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1 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
2 // Copyright (c) 2009-2016 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 "amount.h"
10 #include "clientversion.h"
11 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
12 #include "random.h"
13 #include "streams.h"
14 #include "txmempool.h"
15 #include "util.h"
17 static constexpr double INF_FEERATE = 1e99;
19 std::string StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) {
20 static const std::map<FeeEstimateHorizon, std::string> horizon_strings = {
21 {FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE, "short"},
22 {FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE, "medium"},
23 {FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE, "long"},
25 auto horizon_string = horizon_strings.find(horizon);
27 if (horizon_string == horizon_strings.end()) return "unknown";
29 return horizon_string->second;
32 std::string StringForFeeReason(FeeReason reason) {
33 static const std::map<FeeReason, std::string> fee_reason_strings = {
34 {FeeReason::NONE, "None"},
35 {FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE, "Half Target 60% Threshold"},
36 {FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE, "Target 85% Threshold"},
37 {FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE, "Double Target 95% Threshold"},
38 {FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE, "Conservative Double Target longer horizon"},
39 {FeeReason::MEMPOOL_MIN, "Mempool Min Fee"},
40 {FeeReason::PAYTXFEE, "PayTxFee set"},
41 {FeeReason::FALLBACK, "Fallback fee"},
42 {FeeReason::REQUIRED, "Minimum Required Fee"},
43 {FeeReason::MAXTXFEE, "MaxTxFee limit"}
45 auto reason_string = fee_reason_strings.find(reason);
47 if (reason_string == fee_reason_strings.end()) return "Unknown";
49 return reason_string->second;
52 bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode) {
53 static const std::map<std::string, FeeEstimateMode> fee_modes = {
54 {"UNSET", FeeEstimateMode::UNSET},
55 {"ECONOMICAL", FeeEstimateMode::ECONOMICAL},
56 {"CONSERVATIVE", FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE},
58 auto mode = fee_modes.find(mode_string);
60 if (mode == fee_modes.end()) return false;
62 fee_estimate_mode = mode->second;
63 return true;
66 /**
67 * We will instantiate an instance of this class to track transactions that were
68 * included in a block. We will lump transactions into a bucket according to their
69 * approximate feerate and then track how long it took for those txs to be included in a block
71 * The tracking of unconfirmed (mempool) transactions is completely independent of the
72 * historical tracking of transactions that have been confirmed in a block.
74 class TxConfirmStats
76 private:
77 //Define the buckets we will group transactions into
78 const std::vector<double>& buckets; // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive)
79 const std::map<double, unsigned int>& bucketMap; // Map of bucket upper-bound to index into all vectors by bucket
81 // For each bucket X:
82 // Count the total # of txs in each bucket
83 // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
84 std::vector<double> txCtAvg;
86 // Count the total # of txs confirmed within Y blocks in each bucket
87 // Track the historical moving average of theses totals over blocks
88 std::vector<std::vector<double>> confAvg; // confAvg[Y][X]
90 // Track moving avg of txs which have been evicted from the mempool
91 // after failing to be confirmed within Y blocks
92 std::vector<std::vector<double>> failAvg; // failAvg[Y][X]
94 // Sum the total feerate of all tx's in each bucket
95 // Track the historical moving average of this total over blocks
96 std::vector<double> avg;
98 // Combine the conf counts with tx counts to calculate the confirmation % for each Y,X
99 // Combine the total value with the tx counts to calculate the avg feerate per bucket
101 double decay;
103 // Resolution (# of blocks) with which confirmations are tracked
104 unsigned int scale;
106 // Mempool counts of outstanding transactions
107 // For each bucket X, track the number of transactions in the mempool
108 // that are unconfirmed for each possible confirmation value Y
109 std::vector<std::vector<int> > unconfTxs; //unconfTxs[Y][X]
110 // transactions still unconfirmed after GetMaxConfirms for each bucket
111 std::vector<int> oldUnconfTxs;
113 void resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets);
115 public:
117 * Create new TxConfirmStats. This is called by BlockPolicyEstimator's
118 * constructor with default values.
