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/// timeboost-rs implements a discrete version time boost protocol for blockchain transactions as specified in:
/// https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.02179.pdf. Instead of individually boosting transactions, the discrete
/// version of the protocol operates in fixed rounds of length G milliseconds, where G is the parameter
/// defined in the paper.
use std::cmp::{Eq, Ord, Ordering, PartialOrd};
use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
use std::sync::Mutex;
use std::time::Duration;
use chrono::{NaiveDateTime, Utc};
use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, select, Receiver, Sender};
use lazy_static::lazy_static;
use prometheus::register_int_counter;
use prometheus::{self, IntCounter};
use tokio::sync::broadcast;
use tracing::error;
lazy_static! {
static ref TIME_BOOST_ROUNDS_TOTAL: IntCounter = register_int_counter!(
"timeboost_rounds_total",
"Number of time boost rounds elapsed"
)
.unwrap();
}
/// A default max boost factor, set to 500ms after empirical evaluations for Ethereum Layer 2s from
/// the time boost paper.
pub const DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR: u64 = 500;
/// The default capacity for the transaction input channel used by [`TimeBoostService`] to receive txs
/// from outside sources. Can be adjusted using the [`input_feed_buffer_capacity`] method when building
/// a TimeBoostService struct.
pub const DEFAULT_INPUT_FEED_BUFFER_CAP: usize = 1000;
/// The TimeBoostService struct is a long-running service that will receive transactions from an input channel,
/// push them to a priority queue where they are sorted by max bid, and then releases them at
/// discrete time intervals defined by a parameter G (in milliseconds).
///
/// At the end of each round of "G" milliseconds, the service will release all the transactions
/// that were in the priority queue and start the next round. The timestamps of transactions in the output
/// feed are the timestamp at the time of release from the priority queue.
///
/// We recommend running the TimeBoostService in a dedicated thread, and handles can be acquired from it to send
/// transactions for it to enqueue and process. Here's a setup example:
///
/// ```
/// use timeboost_rs::{TimeBoostService, BoostableTx};
/// use tokio::sync::broadcast;
///
/// #[tokio::main]
/// async fn main() {
/// let (tx_output_feed, mut rx) = broadcast::channel(100);
/// let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_output_feed);
///
/// // Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
/// let sender = service.sender();
///
/// // Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
/// std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
///
/// let mut txs = vec![
/// BoostableTx::new(0 /* id */, 1 /* bid */, 100 /* unix timestamp millis */),
/// BoostableTx::new(1 /* id */, 100 /* bid */, 101 /* unix timestamp millis */),
/// ];
///
/// for tx in txs.iter() {
/// sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
/// }
///
/// let mut got_txs = vec![];
/// for _ in 0..2 {
/// let tx = rx.recv().await.unwrap();
/// got_txs.push(tx);
/// }
///
/// // Assert we received 2 txs from the output feed.
/// assert_eq!(txs.len(), 2);
///
/// // Assert the output is the same as the reversed input, as
/// // the highest bid txs will be released first.
/// txs.reverse();
/// let want = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
/// let got = got_txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
/// assert_eq!(want, got);
/// }
/// ```
pub struct TimeBoostService {
g_factor: u64,
tx_sender: Sender<BoostableTx>,
txs_recv: Receiver<BoostableTx>,
tx_heap: Mutex<BinaryHeap<BoostableTx>>,
output_feed: broadcast::Sender<BoostableTx>,
}
impl TimeBoostService {
/// Takes in an output feed for broadcasting txs released by the TimeBoostService.
pub fn new(output_feed: broadcast::Sender<BoostableTx>) -> Self {
let (tx_sender, txs_recv) = bounded(DEFAULT_INPUT_FEED_BUFFER_CAP);
TimeBoostService {
g_factor: DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR,
tx_sender,
txs_recv,
tx_heap: Mutex::new(BinaryHeap::new()),
output_feed,
}
}
/// Customize the buffer capacity of the input channel for the time boost service to receive transactions.
/// [`TimeBoostService`] is listening for newly received txs in a select statement via this feed.
/// Adjust this parameter to an estimated max throughput of txs that is satisfactory every G milliseconds.
