[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.

Github-Pull: #33106
Rebased-From: 6da5de58ca
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glozow
2025-07-29 14:37:16 -04:00
parent bbdab3ef7b
commit 9dd7efc8c3
12 changed files with 54 additions and 52 deletions

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@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
self.restart_node(0, extra_args=self.extra_args[0])
# Restarting the node resets mempool minimum feerate
assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['minrelaytxfee'], Decimal('0.00001000'))
assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['mempoolminfee'], Decimal('0.00001000'))
assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['minrelaytxfee'], Decimal('0.00000100'))
assert_equal(node.getmempoolinfo()['mempoolminfee'], Decimal('0.00000100'))
fill_mempool(self, node)
current_info = node.getmempoolinfo()
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
# coin is no longer available, but the cache could still contains the tx.
cpfp_parent = self.wallet.create_self_transfer(
utxo_to_spend=mempool_evicted_tx["new_utxo"],
fee_rate=mempoolmin_feerate - Decimal('0.00001'),
fee_rate=mempoolmin_feerate / 2,
confirmed_only=True)
package_hex.append(cpfp_parent["hex"])
parent_utxos.append(cpfp_parent["new_utxo"])
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
# Need to be large enough to trigger eviction
# (note that the mempool usage of a tx is about three times its vsize)
assert_greater_than(parent_vsize * num_big_parents * 3, current_info["maxmempool"] - current_info["bytes"])
parent_feerate = 100 * mempoolmin_feerate
parent_feerate = 10 * mempoolmin_feerate
big_parent_txids = []
for i in range(num_big_parents):
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
# Specific number of satoshis to fit within a small window. The parent_cpfp + child package needs to be
# - When there is mid-package eviction, high enough feerate to meet the new mempoolminfee
# - When there is no mid-package eviction, low enough feerate to be evicted immediately after submission.
magic_satoshis = 1200
magic_satoshis = 120
cpfp_satoshis = int(cpfp_fee * COIN) + magic_satoshis
child = self.wallet.create_self_transfer_multi(utxos_to_spend=parent_utxos, fee_per_output=cpfp_satoshis)
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
# coin is no longer available, but the cache could still contain the tx.
cpfp_parent = self.wallet.create_self_transfer(
utxo_to_spend=replaced_tx["new_utxo"],
fee_rate=mempoolmin_feerate - Decimal('0.00001'),
fee_rate=mempoolmin_feerate - Decimal('0.000001'),
confirmed_only=True)
self.wallet.rescan_utxos()
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ class MempoolLimitTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
target_vsize_each = 50000
assert_greater_than(target_vsize_each * 2 * 3, node.getmempoolinfo()["maxmempool"] - node.getmempoolinfo()["bytes"])
# Should be a true CPFP: parent's feerate is just below mempool min feerate
parent_feerate = mempoolmin_feerate - Decimal("0.000001") # 0.1 sats/vbyte below min feerate
parent_feerate = mempoolmin_feerate - Decimal("0.0000001") # 0.01 sats/vbyte below min feerate
# Parent + child is above mempool minimum feerate
child_feerate = (worst_feerate_btcvb * 1000) - Decimal("0.000001") # 0.1 sats/vbyte below worst feerate
child_feerate = (worst_feerate_btcvb * 1000) - Decimal("0.0000001") # 0.01 sats/vbyte below worst feerate
# However, when eviction is triggered, these transactions should be at the bottom.
# This assertion assumes parent and child are the same size.
miniwallet.rescan_utxos()