mempool/txgraph: add package documentation and user guide

This commit provides two levels of documentation for the transaction graph
package—godoc comments for API reference and a comprehensive README for user
onboarding.

The doc.go file establishes package-level documentation that appears in godoc
output, providing a high-level introduction to the package's purpose and
capabilities. It outlines the core features (efficient lookups, edge creation,
cluster management, package identification, orphan detection, traversal
strategies) and describes the major concepts (graph structure, packages,
iteration, orphan detection, thread safety).

The documentation includes practical code examples showing common usage
patterns. Rather than exhaustive API coverage, these examples demonstrate the
typical workflow—creating a graph, adding transactions, querying ancestors and
descendants, identifying packages, and iterating with custom filters. This
example-driven approach helps developers understand not just what methods exist
but how they fit together in real applications.

The README.md takes a different approach, targeting developers who are
evaluating or integrating the package. It starts with motivation—explaining
why transaction graphs matter for mempool management and what problems they
solve. This context helps readers understand when they need this package and
what benefits it provides.

The core concepts section defines terms like "transaction graph," "cluster,"
and "package" with emphasis on their practical implications. For example,
clusters are explained not just as connected components but as the unit of
analysis for RBF validation—replacements must improve the entire cluster's fee
rate, not individual transactions. This connects abstract concepts to concrete
use cases.

The quick start examples are runnable code demonstrating key workflows. The
first example shows basic graph construction with automatic edge creation. The
second demonstrates cluster iteration for fee analysis. The third covers
package identification and validation. The fourth shows advanced iteration with
functional options and filters. These examples progress from simple to complex,
building understanding incrementally.

The common patterns section captures best practices discovered during
implementation. It covers incremental graph building, package-aware relay,
ancestor/descendant limit enforcement, and efficient cleanup on block
confirmation. These patterns represent battle-tested approaches to recurring
problems, saving readers from rediscovering solutions.

The PackageAnalyzer interface receives special attention because it represents
the main extension point. The documentation explains the abstraction purpose
(separating graph structure from protocol validation) and lists the methods
each implementation must provide. This section helps developers who need to add
new package types or customize validation logic.

Performance characteristics provide guidance on the computational cost of
operations, helping developers make informed architectural decisions. The O(1),
O(n), and O(d) complexity annotations set expectations for different graph
sizes and query patterns. Mentioning the ~1KB memory overhead per transaction
helps with capacity planning for mempool implementations.

