/ src / rpc / fees.cpp
fees.cpp
  1  // Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
  2  // Copyright (c) 2009-2022 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 <core_io.h>
  7  #include <node/context.h>
  8  #include <policy/feerate.h>
  9  #include <policy/fees.h>
 10  #include <rpc/protocol.h>
 11  #include <rpc/request.h>
 12  #include <rpc/server.h>
 13  #include <rpc/server_util.h>
 14  #include <rpc/util.h>
 15  #include <txmempool.h>
 16  #include <univalue.h>
 17  #include <util/fees.h>
 18  #include <validationinterface.h>
 19  
 20  #include <algorithm>
 21  #include <array>
 22  #include <cmath>
 23  #include <string>
 24  
 25  using node::NodeContext;
 26  
 27  static RPCHelpMan estimatesmartfee()
 28  {
 29      return RPCHelpMan{"estimatesmartfee",
 30          "\nEstimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
 31          "confirmation within conf_target blocks if possible and return the number of blocks\n"
 32          "for which the estimate is valid. Uses virtual transaction size as defined\n"
 33          "in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n",
 34          {
 35              {"conf_target", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)"},
 36              {"estimate_mode", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Default{"conservative"}, "The fee estimate mode.\n"
 37              "Whether to return a more conservative estimate which also satisfies\n"
 38              "a longer history. A conservative estimate potentially returns a\n"
 39              "higher feerate and is more likely to be sufficient for the desired\n"
 40              "target, but is not as responsive to short term drops in the\n"
 41              "prevailing fee market. Must be one of (case insensitive):\n"
 42               "\"" + FeeModes("\"\n\"") + "\""},
 43          },
 44          RPCResult{
 45              RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
 46              {
 47                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "feerate", /*optional=*/true, "estimate fee rate in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kvB (only present if no errors were encountered)"},
 48                  {RPCResult::Type::ARR, "errors", /*optional=*/true, "Errors encountered during processing (if there are any)",
 49                      {
 50                          {RPCResult::Type::STR, "", "error"},
 51                      }},
 52                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "blocks", "block number where estimate was found\n"
 53                  "The request target will be clamped between 2 and the highest target\n"
 54                  "fee estimation is able to return based on how long it has been running.\n"
 55                  "An error is returned if not enough transactions and blocks\n"
 56                  "have been observed to make an estimate for any number of blocks."},
 57          }},
 58          RPCExamples{
 59              HelpExampleCli("estimatesmartfee", "6") +
 60              HelpExampleRpc("estimatesmartfee", "6")
 61          },
 62          [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 63          {
 64              CBlockPolicyEstimator& fee_estimator = EnsureAnyFeeEstimator(request.context);
 65              const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
 66              const CTxMemPool& mempool = EnsureMemPool(node);
 67  
 68              CHECK_NONFATAL(mempool.m_signals)->SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
 69              unsigned int max_target = fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE);
 70              unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0], max_target);
 71              bool conservative = true;
 72              if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
 73                  FeeEstimateMode fee_mode;
 74                  if (!FeeModeFromString(request.params[1].get_str(), fee_mode)) {
 75                      throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, InvalidEstimateModeErrorMessage());
 76                  }
 77                  if (fee_mode == FeeEstimateMode::ECONOMICAL) conservative = false;
 78              }
 79  
 80              UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
 81              UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
 82              FeeCalculation feeCalc;
 83              CFeeRate feeRate{fee_estimator.estimateSmartFee(conf_target, &feeCalc, conservative)};
 84              if (feeRate != CFeeRate(0)) {
 85                  CFeeRate min_mempool_feerate{mempool.GetMinFee()};
 86                  CFeeRate min_relay_feerate{mempool.m_min_relay_feerate};
 87                  feeRate = std::max({feeRate, min_mempool_feerate, min_relay_feerate});
 88                  result.pushKV("feerate", ValueFromAmount(feeRate.GetFeePerK()));
 89              } else {
 90                  errors.push_back("Insufficient data or no feerate found");
 91                  result.pushKV("errors", errors);
 92              }
 93              result.pushKV("blocks", feeCalc.returnedTarget);
 94              return result;
 95          },
 96      };
 97  }
 98  
 99  static RPCHelpMan estimaterawfee()
100  {
101      return RPCHelpMan{"estimaterawfee",
102          "\nWARNING: This interface is unstable and may disappear or change!\n"
103          "\nWARNING: This is an advanced API call that is tightly coupled to the specific\n"
104          "implementation of fee estimation. The parameters it can be called with\n"
105          "and the results it returns will change if the internal implementation changes.\n"
106          "\nEstimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
107          "confirmation within conf_target blocks if possible. Uses virtual transaction size as\n"
108          "defined in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n",
109          {
110              {"conf_target", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)"},
111              {"threshold", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{0.95}, "The proportion of transactions in a given feerate range that must have been\n"
112              "confirmed within conf_target in order to consider those feerates as high enough and proceed to check\n"
113              "lower buckets."},
114          },
115          RPCResult{
116              RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "Results are returned for any horizon which tracks blocks up to the confirmation target",
117              {
118                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "short", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for short time horizon",
119                      {
120                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "feerate", /*optional=*/true, "estimate fee rate in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kvB"},
121                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "decay", "exponential decay (per block) for historical moving average of confirmation data"},
122                          {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "scale", "The resolution of confirmation targets at this time horizon"},