119 * @param defaultBuckets contains the upper limits for the bucket boundaries
120 * @param maxPeriods max number of periods to track
121 * @param decay how much to decay the historical moving average per block
123 TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets, const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
124 unsigned int maxPeriods, double decay, unsigned int scale);
126 /** Roll the circular buffer for unconfirmed txs*/
127 void ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight);
130 * Record a new transaction data point in the current block stats
131 * @param blocksToConfirm the number of blocks it took this transaction to confirm
132 * @param val the feerate of the transaction
133 * @warning blocksToConfirm is 1-based and has to be >= 1
135 void Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val);
137 /** Record a new transaction entering the mempool*/
138 unsigned int NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val);
140 /** Remove a transaction from mempool tracking stats*/
141 void removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight,
142 unsigned int bucketIndex, bool inBlock);
144 /** Update our estimates by decaying our historical moving average and updating
145 with the data gathered from the current block */
146 void UpdateMovingAverages();
149 * Calculate a feerate estimate. Find the lowest value bucket (or range of buckets
150 * to make sure we have enough data points) whose transactions still have sufficient likelihood
151 * of being confirmed within the target number of confirmations
152 * @param confTarget target number of confirmations
153 * @param sufficientTxVal required average number of transactions per block in a bucket range
154 * @param minSuccess the success probability we require
155 * @param requireGreater return the lowest feerate such that all higher values pass minSuccess OR
156 * return the highest feerate such that all lower values fail minSuccess
157 * @param nBlockHeight the current block height
159 double EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
160 double minSuccess, bool requireGreater, unsigned int nBlockHeight,
161 EstimationResult *result = nullptr) const;
163 /** Return the max number of confirms we're tracking */
164 unsigned int GetMaxConfirms() const { return scale * confAvg.size(); }
166 /** Write state of estimation data to a file*/
167 void Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;
170 * Read saved state of estimation data from a file and replace all internal data structures and
171 * variables with this state.
173 void Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets);
177 TxConfirmStats::TxConfirmStats(const std::vector<double>& defaultBuckets,
178 const std::map<double, unsigned int>& defaultBucketMap,
179 unsigned int maxPeriods, double _decay, unsigned int _scale)
180 : buckets(defaultBuckets), bucketMap(defaultBucketMap)
182 decay = _decay;
183 assert(_scale != 0 && "_scale must be non-zero");
184 scale = _scale;
185 confAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
186 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
187 confAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
189 failAvg.resize(maxPeriods);
190 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
191 failAvg[i].resize(buckets.size());
194 txCtAvg.resize(buckets.size());
195 avg.resize(buckets.size());
197 resizeInMemoryCounters(buckets.size());
200 void TxConfirmStats::resizeInMemoryCounters(size_t newbuckets) {
201 // newbuckets must be passed in because the buckets referred to during Read have not been updated yet.
202 unconfTxs.resize(GetMaxConfirms());
203 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < unconfTxs.size(); i++) {
204 unconfTxs[i].resize(newbuckets);
206 oldUnconfTxs.resize(newbuckets);
209 // Roll the unconfirmed txs circular buffer
210 void TxConfirmStats::ClearCurrent(unsigned int nBlockHeight)
212 for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
213 oldUnconfTxs[j] += unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j];
214 unconfTxs[nBlockHeight%unconfTxs.size()][j] = 0;
219 void TxConfirmStats::Record(int blocksToConfirm, double val)
221 // blocksToConfirm is 1-based
222 if (blocksToConfirm < 1)
223 return;
224 int periodsToConfirm = (blocksToConfirm + scale - 1)/scale;
225 unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
226 for (size_t i = periodsToConfirm; i <= confAvg.size(); i++) {
227 confAvg[i - 1][bucketindex]++;
229 txCtAvg[bucketindex]++;
230 avg[bucketindex] += val;
233 void TxConfirmStats::UpdateMovingAverages()
235 for (unsigned int j = 0; j < buckets.size(); j++) {
236 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < confAvg.size(); i++)
237 confAvg[i][j] = confAvg[i][j] * decay;
238 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < failAvg.size(); i++)
239 failAvg[i][j] = failAvg[i][j] * decay;
240 avg[j] = avg[j] * decay;
241 txCtAvg[j] = txCtAvg[j] * decay;
245 // returns -1 on error conditions
246 double TxConfirmStats::EstimateMedianVal(int confTarget, double sufficientTxVal,
247 double successBreakPoint, bool requireGreater,
248 unsigned int nBlockHeight, EstimationResult *result) const
250 // Counters for a bucket (or range of buckets)
251 double nConf = 0; // Number of tx's confirmed within the confTarget
252 double totalNum = 0; // Total number of tx's that were ever confirmed
253 int extraNum = 0; // Number of tx's still in mempool for confTarget or longer
254 double failNum = 0; // Number of tx's that were never confirmed but removed from the mempool after confTarget
255 int periodTarget = (confTarget + scale - 1)/scale;
257 int maxbucketindex = buckets.size() - 1;
259 // requireGreater means we are looking for the lowest feerate such that all higher
260 // values pass, so we start at maxbucketindex (highest feerate) and look at successively
261 // smaller buckets until we reach failure. Otherwise, we are looking for the highest
262 // feerate such that all lower values fail, and we go in the opposite direction.
