[policy] lower default minrelaytxfee and incrementalrelayfee to 100sat/kvB
Let's say an attacker wants to use/exhaust the network's bandwidth, and has the choice between renting resources from a commercial provider and getting the network to "spam" itself it by sending unconfirmed transactions. We'd like the latter to be more expensive than the former. The bandwidth for relaying a transaction across the network is roughly its serialized size (plus relay overhead) x number of nodes. A 1000vB transaction is 1000-4000B serialized. With 100k nodes, that's 0.1-0.4GB If the going rate for commercial services is 10c/GB, that's like 1-4c per kvB of transaction data, so a 1000vB transaction should pay at least $0.04. At a price of 120k USD/BTC, 100sat is about $0.12. This price allows us to tolerate a large decrease in the conversion rate or increase in the number of nodes.
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@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ from decimal import Decimal
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from math import ceil
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from test_framework.mempool_util import (
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DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE,
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fill_mempool,
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)
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from test_framework.messages import (
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COIN,
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msg_tx,
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)
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from test_framework.p2p import (
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@@ -31,9 +33,6 @@ from test_framework.wallet import (
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MiniWalletMode,
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)
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# 1sat/vB feerate denominated in BTC/KvB
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FEERATE_1SAT_VB = Decimal("0.00001000")
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class PackageRelayTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
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def set_test_params(self):
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self.setup_clean_chain = True
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@@ -49,12 +48,12 @@ class PackageRelayTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
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self.log.debug("Check that all nodes' mempool minimum feerates are above min relay feerate")
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for node in self.nodes:
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assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['minrelaytxfee'], FEERATE_1SAT_VB)
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assert_greater_than(node.getmempoolinfo()['mempoolminfee'], FEERATE_1SAT_VB)
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assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['minrelaytxfee'], Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE) / COIN)
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assert_greater_than(node.getmempoolinfo()['mempoolminfee'], Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE) / COIN)
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def create_basic_1p1c(self, wallet):
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low_fee_parent = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=FEERATE_1SAT_VB, confirmed_only=True)
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high_fee_child = wallet.create_self_transfer(utxo_to_spend=low_fee_parent["new_utxo"], fee_rate=999*FEERATE_1SAT_VB)
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low_fee_parent = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE) / COIN, confirmed_only=True)
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high_fee_child = wallet.create_self_transfer(utxo_to_spend=low_fee_parent["new_utxo"], fee_rate=999*Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE)/ COIN)
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package_hex_basic = [low_fee_parent["hex"], high_fee_child["hex"]]
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return package_hex_basic, low_fee_parent["tx"], high_fee_child["tx"]
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@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ class PackageRelayTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
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return [low_fee_parent_2outs["hex"], high_fee_child_2outs["hex"]], low_fee_parent_2outs["tx"], high_fee_child_2outs["tx"]
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def create_package_2p1c(self, wallet):
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parent1 = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=FEERATE_1SAT_VB*10, confirmed_only=True)
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parent2 = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=FEERATE_1SAT_VB*20, confirmed_only=True)
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parent1 = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE) / COIN * 10, confirmed_only=True)
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parent2 = wallet.create_self_transfer(fee_rate=Decimal(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE) / COIN * 20, confirmed_only=True)
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child = wallet.create_self_transfer_multi(
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utxos_to_spend=[parent1["new_utxo"], parent2["new_utxo"]],
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fee_per_output=999*parent1["tx"].get_vsize(),
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