package chainfee import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io" prand "math/rand" "net" "net/http" "sync" "time" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient" "github.com/btcsuite/btcutil" ) const ( // maxBlockTarget is the highest number of blocks confirmations that // a WebAPIEstimator will cache fees for. This number is chosen // because it's the highest number of confs bitcoind will return a fee // estimate for. maxBlockTarget uint32 = 1009 // minBlockTarget is the lowest number of blocks confirmations that // a WebAPIEstimator will cache fees for. Requesting an estimate for // less than this will result in an error. minBlockTarget uint32 = 2 // minFeeUpdateTimeout represents the minimum interval in which a // WebAPIEstimator will request fresh fees from its API. minFeeUpdateTimeout = 5 * time.Minute // maxFeeUpdateTimeout represents the maximum interval in which a // WebAPIEstimator will request fresh fees from its API. maxFeeUpdateTimeout = 20 * time.Minute ) // Estimator provides the ability to estimate on-chain transaction fees for // various combinations of transaction sizes and desired confirmation time // (measured by number of blocks). type Estimator interface { // EstimateFeePerKW takes in a target for the number of blocks until an // initial confirmation and returns the estimated fee expressed in // sat/kw. EstimateFeePerKW(numBlocks uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) // Start signals the Estimator to start any processes or goroutines // it needs to perform its duty. Start() error // Stop stops any spawned goroutines and cleans up the resources used // by the fee estimator. Stop() error // RelayFeePerKW returns the minimum fee rate required for transactions // to be relayed. This is also the basis for calculation of the dust // limit. RelayFeePerKW() SatPerKWeight } // StaticEstimator will return a static value for all fee calculation requests. // It is designed to be replaced by a proper fee calculation implementation. // The fees are not accessible directly, because changing them would not be // thread safe. type StaticEstimator struct { // feePerKW is the static fee rate in satoshis-per-vbyte that will be // returned by this fee estimator. feePerKW SatPerKWeight // relayFee is the minimum fee rate required for transactions to be // relayed. relayFee SatPerKWeight } // NewStaticEstimator returns a new static fee estimator instance. func NewStaticEstimator(feePerKW, relayFee SatPerKWeight) *StaticEstimator { return &StaticEstimator{ feePerKW: feePerKW, relayFee: relayFee, } } // EstimateFeePerKW will return a static value for fee calculations. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (e StaticEstimator) EstimateFeePerKW(numBlocks uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { return e.feePerKW, nil } // RelayFeePerKW returns the minimum fee rate required for transactions to be // relayed. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (e StaticEstimator) RelayFeePerKW() SatPerKWeight { return e.relayFee } // Start signals the Estimator to start any processes or goroutines // it needs to perform its duty. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (e StaticEstimator) Start() error { return nil } // Stop stops any spawned goroutines and cleans up the resources used // by the fee estimator. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (e StaticEstimator) Stop() error { return nil } // A compile-time assertion to ensure that StaticFeeEstimator implements the // Estimator interface. var _ Estimator = (*StaticEstimator)(nil) // BtcdEstimator is an implementation of the Estimator interface backed // by the RPC interface of an active btcd node. This implementation will proxy // any fee estimation requests to btcd's RPC interface. type BtcdEstimator struct { // fallbackFeePerKW is the fall back fee rate in sat/kw that is returned // if the fee estimator does not yet have enough data to actually // produce fee estimates. fallbackFeePerKW SatPerKWeight // minFeePerKW is the minimum fee, in sat/kw, that we should enforce. // This will be used as the default fee rate for a transaction when the // estimated fee rate is too low to allow the transaction to propagate // through the network. minFeePerKW SatPerKWeight btcdConn *rpcclient.Client } // NewBtcdEstimator creates a new BtcdEstimator given a fully populated // rpc config that is able to successfully connect and authenticate with the // btcd node, and also a fall back fee rate. The fallback fee rate is used in // the occasion that the estimator has insufficient data, or returns zero for a // fee estimate. func NewBtcdEstimator(rpcConfig rpcclient.ConnConfig, fallBackFeeRate SatPerKWeight) (*BtcdEstimator, error) { rpcConfig.DisableConnectOnNew = true rpcConfig.DisableAutoReconnect = false chainConn, err := rpcclient.New(&rpcConfig, nil) if err != nil { return nil, err } return &BtcdEstimator{ fallbackFeePerKW: fallBackFeeRate, btcdConn: chainConn, }, nil } // Start signals the Estimator to start any processes or goroutines // it needs to perform its duty. