add flag to overwrite base fee to 0 during benchmark

app/app.go

@@ -1759,6 +1759,11 @@ func (app *App) executeEVMTxWithGigaExecutor(ctx sdk.Context, msg *evmtypes.MsgE
 		}, nil
 	}
 
+	// Overwrite BaseFee to zero if ZERO_BASE_FEE is enabled (for benchmarking)
+	if app.benchmarkManager != nil && app.benchmarkManager.ZeroBaseFee {
+		blockCtx.BaseFee = utils.Big0
+	}
+
 	// Get chain config
 	sstore := app.GigaEvmKeeper.GetParams(ctx).SeiSstoreSetGasEip2200
 	cfg := evmtypes.DefaultChainConfig().EthereumConfigWithSstore(app.GigaEvmKeeper.ChainID(ctx), &sstore)

app/benchmark/benchmark.go

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ type Manager struct {
 	Generator  *Generator
 	Logger     *Logger
 	proposalCh <-chan *abci.ResponsePrepareProposal
+
+	// ZeroBaseFee overrides blockCtx.BaseFee to zero during tx execution.
+	ZeroBaseFee bool
 }
 
 // NewManager creates a new benchmark manager from configuration.
@@ -46,8 +49,9 @@ func NewManager(ctx context.Context, txConfig client.TxConfig, chainID string, e
 		panic("benchmark not allowed on live chains")
 	}
 
-	// Load config from environment variable or use default
+	// Load config from environment variables or use defaults
 	configPath := os.Getenv("BENCHMARK_CONFIG")
+	zeroBaseFee := os.Getenv("ZERO_BASE_FEE") == "true"
 
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig(configPath, evmChainID, chainID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -67,12 +71,14 @@ func NewManager(ctx context.Context, txConfig client.TxConfig, chainID string, e
 	logger.Info("Benchmark manager initialized",
 		"configPath", configPath,
 		"scenarios", len(cfg.Scenarios),
+		"zeroBaseFee", zeroBaseFee,
 	)
 
 	return &Manager{
-		Generator:  gen,
-		Logger:     benchLogger,
-		proposalCh: proposalCh,
+		Generator:   gen,
+		Logger:      benchLogger,
+		proposalCh:  proposalCh,
+		ZeroBaseFee: zeroBaseFee,
 	}, nil
 }
 

go.mod

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.1
 	github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2
-	github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20251007135253-78fbdc141082
+	github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20260212060740-96a581d66024
 	github.com/sirkon/goproxy v1.4.8
 	github.com/snikch/goodman v0.0.0-20171125024755-10e37e294daa
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.9.2

go.sum

@@ -1995,8 +1995,8 @@ github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.15.7-sei-16 h1:MUvhmn5acNwS/9smQ19gdl6Qh3
 github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.15.7-sei-16/go.mod h1:+S9k+jFzlyVTNcYGvqFhzN/SFhI6vA+aOY4T5tLSPL0=
 github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2 h1:Bfa7Sv+4CVLNM20QcpvGb81B8C5HkQC/kW1CQpIbXDA=
 github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2/go.mod h1:iYE2DuJfEnM+APPehr2gOUXfuLuPsVxorcDO+Tzq9q8=
-github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20251007135253-78fbdc141082 h1:f2sY8OcN60UL1/6POx+HDMZ4w04FTZtSScnrFSnGZHg=
-github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20251007135253-78fbdc141082/go.mod h1:V0fNURAjS6A8+sA1VllegjNeSobay3oRUW5VFZd04bA=
+github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20260212060740-96a581d66024 h1:afvkkPGgVuD1DeRYRLBVfNkQXDVgtyRnH9CCbvjfZbw=
+github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20260212060740-96a581d66024/go.mod h1:9h0ffBcpwqzNgZYy2Wjk09MK19zrKxNzxDkUFWx53QQ=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tm-db v0.0.5 h1:3WONKdSXEqdZZeLuWYfK5hP37TJpfaUa13vAyAlvaQY=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-tm-db v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Cpa6rGyczgthq7/0pI31jys2Fw0Nfrc+/jKdP1prVqY=
 github.com/sei-protocol/tm-db v0.0.4 h1:7Y4EU62Xzzg6wKAHEotm7SXQR0aPLcGhKHkh3qd0tnk=

scripts/benchmark.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ GIGA_EXECUTOR=${GIGA_EXECUTOR:-false}
 GIGA_OCC=${GIGA_OCC:-false}
 BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH=${BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH:-1000}
 DISABLE_INDEXER=${DISABLE_INDEXER:-true}
+# Zero base fee - if true, overwrite blockCtx.BaseFee to zero for benchmarking
+ZERO_BASE_FEE=${ZERO_BASE_FEE:-false}
 # Debug mode - if true, prints all log output without filtering
 DEBUG=${DEBUG:-false}
 # Benchmark scenario config (path to JSON file, see scripts/scenarios/)
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ echo "  GIGA_OCC:                $GIGA_OCC"
 echo "  DB_BACKEND:              $DB_BACKEND"
 echo "  BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH: $BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH"
 echo "  DISABLE_INDEXER:         $DISABLE_INDEXER"
+echo "  ZERO_BASE_FEE:           $ZERO_BASE_FEE"
 echo "  DEBUG:                   $DEBUG"
 echo "  BENCHMARK_CONFIG:        ${BENCHMARK_CONFIG:-(default: EVMTransfer)}"
 echo ""
@@ -222,8 +225,8 @@ echo "============================================================"
 echo ""
 if [ "$DEBUG" = true ]; then
   # Debug mode: print all output
-  BENCHMARK_CONFIG=$BENCHMARK_CONFIG BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH=$BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH ~/go/bin/seid start --chain-id sei-chain
+  BENCHMARK_CONFIG=$BENCHMARK_CONFIG BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH=$BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH ZERO_BASE_FEE=$ZERO_BASE_FEE ~/go/bin/seid start --chain-id sei-chain
 else
   # Normal mode: filter to benchmark-related output only
-  BENCHMARK_CONFIG=$BENCHMARK_CONFIG BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH=$BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH ~/go/bin/seid start --chain-id sei-chain 2>&1 | grep -E "(benchmark|Benchmark|deployed|transitioning)"
+  BENCHMARK_CONFIG=$BENCHMARK_CONFIG BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH=$BENCHMARK_TXS_PER_BATCH ZERO_BASE_FEE=$ZERO_BASE_FEE ~/go/bin/seid start --chain-id sei-chain 2>&1 | grep -E "(benchmark|Benchmark|deployed|transitioning)"
 fi

scripts/scenarios/evm_fast.json

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "accounts": {
+      "count": 5000,
+      "newAccountRate": 0.0
+    },
+    "scenarios": [
+      {
+        "name": "EVMTransferFast",
+        "weight": 1
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+

sei-cosmos/go.mod

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20251007135253-78fbdc141082 // indirect
+	github.com/sei-protocol/sei-load v0.0.0-20260212060740-96a581d66024 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.11+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.14.0 // indirect