Merge #12079: Improve prioritisetransaction test coverage
[bitcoinplatinum.git] / src / policy / fees.cpp
blob9142f3706d4a119399d42862e8c52367bff8e9c7
1 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
2 // Copyright (c) 2009-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
3 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
4 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
6 #include <policy/fees.h>
7 #include <policy/policy.h>
9 #include <clientversion.h>
10 #include <primitives/transaction.h>
11 #include <streams.h>
12 #include <txmempool.h>
13 #include <util.h>
15 static constexpr double INF_FEERATE = 1e99;
17 std::string StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) {
18 static const std::map<FeeEstimateHorizon, std::string> horizon_strings = {
19 {FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE, "short"},
20 {FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE, "medium"},
21 {FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE, "long"},
23 auto horizon_string = horizon_strings.find(horizon);
25 if (horizon_string == horizon_strings.end()) return "unknown";
27 return horizon_string->second;
30 std::string StringForFeeReason(FeeReason reason) {
31 static const std::map<FeeReason, std::string> fee_reason_strings = {
32 {FeeReason::NONE, "None"},
33 {FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE, "Half Target 60% Threshold"},
34 {FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE, "Target 85% Threshold"},
35 {FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE, "Double Target 95% Threshold"},
36 {FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE, "Conservative Double Target longer horizon"},
37 {FeeReason::MEMPOOL_MIN, "Mempool Min Fee"},
38 {FeeReason::PAYTXFEE, "PayTxFee set"},
39 {FeeReason::FALLBACK, "Fallback fee"},
40 {FeeReason::REQUIRED, "Minimum Required Fee"},
41 {FeeReason::MAXTXFEE, "MaxTxFee limit"}
43 auto reason_string = fee_reason_strings.find(reason);
45 if (reason_string == fee_reason_strings.end()) return "Unknown";
47 return reason_string->second;
50 bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode) {
51 static const std::map<std::string, FeeEstimateMode> fee_modes = {
52 {"UNSET", FeeEstimateMode::UNSET},
53 {"ECONOMICAL", FeeEstimateMode::ECONOMICAL},
54 {"CONSERVATIVE", FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE},
56 auto mode = fee_modes.find(mode_string);
58 if (mode == fee_modes.end()) return false;
60 fee_estimate_mode = mode->second;
61 return true;
64 /**
65 * We will instantiate an instance of this class to track transactions that were
66 * included in a block. We will lump transactions into a bucket according to their
67 * approximate feerate and then track how long it took for those txs to be included in a block
69 * The tracking of unconfirmed (mempool) transactions is completely independent of the
70 * historical tracking of transactions that have been confirmed in a block.
72 class TxConfirmStats
74 private:
75 //Define the buckets we will group transactions into
76 const std::vector<double>& buckets; // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive)
77 const std::map<double, unsigned int>& bucketMap; // Map of bucket upper-bound to index into all vectors by bucket
79 // For each bucket X:
80 // Count the total # of txs in each bucket
81 // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
82 std::vector<double> txCtAvg;
84 // Count the total # of txs confirmed within Y blocks in each bucket
85 // Track the historical moving average of theses totals over blocks
86 std::vector<std::vector<double>> confAvg; // confAvg[Y][X]
88 // Track moving avg of txs which have been evicted from the mempool
89 // after failing to be confirmed within Y blocks
90 std::vector<std::vector<double>> failAvg; // failAvg[Y][X]
92 // Sum the total feerate of all tx's in each bucket
93 // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
94 std::vector<double> avg;
96 // Combine the conf counts with tx counts to calculate the confirmation % for each Y,X
97 // Combine the total value with the tx counts to calculate the avg feerate per bucket
99 double decay;
101 // Resolution (# of blocks) with which confirmations are tracked
102 unsigned int scale;
104 // Mempool counts of outstanding transactions
105 // For each bucket X, track the number of transactions in the mempool
106 // that are unconfirmed for each possible confirmation value Y
107 std::vector<std::vector<int> > unconfTxs; //unconfTxs[Y][X]
108 // transactions still unconfirmed after GetMaxConfirms for each bucket
109 std::vector<int> oldUnconfTxs;
111 void resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets);
113 public:
115 * Create new TxConfirmStats. This is called by BlockPolicyEstimator's
116 * constructor with default values.