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BtcdEstimator) Start() error { if err := b.btcdConn.Connect(20); err != nil { return err } // Once the connection to the backend node has been established, we'll // query it for its minimum relay fee. info, err := b.btcdConn.GetInfo() if err != nil { return err } relayFee, err := btcutil.NewAmount(info.RelayFee) if err != nil { return err } // The fee rate is expressed in sat/kb, so we'll manually convert it to // our desired sat/kw rate. minRelayFeePerKw := SatPerKVByte(relayFee).FeePerKWeight() // By default, we'll use the backend node's minimum relay fee as the // minimum fee rate we'll propose for transacations. However, if this // happens to be lower than our fee floor, we'll enforce that instead. b.minFeePerKW = minRelayFeePerKw if b.minFeePerKW < FeePerKwFloor { b.minFeePerKW = FeePerKwFloor } log.Debugf("Using minimum fee rate of %v sat/kw", int64(b.minFeePerKW)) return nil } // Stop stops any spawned goroutines and cleans up the resources used // by the fee estimator. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BtcdEstimator) Stop() error { b.btcdConn.Shutdown() return nil } // EstimateFeePerKW takes in a target for the number of blocks until an initial // confirmation and returns the estimated fee expressed in sat/kw. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BtcdEstimator) EstimateFeePerKW(numBlocks uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { feeEstimate, err := b.fetchEstimate(numBlocks) switch { // If the estimator doesn't have enough data, or returns an error, then // to return a proper value, then we'll return the default fall back // fee rate. case err != nil: log.Errorf("unable to query estimator: %v", err) fallthrough case feeEstimate == 0: return b.fallbackFeePerKW, nil } return feeEstimate, nil } // RelayFeePerKW returns the minimum fee rate required for transactions to be // relayed. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BtcdEstimator) RelayFeePerKW() SatPerKWeight { return b.minFeePerKW } // fetchEstimate returns a fee estimate for a transaction to be confirmed in // confTarget blocks. The estimate is returned in sat/kw. func (b *BtcdEstimator) fetchEstimate(confTarget uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { // First, we'll fetch the estimate for our confirmation target. btcPerKB, err := b.btcdConn.EstimateFee(int64(confTarget)) if err != nil { return 0, err } // Next, we'll convert the returned value to satoshis, as it's // currently returned in BTC. satPerKB, err := btcutil.NewAmount(btcPerKB) if err != nil { return 0, err } // Since we use fee rates in sat/kw internally, we'll convert the // estimated fee rate from its sat/kb representation to sat/kw. satPerKw := SatPerKVByte(satPerKB).FeePerKWeight() // Finally, we'll enforce our fee floor. if satPerKw < b.minFeePerKW { log.Debugf("Estimated fee rate of %v sat/kw is too low, "+ "using fee floor of %v sat/kw instead", satPerKw, b.minFeePerKW) satPerKw = b.minFeePerKW } log.Debugf("Returning %v sat/kw for conf target of %v", int64(satPerKw), confTarget) return satPerKw, nil } // A compile-time assertion to ensure that BtcdEstimator implements the // Estimator interface. var _ Estimator = (*BtcdEstimator)(nil) // BitcoindEstimator is an implementation of the Estimator interface backed by // the RPC interface of an active bitcoind node. This implementation will proxy // any fee estimation requests to bitcoind's RPC interface. type BitcoindEstimator struct { // fallbackFeePerKW is the fallback fee rate in sat/kw that is returned // if the fee estimator does not yet have enough data to actually // produce fee estimates. fallbackFeePerKW SatPerKWeight // minFeePerKW is the minimum fee, in sat/kw, that we should enforce. // This will