Test 25M Gas Blocks on EIP-1559 Private Network

[timbeiko]

One of the biggest risks in EIP-1559 is whether the network can handle larger blocks, even for a short duration. To begin de-risking this part of the work, we should set up a private 1559 network running geth and Besu where we fill blocks with transactions for a long amount of time and quantify the performance/stability impact of this on the nodes.

Specifically, we should:

• Have >1 mining node on the network
• Have 4-5 total nodes, ideally in different AWS regions
• Automate the sending of a large amount of transaction to nodes on the network (both legacy and 1559-style)
• Keep metrics on the node and evaluate what happens when blocks are consistently at a 25M gas

Idea:

• We shorten the transition period in the EIP from 800 000 blocks to 8000 blocks, run a clique network with 1559 enabled on block 1, and let the network run ~10,000 blocks, ideally with most of them full.

[AbdelStark]

https://github.com/PegaSysEng/eip1559-tx-sender

[AbdelStark]

Binance ERC20 token https://etherscan.io/address/0xB8c77482e45F1F44dE1745F52C74426C631bDD52#code

[matkt]

EIP 1559 Configuration

Geth (Genesis 100 accounts provisionned + 3 node keys)
Besu (Genesis 100 accounts provisionned + 3 node keys) - Besu - Node 1 is the signer

EIP-1559-CLIQUE-CONF.zip