117 * @param defaultBuckets contains the upper limits for the bucket boundaries
118 * @param maxPeriods max number of periods to track
119 * @param decay how much to decay the historical moving average per block
121 TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets, const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
122 unsigned int maxPeriods, double decay, unsigned int scale);
124 /** Roll the circular buffer for unconfirmed txs*/
125 void ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight);
128 * Record a new transaction data point in the current block stats
129 * @param blocksToConfirm the number of blocks it took this transaction to confirm
130 * @param val the feerate of the transaction
131 * @warning blocksToConfirm is 1-based and has to be >= 1
133 void Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val);
135 /** Record a new transaction entering the mempool*/
136 unsigned int NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val);
138 /** Remove a transaction from mempool tracking stats*/
139 void removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight,
140 unsigned int bucketIndex, bool inBlock);
142 /** Update our estimates by decaying our historical moving average and updating
143 with the data gathered from the current block */
144 void UpdateMovingAverages();
147 * Calculate a feerate estimate. Find the lowest value bucket (or range of buckets
148 * to make sure we have enough data points) whose transactions still have sufficient likelihood
149 * of being confirmed within the target number of confirmations
150 * @param confTarget target number of confirmations
151 * @param sufficientTxVal required average number of transactions per block in a bucket range
152 * @param minSuccess the success probability we require
153 * @param requireGreater return the lowest feerate such that all higher values pass minSuccess OR
154 * return the highest feerate such that all lower values fail minSuccess
155 * @param nBlockHeight the current block height
157 double EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
158 double minSuccess, bool requireGreater, unsigned int nBlockHeight,
159 EstimationResult *result = nullptr) const;
161 /** Return the max number of confirms we're tracking */
162 unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return scale * confAvg.size(); }
164 /** Write state of estimation data to a file*/
165 void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;
168 * Read saved state of estimation data from a file and replace all internal data structures and
169 * variables with this state.
171 void Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets);
175 TxConfirmStats::TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
176 const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
177 unsigned int maxPeriods, double _decay, unsigned int _scale)
178 : buckets(defaultBuckets), bucketMap(defaultBucketMap)
180 decay = _decay;
181 assert(_scale != 0 && "_scale must be non-zero");
182 scale = _scale;
183 confAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
184 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
185 confAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
187 failAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
188 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
189 failAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
192 txCtAvg.resize(buckets.size());
193 avg.resize(buckets.size());
195 resizeInMemoryCounters(buckets.size());
198 void TxConfirmStats::resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets) {
199 // newbuckets must be passed in because the buckets referred to during Read have not been updated yet.
