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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Copyright (c) 2017-2019 The Raven Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#ifndef RAVEN_POLICYESTIMATOR_H
#define RAVEN_POLICYESTIMATOR_H

#include "amount.h"
#include "feerate.h"
#include "uint256.h"
#include "random.h"
#include "sync.h"

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <array>

class CAutoFile;
class CFeeRate;
class CTxMemPoolEntry;
class CTxMemPool;
class TxConfirmStats;

/* Identifier for each of the 3 different TxConfirmStats which will track
 * history over different time horizons. */
enum FeeEstimateHorizon {
    SHORT_HALFLIFE = 0,
    MED_HALFLIFE = 1,
    LONG_HALFLIFE = 2
};

std::string StringForFeeEstimateHorizon(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon);

/* Enumeration of reason for returned fee estimate */
enum class FeeReason {
    NONE,
    HALF_ESTIMATE,
    FULL_ESTIMATE,
    DOUBLE_ESTIMATE,
    CONSERVATIVE,
    MEMPOOL_MIN,
    PAYTXFEE,
    FALLBACK,
    REQUIRED,
    MAXTXFEE,
};

std::string StringForFeeReason(FeeReason reason);

/* Used to determine type of fee estimation requested */
enum class FeeEstimateMode {
    UNSET,        
    ECONOMICAL,   
    CONSERVATIVE, 
};

bool FeeModeFromString(const std::string& mode_string, FeeEstimateMode& fee_estimate_mode);

/* Used to return detailed information about a feerate bucket */
struct EstimatorBucket
{
    double start = -1;
    double end = -1;
    double withinTarget = 0;
    double totalConfirmed = 0;
    double inMempool = 0;
    double leftMempool = 0;
};

/* Used to return detailed information about a fee estimate calculation */
struct EstimationResult
{
    EstimatorBucket pass;
    EstimatorBucket fail;
    double decay = 0;
    unsigned int scale = 0;
};

struct FeeCalculation
{
    EstimationResult est;
    FeeReason reason = FeeReason::NONE;
    int desiredTarget = 0;
    int returnedTarget = 0;
};

class CBlockPolicyEstimator
{
private:
    static constexpr unsigned int SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS = 12;
    static constexpr unsigned int SHORT_SCALE = 1;
    static constexpr unsigned int MED_BLOCK_PERIODS = 24;
    static constexpr unsigned int MED_SCALE = 2;
    static constexpr unsigned int LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS = 42;
    static constexpr unsigned int LONG_SCALE = 24;
    static const unsigned int OLDEST_ESTIMATE_HISTORY = 6 * 1008;

    static constexpr double SHORT_DECAY = .962;
    static constexpr double MED_DECAY = .9952;
    static constexpr double LONG_DECAY = .99931;

    static constexpr double HALF_SUCCESS_PCT = .6;
    static constexpr double SUCCESS_PCT = .85;
    static constexpr double DOUBLE_SUCCESS_PCT = .95;

    static constexpr double SUFFICIENT_FEETXS = 0.1;
    static constexpr double SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT = 0.5;

    static constexpr double MIN_BUCKET_FEERATE = 1000;
    static constexpr double MAX_BUCKET_FEERATE = 1e7;

    static constexpr double FEE_SPACING = 1.05;

public:
    CBlockPolicyEstimator();
    ~CBlockPolicyEstimator();

    void processBlock(unsigned int nBlockHeight,
                      std::vector<const CTxMemPoolEntry*>& entries);

    void processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate);

    bool removeTx(uint256 hash, bool inBlock);

    CFeeRate estimateFee(int confTarget) const;

    CFeeRate estimateSmartFee(int confTarget, FeeCalculation *feeCalc, bool conservative) const;

    CFeeRate estimateRawFee(int confTarget, double successThreshold, FeeEstimateHorizon horizon, EstimationResult *result = nullptr) const;

    bool Write(CAutoFile& fileout) const;

    bool Read(CAutoFile& filein);

    void FlushUnconfirmed(CTxMemPool& pool);

    unsigned int HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon horizon) const;

private:
    unsigned int nBestSeenHeight;
    unsigned int firstRecordedHeight;
    unsigned int historicalFirst;
    unsigned int historicalBest;

    struct TxStatsInfo
    {
        unsigned int blockHeight;
        unsigned int bucketIndex;
        TxStatsInfo() : blockHeight(0), bucketIndex(0) {}
    };

    // map of txids to information about that transaction
    std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo> mapMemPoolTxs;

    TxConfirmStats* feeStats;
    TxConfirmStats* shortStats;
    TxConfirmStats* longStats;

    unsigned int trackedTxs;
    unsigned int untrackedTxs;

    std::vector<double> buckets;              // The upper-bound of the range for the bucket (inclusive)
    std::map<double, unsigned int> bucketMap; // Map of bucket upper-bound to index into all vectors by bucket

    mutable CCriticalSection cs_feeEstimator;

    bool processBlockTx(unsigned int nBlockHeight, const CTxMemPoolEntry* entry);

    double estimateCombinedFee(unsigned int confTarget, double successThreshold, bool checkShorterHorizon, EstimationResult *result) const;
    double estimateConservativeFee(unsigned int doubleTarget, EstimationResult *result) const;
    unsigned int BlockSpan() const;
    unsigned int HistoricalBlockSpan() const;
    unsigned int MaxUsableEstimate() const;
};

class FeeFilterRounder
{
private:
    static constexpr double MAX_FILTER_FEERATE = 1e7;
    static constexpr double FEE_FILTER_SPACING = 1.1;

public:
    explicit FeeFilterRounder(const CFeeRate& minIncrementalFee);

    CAmount round(CAmount currentMinFee);

private:
    std::set<double> feeset;
    FastRandomContext insecure_rand;
};


static const std::array<int, 9> confTargets = { {2, 4, 6, 12, 24, 48, 144, 504, 1008} };
int getConfTargetForIndex(int index);
int getIndexForConfTarget(int target);

#endif /*RAVEN_POLICYESTIMATOR_H */