[LoadTesting] Permissionless Demand Load Testing

[okdas]

Objective

Plan and execute permissionless demand load testing for on-chain scalability.

Origin Document

Recent merge of PR #703 increases EndBlocker processing, affecting block validation for full nodes and validators. This is critical for permissionless demand scalability and requires thorough testing.

Goals

• Assess the scalability of the network under high permissionless demand conditions
• Determine resource requirements for full nodes and validators under extreme load

Deliverables

• Design comprehensive load testing scenarios
• Implement test infrastructure to simulate high volumes of relays and applications (in addition to the full nodes ran by the community)
• Execute load tests with parameters:
  • 10s of millions of relays
  • 10s of thousands of different applications
  • 100s of thousands of claims
• Analyze and document resource requirements for full nodes and validators
• Prepare a report on test results and implications

Non-goals / Non-deliverables

• Optimizing the network based on test results (separate issue)

General deliverables

• Comments: Add detailed comments in test scripts and analysis code
• Testing: Develop and implement automated load testing suite
• Makefile: Add targets for running load tests and generating reports
• Documentation: Update relevant architectural docs with load testing results and implications

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Creator: @okdas

[okdas]

Closing in favor of #742 - a better documented issue.