200 unconfTxs.resize(GetMaxConfirms());
201 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < unconfTxs.size(); i++) {
202 unconfTxs[i].resize(newbuckets);
204 oldUnconfTxs.resize(newbuckets);
207 // Roll the unconfirmed txs circular buffer
208 void TxConfirmStats::ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight)
210 for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
211 oldUnconfTxs[j] += unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j];
212 unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j] = 0;
217 void TxConfirmStats::Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val)
219 // blocksToConfirm is 1-based
220 if (blocksToConfirm < 1)
221 return;
222 int periodsToConfirm = (blocksToConfirm + scale - 1)/scale;
223 unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
224 for (size_t i = periodsToConfirm; i <= confAvg.size(); i++) {
225 confAvg[i - 1][bucketindex]++;
227 txCtAvg[bucketindex]++;
228 avg[bucketindex] += val;
231 void TxConfirmStats::UpdateMovingAverages()
233 for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
234 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < confAvg.size(); i++)
235 confAvg[i][j] = confAvg[i][j] * decay;
236 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < failAvg.size(); i++)
237 failAvg[i][j] = failAvg[i][j] * decay;
238 avg[j] = avg[j] * decay;
239 txCtAvg[j] = txCtAvg[j] * decay;
243 // returns -1 on error conditions
244 double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
245 double successBreakPoint, bool requireGreater,
246 unsigned int nBlockHeight, EstimationResult *result) const
248 // Counters for a bucket (or range of buckets)
249 double nConf = 0; // Number of tx's confirmed within the confTarget
250 double totalNum = 0; // Total number of tx's that were ever confirmed
251 int extraNum = 0; // Number of tx's still in mempool for confTarget or longer
252 double failNum = 0; // Number of tx's that were never confirmed but removed from the mempool after confTarget
253 int periodTarget = (confTarget + scale - 1)/scale;
255 int maxbucketindex = buckets.size() - 1;
257 // requireGreater means we are looking for the lowest feerate such that all higher
258 // values pass, so we start at maxbucketindex (highest feerate) and look at successively
259 // smaller buckets until we reach failure. Otherwise, we are looking for the highest
260 // feerate such that all lower values fail, and we go in the opposite direction.
261 unsigned int startbucket = requireGreater ? maxbucketindex : 0;
262 int step = requireGreater ? -1 : 1;
264 // We'll combine buckets until we have enough samples.
265 // The near and far variables will define the range we've combined
266 // The best variables are the last range we saw which still had a high
267 // enough confirmation rate to count as success.
268 // The cur variables are the current range we're counting.
269 unsigned int curNearBucket = startbucket;
270 unsigned int bestNearBucket = startbucket;
271 unsigned int curFarBucket = startbucket;
272 unsigned int bestFarBucket = startbucket;
274 bool foundAnswer = false;
275 unsigned int bins = unconfTxs.size();
276 bool newBucketRange = true;
277 bool passing = true;
278 EstimatorBucket passBucket;
279 EstimatorBucket failBucket;
281 // Start counting from highest(default) or lowest feerate transactions
282 for (int bucket = startbucket; bucket >= 0 && bucket <= maxbucketindex; bucket += step) {
283 if (newBucketRange) {
284 curNearBucket = bucket;
285 newBucketRange = false;
287 curFarBucket = bucket;
288 nConf += confAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
289 totalNum += txCtAvg[bucket];
290 failNum += failAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
291 for (unsigned int confct = confTarget; confct < GetMaxConfirms(); confct++)
292 extraNum += unconfTxs[(nBlockHeight - confct)%bins][bucket];
293 extraNum += oldUnconfTxs[bucket];
294 // If we have enough transaction data points in this range of buckets,
295 // we can test for success
296 // (Only count the confirmed data points, so that each confirmation count
297 // will be looking at the same amount of data and same bucket breaks)
298 if (totalNum >= sufficientTxVal / (1 - decay)) {
299 double curPct = nConf / (totalNum + failNum + extraNum);
301 // Check to see if we are no longer getting confirmed at the success rate
302 if ((requireGreater && curPct < successBreakPoint) || (!requireGreater && curPct > successBreakPoint)) {
303 if (passing == true) {
304 // First time we hit a failure record the failed bucket
305 unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
306 unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
307 failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
308 failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
309 failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
310 failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
311 failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
312 failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
313 passing = false;
315 continue;
317 // Otherwise update the cumulative stats, and the bucket variables
318 // and reset the counters
319 else {
320 failBucket = EstimatorBucket(); // Reset any failed bucket, currently passing
321 foundAnswer = true;
322 passing = true;
323 passBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
324 nConf = 0;