be used as the default fee rate for a transaction when the // estimated fee rate is too low to allow the transaction to propagate // through the network. minFeePerKW SatPerKWeight bitcoindConn *rpcclient.Client } // NewBitcoindEstimator creates a new BitcoindEstimator given a fully populated // rpc config that is able to successfully connect and authenticate with the // bitcoind node, and also a fall back fee rate. The fallback fee rate is used // in the occasion that the estimator has insufficient data, or returns zero // for a fee estimate. func NewBitcoindEstimator(rpcConfig rpcclient.ConnConfig, fallBackFeeRate SatPerKWeight) (*BitcoindEstimator, error) { rpcConfig.DisableConnectOnNew = true rpcConfig.DisableAutoReconnect = false rpcConfig.DisableTLS = true rpcConfig.HTTPPostMode = true chainConn, err := rpcclient.New(&rpcConfig, nil) if err != nil { return nil, err } return &BitcoindEstimator{ fallbackFeePerKW: fallBackFeeRate, bitcoindConn: chainConn, }, nil } // Start signals the Estimator to start any processes or goroutines // it needs to perform its duty. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BitcoindEstimator) Start() error { // Once the connection to the backend node has been established, we'll // query it for its minimum relay fee. Since the `getinfo` RPC has been // deprecated for `bitcoind`, we'll need to send a `getnetworkinfo` // command as a raw request. resp, err := b.bitcoindConn.RawRequest("getnetworkinfo", nil) if err != nil { return err } // Parse the response to retrieve the relay fee in sat/KB. info := struct { RelayFee float64 `json:"relayfee"` }{} if err := json.Unmarshal(resp, &info); err != nil { return err } relayFee, err := btcutil.NewAmount(info.RelayFee) if err != nil { return err } // The fee rate is expressed in sat/kb, so we'll manually convert it to // our desired sat/kw rate. minRelayFeePerKw := SatPerKVByte(relayFee).FeePerKWeight() // By default, we'll use the backend node's minimum relay fee as the // minimum fee rate we'll propose for transacations. However, if this // happens to be lower than our fee floor, we'll enforce that instead. b.minFeePerKW = minRelayFeePerKw if b.minFeePerKW < FeePerKwFloor { b.minFeePerKW = FeePerKwFloor } log.Debugf("Using minimum fee rate of %v sat/kw", int64(b.minFeePerKW)) return nil } // Stop stops any spawned goroutines and cleans up the resources used // by the fee estimator. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BitcoindEstimator) Stop() error { return nil } // EstimateFeePerKW takes in a target for the number of blocks until an initial // confirmation and returns the estimated fee expressed in sat/kw. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BitcoindEstimator) EstimateFeePerKW(numBlocks uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { feeEstimate, err := b.fetchEstimate(numBlocks) switch { // If the estimator doesn't have enough data, or returns an error, then // to return a proper value, then we'll return the default fall back // fee rate. case err != nil: log.Errorf("unable to query estimator: %v", err) fallthrough case feeEstimate == 0: return b.fallbackFeePerKW, nil } return feeEstimate, nil } // RelayFeePerKW returns the minimum fee rate required for transactions to be // relayed. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (b *BitcoindEstimator) RelayFeePerKW() SatPerKWeight { return b.minFeePerKW } // fetchEstimate returns a fee estimate for a transaction to be confirmed in // confTarget blocks. The estimate is returned in sat/kw. func (b *BitcoindEstimator) fetchEstimate(confTarget uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { // First, we'll send an "estimatesmartfee" command as a raw request, // since it isn't supported by btcd but is available in bitcoind. target, err := json.Marshal(uint64(confTarget)) if err != nil { return 0, err } // TODO: Allow selection of economical/conservative modifiers. resp, err := b.bitcoindConn.RawRequest( "estimatesmartfee", []json.RawMessage{target}, ) if err != nil { return 0, err } // Next, we'll parse the response to get the BTC per KB. feeEstimate := struct { FeeRate float64 `json:"feerate"` }{} err = json.Unmarshal(resp, &feeEstimate) if err != nil { return 0, err } // Next, we'll convert the returned value to satoshis, as it's currently // returned in BTC. satPerKB, err := btcutil.NewAmount(feeEstimate.FeeRate) if err != nil { return 0, err } // Since we use fee rates