263 unsigned int startbucket = requireGreater ? maxbucketindex : 0;
264 int step = requireGreater ? -1 : 1;
266 // We'll combine buckets until we have enough samples.
267 // The near and far variables will define the range we've combined
268 // The best variables are the last range we saw which still had a high
269 // enough confirmation rate to count as success.
270 // The cur variables are the current range we're counting.
271 unsigned int curNearBucket = startbucket;
272 unsigned int bestNearBucket = startbucket;
273 unsigned int curFarBucket = startbucket;
274 unsigned int bestFarBucket = startbucket;
276 bool foundAnswer = false;
277 unsigned int bins = unconfTxs.size();
278 bool newBucketRange = true;
279 bool passing = true;
280 EstimatorBucket passBucket;
281 EstimatorBucket failBucket;
283 // Start counting from highest(default) or lowest feerate transactions
284 for (int bucket = startbucket; bucket >= 0 && bucket <= maxbucketindex; bucket += step) {
285 if (newBucketRange) {
286 curNearBucket = bucket;
287 newBucketRange = false;
289 curFarBucket = bucket;
290 nConf += confAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
291 totalNum += txCtAvg[bucket];
292 failNum += failAvg[periodTarget - 1][bucket];
293 for (unsigned int confct = confTarget; confct < GetMaxConfirms(); confct++)
294 extraNum += unconfTxs[(nBlockHeight - confct)%bins][bucket];
295 extraNum += oldUnconfTxs[bucket];
296 // If we have enough transaction data points in this range of buckets,
297 // we can test for success
298 // (Only count the confirmed data points, so that each confirmation count
299 // will be looking at the same amount of data and same bucket breaks)
300 if (totalNum >= sufficientTxVal / (1 - decay)) {
301 double curPct = nConf / (totalNum + failNum + extraNum);
303 // Check to see if we are no longer getting confirmed at the success rate
304 if ((requireGreater && curPct < successBreakPoint) || (!requireGreater && curPct > successBreakPoint)) {
305 if (passing == true) {
306 // First time we hit a failure record the failed bucket
307 unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
308 unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
309 failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
310 failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
311 failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
312 failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
313 failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
314 failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
315 passing = false;
317 continue;
319 // Otherwise update the cumulative stats, and the bucket variables
320 // and reset the counters
321 else {
322 failBucket = EstimatorBucket(); // Reset any failed bucket, currently passing
323 foundAnswer = true;
324 passing = true;
325 passBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
326 nConf = 0;
327 passBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
328 totalNum = 0;
329 passBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
330 passBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
331 failNum = 0;
332 extraNum = 0;
333 bestNearBucket = curNearBucket;
334 bestFarBucket = curFarBucket;
335 newBucketRange = true;
340 double median = -1;
341 double txSum = 0;
343 // Calculate the "average" feerate of the best bucket range that met success conditions
344 // Find the bucket with the median transaction and then report the average feerate from that bucket
345 // This is a compromise between finding the median which we can't since we don't save all tx's
346 // and reporting the average which is less accurate
347 unsigned int minBucket = std::min(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
348 unsigned int maxBucket = std::max(bestNearBucket, bestFarBucket);
349 for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
350 txSum += txCtAvg[j];
352 if (foundAnswer && txSum != 0) {
353 txSum = txSum / 2;
354 for (unsigned int j = minBucket; j <= maxBucket; j++) {
355 if (txCtAvg[j] < txSum)
356 txSum -= txCtAvg[j];
357 else { // we're in the right bucket
358 median = avg[j] / txCtAvg[j];
359 break;
363 passBucket.start = minBucket ? buckets[minBucket-1] : 0;
364 passBucket.end = buckets[maxBucket];
367 // If we were passing until we reached last few buckets with insufficient data, then report those as failed
368 if (passing && !newBucketRange) {
369 unsigned int failMinBucket = std::min(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
370 unsigned int failMaxBucket = std::max(curNearBucket, curFarBucket);
371 failBucket.start = failMinBucket ? buckets[failMinBucket - 1] : 0;
372 failBucket.end = buckets[failMaxBucket];
373 failBucket.withinTarget = nConf;
374 failBucket.totalConfirmed = totalNum;
375 failBucket.inMempool = extraNum;
376 failBucket.leftMempool = failNum;
379 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",
380 confTarget, requireGreater ? ">" : "<", 100.0 * successBreakPoint, decay,
381 median, passBucket.start, passBucket.end,
382 100 * passBucket.withinTarget / (passBucket.totalConfirmed + passBucket.inMempool + passBucket.leftMempool),
383 passBucket.withinTarget, passBucket.totalConfirmed, passBucket.inMempool, passBucket.leftMempool,