325 passBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
326 totalNum = 0;
327 passBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
328 passBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
329 failNum = 0;
330 extraNum = 0;
331 bestNearBucket = curNearBucket;
332 bestFarBucket = curFarBucket;
333 newBucketRange = true;
338 double median = -1;
339 double txSum = 0;
341 // Calculate the "average" feerate of the best bucket range that met success conditions
342 // Find the bucket with the median transaction and then report the average feerate from that bucket
343 // This is a compromise between finding the median which we can't since we don't save all tx's
344 // and reporting the average which is less accurate
345 unsigned int minBucket = std::min(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
346 unsigned int maxBucket = std::max(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
347 for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
348 txSum += txCtAvg[j];
350 if (foundAnswer && txSum != 0) {
351 txSum = txSum / 2;
352 for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
353 if (txCtAvg[j] < txSum)
354 txSum -= txCtAvg[j];
355 else { // we're in the right bucket
356 median = avg[j] / txCtAvg[j];
357 break;
361 passBucket.start = minBucket ? buckets[minBucket-1] : 0;
362 passBucket.end = buckets[maxBucket];
365 // If we were passing until we reached last few buckets with insufficient data, then report those as failed
366 if (passing && !newBucketRange) {
367 unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
368 unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
369 failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
370 failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
371 failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
372 failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
373 failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
374 failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
377 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",
378 confTarget, requireGreater ? ">" : "<", 100.0 * successBreakPoint, decay,
379 median, passBucket.start, passBucket.end,
380 100 * passBucket.withinTarget / (passBucket.totalConfirmed + passBucket.inMempool + passBucket.leftMempool),
381 passBucket.withinTarget, passBucket.totalConfirmed, passBucket.inMempool, passBucket.leftMempool,
382 failBucket.start, failBucket.end,
383 100 * failBucket.withinTarget / (failBucket.totalConfirmed + failBucket.inMempool + failBucket.leftMempool),
384 failBucket.withinTarget, failBucket.totalConfirmed, failBucket.inMempool, failBucket.leftMempool);
387 if (result) {
388 result->pass = passBucket;
389 result->fail = failBucket;
390 result->decay = decay;
391 result->scale = scale;
393 return median;
396 void TxConfirmStats::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
398 fileout << decay;
399 fileout << scale;
400 fileout << avg;
401 fileout << txCtAvg;
402 fileout << confAvg;
403 fileout << failAvg;
406 void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets)
408 // Read data file and do some very basic sanity checking
409 // buckets and bucketMap are not updated yet, so don't access them
410 // If there is a read failure, we'll just discard this entire object anyway
411 size_t maxConfirms, maxPeriods;
413 // The current version will store the decay with each individual TxConfirmStats and also keep a scale factor
414 filein >> decay;
415 if (decay <= 0 || decay >= 1) {
416 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
418 filein >> scale;
419 if (scale == 0) {
420 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Scale must be non-zero");
423 filein >> avg;
424 if (avg.size() != numBuckets) {
425 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate average bucket count");
427 filein >> txCtAvg;
428 if (txCtAvg.size() != numBuckets) {
429 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in tx count bucket count");
431 filein >> confAvg;
432 maxPeriods = confAvg.size();
433 maxConfirms = scale * maxPeriods;
435 if (maxConfirms <= 0 || maxConfirms > 6 * 24 * 7) { // one week
436 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must maintain estimates for between 1 and 1008 (one week) confirms");
438 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
439 if (confAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
440 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate conf average bucket count");
444 filein >> failAvg;
445 if (maxPeriods != failAvg.size()) {
446 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in confirms tracked for failures");
448 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
449 if (failAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
450 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in one of failure average bucket counts");
454 // Resize the current block variables which aren't stored in the data file
455 // to match the number of confirms and buckets
456 resizeInMemoryCounters(numBuckets);
458 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Reading estimates: %u buckets counting confirms up to %u blocks\n",
459 numBuckets, maxConfirms);
462 unsigned int TxConfirmStats::NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val)
464 unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
465 unsigned int blockIndex = nBlockHeight % unconfTxs.size();
