ result->scale = scale;
}
return median;
}
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ 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;
+ size_t maxConfirms, maxPeriods;
// The current version will store the decay with each individual TxConfirmStats and also keep a scale factor
if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets
if (decay <= 0 || decay >= 1) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
}
- filein >> scale; //Unused for now
+ filein >> scale;
}
filein >> avg;
@@ -378,11 +382,13 @@ void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in tx count bucket count");
}
filein >> confAvg;
- maxConfirms = confAvg.size();
+ 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 < maxConfirms; i++) {
+ 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");
}
@@ -390,10 +396,10 @@ void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets
if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
filein >> failAvg;
- if (maxConfirms != failAvg.size()) {
+ if (maxPeriods != failAvg.size()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in confirms tracked for failures");
}
- for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxConfirms; i++) {
+ 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");
}
@@ -449,8 +455,9 @@ void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHe
blockIndex, bucketindex);
}
}
- if (!inBlock && blocksAgo >= 1) {
- for (size_t i = 0; i < blocksAgo && i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
+ 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]++;
}
}
@@ -490,9 +497,9 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
bucketMap[INF_FEERATE] = bucketIndex;
assert(bucketMap.size() == buckets.size());
- feeStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, MED_DECAY);
- shortStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, SHORT_DECAY);
- longStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, LONG_DECAY);
+ 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()
@@ -864,7 +871,7 @@ bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
std::map<double, unsigned int> tempMap;
- std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> tempFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(tempBuckets, tempMap, MED_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, tempDecay));
+ 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.
@@ -884,9 +891,9 @@ bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
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_CONFIRMS, MED_DECAY));
- std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileShortStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, SHORT_DECAY));
- std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileLongStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_CONFIRMS, LONG_DECAY));
+ 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);
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.h b/src/policy/fees.h
index 1f752415e7..45356d62f6 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.h
+++ b/src/policy/fees.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct EstimationResult
EstimatorBucket pass;
EstimatorBucket fail;
double decay;
+ unsigned int scale;
};
/**
@@ -93,11 +94,14 @@ class CBlockPolicyEstimator
{
private:
/** Track confirm delays up to 12 blocks medium decay */
- static constexpr unsigned int SHORT_BLOCK_CONFIRMS = 12;
+ static constexpr unsigned int SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS = 12;
+ static constexpr unsigned int SHORT_SCALE = 1;
/** Track confirm delays up to 48 blocks medium decay */
- static constexpr unsigned int MED_BLOCK_CONFIRMS = 48;
+ static constexpr unsigned int MED_BLOCK_PERIODS = 24;
+ static constexpr unsigned int MED_SCALE = 2;
/** Track confirm delays up to 1008 blocks for longer decay */
- static constexpr unsigned int LONG_BLOCK_CONFIRMS = 1008;
+ static constexpr unsigned int LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS = 42;
+ static constexpr unsigned int LONG_SCALE = 24;
/** Historical estimates that are older than this aren't valid */
static const unsigned int OLDEST_ESTIMATE_HISTORY = 6 * 1008;
diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index 9f6cab861c..22bff1cf9e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ UniValue estimaterawfee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
"{\n"
" \"feerate\" : x.x, (numeric) estimate fee-per-kilobyte (in BTC)\n"
" \"decay\" : x.x, (numeric) exponential decay (per block) for historical moving average of confirmation data\n"
+ " \"scale\" : x, (numeric) The resolution of confirmation targets at this time horizon\n"
" \"pass.\" information about the lowest range of feerates to succeed in meeting the threshold\n"
" \"fail.\" information about the highest range of feerates to fail to meet the threshold\n"
" \"startrange\" : x.x, (numeric) start of feerate range\n"
@@ -932,6 +933,7 @@ UniValue estimaterawfee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
result.push_back(Pair("feerate", feeRate == CFeeRate(0) ? -1.0 : ValueFromAmount(feeRate.GetFeePerK())));
result.push_back(Pair("decay", buckets.decay));
+ result.push_back(Pair("scale", (int)buckets.scale));
result.push_back(Pair("pass.startrange", round(buckets.pass.start)));
result.push_back(Pair("pass.endrange", round(buckets.pass.end)));
result.push_back(Pair("pass.withintarget", round(buckets.pass.withinTarget * 100.0) / 100.0));
diff --git a/src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp b/src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp
index 0d7ca1251f..6bfd315647 100644
--- a/src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/policyestimator_tests.cpp
@@ -99,13 +99,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(BlockPolicyEstimates)
BOOST_CHECK(origFeeEst[i-1] <= origFeeEst[i-2]);
}
int mult = 11-i;
- if (i > 1) {
+ if (i % 2 == 0) { //At scale 2, test logic is only correct for even targets
BOOST_CHECK(origFeeEst[i-1] < mult*baseRate.GetFeePerK() + deltaFee);
BOOST_CHECK(origFeeEst[i-1] > mult*baseRate.GetFeePerK() - deltaFee);
}
- else {
- BOOST_CHECK(origFeeEst[i-1] == CFeeRate(0).GetFeePerK());
- }
}
// Fill out rest of the original estimates
for (int i = 10; i <= 48; i++) {
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(BlockPolicyEstimates)
block.clear();
}
BOOST_CHECK(feeEst.estimateFee(1) == CFeeRate(0));
- for (int i = 2; i < 10; i++) {
+ for (int i = 2; i < 9; i++) { // At 9, the original estimate was already at the bottom (b/c scale = 2)
BOOST_CHECK(feeEst.estimateFee(i).GetFeePerK() < origFeeEst[i-1] - deltaFee);
}