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn input_feed_buffer_capacity(mut self, buffer_size: usize) -> Self {
let (tx_sender, txs_recv) = bounded(buffer_size);
self.tx_sender = tx_sender;
self.txs_recv = txs_recv;
self
}
// Entities wishing to send boostable txs to the timeboost service can acquire
// a handle to the sender channel via this method.
pub fn sender(&self) -> Sender<BoostableTx> {
self.tx_sender.clone()
}
/// Runs the loop of the timeboost service, which will collect received txs from an input
/// channel into a priority queue that sorts them by max bid. At intervals of G milliseconds, the service will
/// release all the txs in the priority queue into a broadcast channel.
pub fn run(&mut self) {
'next: loop {
select! {
// Transactions received from an input channel are pushed into
// a priority queue by max bid where ties are broken by timestamp.
recv(self.txs_recv) -> tx => {
let mut heap = self.tx_heap.lock().unwrap();
match tx {
Ok(tx) => heap.push(tx),
Err(e) => error!("TimeBoostService got receive error from tx input channel: {}", e),
}
},
default(Duration::from_millis(self.g_factor)) => {
// We release all the txs in the priority queue into the output sequence
// until the queue is empty and then we can restart the timer once again.
let mut heap = self.tx_heap.lock().unwrap();
while let Some(tx) = heap.pop() {
let timestamp = Utc::now().naive_utc();
let output_tx = BoostableTx {
id: tx.id,
bid: tx.bid,
// The output sequence must have monotonically increasing timestamps,
// so if we had a reordering by bid, we preserve this property by outputting
// a transaction with a new timestamp representing the time it is emitted
// into the output feed.
timestamp,
};
if let Err(e) = self.output_feed.send(output_tx) {
error!(
"TimeBoostService got send error when broadcasting tx into output sequence: {}",
e,
);
}
}
TIME_BOOST_ROUNDS_TOTAL.inc();
continue 'next;
}
}
}
}
}
/// A BoostableTx represents three important values: a unique id, a bid, and a timestamp.
/// Bid and timestamp values are used when performing the time boost protocol by the [`TimeBoostService`]
/// at intervals of G milliseconds.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq)]
pub struct BoostableTx {
pub id: u64,
pub bid: u64,
pub timestamp: NaiveDateTime,
}
impl BoostableTx {
pub fn new(id: u64, bid: u64, timestamp_millis: u64) -> Self {
Self {
id,
bid,
// TODO: Better handling of fallible conversion.
timestamp: NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_millis(timestamp_millis as i64).unwrap(),
}
}
}
/// We consider a boostable tx equal if all its fields are equal.
impl PartialEq for BoostableTx {
fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
self.id == other.id && self.bid == other.bid && self.timestamp == other.timestamp
}
}
/// BoostableTx are comparable by bid and ties are broken by timestamp.
impl PartialOrd for BoostableTx {
fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
match self.bid.cmp(&other.bid) {
Ordering::Equal => {
// A tx is better if its timestamp is earlier than another tx.
match self.timestamp.partial_cmp(&other.timestamp) {
Some(Ordering::Less) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
Some(Ordering::Equal) => Some(Ordering::Equal),
Some(Ordering::Greater) => Some(Ordering::Less),
_ => unreachable!(),
}
}
Ordering::Greater => Some(Ordering::Greater),
Ordering::Less => Some(Ordering::Less),
}
}
}
impl Ord for BoostableTx {
fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
self.partial_cmp(other).unwrap()
}
fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self {
if self > other {
self
} else {
other
}
}
fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self {
if self < other {
self
} else {
other
}
}
fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self {
if self < min {
min
} else if self > max {
max
} else {
self
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
macro_rules! bid {
($id:expr, $bid:expr, $millis:expr) => {
BoostableTx::new($id, $bid, $millis)
};
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn normalization_no_bid_no_boost() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare a list of txs with 0 bid and monotonically increasing timestamp.
let original_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
0, /* bid */
1 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 0, 2),
bid!(2, 0, 3),
bid!(3, 0, 4),
];
for tx in original_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..4 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
// Assert we received 4 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 4);
// Assert the output is the same as the input input, as transactions had no bids present
// to create any reordering in the output sequence.
let want = original_txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn tx_arrived_until_next_boost_round_with_bid_no_advantage() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare a list of txs with 0 bid and monotonically increasing timestamp.
let mut original_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
0, /* bid */
1 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 0, 2),
bid!(2, 0, 3),
bid!(3, 0, 4),
];
for tx in original_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let late_tx = bid!(4, 100 /* large bid */, 4 + DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR);
original_txs.push(late_tx.clone());
// Wait a boost round and then send the tx.