384 failBucket.start, failBucket.end,
385 100 * failBucket.withinTarget / (failBucket.totalConfirmed + failBucket.inMempool + failBucket.leftMempool),
386 failBucket.withinTarget, failBucket.totalConfirmed, failBucket.inMempool, failBucket.leftMempool);
389 if (result) {
390 result->pass = passBucket;
391 result->fail = failBucket;
392 result->decay = decay;
393 result->scale = scale;
395 return median;
398 void TxConfirmStats::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
400 fileout << decay;
401 fileout << scale;
402 fileout << avg;
403 fileout << txCtAvg;
404 fileout << confAvg;
405 fileout << failAvg;
408 void TxConfirmStats::Read(CAutoFile& filein, int nFileVersion, size_t numBuckets)
410 // Read data file and do some very basic sanity checking
411 // buckets and bucketMap are not updated yet, so don't access them
412 // If there is a read failure, we'll just discard this entire object anyway
413 size_t maxConfirms, maxPeriods;
415 // The current version will store the decay with each individual TxConfirmStats and also keep a scale factor
416 if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
417 filein >> decay;
418 if (decay <= 0 || decay >= 1) {
419 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
421 filein >> scale;
422 if (scale == 0) {
423 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Scale must be non-zero");
427 filein >> avg;
428 if (avg.size() != numBuckets) {
429 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate average bucket count");
431 filein >> txCtAvg;
432 if (txCtAvg.size() != numBuckets) {
433 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in tx count bucket count");
435 filein >> confAvg;
436 maxPeriods = confAvg.size();
437 maxConfirms = scale * maxPeriods;
439 if (maxConfirms <= 0 || maxConfirms > 6 * 24 * 7) { // one week
440 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must maintain estimates for between 1 and 1008 (one week) confirms");
442 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
443 if (confAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
444 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in feerate conf average bucket count");
448 if (nFileVersion >= 149900) {
449 filein >> failAvg;
450 if (maxPeriods != failAvg.size()) {
451 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in confirms tracked for failures");
453 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < maxPeriods; i++) {
454 if (failAvg[i].size() != numBuckets) {
455 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Mismatch in one of failure average bucket counts");
458 } else {
459 failAvg.resize(confAvg.size());
460 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
461 failAvg[i].resize(numBuckets);
465 // Resize the current block variables which aren't stored in the data file
466 // to match the number of confirms and buckets
467 resizeInMemoryCounters(numBuckets);
469 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Reading estimates: %u buckets counting confirms up to %u blocks\n",
470 numBuckets, maxConfirms);
473 unsigned int TxConfirmStats::NewTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, double val)
475 unsigned int bucketindex = bucketMap.lower_bound(val)->second;
476 unsigned int blockIndex = nBlockHeight % unconfTxs.size();
477 unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]++;
478 return bucketindex;
481 void TxConfirmStats::removeTx(unsigned int entryHeight, unsigned int nBestSeenHeight, unsigned int bucketindex, bool inBlock)
483 //nBestSeenHeight is not updated yet for the new block
484 int blocksAgo = nBestSeenHeight - entryHeight;
485 if (nBestSeenHeight == 0) // the BlockPolicyEstimator hasn't seen any blocks yet
486 blocksAgo = 0;
487 if (blocksAgo < 0) {
488 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, blocks ago is negative for mempool tx\n");
489 return; //This can't happen because we call this with our best seen height, no entries can have higher
492 if (blocksAgo >= (int)unconfTxs.size()) {
493 if (oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex] > 0) {
494 oldUnconfTxs[bucketindex]--;
495 } else {
496 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from >25 blocks,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
497 bucketindex);
500 else {
501 unsigned int blockIndex = entryHeight % unconfTxs.size();
502 if (unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex] > 0) {
503 unconfTxs[blockIndex][bucketindex]--;
504 } else {
505 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error, mempool tx removed from blockIndex=%u,bucketIndex=%u already\n",
506 blockIndex, bucketindex);
509 if (!inBlock && (unsigned int)blocksAgo >= scale) { // Only counts as a failure if not confirmed for entire period
510 assert(scale != 0);
511 unsigned int periodsAgo = blocksAgo / scale;
512 for (size_t i = 0; i < periodsAgo && i < failAvg.size(); i++) {
513 failAvg[i][bucketindex]++;
518 // This function is called from CTxMemPool::removeUnchecked to ensure
519 // txs removed from the mempool for any reason are no longer
520 // tracked. Txs that were part of a block have already been removed in
521 // processBlockTx to ensure they are never double tracked, but it is
522 // of no harm to try to remove them again.
