dcrd/internal/mining/policy.go
Donald Adu-Poku 48e43ca109 multi: Start dcrutil v4 module dev cycle.
This updates the dcrutil module version to v4
and updates import and deps sites.
2020-12-16 16:30:24 -06:00

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// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite developers
// Copyright (c) 2016-2020 The Decred developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package mining
import (
"github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrutil/v4"
"github.com/decred/dcrd/txscript/v4"
"github.com/decred/dcrd/wire"
)
const (
// UnminedHeight is the height used for the "block" height field of the
// contextual transaction information provided in a transaction store
// when it has not yet been mined into a block.
UnminedHeight = 0x7fffffff
)
// Policy houses the policy (configuration parameters) which is used to control
// the generation of block templates. See the documentation for
// NewBlockTemplate for more details on each of these parameters are used.
type Policy struct {
// BlockMinSize is the minimum block size in bytes to be used when
// generating a block template.
BlockMinSize uint32
// BlockMaxSize is the maximum block size in bytes to be used when
// generating a block template.
BlockMaxSize uint32
// BlockPrioritySize is the size in bytes for high-priority / low-fee
// transactions to be used when generating a block template.
BlockPrioritySize uint32
// TxMinFreeFee is the minimum fee in Atoms/1000 bytes that is
// required for a transaction to be treated as free for mining purposes
// (block template generation).
TxMinFreeFee dcrutil.Amount
AggressiveMining bool
// StandardVerifyFlags defines the function to retrieve the flags to
// use for verifying scripts for the block after the current best block.
// It must set the verification flags properly depending on the result
// of any agendas that affect them.
//
// This function must be safe for concurrent access.
StandardVerifyFlags func() (txscript.ScriptFlags, error)
}
// minInt is a helper function to return the minimum of two ints. This avoids
// a math import and the need to cast to floats.
func minInt(a, b int) int {
if a < b {
return a
}
return b
}
// calcInputValueAge is a helper function used to calculate the input age of
// a transaction. The input age for a txin is the number of confirmations
// since the referenced txout multiplied by its output value. The total input
// age is the sum of this value for each txin. Any inputs to the transaction
// which are currently in the mempool and hence not mined into a block yet,
// contribute no additional input age to the transaction.
func calcInputValueAge(tx *wire.MsgTx, prioInputs PriorityInputser, nextBlockHeight int64) float64 {
var totalInputAge float64
for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
// Don't attempt to accumulate the total input age if the
// referenced transaction output doesn't exist.
prevOut := &txIn.PreviousOutPoint
originHeight, inputValue, ok := prioInputs.PriorityInput(prevOut)
if ok {
// Inputs with dependencies currently in the mempool
// have their block height set to a special constant.
// Their input age should be computed as zero since
// their parent hasn't made it into a block yet.
var inputAge int64
if originHeight == UnminedHeight {
inputAge = 0
} else {
inputAge = nextBlockHeight - originHeight
}
// Sum the input value times age.
totalInputAge += float64(inputValue * inputAge)
}
}
return totalInputAge
}
// CalcPriority returns a transaction priority given a transaction and the sum
// of each of its input values multiplied by their age (# of confirmations).
// Thus, the final formula for the priority is:
// sum(inputValue * inputAge) / adjustedTxSize
func CalcPriority(tx *wire.MsgTx, prioInputs PriorityInputser, nextBlockHeight int64) float64 {
// In order to encourage spending multiple old unspent transaction
// outputs thereby reducing the total set, don't count the constant
// overhead for each input as well as enough bytes of the signature
// script to cover a pay-to-script-hash redemption with a compressed
// pubkey. This makes additional inputs free by boosting the priority
// of the transaction accordingly. No more incentive is given to avoid
// encouraging gaming future transactions through the use of junk
// outputs.
//
// The constant overhead for a txin is 58 bytes since the previous
// outpoint is 37 bytes + 4 bytes for the sequence + 8 bytes for the
// input value + 4 bytes for the block height of the referenced output +
// 4 bytes for the block index of the referenced output + 1 byte the
// signature script length.
//
// A compressed pubkey pay-to-script-hash redemption with a maximum len
// signature is of the form:
// [OP_DATA_73 <73-byte sig> + OP_DATA_35 + {OP_DATA_33
// <33 byte compressed pubkey> + OP_CHECKSIG}]
//
// Thus 1 + 73 + 1 + 1 + 33 + 1 = 110
overhead := 0
for _, txIn := range tx.TxIn {
// Max inputs + size can't possibly overflow here.
overhead += 58 + minInt(110, len(txIn.SignatureScript))
}
serializedTxSize := tx.SerializeSize()
if overhead >= serializedTxSize {
return 0.0
}
inputValueAge := calcInputValueAge(tx, prioInputs, nextBlockHeight)
return inputValueAge / float64(serializedTxSize-overhead)
}