466 unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]++;
467 return bucketindex;
470 void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight, unsigned int bucketindex, bool inBlock)
472 //nBestSeenHeight is not updated yet for the new block
473 int blocksAgo = nBestSeenHeight - entryHeight;
474 if (nBestSeenHeight == 0) // the BlockPolicyEstimator hasn't seen any blocks yet
475 blocksAgo = 0;
476 if (blocksAgo < 0) {
477 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, blocks ago is negative for mempool tx\n");
478 return; //This can't happen because we call this with our best seen height, no entries can have higher
481 if (blocksAgo >= (int)unconfTxs.size()) {
482 if (oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex] > 0) {
483 oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex]--;
484 } else {
485 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from >25 blocks,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
486 bucketindex);
489 else {
490 unsigned int blockIndex = entryHeight % unconfTxs.size();
491 if (unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex] > 0) {
492 unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]--;
493 } else {
494 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from blockIndex=%u,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
495 blockIndex, bucketindex);
498 if (!inBlock && (unsigned int)blocksAgo >= scale) { // Only counts as a failure if not confirmed for entire period
499 assert(scale != 0);
500 unsigned int periodsAgo = blocksAgo / scale;
501 for (size_t i = 0; i < periodsAgo && i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
502 failAvg[i][bucketindex]++;
507 // This function is called from CTxMemPool::removeUnchecked to ensure
508 // txs removed from the mempool for any reason are no longer
509 // tracked. Txs that were part of a block have already been removed in
510 // processBlockTx to ensure they are never double tracked, but it is
511 // of no harm to try to remove them again.
512 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::removeTx(uint256 hash, bool inBlock)
514 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
515 std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo>::iterator pos = mapMemPoolTxs.find(hash);
516 if (pos != mapMemPoolTxs.end()) {
517 feeStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
518 shortStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
519 longStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
520 mapMemPoolTxs.erase(hash);
521 return true;
522 } else {
523 return false;
527 CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
528 : nBestSeenHeight(0), firstRecordedHeight(0), historicalFirst(0), historicalBest(0), trackedTxs(0), untrackedTxs(0)
530 static_assert(MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE > 0, "Min feerate must be nonzero");
531 size_t bucketIndex = 0;
532 for (double bucketBoundary = MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary <= MAX_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_SPACING, bucketIndex++) {
533 buckets.push_back(bucketBoundary);
534 bucketMap[bucketBoundary] = bucketIndex;
536 buckets.push_back(INF_FEERATE);
537 bucketMap[INF_FEERATE] = bucketIndex;
538 assert(bucketMap.size() == buckets.size());
540 feeStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
541 shortStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
542 longStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
545 CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator()
549 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate)
551 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
552 unsigned int txHeight = entry.GetHeight();
553 uint256 hash = entry.GetTx().GetHash();
554 if (mapMemPoolTxs.count(hash)) {
555 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error mempool tx %s already being tracked\n",
556 hash.ToString().c_str());
557 return;
560 if (txHeight != nBestSeenHeight) {
561 // Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random they don't
562 // affect the estimate. We'll potentially double count transactions in 1-block reorgs.
563 // Ignore txs if BlockPolicyEstimator is not in sync with chainActive.Tip().
564 // It will be synced next time a block is processed.
565 return;
568 // Only want to be updating estimates when our blockchain is synced,
569 // otherwise we'll miscalculate how many blocks its taking to get included.
570 if (!validFeeEstimate) {
571 untrackedTxs++;
572 return;
574 trackedTxs++;
576 // Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
577 CFeeRate feeRate(entry.GetFee(), entry.GetTxSize());
579 mapMemPoolTxs[hash].blockHeight = txHeight;
580 unsigned int bucketIndex = feeStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
581 mapMemPoolTxs[hash].bucketIndex = bucketIndex;
582 unsigned int bucketIndex2 = shortStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
583 assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex2);
584 unsigned int bucketIndex3 = longStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
585 assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex3);
588 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry)
590 if (!removeTx(entry->GetTx().GetHash(), true)) {
591 // This transaction wasn't being tracked for fee estimation
592 return false;
595 // How many blocks did it take for miners to include this transaction?
