Add support for min required fees in tx mempool.

This commit adds checks to the memory pool to restrict allowed
transactions based on minimum required fees.
This commit is contained in:
Dave Collins 2013-10-31 12:19:38 -05:00
parent a4794798d4
commit 5a46de5103

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@ -65,10 +65,17 @@ const (
// considered standard.
maxStandardMultiSigs = 3
// minTxRelayFee is the minimum fee in satoshi that is required for
// a transaction to be treated as free for relay purposes. It is also
// used to help determine if a transation is considered dust.
// minTxRelayFee is the minimum fee in satoshi that is required for a
// transaction to be treated as free for relay purposes. It is also
// used to help determine if a transaction is considered dust and as a
// base for calculating minimum required fees for larger transactions.
// This value is in Satoshi/KB (kilobyte, not kibibyte).
minTxRelayFee = 10000
// blockPrioritySize is the number of bytes reserved in a block for
// high-priority transactions. It is mainly used to help determine the
// minimum required fee for a transaction.
blockPrioritySize = 27000
)
// txMemPool is used as a source of transactions that need to be mined into
@ -133,14 +140,14 @@ func isDust(txOut *btcwire.TxOut) bool {
totalSize := txOut.SerializeSize() + 148
// The output is considered dust if the cost to the network to spend the
// coins is more than 1/3 of the minimum transaction relay fee.
// minTxRelayFee is in Satoshi/KB (kilobyte, not kibibyte), so
// coins is more than 1/3 of the minimum free transaction relay fee.
// minFreeTxRelayFee is in Satoshi/KB (kilobyte, not kibibyte), so
// multiply by 1000 to convert bytes.
//
// Using the typical values for a pay-to-pubkey-hash transaction from
// the breakdown above and the default minimum transaction relay fee of
// 10000, this equates to values less than 5460 satoshi being considered
// dust.
// the breakdown above and the default minimum free transaction relay
// fee of 10000, this equates to values less than 5460 satoshi being
// considered dust.
//
// The following is equivalent to (value/totalSize) * (1/3) * 1000
// without needing to do floating point math.
@ -264,6 +271,40 @@ func checkInputsStandard(tx *btcutil.Tx) error {
return nil
}
// calcMinRelayFee retuns the minimum transaction fee required for the passed
// transaction to be accepted into the memory pool and relayed.
func calcMinRelayFee(tx *btcutil.Tx) int64 {
// Most miners allow a free transaction area in blocks they mine to go
// alongside the area used for high-priority transactions as well as
// transactions with fees. A transaction size of up to 1000 bytes is
// considered safe to go into this section. Further, the minimum fee
// calculated below on its own would encourage several small
// transactions to avoid fees rather than one single larger transaction
// which is more desirable. Therefore, as long as the size of the
// transaction does not exceeed 1000 less than the reserved space for
// high-priority transactions, don't require a fee for it.
serializedLen := int64(tx.MsgTx().SerializeSize())
if serializedLen < (blockPrioritySize - 1000) {
return 0
}
// Calculate the minimum fee for a transaction to be allowed into the
// mempool and relayed by scaling the base fee (which is the minimum
// free transaction relay fee). minTxRelayFee is in Satoshi/KB
// (kilobyte, not kibibyte), so divide the transaction size by 1000 to
// convert to kilobytes. Also, integer division is used so fees only
// increase on full kilobyte boundaries.
minFee := (1 + serializedLen/1000) * minTxRelayFee
// Set the minimum fee to the maximum possible value if the calculated
// fee is not in the valid range for monetary amounts.
if minFee < 0 || minFee > btcutil.MaxSatoshi {
minFee = btcutil.MaxSatoshi
}
return minFee
}
// removeOrphan removes the passed orphan transaction from the orphan pool and
// previous orphan index.
//
@ -677,13 +718,22 @@ func (mp *txMemPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isOrphan *bool) erro
}
}
// Note: if you modify this code to accept non-standard transactions,
// NOTE: if you modify this code to accept non-standard transactions,
// you should add code here to check that the transaction does a
// reasonable number of ECDSA signature verifications.
// TODO(davec): Don't allow the transaction if the transation fee
// would be too low to get into an empty block.
_ = txFee
// Don't allow transactions with fees too low to get into a mined block.
minRequiredFee := calcMinRelayFee(tx)
if txFee < minRequiredFee {
str := fmt.Sprintf("transaction %v has %d fees which is under "+
"the required amount of %d", txHash, txFee,
minRequiredFee)
return TxRuleError(str)
}
// TODO(davec): Rate-limit 'free' transactions. That is to say
// transactions which are less than the minimum relay fee and are there
// considered free.
// Verify crypto signatures for each input and reject the transaction if
// any don't verify.
@ -693,8 +743,6 @@ func (mp *txMemPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isOrphan *bool) erro
return err
}
// TODO(davec): Rate-limit free transactions
// Add to transaction pool.
mp.addTransaction(tx)