in sat/kw internally, we'll convert the // estimated fee rate from its sat/kb representation to sat/kw. satPerKw := SatPerKVByte(satPerKB).FeePerKWeight() // Finally, we'll enforce our fee floor. if satPerKw < b.minFeePerKW { log.Debugf("Estimated fee rate of %v sat/kw is too low, "+ "using fee floor of %v sat/kw instead", satPerKw, b.minFeePerKW) satPerKw = b.minFeePerKW } log.Debugf("Returning %v sat/kw for conf target of %v", int64(satPerKw), confTarget) return satPerKw, nil } // A compile-time assertion to ensure that BitcoindEstimator implements the // Estimator interface. var _ Estimator = (*BitcoindEstimator)(nil) // WebAPIFeeSource is an interface allows the WebAPIEstimator to query an // arbitrary HTTP-based fee estimator. Each new set/network will gain an // implementation of this interface in order to allow the WebAPIEstimator to // be fully generic in its logic. type WebAPIFeeSource interface { // GenQueryURL generates the full query URL. The value returned by this // method should be able to be used directly as a path for an HTTP GET // request. GenQueryURL() string // ParseResponse attempts to parse the body of the response generated // by the above query URL. Typically this will be JSON, but the // specifics are left to the WebAPIFeeSource implementation. ParseResponse(r io.Reader) (map[uint32]uint32, error) } // SparseConfFeeSource is an implementation of the WebAPIFeeSource that utilizes // a user-specified fee estimation API for Bitcoin. It expects the response // to be in the JSON format: `fee_by_block_target: { ... }` where the value maps // block targets to fee estimates (in sat per kilovbyte). type SparseConfFeeSource struct { // URL is the fee estimation API specified by the user. URL string } // GenQueryURL generates the full query URL. The value returned by this // method should be able to be used directly as a path for an HTTP GET // request. // // NOTE: Part of the WebAPIFeeSource interface. func (s SparseConfFeeSource) GenQueryURL() string { return s.URL } // ParseResponse attempts to parse the body of the response generated by the // above query URL. Typically this will be JSON, but the specifics are left to // the WebAPIFeeSource implementation. // // NOTE: Part of the WebAPIFeeSource interface. func (s SparseConfFeeSource) ParseResponse(r io.Reader) (map[uint32]uint32, error) { type jsonResp struct { FeeByBlockTarget map[uint32]uint32 `json:"fee_by_block_target"` } resp := jsonResp{ FeeByBlockTarget: make(map[uint32]uint32), } jsonReader := json.NewDecoder(r) if err := jsonReader.Decode(&resp); err != nil { return nil, err } return resp.FeeByBlockTarget, nil } // A compile-time assertion to ensure that SparseConfFeeSource implements the // WebAPIFeeSource interface. var _ WebAPIFeeSource = (*SparseConfFeeSource)(nil) // WebAPIEstimator is an implementation of the Estimator interface that // queries an HTTP-based fee estimation from an existing web API. type WebAPIEstimator struct { started sync.Once stopped sync.Once // apiSource is the backing web API source we'll use for our queries. apiSource WebAPIFeeSource // updateFeeTicker is the ticker responsible for updating the Estimator's // fee estimates every time it fires. updateFeeTicker *time.Ticker // feeByBlockTarget is our cache for fees pulled from the API. When a // fee estimate request comes in, we pull the estimate from this array // rather than re-querying the API, to prevent an inadvertent DoS attack. feesMtx sync.Mutex feeByBlockTarget map[uint32]uint32 // defaultFeePerKw is a fallback value that we'll use if we're unable // to query the API for any reason. defaultFeePerKw SatPerKWeight quit chan struct{} wg sync.WaitGroup } // NewWebAPIEstimator creates a new WebAPIEstimator from a given URL and a // fallback default fee. The fees are updated whenever a new block is mined. func NewWebAPIEstimator( api WebAPIFeeSource, defaultFee SatPerKWeight) *WebAPIEstimator { return &WebAPIEstimator{ apiSource: api, feeByBlockTarget: make(map[uint32]uint32), defaultFeePerKw: defaultFee, quit: make(chan struct{}), } } // EstimateFeePerKW takes in a target for the number of blocks until an initial // confirmation and returns the estimated fee expressed in sat/kw. