Transaction Latency Measurement

1) Introduction

Using this repo, you can measure transaction latency on differenct blockchain platforms(ex: Solana mainnet-beta, Avalanche C-chain, Polygon PoS, and Kaia). Transaction latency is measured by sending a simple value transfer transaction through public RPC url provided by each chain. Each subdirectory is for each different blockchain platform. Codes for other chains will be updated.

2) Prerequisite

This project uses NodeJS v16.14.2.

3) Getting Started

1. Open terminal
2. Clone the repo by running https://github.com/kaiachain/tx-latency-measurement.git
3. cd tx-latency-measurement/{BlockchainName}-tx-latency-measurement by selecting which blockchain you want to measure.
4. Run npm install to install node packages.
5. Copy and paste .env.template file. Then rename it to .env and update variables with your Private key, url of blockchain explorer, and public rpc url. You should also decide whether to upload to GCS/S3, and provide appropriate credentials.
6. Run node sendtx_{BlockchainName}.js.

4) Simple Test with Testnet (Kaia)

1. Open terminal
2. Clone the repo by running https://github.com/kaiachain/tx-latency-measurement.git
3. Run npm install to install node packages.

cd tx-latency-measurement/kaia-tx-latency-measurement
npm install

3. Copy and paste .env.template file. Then rename it to .env.

cp .env.template .env

4. Update .env and make sure PRIVATE_KEY and S3_BUCKET is empty as below:

PRIVATE_KEY=
CAVER_URL=https://public-en.kairos.node.kaia.io
S3_BUCKET=

5. Run node sendtx_kaia.js. Then the output will give you new Private Key and Address.

starting tx latency measurement... start time = 1661338618926
Private key is not defined. Use this new private key({NEW_PRIVATE_KEY}).
Get test KAIA from the faucet: https://baobab.wallet.klaytn.foundation/faucet
Your Kaia address = {NEW_ADDRESS}

• With NEW_ADDRESS, get test KAIA from faucet page.
• Update PRIVATE_KEY in .env file with this NEW_PRIVATE_KEY.

6. Run node sendtx_kaia.js. You can see the result as below:

starting tx latency measurement... start time = 1661339036754
failed to s3.upload! Printing instead! undefined bucket name
{"executedAt":1661339056756,"txhash":"0x78273bf3015cffc003b09908b322562eda5d830b455ae1c80b7a090d3b60a43b","startTime":1661339057100,"endTime":1661339059192,"chainId":1001,"latency":2092,"error":"","txFee":0.00105,"txFeeInUSD":0.00026812274999999996,"resourceUsedOfLatestBlock":38800,"numOfTxInLatestBlock":1,"pingTime":24}

5) Running in Docker

1. Install Docker https://docs.docker.com/install/

2. Build a docker image in a folder you would like to measure.

   > docker build -t kaia-tx-latency-measurement:latest .

3. Run a container out of the image

   > docker run kaia-tx-latency-measurement:latest

Note: You need to provide credentials JSON inside a directory if you wish to upload to GCS

6) List of Blockchain Platforms

(unchecked: to be updated)

• Kaia
• Polygon PoS
• Avalanche C-chain
• Solana
• Near Protocol
• [] EOS
• Fantom
• Polkadot
• Cosmos
• BNB
• [] Hedera
• [] Elrond
• Harmony
• Aptos
• Arbitrium
• Sui
• Optimism

7) When you'd like to contribute this repository (ex: to add another chain)

1. Please find out ways to collect data like other chains in this repo. You might be able to use javascript sdk for other chains.
2. What should be included in your code
   1. Use same structure(ex: sendtx_kaia.js & .env.template) and functions(ex: uploadToS3, uploadToGCS, uploadChoice, makeParquetFile, loadConfig, sendSlackMsg in sendtx_kaia.js)
   2. In sendTx function, check if balance of the account is enough to send transaction and set chainId.
   3. Measure pingtime using simple rpc api (like getBlockNumber())
   4. Measure resourceUsedOfLatestBlock & numOfTxInLatestBlock from the latest block info.
   5. Configure the transaction and sign it with private key.
   6. Measure the time it took for the signed transaction to be confirmed and receive a receipt. Enter the txHash, start time, end time, and latency(time in between) into the data.
   7. Calculate txFeeInUSD using CoinGecko API, then record txFee(in Native Coin) and txFeeInUSD into data.
   8. If an error occurs, write the error to the data.
3. Open a new pull request and write which info you collect for data (ex: total gas used in the latest block for resourceUsedOfLatestBlock)
4. Set @Yeonju-Kim as a reviewer.