Author: Roasbeef

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+# txgraph: Transaction Graph for Bitcoin Mempool
+
+The `txgraph` package provides a high-performance transaction graph data
+structure for tracking relationships between unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions.
+It enables efficient ancestor/descendant queries, transaction package
+identification, and cluster analysis—all critical for modern mempool policies
+including TRUC (v3 transactions), CPFP (Child-Pays-For-Parent), and ephemeral
+dust handling.
+
+## Why txgraph?
+
+Bitcoin's mempool needs to understand transaction dependencies to make
+intelligent relay and mining decisions. When a child transaction spends outputs
+from an unconfirmed parent, the mempool must:
+
+- **Enforce policy limits**: Ancestor/descendant count and size restrictions
+(BIP 125)
+
+- **Enable package relay**: Validate and relay transaction groups atomically
+
+- **Calculate effective fee rates**: Consider CPFP when prioritizing transactions
+
+- **Detect conflicts**: Identify transactions that spend the same outputs
+
+- **Support RBF**: Compute incentive compatibility for replacements
+
+The `txgraph` package provides the foundational graph structure that makes
+these operations efficient, replacing O(n) linear scans with O(1) lookups and
+cached computations.
+
+## Core Concepts
+
+### Transaction Graph
+
+A **transaction graph** is a directed acyclic graph (DAG) where:
+
+- **Nodes** represent unconfirmed transactions in the mempool
+
+- **Edges** represent spend relationships (parent → child)
+
+- An edge from tx A to tx B means tx B spends an output from tx A
+
+The graph structure enables efficient traversal for ancestor/descendant queries
+without repeatedly scanning the entire mempool.
+
+### Clusters
+
+A **cluster** is a connected component in the transaction graph—a set of
+transactions that are related through spend relationships. Clusters are
+important for:
+
+- **RBF validation**: Replacement transactions must improve the fee of the
+entire cluster
+
+- **Mining optimization**: Miners can evaluate clusters as atomic units
+
+- **Eviction policy**: When the mempool is full, low-fee clusters are
+candidates for removal
+
+### Transaction Packages
+
+A **package** is a specific type of transaction group identified by structure
+and validation rules:
+
+- **1P1C (One Parent, One Child)**: Simple CPFP pattern with exactly one parent
+and one child
+
+- **TRUC (v3)**: BIP 431 packages with topology restrictions to prevent pinning
+
+- **Ephemeral**: Packages containing transactions with dust outputs that must
+be spent
+
+- **Standard**: General connected transaction groups
+
+Packages enable package-aware relay policies and optimized block template
+construction.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+go get github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph
+```
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Example 1: Building a Transaction Graph
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Create a new transaction graph with default configuration.
+	graph := txgraph.New(txgraph.DefaultConfig())
+
+	// Create a parent transaction (typically from P2P relay).
+	parentTx := createTransaction() 
+	parentDesc := &txgraph.TxDesc{
+		TxHash:      *parentTx.Hash(),
+		VirtualSize: 200,
+		Fee:         1000,
+		FeePerKB:    5000,
+	}
+
+	// Add parent to the graph.
+	if err := graph.AddTransaction(parentTx, parentDesc); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a child that spends from the parent.
+	childTx := createChildTransaction(parentTx) // Spends parent's output
+	childDesc := &txgraph.TxDesc{
+		TxHash:      *childTx.Hash(),
+		VirtualSize: 150,
+		Fee:         2000,
+		FeePerKB:    13333,
+	}
+
+	// Add child to the graph - edges are created automatically.
+	if err := graph.AddTransaction(childTx, childDesc); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// Query ancestors (returns parent).
+	ancestors := graph.GetAncestors(*childTx.Hash(), -1) // -1 = unlimited depth
+	fmt.Printf("Child has %d ancestor(s)\n", len(ancestors))
+
+	// Query descendants (returns child).
+	descendants := graph.GetDescendants(*parentTx.Hash(), -1)
+	fmt.Printf("Parent has %d descendant(s)\n", len(descendants))
+}
+```
+
+### Example 2: Iterating Over Clusters
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph"
+)
+
+func analyzeMempool(graph *txgraph.TxGraph) {
+	// Iterate over all connected components (clusters) in the mempool.
+	for cluster := range graph.IterateClusters() {
+		fmt.Printf("Cluster %d:\n", cluster.ID)
+		fmt.Printf("  Transactions: %d\n", cluster.Size)
+		fmt.Printf("  Total fees: %d sats\n", cluster.TotalFees)
+		fmt.Printf("  Total size: %d vbytes\n", cluster.TotalVSize)
+
+		// Calculate cluster fee rate.
+		if cluster.TotalVSize > 0 {
+			feeRate := (cluster.TotalFees * 1000) / cluster.TotalVSize
+			fmt.Printf("  Fee rate: %d sat/vB\n", feeRate)
+		}
+
+		// Identify entry points (root transactions with no parents).
+		fmt.Printf("  Roots: %d\n", len(cluster.Roots))
+
+		// Identify leaf transactions (no children, candidates for eviction).
+		fmt.Printf("  Leaves: %d\n", len(cluster.Leaves))
+	}
+}
+```
+
+### Example 3: Package Identification and Validation
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph"