596 // blocksToConfirm is 1-based, so a transaction included in the earliest
597 // possible block has confirmation count of 1
598 int blocksToConfirm = nBlockHeight - entry->GetHeight();
599 if (blocksToConfirm <= 0) {
600 // This can't happen because we don't process transactions from a block with a height
601 // lower than our greatest seen height
602 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error Transaction had negative blocksToConfirm\n");
603 return false;
606 // Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
607 CFeeRate feeRate(entry->GetFee(), entry->GetTxSize());
609 feeStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
610 shortStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
611 longStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
612 return true;
615 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
616 std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*>& entries)
618 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
619 if (nBlockHeight <= nBestSeenHeight) {
620 // Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random
621 // they don't affect the estimate.
622 // And if an attacker can re-org the chain at will, then
623 // you've got much bigger problems than "attacker can influence
624 // transaction fees."
625 return;
628 // Must update nBestSeenHeight in sync with ClearCurrent so that
629 // calls to removeTx (via processBlockTx) correctly calculate age
630 // of unconfirmed txs to remove from tracking.
631 nBestSeenHeight = nBlockHeight;
633 // Update unconfirmed circular buffer
634 feeStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
635 shortStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
636 longStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
638 // Decay all exponential averages
639 feeStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
640 shortStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
641 longStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
643 unsigned int countedTxs = 0;
644 // Update averages with data points from current block
645 for (const auto& entry : entries) {
646 if (processBlockTx(nBlockHeight, entry))
647 countedTxs++;
650 if (firstRecordedHeight == 0 && countedTxs > 0) {
651 firstRecordedHeight = nBestSeenHeight;
652 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy first recorded height %u\n", firstRecordedHeight);
656 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",
657 countedTxs, entries.size(), trackedTxs, trackedTxs + untrackedTxs, mapMemPoolTxs.size(),
658 MaxUsableEstimate(), HistoricalBlockSpan() > BlockSpan() ? "historical" : "current");
660 trackedTxs = 0;
661 untrackedTxs = 0;
664 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget) const
666 // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
667 if (confTarget <= 1)
668 return CFeeRate(0);
670 return estimateRawFee(confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE);
673 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee(int confTarget, double successThreshold, FeeEstimateHorizon horizon, EstimationResult* result) const
675 TxConfirmStats* stats;
676 double sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_FEETXS;
677 switch (horizon) {
678 case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
679 stats = shortStats.get();
680 sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT;
681 break;
683 case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
684 stats = feeStats.get();
685 break;
687 case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
688 stats = longStats.get();
689 break;
691 default: {
692 throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
696 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
697 // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
698 if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > stats->GetMaxConfirms())
699 return CFeeRate(0);
700 if (successThreshold > 1)
701 return CFeeRate(0);
703 double median = stats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, sufficientTxs, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
705 if (median < 0)
706 return CFeeRate(0);
708 return CFeeRate(llround(median));
711 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) const
713 switch (horizon) {
714 case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
715 return shortStats->GetMaxConfirms();
717 case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
718 return feeStats->GetMaxConfirms();
720 case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
721 return longStats->GetMaxConfirms();
723 default: {
724 throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
729 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::BlockSpan() const
731 if (firstRecordedHeight == 0) return 0;
732 assert(nBestSeenHeight >= firstRecordedHeight);
734 return nBestSeenHeight - firstRecordedHeight;
737 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HistoricalBlockSpan() const
739 if (historicalFirst == 0) return 0;
740 assert(historicalBest >= historicalFirst);
742 if (nBestSeenHeight - historicalBest > OLDEST_ESTIMATE_HISTORY) return 0;
744 return historicalBest - historicalFirst;
747 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::MaxUsableEstimate() const
749 // Block spans are divided by 2 to make sure there are enough potential failing data points for the estimate
750 return std::min(longStats->GetMaxConfirms(), std::max(BlockSpan(), HistoricalBlockSpan()) / 2);
753 /** Return a fee estimate at the required successThreshold from the shortest
754 * time horizon which tracks confirmations up to the desired target. If
755 * checkShorterHorizon is requested, also allow short time horizon estimates
756 * for a lower target to reduce the given answer */
757 double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateCombinedFee(unsigned int confTarget, double successThreshold, bool checkShorterHorizon, EstimationResult *result) const
759 double estimate = -1;
760 if (confTarget >= 1 && confTarget <= longStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
761 // Find estimate from shortest time horizon possible
762 if (confTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // short horizon
763 estimate = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
765 else if (confTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // medium horizon
766 estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
768 else { // long horizon
769 estimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
771 if (checkShorterHorizon) {
772 EstimationResult tempResult;
773 // If a lower confTarget from a more recent horizon returns a lower answer use it.
