// 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 #include #include #include #include #include #include static constexpr double INF_FEERATE = 1e99; std::string StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) { static const std::map 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 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 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& buckets; // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive) const std::map& 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 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> 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> 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 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 > unconfTxs; //unconfTxs[Y][X] // transactions still unconfirmed after GetMaxConfirms for each bucket std::vector 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& defaultBuckets, const std::map& 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& defaultBuckets, const std::map& defaultBucketMap, unsigned int maxPeriods, double _decay, unsigned int _scale) : buckets(defaultBuckets), bucketMap(defaultBucketMap) { decay = _decay; assert(_scale != 0 && "_scale must be non-zero"); 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; if (scale == 0) { throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Scale must be non-zero"); } } 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 assert(scale != 0); 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::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 = std::unique_ptr(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE)); shortStats = std::unique_ptr(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE)); longStats = std::unique_ptr(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE)); } CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator() { } 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& 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.get(); sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT; break; } case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: { stats = feeStats.get(); break; } case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: { stats = longStats.get(); 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(llround(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); // error condition } // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1 if (confTarget == 1) confTarget = 2; unsigned int maxUsableEstimate = MaxUsableEstimate(); if ((unsigned int)confTarget > maxUsableEstimate) { confTarget = maxUsableEstimate; } if (feeCalc) feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget; if (confTarget <= 1) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition 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 (median < 0) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition return CFeeRate(llround(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 (nVersionRequired < 149900) { LogPrintf("%s: incompatible old fee estimation data (non-fatal). Version: %d\n", __func__, nVersionRequired); } else { // New format introduced in 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 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 fileFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE)); std::unique_ptr fileShortStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE)); std::unique_ptr 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 feeStats = std::move(fileFeeStats); shortStats = std::move(fileShortStats); longStats = std::move(fileLongStats); 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 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::iterator it = feeset.lower_bound(currentMinFee); if ((it != feeset.begin() && insecure_rand.rand32() % 3 != 0) || it == feeset.end()) { it--; } return static_cast(*it); }