123                          {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "pass", /*optional=*/true, "information about the lowest range of feerates to succeed in meeting the threshold",
124                          {
125                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "startrange", "start of feerate range"},
126                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "endrange", "end of feerate range"},
127                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "withintarget", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that were confirmed within target"},
128                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "totalconfirmed", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that were confirmed at any point"},
129                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "inmempool", "current number of txs in mempool in the feerate range unconfirmed for at least target blocks"},
130                                  {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "leftmempool", "number of txs over history horizon in the feerate range that left mempool unconfirmed after target"},
131                          }},
132                          {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "fail", /*optional=*/true, "information about the highest range of feerates to fail to meet the threshold",
133                          {
134                              {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
135                          }},
136                          {RPCResult::Type::ARR, "errors", /*optional=*/true, "Errors encountered during processing (if there are any)",
137                          {
138                              {RPCResult::Type::STR, "error", ""},
139                          }},
140                  }},
141                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "medium", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for medium time horizon",
142                  {
143                      {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
144                  }},
145                  {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "long", /*optional=*/true, "estimate for long time horizon",
146                  {
147                      {RPCResult::Type::ELISION, "", ""},
148                  }},
149              }},
150          RPCExamples{
151              HelpExampleCli("estimaterawfee", "6 0.9")
152          },
153          [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
154          {
155              CBlockPolicyEstimator& fee_estimator = EnsureAnyFeeEstimator(request.context);
156              const NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
157  
158              CHECK_NONFATAL(node.validation_signals)->SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
159              unsigned int max_target = fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE);
160              unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0], max_target);
161              double threshold = 0.95;
162              if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
163                  threshold = request.params[1].get_real();
164              }
165              if (threshold < 0 || threshold > 1) {
166                  throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid threshold");
167              }
168  
169              UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
170  
171              for (const FeeEstimateHorizon horizon : ALL_FEE_ESTIMATE_HORIZONS) {
172                  CFeeRate feeRate;
173                  EstimationResult buckets;
174  
175                  // Only output results for horizons which track the target
176                  if (conf_target > fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(horizon)) continue;
177  
178                  feeRate = fee_estimator.estimateRawFee(conf_target, threshold, horizon, &buckets);
179                  UniValue horizon_result(UniValue::VOBJ);
180                  UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
181                  UniValue passbucket(UniValue::VOBJ);
182                  passbucket.pushKV("startrange", round(buckets.pass.start));
183                  passbucket.pushKV("endrange", round(buckets.pass.end));
184                  passbucket.pushKV("withintarget", round(buckets.pass.withinTarget * 100.0) / 100.0);
185                  passbucket.pushKV("totalconfirmed", round(buckets.pass.totalConfirmed * 100.0) / 100.0);
186                  passbucket.pushKV("inmempool", round(buckets.pass.inMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
187                  passbucket.pushKV("leftmempool", round(buckets.pass.leftMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
188                  UniValue failbucket(UniValue::VOBJ);
189                  failbucket.pushKV("startrange", round(buckets.fail.start));
190                  failbucket.pushKV("endrange", round(buckets.fail.end));
191                  failbucket.pushKV("withintarget", round(buckets.fail.withinTarget * 100.0) / 100.0);
192                  failbucket.pushKV("totalconfirmed", round(buckets.fail.totalConfirmed * 100.0) / 100.0);
193                  failbucket.pushKV("inmempool", round(buckets.fail.inMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
194                  failbucket.pushKV("leftmempool", round(buckets.fail.leftMempool * 100.0) / 100.0);
195  
196                  // CFeeRate(0) is used to indicate error as a return value from estimateRawFee
197                  if (feeRate != CFeeRate(0)) {
198                      horizon_result.pushKV("feerate", ValueFromAmount(feeRate.GetFeePerK()));
199                      horizon_result.pushKV("decay", buckets.decay);
200                      horizon_result.pushKV("scale", (int)buckets.scale);
201                      horizon_result.pushKV("pass", passbucket);
202                      // buckets.fail.start == -1 indicates that all buckets passed, there is no fail bucket to output
203                      if (buckets.fail.start != -1) horizon_result.pushKV("fail", failbucket);
204                  } else {
205                      // Output only information that is still meaningful in the event of error
206                      horizon_result.pushKV("decay", buckets.decay);
207                      horizon_result.pushKV("scale", (int)buckets.scale);
208                      horizon_result.pushKV("fail", failbucket);
209                      errors.push_back("Insufficient data or no feerate found which meets threshold");
210                      horizon_result.pushKV("errors", errors);
211                  }
212                  result.pushKV(StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(horizon), horizon_result);
213              }
214              return result;
215          },
216      };
217  }
218  
219  void RegisterFeeRPCCommands(CRPCTable& t)
220  {
221      static const CRPCCommand commands[]{
222          {"util", &estimatesmartfee},
223          {"hidden", &estimaterawfee},
224      };
225      for (const auto& c : commands) {
226          t.appendCommand(c.name, &c);
227      }
228  }