// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite 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/btcsuite/btcd/blockchain" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire" "github.com/btcsuite/btcutil" ) 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 Satoshi/1000 bytes that is // required for a transaction to be treated as free for mining purposes // (block template generation). TxMinFreeFee btcutil.Amount } // 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, utxoView *blockchain.UtxoViewpoint, nextBlockHeight int32) 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. originHash := &txIn.PreviousOutPoint.Hash originIndex := txIn.PreviousOutPoint.Index txEntry := utxoView.LookupEntry(originHash) if txEntry != nil && !txEntry.IsOutputSpent(originIndex) { // Inputs with dependencies currently in the mempool // have their block height set to a special constant. // Their input age should computed as zero since their // parent hasn't made it into a block yet. var inputAge int32 originHeight := txEntry.BlockHeight() if originHeight == UnminedHeight { inputAge = 0 } else { inputAge = nextBlockHeight - originHeight } // Sum the input value times age. inputValue := txEntry.AmountByIndex(originIndex) totalInputAge += float64(inputValue * int64(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, utxoView *blockchain.UtxoViewpoint, nextBlockHeight int32) 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. This is the same logic used in the reference // implementation. // // The constant overhead for a txin is 41 bytes since the previous // outpoint is 36 bytes + 4 bytes for the sequence + 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 compresed 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 += 41 + minInt(110, len(txIn.SignatureScript)) } serializedTxSize := tx.SerializeSize() if overhead >= serializedTxSize { return 0.0 } inputValueAge := calcInputValueAge(tx, utxoView, nextBlockHeight) return inputValueAge / float64(serializedTxSize-overhead) }