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR + 100)).await;
sender.send(late_tx).unwrap();
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..5 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
// Assert we received 5 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 5);
// Assert the output is the same as the input input, as the late tx cannot gain an advantage
// even with a high bid because it did not arrive until the second boost round.
// to create any reordering in the output sequence.
let want = original_txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn three_boost_rounds() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare two txs for each round of time boost, with one having a larger bid.
// We want to check that they get sorted within their respective rounds by bid, but no
// tx can make it over into previous rounds due to their bid.
let round1_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
0, /* bid */
1 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 50, 2),
];
let round2_txs = vec![
bid!(
2, /* ID */
0, /* bid */
3 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(3, 100, 4),
];
let round3_txs = vec![
bid!(
4, /* ID */
0, /* bid */
5 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(5, 200, 6),
];
for tx in round1_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
// Wait > boost round and then send the next round of txs.
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR + 100)).await;
for tx in round2_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
// Wait > boost round and then send the tx.
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(DEFAULT_MAX_BOOST_FACTOR + 100)).await;
for tx in round3_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..6 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
dbg!(&txs);
// Assert we received 6 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 6);
// Assert the output is the same as the input input, as the late tx cannot gain an advantage
// even with a high bid because it did not arrive until the second boost round.
// to create any reordering in the output sequence.
let want = vec![1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4];
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn all_equal_bids_tiebreak_by_arrival_timestamp() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare a list of time boostable txs with all bids equal.
let original_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
100, /* bid */
0 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 100, 3),
bid!(2, 100, 2), // The two below have the same bid, and we expect tiebreaks by timestamp if this is the case.
bid!(3, 100, 1),
bid!(4, 100, 6), // The two below have the same bid.
bid!(5, 100, 5),
bid!(6, 100, 4), // Highest bid, will come first in the output.
];
for tx in original_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..7 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
// Assert we received 7 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 7);
// Expect txs to be sorted by arrival timestamp as all bids were equal.
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
let want: Vec<u64> = vec![0, 3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4];
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn some_equal_bids_tiebreak_by_timestamp() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare a list of time boostable txs with some bids equal.
let original_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
1, /* bid */
0 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 2, 1),
bid!(2, 3, 2), // The two below have the same bid, and we expect tiebreaks by timestamp if this is the case.
bid!(3, 3, 3),
bid!(4, 5, 4), // The two below have the same bid.
bid!(5, 5, 5),
bid!(6, 7, 6), // Highest bid, will come first in the output.
];
for tx in original_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..7 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
// Assert we received 7 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 7);
// Assert the output is the same as the reversed input, as
// the highest bid txs will be released first.
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
let want: Vec<u64> = vec![6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 0];
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn timeboost_same_interval_sort_by_bid() {
let (tx_feed, mut timeboost_output_feed) = broadcast::channel(10);
let mut service = TimeBoostService::new(tx_feed);
// Obtain a channel handle to send txs to the TimeBoostService.
let sender = service.sender();
// Spawn a dedicated thread for the time boost service.
std::thread::spawn(move || service.run());
// Prepare a list of time boostable txs with bids and timestamps
let mut original_txs = vec![
bid!(
0, /* ID */
1, /* bid */
0 /* unix timestamp millis */
),
bid!(1, 2, 1),
bid!(2, 3, 2),
bid!(3, 4, 3),
bid!(4, 5, 4),
bid!(5, 6, 5),
bid!(6, 7, 6),
];
for tx in original_txs.iter() {
sender.send(tx.clone()).unwrap();
}
let mut txs = vec![];
for _ in 0..7 {
let tx = timeboost_output_feed.recv().await.unwrap();
txs.push(tx);
}
// Assert we received 7 txs from the output feed.
assert_eq!(txs.len(), 7);
// Assert the output is the same as the reversed input, as
// the highest bid txs will be released first.
original_txs.reverse();
let want = original_txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
let got = txs.into_iter().map(|tx| tx.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
assert_eq!(want, got);
}
}