523 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::removeTx(uint256 hash, bool inBlock)
525 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
526 std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo>::iterator pos = mapMemPoolTxs.find(hash);
527 if (pos != mapMemPoolTxs.end()) {
528 feeStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
529 shortStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
530 longStats->removeTx(pos->second.blockHeight, nBestSeenHeight, pos->second.bucketIndex, inBlock);
531 mapMemPoolTxs.erase(hash);
532 return true;
533 } else {
534 return false;
538 CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
539 : nBestSeenHeight(0), firstRecordedHeight(0), historicalFirst(0), historicalBest(0), trackedTxs(0), untrackedTxs(0)
541 static_assert(MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE > 0, "Min feerate must be nonzero");
542 size_t bucketIndex = 0;
543 for (double bucketBoundary = MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary <= MAX_BUCKET_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_SPACING, bucketIndex++) {
544 buckets.push_back(bucketBoundary);
545 bucketMap[bucketBoundary] = bucketIndex;
547 buckets.push_back(INF_FEERATE);
548 bucketMap[INF_FEERATE] = bucketIndex;
549 assert(bucketMap.size() == buckets.size());
551 feeStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
552 shortStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
553 longStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
556 CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator()
560 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate)
562 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
563 unsigned int txHeight = entry.GetHeight();
564 uint256 hash = entry.GetTx().GetHash();
565 if (mapMemPoolTxs.count(hash)) {
566 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error mempool tx %s already being tracked\n",
567 hash.ToString().c_str());
568 return;
571 if (txHeight != nBestSeenHeight) {
572 // Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random they don't
573 // affect the estimate. We'll potentially double count transactions in 1-block reorgs.
574 // Ignore txs if BlockPolicyEstimator is not in sync with chainActive.Tip().
575 // It will be synced next time a block is processed.
576 return;
579 // Only want to be updating estimates when our blockchain is synced,
580 // otherwise we'll miscalculate how many blocks its taking to get included.
581 if (!validFeeEstimate) {
582 untrackedTxs++;
583 return;
585 trackedTxs++;
587 // Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
588 CFeeRate feeRate(entry.GetFee(), entry.GetTxSize());
590 mapMemPoolTxs[hash].blockHeight = txHeight;
591 unsigned int bucketIndex = feeStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
592 mapMemPoolTxs[hash].bucketIndex = bucketIndex;
593 unsigned int bucketIndex2 = shortStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
594 assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex2);
595 unsigned int bucketIndex3 = longStats->NewTx(txHeight, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
596 assert(bucketIndex == bucketIndex3);
599 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry)
601 if (!removeTx(entry->GetTx().GetHash(), true)) {
602 // This transaction wasn't being tracked for fee estimation
603 return false;
606 // How many blocks did it take for miners to include this transaction?
607 // blocksToConfirm is 1-based, so a transaction included in the earliest
608 // possible block has confirmation count of 1
609 int blocksToConfirm = nBlockHeight - entry->GetHeight();
610 if (blocksToConfirm <= 0) {
611 // This can't happen because we don't process transactions from a block with a height
612 // lower than our greatest seen height
613 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy error Transaction had negative blocksToConfirm\n");
614 return false;
617 // Feerates are stored and reported as BTC-per-kb:
618 CFeeRate feeRate(entry->GetFee(), entry->GetTxSize());
620 feeStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
621 shortStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
622 longStats->Record(blocksToConfirm, (double)feeRate.GetFeePerK());
623 return true;
626 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
627 std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*>& entries)
629 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
630 if (nBlockHeight <= nBestSeenHeight) {
631 // Ignore side chains and re-orgs; assuming they are random
632 // they don't affect the estimate.
633 // And if an attacker can re-org the chain at will, then
634 // you've got much bigger problems than "attacker can influence
635 // transaction fees."