774 if (confTarget > feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
775 double medMax = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(feeStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
776 if (medMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || medMax < estimate)) {
777 estimate = medMax;
778 if (result) *result = tempResult;
781 if (confTarget > shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
782 double shortMax = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(shortStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
783 if (shortMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || shortMax < estimate)) {
784 estimate = shortMax;
785 if (result) *result = tempResult;
790 return estimate;
793 /** Ensure that for a conservative estimate, the DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT is also met
794 * at 2 * target for any longer time horizons.
796 double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateConservativeFee(unsigned int doubleTarget, EstimationResult *result) const
798 double estimate = -1;
799 EstimationResult tempResult;
800 if (doubleTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
801 estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
803 if (doubleTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
804 double longEstimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
805 if (longEstimate > estimate) {
806 estimate = longEstimate;
807 if (result) *result = tempResult;
810 return estimate;
813 /** estimateSmartFee returns the max of the feerates calculated with a 60%
814 * threshold required at target / 2, an 85% threshold required at target and a
815 * 95% threshold required at 2 * target. Each calculation is performed at the
816 * shortest time horizon which tracks the required target. Conservative
817 * estimates, however, required the 95% threshold at 2 * target be met for any
818 * longer time horizons also.
820 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, FeeCalculation *feeCalc, bool conservative) const
822 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
824 if (feeCalc) {
825 feeCalc->desiredTarget = confTarget;
826 feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
829 double median = -1;
830 EstimationResult tempResult;
832 // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
833 if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > longStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
834 return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
837 // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
838 if (confTarget == 1) confTarget = 2;
840 unsigned int maxUsableEstimate = MaxUsableEstimate();
841 if ((unsigned int)confTarget > maxUsableEstimate) {
842 confTarget = maxUsableEstimate;
844 if (feeCalc) feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
846 if (confTarget <= 1) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
848 assert(confTarget > 0); //estimateCombinedFee and estimateConservativeFee take unsigned ints
849 /** true is passed to estimateCombined fee for target/2 and target so
850 * that we check the max confirms for shorter time horizons as well.
851 * This is necessary to preserve monotonically increasing estimates.
852 * For non-conservative estimates we do the same thing for 2*target, but
853 * for conservative estimates we want to skip these shorter horizons
854 * checks for 2*target because we are taking the max over all time
855 * horizons so we already have monotonically increasing estimates and
856 * the purpose of conservative estimates is not to let short term
857 * fluctuations lower our estimates by too much.
