From dc008c462f6df84dd444c9646f7ca64ee1c8c841 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Morcos Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:29:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add IsCurrentForFeeEstimatation Make a more conservative notion of whether the node is caught up to the rest of the network and only count transactions as fee estimation data points if the node is caught up. --- src/validation.cpp | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- src/validation.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp index fb6a902bc..264fdd83d 100644 --- a/src/validation.cpp +++ b/src/validation.cpp @@ -525,6 +525,18 @@ std::string FormatStateMessage(const CValidationState &state) state.GetRejectCode()); } +static bool IsCurrentForFeeEstimation() +{ + AssertLockHeld(cs_main); + if (IsInitialBlockDownload()) + return false; + if (chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockTime() < (GetTime() - MAX_FEE_ESTIMATION_TIP_AGE)) + return false; + if (chainActive.Height() < pindexBestHeader->nHeight - 1) + return false; + return true; +} + bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState& state, const CTransactionRef& ptx, bool fLimitFree, bool* pfMissingInputs, int64_t nAcceptTime, bool fOverrideMempoolLimit, const CAmount& nAbsurdFee, std::vector& vHashTxnToUncache) @@ -941,8 +953,13 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState& state, const C } pool.RemoveStaged(allConflicting, false); + // This transaction should only count for fee estimation if + // the node is not behind and it is not dependent on any other + // transactions in the mempool + bool validForFeeEstimation = IsCurrentForFeeEstimation() && pool.HasNoInputsOf(tx); + // Store transaction in memory - pool.addUnchecked(hash, entry, setAncestors, !IsInitialBlockDownload() && pool.HasNoInputsOf(tx)); + pool.addUnchecked(hash, entry, setAncestors, validForFeeEstimation); // trim mempool and check if tx was trimmed if (!fOverrideMempoolLimit) { diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h index 981f65963..0f421d59e 100644 --- a/src/validation.h +++ b/src/validation.h @@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ static const int64_t BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_PER_PEER = 500000; static const unsigned int DEFAULT_LIMITFREERELAY = 0; static const bool DEFAULT_RELAYPRIORITY = true; static const int64_t DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE = 24 * 60 * 60; +/** Maximum age of our tip for us to be considered current for fee estimation */ +static const int64_t MAX_FEE_ESTIMATION_TIP_AGE = 3 * 60 * 60; /** Default for -permitbaremultisig */ static const bool DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG = true;