estimatefee and estimatesmartfee methods

src/rpc/client.cpp

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "pruneblockchain", 0, "height" },
     { "keypoolrefill", 0, "newsize" },
     { "getrawmempool", 0, "verbose" },
+    { "estimatefee", 0, "nblocks" },
+    { "estimatesmartfee", 0, "conf_target" },
     { "prioritisetransaction", 1, "dummy" },
     { "prioritisetransaction", 2, "fee_delta" },
     { "setban", 2, "bantime" },

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -771,6 +771,76 @@ UniValue submitblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     return BIP22ValidationResult(sc.state);
 }
 
+UniValue estimatefee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
+{
+    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 1)
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "estimatefee nblocks\n"
+            "\nEstimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
+            "confirmation within nblocks blocks. Uses virtual transaction size of transaction\n"
+            "as defined in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n"
+            "\nArguments:\n"
+            "1. nblocks     (numeric, required)\n"
+            "\nResult:\n"
+            "n              (numeric) estimated fee-per-kilobyte\n"
+            "\n"
+            "A negative value is returned if not enough transactions and blocks\n"
+            "have been observed to make an estimate.\n"
+            "-1 is always returned for nblocks == 1 as it is impossible to calculate\n"
+            "a fee that is high enough to get reliably included in the next block.\n"
+            "\nExample:\n"
+            + HelpExampleCli("estimatefee", "6")
+            );
+
+    RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VNUM});
+
+    return 0.01;
+}
+
+UniValue estimatesmartfee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
+{
+    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 2)
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "estimatesmartfee conf_target (\"estimate_mode\")\n"
+            "\nEstimates the approximate fee per kilobyte needed for a transaction to begin\n"
+            "confirmation within conf_target blocks if possible and return the number of blocks\n"
+            "for which the estimate is valid. Uses virtual transaction size as defined\n"
+            "in BIP 141 (witness data is discounted).\n"
+            "\nArguments:\n"
+            "1. conf_target     (numeric) Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)\n"
+            "2. \"estimate_mode\" (string, optional, default=CONSERVATIVE) The fee estimate mode.\n"
+            "                   Whether to return a more conservative estimate which also satisfies\n"
+            "                   a longer history. A conservative estimate potentially returns a\n"
+            "                   higher feerate and is more likely to be sufficient for the desired\n"
+            "                   target, but is not as responsive to short term drops in the\n"
+            "                   prevailing fee market.  Must be one of:\n"
+            "       \"UNSET\" (defaults to CONSERVATIVE)\n"
+            "       \"ECONOMICAL\"\n"
+            "       \"CONSERVATIVE\"\n"
+            "\nResult:\n"
+            "{\n"
+            "  \"feerate\" : x.x,     (numeric, optional) estimate fee rate in " + CURRENCY_UNIT + "/kB\n"
+            "  \"errors\": [ str... ] (json array of strings, optional) Errors encountered during processing\n"
+            "  \"blocks\" : n         (numeric) block number where estimate was found\n"
+            "}\n"
+            "\n"
+            "The request target will be clamped between 2 and the highest target\n"
+            "fee estimation is able to return based on how long it has been running.\n"
+            "An error is returned if not enough transactions and blocks\n"
+            "have been observed to make an estimate for any number of blocks.\n"
+            "\nExample:\n"
+            + HelpExampleCli("estimatesmartfee", "6")
+            );
+
+    RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VNUM, UniValue::VSTR});
+    RPCTypeCheckArgument(request.params[0], UniValue::VNUM);
+
+    UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
+    result.push_back(Pair("feerate", 0.01));
+    result.push_back(Pair("blocks", chainActive.Height()));
+    return result;
+}
+
 static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
 { //  category              name                      actor (function)         argNames
   //  --------------------- ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------
@@ -782,6 +852,9 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
 
 
     { "generating",         "generatetoaddress",      &generatetoaddress,      {"nblocks","address","maxtries"} },
+
+    { "util",               "estimatefee",            &estimatefee,            {"nblocks"} },
+    { "util",               "estimatesmartfee",       &estimatesmartfee,       {"conf_target", "estimate_mode"} },
 };
 
 void RegisterMiningRPCCommands(CRPCTable &t)