(deprecated) Measurement of RChain Network Performance

• Run the following Rholang:

contract @"dupe"(@depth) = {
  if (depth <= 0) { Nil } else { @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) | @"dupe"!(depth-1) }
} |
@"dupe"!(5)

• This contract generates a large number of COMM events.

• Run the following Rholang:  x!(Nil) | for (_ ← x) Nil
• Creates 1 COMM event / deploy

• Demonstrates the rate of deploys possible on the system.  Each deploy of this contract generates 1 COMM event. 
• Exclude from the demo

• Contract deployment is a specific type of transaction.  Running a contract from 'cold storage' will have a different transaction speed than running a contract from 'hot' storage.  
  • Deploy the mint - create wallets that contain Rev.  Test how fast you move money from 1 wallet to another. 
  • Propose a single transfer and observe it in Grafana
  • Have all the wallets in place in advance.

Call the Rev contract..  Alice sends Bob 1 token.   Requires that a wallet be implemented first.

See https://gist.github.com/birchmd/f25578323b249ae03a45499a8165ab9d for scala code which can generate rholang for this test.

• Demonstrates how Rev will be sent on the platform.  Obtain the performance for an in-shard Rev transfer.
  • Propose blocks of monetary transactions and see how many you can get through.

• Set of transactions that are specifically cross-shard transactions.  For simplicity, we should send Rev across shards, as this is a likely use case.

• Measure the performance of storing binary data on the blockchain.  
• Measure the performance of retrieving binary data from the blockchain.