From 192cbf6db649876389876c82f73336068715eb08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Krawisz <daniel.krawisz@thingobjectentity.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:10:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add estimatefee functionality.

---
 chain.go | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/chain.go b/chain.go
index 9d6144e..974641c 100644
--- a/chain.go
+++ b/chain.go
@@ -355,6 +355,43 @@ func (c *Client) GetRawMempoolVerbose() (map[string]btcjson.GetRawMempoolVerbose
 	return c.GetRawMempoolVerboseAsync().Receive()
 }
 
+// FutureEstimateFeeResult is a future promise to deliver the result of a
+// EstimateFeeAsync RPC invocation (or an applicable error).
+type FutureEstimateFeeResult chan *response
+
+// Receive waits for the response promised by the future and returns the info
+// provided by the server.
+func (r FutureEstimateFeeResult) Receive() (float64, error) {
+	res, err := receiveFuture(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal result as a getinfo result object.
+	var fee float64
+	err = json.Unmarshal(res, &fee)
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, err
+	}
+
+	return fee, nil
+}
+
+// EstimateFeeAsync returns an instance of a type that can be used to get the result
+// of the RPC at some future time by invoking the Receive function on the
+// returned instance.
+//
+// See EstimateFee for the blocking version and more details.
+func (c *Client) EstimateFeeAsync(numBlocks int64) FutureEstimateFeeResult {
+	cmd := btcjson.NewEstimateFeeCmd(numBlocks)
+	return c.sendCmd(cmd)
+}
+
+// EstimateFee provides an estimated fee  in bitcoins per kilobyte.
+func (c *Client) EstimateFee(numBlocks int64) (float64, error) {
+	return c.EstimateFeeAsync(numBlocks).Receive()
+}
+
 // FutureVerifyChainResult is a future promise to deliver the result of a
 // VerifyChainAsync, VerifyChainLevelAsyncRPC, or VerifyChainBlocksAsync
 // invocation (or an applicable error).