+)
+
+func validatePackages(graph *txgraph.TxGraph, analyzer txgraph.PackageAnalyzer) {
+	// Identify all packages in the graph.
+	packages, err := graph.IdentifyPackages()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, pkg := range packages {
+		fmt.Printf("Package %s (type: %v):\n",
+			pkg.ID.Hash.String()[:8], pkg.Type)
+
+		// Check package properties.
+		fmt.Printf("  Transactions: %d\n", len(pkg.Transactions))
+		fmt.Printf("  Total fees: %d sats\n", pkg.TotalFees)
+		fmt.Printf("  Package fee rate: %d sat/vB\n", pkg.FeeRate)
+
+		// Validate package according to its type-specific rules.
+		if err := graph.ValidatePackage(pkg); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("  ❌ Validation failed: %v\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("  ✅ Valid package\n")
+
+		// Check topology properties.
+		topo := pkg.Topology
+		if topo.IsLinear {
+			fmt.Printf("  Structure: Linear chain (depth %d)\n", topo.MaxDepth)
+		} else if topo.IsTree {
+			fmt.Printf("  Structure: Tree (max width %d)\n", topo.MaxWidth)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("  Structure: Complex DAG\n")
+		}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+### Example 4: Advanced Iteration with Options
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph"
+)
+
+func findHighFeeTransactions(graph *txgraph.TxGraph, minFeeRate int64) {
+	// Use functional options to configure iteration.
+	highFeeFilter := func(node *txgraph.TxGraphNode) bool {
+		return node.TxDesc.FeePerKB >= minFeeRate
+	}
+
+	// Iterate in fee rate order (high to low), filtered by minimum fee rate.
+	for node := range graph.Iterate(
+		txgraph.WithOrder(txgraph.TraversalFeeRate),
+		txgraph.WithFilter(highFeeFilter),
+	) {
+		fmt.Printf("High-fee tx: %s (%d sat/kB)\n",
+			node.TxHash.String()[:8],
+			node.TxDesc.FeePerKB,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+func getAncestorsWithLimit(graph *txgraph.TxGraph, txHash chainhash.Hash) {
+	// Iterate ancestors up to depth 3 in BFS order.
+	for ancestor := range graph.Iterate(
+		txgraph.WithOrder(txgraph.TraversalBFS),
+		txgraph.WithStartNode(&txHash),
+		txgraph.WithDirection(txgraph.DirectionBackward),
+		txgraph.WithMaxDepth(3),
+		txgraph.WithIncludeStart(false), // Exclude starting transaction
+	) {
+		fmt.Printf("Ancestor: %s\n", ancestor.TxHash.String()[:8])
+	}
+}
+```
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Building Graphs Incrementally
+
+Add transactions as they arrive from P2P relay. The graph automatically creates
+edges when it detects spend relationships:
+
+```go
+// As each transaction arrives...
+if err := graph.AddTransaction(tx, txDesc); err != nil {
+    // Handle error (duplicate, invalid, etc.)
+}
+// Edges to existing parents are created automatically.
+```
+
+### Package-Aware Relay
+
+Use package identification to enable package relay policies:
+
+```go
+packages, _ := graph.IdentifyPackages()
+for _, pkg := range packages {
+    if pkg.Type == txgraph.PackageTypeTRUC {
+        // Apply TRUC-specific relay rules
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Ancestor/Descendant Limits
+
+Enforce BIP 125 policy limits before accepting transactions:
+
+```go
+const maxAncestorCount = 25
+const maxDescendantCount = 25
+
+ancestors := graph.GetAncestors(txHash, -1)
+if len(ancestors) > maxAncestorCount {
+    return errors.New("exceeds ancestor limit")
+}
+
+descendants := graph.GetDescendants(txHash, -1)
+if len(descendants) > maxDescendantCount {
+    return errors.New("exceeds descendant limit")
+}
+```
+
+### Efficient Graph Cleanup
+
+Remove confirmed transactions efficiently when blocks arrive:
+
+```go
+for _, tx := range block.Transactions() {
+    // Cascade removal: removes tx and all descendants
+    graph.RemoveTransaction(*tx.Hash())
+}
+```
+
+## Package Analyzer Interface
+
+The `PackageAnalyzer` interface abstracts protocol-specific validation logic,
+enabling testing and future upgrades without modifying the core graph:
+
+```go
+type PackageAnalyzer interface {
+    IsTRUCTransaction(tx *wire.MsgTx) bool
+    HasEphemeralDust(tx *wire.MsgTx) bool
+    IsZeroFee(desc *TxDesc) bool
+    ValidateTRUCPackage(nodes []*TxGraphNode) bool
+    ValidateEphemeralPackage(nodes []*TxGraphNode) bool
+    AnalyzePackageType(nodes []*TxGraphNode) PackageType
+}
+```
+
+Implement this interface to customize package validation for your use case or
+to add new package types.
+
+## Performance Characteristics
+
+- **Transaction lookup**: O(1) via hash map
+- **Add transaction**: O(1) for graph insertion + O(k) for k parent edges
+- **Remove transaction**: O(1) for node + O(d) for d descendants (cascade)
+- **Ancestor/descendant query**: O(a) or O(d) where a/d is count
+- **Package identification**: O(n) where n is number of root nodes
+
+## Thread Safety
+
+All graph operations are thread-safe and protected by a read-write mutex. Read
+operations (queries, iteration) can proceed concurrently, while write
+operations (add, remove) acquire exclusive access.
+
+## Further Reading
+
+- **API Documentation**: Run `go doc github.com/btcsuite/btcd/mempool/txgraph`
+- **BIP 431 (TRUC)**: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0431.mediawiki
+- **BIP 125 (RBF)**: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0125.mediawiki