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Use bitcoin core's logic for anti-fee-sniping
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benthecarman committed Sep 25, 2023
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use bitcoin::secp256k1::Secp256k1;
use bitcoin::{LockTime, PackedLockTime};
use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};

use crate::hex_utils;
use crate::BitcoindClient;
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bitcoind_client.get_est_sat_per_1000_weight(ConfirmationTarget::Background);

// We set nLockTime to the current height to discourage fee sniping.
let cur_height = channel_manager.current_best_block().height();
// Occasionally randomly pick a nLockTime even further back, so
// that transactions that are delayed after signing for whatever reason,
// e.g. high-latency mix networks and some CoinJoin implementations, have
// better privacy.
// Logic copied from core: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/1d4846a8443be901b8a5deb0e357481af22838d0/src/wallet/spend.cpp#L936
let mut cur_height = channel_manager.current_best_block().height();

// 10% of the time
if thread_rng().gen_range(0, 10) == 0 {
// subtract random number between 0 and 100
cur_height = cur_height.saturating_sub(thread_rng().gen_range(0, 100));
}

let locktime: PackedLockTime =
LockTime::from_height(cur_height).map_or(PackedLockTime::ZERO, |l| l.into());

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