636 return;
639 // Must update nBestSeenHeight in sync with ClearCurrent so that
640 // calls to removeTx (via processBlockTx) correctly calculate age
641 // of unconfirmed txs to remove from tracking.
642 nBestSeenHeight = nBlockHeight;
644 // Update unconfirmed circular buffer
645 feeStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
646 shortStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
647 longStats->ClearCurrent(nBlockHeight);
649 // Decay all exponential averages
650 feeStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
651 shortStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
652 longStats->UpdateMovingAverages();
654 unsigned int countedTxs = 0;
655 // Update averages with data points from current block
656 for (const auto& entry : entries) {
657 if (processBlockTx(nBlockHeight, entry))
658 countedTxs++;
661 if (firstRecordedHeight == 0 && countedTxs > 0) {
662 firstRecordedHeight = nBestSeenHeight;
663 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Blockpolicy first recorded height %u\n", firstRecordedHeight);
667 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",
668 countedTxs, entries.size(), trackedTxs, trackedTxs + untrackedTxs, mapMemPoolTxs.size(),
669 MaxUsableEstimate(), HistoricalBlockSpan() > BlockSpan() ? "historical" : "current");
671 trackedTxs = 0;
672 untrackedTxs = 0;
675 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateFee(int confTarget) const
677 // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
678 if (confTarget <= 1)
679 return CFeeRate(0);
681 return estimateRawFee(confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE);
684 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee(int confTarget, double successThreshold, FeeEstimateHorizon horizon, EstimationResult* result) const
686 TxConfirmStats* stats;
687 double sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_FEETXS;
688 switch (horizon) {
689 case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
690 stats = shortStats.get();
691 sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT;
692 break;
694 case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
695 stats = feeStats.get();
696 break;
698 case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
699 stats = longStats.get();
700 break;
702 default: {
703 throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
707 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
708 // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
709 if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > stats->GetMaxConfirms())
710 return CFeeRate(0);
711 if (successThreshold > 1)
712 return CFeeRate(0);
714 double median = stats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, sufficientTxs, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
716 if (median < 0)
717 return CFeeRate(0);
719 return CFeeRate(llround(median));
722 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) const
724 switch (horizon) {
725 case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
726 return shortStats->GetMaxConfirms();
728 case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
729 return feeStats->GetMaxConfirms();
731 case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
732 return longStats->GetMaxConfirms();
734 default: {
735 throw std::out_of_range("CBlockPolicyEstimator::HighestTargetTracked unknown FeeEstimateHorizon");
740 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::BlockSpan() const
742 if (firstRecordedHeight == 0) return 0;
743 assert(nBestSeenHeight >= firstRecordedHeight);
745 return nBestSeenHeight - firstRecordedHeight;
748 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::HistoricalBlockSpan() const
750 if (historicalFirst == 0) return 0;
751 assert(historicalBest >= historicalFirst);
753 if (nBestSeenHeight - historicalBest > OLDEST_ESTIMATE_HISTORY) return 0;
755 return historicalBest - historicalFirst;
758 unsigned int CBlockPolicyEstimator::MaxUsableEstimate() const
760 // Block spans are divided by 2 to make sure there are enough potential failing data points for the estimate
761 return std::min(longStats->GetMaxConfirms(), std::max(BlockSpan(), HistoricalBlockSpan()) / 2);
764 /** Return a fee estimate at the required successThreshold from the shortest
765 * time horizon which tracks confirmations up to the desired target. If
766 * checkShorterHorizon is requested, also allow short time horizon estimates
767 * for a lower target to reduce the given answer */
768 double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateCombinedFee(unsigned int confTarget, double successThreshold, bool checkShorterHorizon, EstimationResult *result) const
770 double estimate = -1;
771 if (confTarget >= 1 && confTarget <= longStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
772 // Find estimate from shortest time horizon possible
773 if (confTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // short horizon
774 estimate = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
776 else if (confTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) { // medium horizon
777 estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
779 else { // long horizon
780 estimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(confTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
782 if (checkShorterHorizon) {
783 EstimationResult tempResult;
784 // If a lower confTarget from a more recent horizon returns a lower answer use it.
785 if (confTarget > feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
786 double medMax = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(feeStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
787 if (medMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || medMax < estimate)) {
788 estimate = medMax;
789 if (result) *result = tempResult;
792 if (confTarget > shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
793 double shortMax = shortStats->EstimateMedianVal(shortStats->GetMaxConfirms(), SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT, successThreshold, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
794 if (shortMax > 0 && (estimate == -1 || shortMax < estimate)) {
795 estimate = shortMax;
796 if (result) *result = tempResult;
801 return estimate;
804 /** Ensure that for a conservative estimate, the DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT is also met
805 * at 2 * target for any longer time horizons.
