[bisq-network/projects] Migrate Bisq pricenodes from earn.com fee estimation API to our own self-hosted mempool fee estimation API service (#27)

[Chris Beams]

> If my understanding is correct, all Bisq nodes have access to Bitcoin Core (either to a local node, or through a service interface exposed by a full node).
> 
> In that case, why not just use Bitcoin Core's mechanism for fee estimation? They already expose it through their API: [estimatesmartfee](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#estimatesmartfee).


Bisq nodes are connected to one or more Bitcoin Core nodes via the Bitcoin p2p protocol. They have no access to these nodes' RPC interfaces, and `estimatesmartfee` is an RPC. It would be possible to give Bisq access to one's own personal Bitcoin Core node's RPC API, but it would not be a general, works-out-of-the-box solution for all Bisq users.

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