From c7d84d8ac87d581179a2e0073aee2299a397842d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer Paulino Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:47:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning regarding remote fee estimators --- lightning/src/chain/chaininterface.rs | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/lightning/src/chain/chaininterface.rs b/lightning/src/chain/chaininterface.rs index 54cd33812..6aed834c1 100644 --- a/lightning/src/chain/chaininterface.rs +++ b/lightning/src/chain/chaininterface.rs @@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ pub enum ConfirmationTarget { /// A trait which should be implemented to provide feerate information on a number of time /// horizons. /// +/// If access to a local mempool is not feasible, feerate estimates should be fetched from a set of +/// third-parties hosting them. Note that this enables them to affect the propagation of your +/// pre-signed transactions at any time and therefore endangers the safety of channels funds. It +/// should be considered carefully as a deployment. +/// /// Note that all of the functions implemented here *must* be reentrant-safe (obviously - they're /// called from inside the library in response to chain events, P2P events, or timer events). pub trait FeeEstimator { -- 2.39.5