807 double CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateConservativeFee(unsigned int doubleTarget, EstimationResult *result) const
809 double estimate = -1;
810 EstimationResult tempResult;
811 if (doubleTarget <= shortStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
812 estimate = feeStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, result);
814 if (doubleTarget <= feeStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
815 double longEstimate = longStats->EstimateMedianVal(doubleTarget, SUFFICIENT_FEETXS, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, true, nBestSeenHeight, &tempResult);
816 if (longEstimate > estimate) {
817 estimate = longEstimate;
818 if (result) *result = tempResult;
821 return estimate;
824 /** estimateSmartFee returns the max of the feerates calculated with a 60%
825 * threshold required at target / 2, an 85% threshold required at target and a
826 * 95% threshold required at 2 * target. Each calculation is performed at the
827 * shortest time horizon which tracks the required target. Conservative
828 * estimates, however, required the 95% threshold at 2 * target be met for any
829 * longer time horizons also.
831 CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, FeeCalculation *feeCalc, bool conservative) const
833 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
835 if (feeCalc) {
836 feeCalc->desiredTarget = confTarget;
837 feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
840 double median = -1;
841 EstimationResult tempResult;
843 // Return failure if trying to analyze a target we're not tracking
844 if (confTarget <= 0 || (unsigned int)confTarget > longStats->GetMaxConfirms()) {
845 return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
848 // It's not possible to get reasonable estimates for confTarget of 1
849 if (confTarget == 1) confTarget = 2;
851 unsigned int maxUsableEstimate = MaxUsableEstimate();
852 if ((unsigned int)confTarget > maxUsableEstimate) {
853 confTarget = maxUsableEstimate;
855 if (feeCalc) feeCalc->returnedTarget = confTarget;
857 if (confTarget <= 1) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
859 assert(confTarget > 0); //estimateCombinedFee and estimateConservativeFee take unsigned ints
860 /** true is passed to estimateCombined fee for target/2 and target so
861 * that we check the max confirms for shorter time horizons as well.
862 * This is necessary to preserve monotonically increasing estimates.
863 * For non-conservative estimates we do the same thing for 2*target, but
864 * for conservative estimates we want to skip these shorter horizons
865 * checks for 2*target because we are taking the max over all time
866 * horizons so we already have monotonically increasing estimates and
867 * the purpose of conservative estimates is not to let short term
868 * fluctuations lower our estimates by too much.
870 double halfEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget/2, HALF_SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
871 if (feeCalc) {
872 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
873 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::HALF_ESTIMATE;
875 median = halfEst;
876 double actualEst = estimateCombinedFee(confTarget, SUCCESS_PCT, true, &tempResult);
877 if (actualEst > median) {
878 median = actualEst;
879 if (feeCalc) {
880 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
881 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::FULL_ESTIMATE;
884 double doubleEst = estimateCombinedFee(2 * confTarget, DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT, !conservative, &tempResult);
885 if (doubleEst > median) {
886 median = doubleEst;
887 if (feeCalc) {
888 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
889 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::DOUBLE_ESTIMATE;
893 if (conservative || median == -1) {
894 double consEst = estimateConservativeFee(2 * confTarget, &tempResult);
895 if (consEst > median) {
896 median = consEst;
897 if (feeCalc) {
898 feeCalc->est = tempResult;
899 feeCalc->reason = FeeReason::CONSERVATIVE;
904 if (median < 0) return CFeeRate(0); // error condition
906 return CFeeRate(llround(median));
910 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const
912 try {
913 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
914 fileout << 149900; // version required to read: 0.14.99 or later
915 fileout << CLIENT_VERSION; // version that wrote the file
916 fileout << nBestSeenHeight;
917 if (BlockSpan() > HistoricalBlockSpan()/2) {
918 fileout << firstRecordedHeight << nBestSeenHeight;
920 else {
921 fileout << historicalFirst << historicalBest;
923 fileout << buckets;
924 feeStats->Write(fileout);
925 shortStats->Write(fileout);
926 longStats->Write(fileout);
928 catch (const std::exception&) {
929 LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Write(): unable to write policy estimator data (non-fatal)\n");
930 return false;
932 return true;
935 bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
937 try {
938 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
939 int nVersionRequired, nVersionThatWrote;
940 filein >> nVersionRequired >> nVersionThatWrote;
941 if (nVersionRequired > CLIENT_VERSION)
942 return error("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): up-version (%d) fee estimate file", nVersionRequired);
944 // Read fee estimates file into temporary variables so existing data
945 // structures aren't corrupted if there is an exception.
