/ src / rpc / fees.cpp
fees.cpp
  1  // Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
  2  // Copyright (c) 2009-present 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.
  5  
  6  #include <common/messages.h>
  7  #include <core_io.h>
  8  #include <node/context.h>
  9  #include <policy/feerate.h>
 10  #include <policy/fees/block_policy_estimator.h>
 11  #include <rpc/protocol.h>
 12  #include <rpc/request.h>
 13  #include <rpc/server.h>
 14  #include <rpc/server_util.h>
 15  #include <rpc/util.h>
 16  #include <txmempool.h>
 17  #include <univalue.h>
 18  #include <util/fees.h>
 19  #include <validationinterface.h>
 20  
 21  #include <algorithm>
 22  #include <array>
 23  #include <cmath>
 24  #include <string>
 25  #include <string_view>
 26  
 27  using common::FeeModeFromString;
 28  using common::FeeModesDetail;
 29  using common::InvalidEstimateModeErrorMessage;
 30  using node::NodeContext;
 31  
 32  static RPCMethod estimatesmartfee()
 33  {
 34      return RPCMethod{
 35          "estimatesmartfee",
 36          "Estimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
 37          "confirmation within conf_target blocks if possible and return the number of blocks\n"
 38          "for which the estimate is valid. Uses virtual transaction size as defined\n"
 39          "in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n",
 40          {
 41              {"conf_target", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)"},
 42              {"estimate_mode", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Default{"economical"}, "The fee estimate mode.\n"
 43                + FeeModesDetail(std::string("default mode will be used"))},
 44          },
 45          RPCResult{
 46              RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
 47              {
 48                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "feerate", /*optional=*/true, "estimate fee rate in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kvB (only present if no errors were encountered)"},
 49                  {RPCResult::Type::ARR, "errors", /*optional=*/true, "Errors encountered during processing (if there are any)",
 50                      {
 51                          {RPCResult::Type::STR, "", "error"},
 52                      }},
 53                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "blocks", "block number where estimate was found\n"
 54                  "The request target will be clamped between 2 and the highest target\n"
 55                  "fee estimation is able to return based on how long it has been running.\n"
 56                  "An error is returned if not enough transactions and blocks\n"
 57                  "have been observed to make an estimate for any number of blocks."},
 58          }},
 59          RPCExamples{
 60              HelpExampleCli("estimatesmartfee", "6") +
 61              HelpExampleRpc("estimatesmartfee", "6")
 62          },
 63          [](const RPCMethod& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 64          {
 65              CBlockPolicyEstimator& fee_estimator = EnsureAnyFeeEstimator(request.context);
 66              const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
 67              const CTxMemPool& mempool = EnsureMemPool(node);
 68  
 69              CHECK_NONFATAL(mempool.m_opts.signals)->SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
 70              unsigned int max_target = fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE);
 71              unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0], max_target);
 72              FeeEstimateMode fee_mode;
 73              if (!FeeModeFromString(self.Arg<std::string_view>("estimate_mode"), fee_mode)) {
 74                  throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, InvalidEstimateModeErrorMessage());
 75              }
 76  
 77              UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
 78              UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
 79              FeeCalculation feeCalc;
 80              bool conservative{fee_mode == FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE};
 81              CFeeRate feeRate{fee_estimator.estimateSmartFee(conf_target, &feeCalc, conservative)};
 82              if (feeRate != CFeeRate(0)) {
 83                  CFeeRate min_mempool_feerate{mempool.GetMinFee()};
 84                  CFeeRate min_relay_feerate{mempool.m_opts.min_relay_feerate};
 85                  feeRate = std::max({feeRate, min_mempool_feerate, min_relay_feerate});
 86                  result.pushKV("feerate", ValueFromAmount(feeRate.GetFeePerK()));
 87              } else {
 88                  errors.push_back("Insufficient data or no feerate found");
 89                  result.pushKV("errors", std::move(errors));
 90              }
 91              result.pushKV("blocks", feeCalc.returnedTarget);
 92              return result;
 93          },
 94      };
 95  }
 96  
 97  static RPCMethod estimaterawfee()
 98  {
 99      return RPCMethod{
100          "estimaterawfee",
101          "WARNING: This interface is unstable and may disappear or change!\n"
102          "\nWARNING: This is an advanced API call that is tightly coupled to the specific\n"
103          "implementation of fee estimation. The parameters it can be called with\n"
104          "and the results it returns will change if the internal implementation changes.\n"
105          "\nEstimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
106          "confirmation within conf_target blocks if possible. Uses virtual transaction size as\n"
107          "defined in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n",
108          {
109              {"conf_target", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)"},
110              {"threshold", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{0.95}, "The proportion of transactions in a given feerate range that must have been\n"
111              "confirmed within conf_target in order to consider those feerates as high enough and proceed to check\n"
112              "lower buckets."},
113          },
114          RPCResult{
115              RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "Results are returned for any horizon which tracks blocks up to the confirmation target",
116              {
117                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "short", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for short time horizon",
118                      {
119                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "feerate", /*optional=*/true, "estimate fee rate in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kvB"},
120                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "decay", "exponential decay (per block) for historical moving average of confirmation data"},
121                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "scale", "The resolution of confirmation targets at this time horizon"},
122                          {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "pass", /*optional=*/true, "information about the lowest range of feerates to succeed in meeting the threshold",