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) EstimateFeePerKW(numBlocks uint32) (SatPerKWeight, error) { if numBlocks > maxBlockTarget { numBlocks = maxBlockTarget } else if numBlocks < minBlockTarget { return 0, fmt.Errorf("conf target of %v is too low, minimum "+ "accepted is %v", numBlocks, minBlockTarget) } feePerKb, err := w.getCachedFee(numBlocks) if err != nil { return 0, err } // If the result is too low, then we'll clamp it to our current fee // floor. satPerKw := SatPerKVByte(feePerKb).FeePerKWeight() if satPerKw < FeePerKwFloor { satPerKw = FeePerKwFloor } log.Debugf("Web API returning %v sat/kw for conf target of %v", int64(satPerKw), numBlocks) return satPerKw, nil } // Start signals the Estimator to start any processes or goroutines it needs // to perform its duty. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) Start() error { var err error w.started.Do(func() { log.Infof("Starting web API fee estimator") w.updateFeeTicker = time.NewTicker(w.randomFeeUpdateTimeout()) w.updateFeeEstimates() w.wg.Add(1) go w.feeUpdateManager() }) return err } // Stop stops any spawned goroutines and cleans up the resources used by the // fee estimator. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) Stop() error { w.stopped.Do(func() { log.Infof("Stopping web API fee estimator") w.updateFeeTicker.Stop() close(w.quit) w.wg.Wait() }) return nil } // RelayFeePerKW returns the minimum fee rate required for transactions to be // relayed. // // NOTE: This method is part of the Estimator interface. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) RelayFeePerKW() SatPerKWeight { return FeePerKwFloor } // randomFeeUpdateTimeout returns a random timeout between minFeeUpdateTimeout // and maxFeeUpdateTimeout that will be used to determine how often the Estimator // should retrieve fresh fees from its API. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) randomFeeUpdateTimeout() time.Duration { lower := int64(minFeeUpdateTimeout) upper := int64(maxFeeUpdateTimeout) return time.Duration(prand.Int63n(upper-lower) + lower) } // getCachedFee takes in a target for the number of blocks until an initial // confirmation and returns an estimated fee (if one was returned by the API). If // the fee was not previously cached, we cache it here. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) getCachedFee(numBlocks uint32) (uint32, error) { w.feesMtx.Lock() defer w.feesMtx.Unlock() // Search our cached fees for the desired block target. If the target is // not cached, then attempt to extrapolate it from the next lowest target // that *is* cached. If we successfully extrapolate, then cache the // target's fee. for target := numBlocks; target >= minBlockTarget; target-- { fee, ok := w.feeByBlockTarget[target] if !ok { continue } _, ok = w.feeByBlockTarget[numBlocks] if !ok { w.feeByBlockTarget[numBlocks] = fee } return fee, nil } return 0, fmt.Errorf("web API does not include a fee estimation for "+ "block target of %v", numBlocks) } // updateFeeEstimates re-queries the API for fresh fees and caches them. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) updateFeeEstimates() { // Rather than use the default http.Client, we'll make a custom one // which will allow us to control how long we'll wait to read the // response from the service. This way, if the service is down or // overloaded, we can exit early and use our default fee. netTransport := &http.Transport{ Dial: (&net.Dialer{ Timeout: 5 * time.Second, }).Dial, TLSHandshakeTimeout: 5 * time.Second, } netClient := &http.Client{ Timeout: time.Second * 10, Transport: netTransport, } // With the client created, we'll query the API source to fetch the URL // that we should use to query for the fee estimation. targetURL := w.apiSource.GenQueryURL() resp, err := netClient.Get(targetURL) if err != nil { log.Errorf("unable to query web api for fee response: %v", err) return } defer resp.Body.Close() // Once we've obtained the response, we'll instruct the WebAPIFeeSource // to parse out the body to obtain our final result. feesByBlockTarget, err := w.apiSource.ParseResponse(resp.Body) if err != nil { log.Errorf("unable to query web api for fee response: %v", err) return } w.feesMtx.Lock() w.feeByBlockTarget = feesByBlockTarget w.feesMtx.Unlock() } // feeUpdateManager updates the fee estimates whenever a new block comes in. func (w *WebAPIEstimator) feeUpdateManager() { defer w.wg.Done() for { select { case <-w.updateFeeTicker.C: w.updateFeeEstimates() case <-w.quit: return } } } // A compile-time assertion to ensure that WebAPIEstimator implements the // Estimator interface. var _ Estimator = (*WebAPIEstimator)(nil)