946 unsigned int nFileBestSeenHeight;
947 filein >> nFileBestSeenHeight;
949 if (nVersionThatWrote < 149900) {
950 // Read the old fee estimates file for temporary use, but then discard. Will start collecting data from scratch.
951 // decay is stored before buckets in old versions, so pre-read decay and pass into TxConfirmStats constructor
952 double tempDecay;
953 filein >> tempDecay;
954 if (tempDecay <= 0 || tempDecay >= 1)
955 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Decay must be between 0 and 1 (non-inclusive)");
957 std::vector<double> tempBuckets;
958 filein >> tempBuckets;
959 size_t tempNum = tempBuckets.size();
960 if (tempNum <= 1 || tempNum > 1000)
961 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must have between 2 and 1000 feerate buckets");
963 std::map<double, unsigned int> tempMap;
965 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> tempFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(tempBuckets, tempMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, tempDecay, 1));
966 tempFeeStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, tempNum);
967 // if nVersionThatWrote < 139900 then another TxConfirmStats (for priority) follows but can be ignored.
969 tempMap.clear();
970 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tempBuckets.size(); i++) {
971 tempMap[tempBuckets[i]] = i;
974 else { // nVersionThatWrote >= 149900
975 unsigned int nFileHistoricalFirst, nFileHistoricalBest;
976 filein >> nFileHistoricalFirst >> nFileHistoricalBest;
977 if (nFileHistoricalFirst > nFileHistoricalBest || nFileHistoricalBest > nFileBestSeenHeight) {
978 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Historical block range for estimates is invalid");
980 std::vector<double> fileBuckets;
981 filein >> fileBuckets;
982 size_t numBuckets = fileBuckets.size();
983 if (numBuckets <= 1 || numBuckets > 1000)
984 throw std::runtime_error("Corrupt estimates file. Must have between 2 and 1000 feerate buckets");
986 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileFeeStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
987 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileShortStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
988 std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> fileLongStats(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
989 fileFeeStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
990 fileShortStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
991 fileLongStats->Read(filein, nVersionThatWrote, numBuckets);
993 // Fee estimates file parsed correctly
994 // Copy buckets from file and refresh our bucketmap
995 buckets = fileBuckets;
996 bucketMap.clear();
997 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < buckets.size(); i++) {
998 bucketMap[buckets[i]] = i;
1001 // Destroy old TxConfirmStats and point to new ones that already reference buckets and bucketMap
1002 feeStats = std::move(fileFeeStats);
1003 shortStats = std::move(fileShortStats);
1004 longStats = std::move(fileLongStats);
1006 nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
1007 historicalFirst = nFileHistoricalFirst;
1008 historicalBest = nFileHistoricalBest;
1011 catch (const std::exception& e) {
1012 LogPrintf("CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(): unable to read policy estimator data (non-fatal): %s\n",e.what());
1013 return false;
1015 return true;
1018 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::FlushUnconfirmed(CTxMemPool& pool) {
1019 int64_t startclear = GetTimeMicros();
1020 std::vector<uint256> txids;
1021 pool.queryHashes(txids);
1022 LOCK(cs_feeEstimator);
1023 for (auto& txid : txids) {
1024 removeTx(txid, false);
1026 int64_t endclear = GetTimeMicros();
1027 LogPrint(BCLog::ESTIMATEFEE, "Recorded %u unconfirmed txs from mempool in %gs\n",txids.size(), (endclear - startclear)*0.000001);
1030 FeeFilterRounder::FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee)
1032 CAmount minFeeLimit = std::max(CAmount(1), minIncrementalFee.GetFeePerK() / 2);
1033 feeset.insert(0);
1034 for (double bucketBoundary = minFeeLimit; bucketBoundary <= MAX_FILTER_FEERATE; bucketBoundary *= FEE_FILTER_SPACING) {
1035 feeset.insert(bucketBoundary);
1039 CAmount FeeFilterRounder::round(CAmount currentMinFee)
1041 std::set<double>::iterator it = feeset.lower_bound(currentMinFee);
1042 if ((it != feeset.begin() && insecure_rand.rand32() % 3 != 0) || it == feeset.end()) {
1043 it--;
1045 return static_cast<CAmount>(*it);