123                          {
124                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "startrange", "start of feerate range"},
125                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "endrange", "end of feerate range"},
126                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "withintarget", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that were confirmed within target"},
127                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "totalconfirmed", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that were confirmed at any point"},
128                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "inmempool", "current number of txs in mempool in the feerate range unconfirmed for at least target blocks"},
129                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "leftmempool", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that left mempool unconfirmed after target"},
130                          }},
131                          {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "fail", /*optional=*/true, "information about the highest range of feerates to fail to meet the threshold",
132                          {
133                              {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
134                          }},
135                          {RPCResult::Type::ARR, "errors", /*optional=*/true, "Errors encountered during processing (if there are any)",
136                          {
137                              {RPCResult::Type::STR, "error", ""},
138                          }},
139                  }},
140                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "medium", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for medium time horizon",
141                  {
142                      {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
143                  }},
144                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "long", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for long time horizon",
145                  {
146                      {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
147                  }},
148              }},
149          RPCExamples{
150              HelpExampleCli("estimaterawfee", "6 0.9")
151          },
152          [](const RPCMethod& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
153          {
154              CBlockPolicyEstimator& fee_estimator = EnsureAnyFeeEstimator(request.context);
155              const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
156  
157              CHECK_NONFATAL(node.validation_signals)->SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
158              unsigned int max_target = fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE);
159              unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0], max_target);
160              double threshold = 0.95;
161              if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
162                  threshold = request.params[1].get_real();
163              }
164              if (threshold < 0 || threshold > 1) {
165                  throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid threshold");
166              }
167  
168              UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
169  
170              for (const FeeEstimateHorizon horizon : ALL_FEE_ESTIMATE_HORIZONS) {
171                  CFeeRate feeRate;
172                  EstimationResult buckets;
173  
174                  // Only output results for horizons which track the target
175                  if (conf_target > fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(horizon)) continue;
176  
177                  feeRate = fee_estimator.estimateRawFee(conf_target, threshold, horizon, &buckets);
178                  UniValue horizon_result(UniValue::VOBJ);
179                  UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
180                  UniValue passbucket(UniValue::VOBJ);
181                  passbucket.pushKV("startrange", round(buckets.pass.start));
182                  passbucket.pushKV("endrange", round(buckets.pass.end));
183                  passbucket.pushKV("withintarget", round(buckets.pass.withinTarget * 100.0) / 100.0);
184                  passbucket.pushKV("totalconfirmed", round(buckets.pass.totalConfirmed * 100.0) / 100.0);
185                  passbucket.pushKV("inmempool", round(buckets.pass.inMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
186                  passbucket.pushKV("leftmempool", round(buckets.pass.leftMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
187                  UniValue failbucket(UniValue::VOBJ);
188                  failbucket.pushKV("startrange", round(buckets.fail.start));
189                  failbucket.pushKV("endrange", round(buckets.fail.end));
190                  failbucket.pushKV("withintarget", round(buckets.fail.withinTarget * 100.0) / 100.0);
191                  failbucket.pushKV("totalconfirmed", round(buckets.fail.totalConfirmed * 100.0) / 100.0);
192                  failbucket.pushKV("inmempool", round(buckets.fail.inMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
193                  failbucket.pushKV("leftmempool", round(buckets.fail.leftMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
194  
195                  // CFeeRate(0) is used to indicate error as a return value from estimateRawFee
196                  if (feeRate != CFeeRate(0)) {
197                      horizon_result.pushKV("feerate", ValueFromAmount(feeRate.GetFeePerK()));
198                      horizon_result.pushKV("decay", buckets.decay);
199                      horizon_result.pushKV("scale", buckets.scale);
200                      horizon_result.pushKV("pass", std::move(passbucket));
201                      // buckets.fail.start == -1 indicates that all buckets passed, there is no fail bucket to output
202                      if (buckets.fail.start != -1) horizon_result.pushKV("fail", std::move(failbucket));
203                  } else {
204                      // Output only information that is still meaningful in the event of error
205                      horizon_result.pushKV("decay", buckets.decay);
206                      horizon_result.pushKV("scale", buckets.scale);
207                      horizon_result.pushKV("fail", std::move(failbucket));
208                      errors.push_back("Insufficient data or no feerate found which meets threshold");
209                      horizon_result.pushKV("errors", std::move(errors));
210                  }
211                  result.pushKV(StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(horizon), std::move(horizon_result));
212              }
213              return result;
214          },
215      };
216  }
217  
218  void RegisterFeeRPCCommands(CRPCTable& t)
219  {
220      static const CRPCCommand commands[]{
221          {"util", &estimatesmartfee},
222          {"hidden", &estimaterawfee},
223      };
224      for (const auto& c : commands) {
225          t.appendCommand(c.name, &c);
226      }
227  }