859 double halfEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget/2, HALF_SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
860 if (feeCalc) {
861 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
862 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE;
864 median = halfEst;
865 double actualEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget, SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
866 if (actualEst > median) {
867 median = actualEst;
868 if (feeCalc) {
869 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
870 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE;
873 double doubleEst = estimateCombinedFee(2 * confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, !conservative, &tempResult);
874 if (doubleEst > median) {
875 median = doubleEst;
876 if (feeCalc) {
877 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
878 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE;
882 if (conservative || median == -1) {
883 double consEst = estimateConservativeFee(2 * confTarget, &tempResult);
884 if (consEst > median) {
885 median = consEst;
886 if (feeCalc) {
887 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
888 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE;
893 if (median < 0) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
895 return CFeeRate(llround(median));
899 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
901 try {
902 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
903 fileout << 149900; // version required to read: 0.14.99 or later
904 fileout << CLIENT_VERSION; // version that wrote the file
905 fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
906 if (BlockSpan() > HistoricalBlockSpan()/2) {
907 fileout << firstRecordedHeight << nBestSeenHeight;
909 else {
910 fileout << historicalFirst << historicalBest;
912 fileout << buckets;
913 feeStats->Write(fileout);
914 shortStats->Write(fileout);
915 longStats->Write(fileout);
917 catch (const std::exception&) {
918 LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(): unable to write policy estimator data (non-fatal)\n");
919 return false;
921 return true;
924 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
926 try {
927 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
928 int nVersionRequired, nVersionThatWrote;
929 filein >> nVersionRequired >> nVersionThatWrote;
930 if (nVersionRequired > CLIENT_VERSION)
931 return error("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): up-version (%d) fee estimate file", nVersionRequired);
933 // Read fee estimates file into temporary variables so existing data
934 // structures aren't corrupted if there is an exception.
935 unsigned int nFileBestSeenHeight;
936 filein >> nFileBestSeenHeight;
938 if (nVersionRequired < 149900) {
939 LogPrintf("%s: incompatible old fee estimation data (non-fatal). Version: %d\n", __func__, nVersionRequired);
940 } else { // New format introduced in 149900
941 unsigned int nFileHistoricalFirst, nFileHistoricalBest;
942 filein >> nFileHistoricalFirst >> nFileHistoricalBest;
943 if (nFileHistoricalFirst > nFileHistoricalBest || nFileHistoricalBest > nFileBestSeenHeight) {
944 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Historical block range for estimates is invalid");
946 std::vector<double> fileBuckets;
947 filein >> fileBuckets;
948 size_t numBuckets = fileBuckets.size();
949 if (numBuckets <= 1 || numBuckets > 1000)
950 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must have between 2 and 1000 feerate buckets");
952 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
953 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileShortStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
954 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileLongStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
955 fileFeeStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
956 fileShortStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
957 fileLongStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
959 // Fee estimates file parsed correctly
960 // Copy buckets from file and refresh our bucketmap
961 buckets = fileBuckets;
962 bucketMap.clear();
963 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < buckets.size(); i++) {
964 bucketMap[buckets[i]] = i;
967 // Destroy old TxConfirmStats and point to new ones that already reference buckets and bucketMap
968 feeStats = std::move(fileFeeStats);
969 shortStats = std::move(fileShortStats);
970 longStats = std::move(fileLongStats);
972 nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
973 historicalFirst = nFileHistoricalFirst;
974 historicalBest = nFileHistoricalBest;
977 catch (const std::exception& e) {
978 LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): unable to read policy estimator data (non-fatal): %s\n",e.what());
979 return false;
981 return true;
984 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::FlushUnconfirmed(CTxMemPool& pool) {
985 int64_t startclear = GetTimeMicros();
986 std::vector<uint256> txids;
987 pool.queryHashes(txids);
988 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
989 for (auto& txid : txids) {
990 removeTx(txid, false);
992 int64_t endclear = GetTimeMicros();
993 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Recorded %u unconfirmed txs from mempool in %gs\n",txids.size(), (endclear - startclear)*0.000001);
996 FeeFilterRounder::FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee)
998 CAmount minFeeLimit = std::max(CAmount(1), minIncrementalFee.GetFeePerK() / 2);
999 feeset.insert(0);
1000 for (double bucketBoundary = minFeeLimit; bucketBoundary <= MAX_FILTER_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_FILTER_SPACING) {
1001 feeset.insert(bucketBoundary);
1005 CAmount FeeFilterRounder::round(CAmount currentMinFee)
1007 std::set<double>::iterator it = feeset.lower_bound(currentMinFee);
1008 if ((it != feeset.begin() && insecure_rand.rand32() % 3 != 0) || it == feeset.end()) {
1009 it--;
1011 return static_cast<CAmount>(*it);