diff --git a/benchmark-proxy.yml b/benchmark-proxy.yml
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+services:
+  benchmark-proxy:
+    build:
+      context: ./benchmark-proxy
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      - LISTEN_ADDR=:8080
+      - SUMMARY_INTERVAL=60
+      - PRIMARY_BACKEND=${BENCHMARK_PROXY_PRIMARY_BACKEND}
+      - SECONDARY_BACKENDS=${BENCHMARK_PROXY_SECONDARY_BACKENDS}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - chains
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diff --git a/benchmark-proxy/Dockerfile b/benchmark-proxy/Dockerfile
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+FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . .
+
+# Build with optimization flags
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o benchmark-proxy main.go
+
+FROM alpine:3.18
+
+RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates tzdata
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=builder /app/benchmark-proxy .
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+CMD ["./benchmark-proxy"] 
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diff --git a/benchmark-proxy/main.go b/benchmark-proxy/main.go
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+++ b/benchmark-proxy/main.go
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+// hi
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Simple structure to extract just the method from JSON-RPC requests
+type JSONRPCRequest struct {
+	Method string `json:"method"`
+}
+
+type Backend struct {
+	URL  string
+	Name string
+	Role string
+}
+
+type ResponseStats struct {
+	Backend    string
+	StatusCode int
+	Duration   time.Duration
+	Error      error
+	Method     string // Added method field
+}
+
+// StatsCollector maintains statistics for periodic summaries
+type StatsCollector struct {
+	mu              sync.Mutex
+	requestStats    []ResponseStats
+	methodStats     map[string][]time.Duration // Track durations by method
+	totalRequests   int
+	errorCount      int
+	startTime       time.Time
+	summaryInterval time.Duration
+}
+
+func NewStatsCollector(summaryInterval time.Duration) *StatsCollector {
+	sc := &StatsCollector{
+		requestStats:    make([]ResponseStats, 0, 1000),
+		methodStats:     make(map[string][]time.Duration),
+		startTime:       time.Now(),
+		summaryInterval: summaryInterval,
+	}
+
+	// Start the periodic summary goroutine
+	go sc.periodicSummary()
+
+	return sc
+}
+
+func (sc *StatsCollector) AddStats(stats []ResponseStats, totalDuration time.Duration) {
+	sc.mu.Lock()
+	defer sc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Add stats to the collection
+	for _, stat := range stats {
+		sc.requestStats = append(sc.requestStats, stat)
+		if stat.Error != nil {
+			sc.errorCount++
+		}
+
+		// Track method-specific stats for primary backend
+		if stat.Backend == "primary" && stat.Error == nil {
+			if _, exists := sc.methodStats[stat.Method]; !exists {
+				sc.methodStats[stat.Method] = make([]time.Duration, 0, 100)
+			}
+			sc.methodStats[stat.Method] = append(sc.methodStats[stat.Method], stat.Duration)
+		}
+	}
+
+	sc.totalRequests++
+}
+
+func (sc *StatsCollector) periodicSummary() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(sc.summaryInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for range ticker.C {
+		sc.printSummary()
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *StatsCollector) printSummary() {
+	sc.mu.Lock()
+	defer sc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	uptime := time.Since(sc.startTime)
+	fmt.Printf("\n=== BENCHMARK PROXY SUMMARY ===\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Uptime: %s\n", uptime.Round(time.Second))
+	fmt.Printf("Total Requests: %d\n", sc.totalRequests)
+	fmt.Printf("Error Rate: %.2f%%\n", float64(sc.errorCount)/float64(sc.totalRequests)*100)
+
+	// Calculate response time statistics for primary backend
+	var primaryDurations []time.Duration
+	for _, stat := range sc.requestStats {
+		if stat.Backend == "primary" && stat.Error == nil {
+			primaryDurations = append(primaryDurations, stat.Duration)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(primaryDurations) > 0 {
+		sort.Slice(primaryDurations, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return primaryDurations[i] < primaryDurations[j]
+		})
+
+		var sum time.Duration
+		for _, d := range primaryDurations {
+			sum += d
+		}
+
+		avg := sum / time.Duration(len(primaryDurations))
+		min := primaryDurations[0]
+		max := primaryDurations[len(primaryDurations)-1]
+
+		p50idx := len(primaryDurations) * 50 / 100
+		p90idx := len(primaryDurations) * 90 / 100
+		p99idx := len(primaryDurations) * 99 / 100
+
+		fmt.Printf("\nPrimary Backend Response Times:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  Min: %s\n", min)
+		fmt.Printf("  Avg: %s\n", avg)
+		fmt.Printf("  Max: %s\n", max)
+		fmt.Printf("  p50: %s\n", primaryDurations[p50idx])
+		fmt.Printf("  p90: %s\n", primaryDurations[p90idx])
+		fmt.Printf("  p99: %s\n", primaryDurations[p99idx])
+	}
+
+	// Print per-method statistics
+	if len(sc.methodStats) > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("\nPer-Method Statistics (Primary Backend):\n")
+
+		// Sort methods by name for consistent output
+		methods := make([]string, 0, len(sc.methodStats))
+		for method := range sc.methodStats {
+			methods = append(methods, method)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(methods)
+
+		for _, method := range methods {
+			durations := sc.methodStats[method]
+			if len(durations) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			sort.Slice(durations, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return durations[i] < durations[j]
+			})
+
+			var sum time.Duration
+			for _, d := range durations {
+				sum += d
+			}
+
+			avg := sum / time.Duration(len(durations))
+			min := durations[0]
+			max := durations[len(durations)-1]
+
+			// Only calculate percentiles if we have enough samples
+			p50 := min
+			p90 := min
+			p99 := min
+
+			if len(durations) >= 2 {
+				p50idx := len(durations) * 50 / 100
+				p90idx := len(durations) * 90 / 100
+				p99idx := min(len(durations)-1, len(durations)*99/100)
+
+				p50 = durations[p50idx]
+				p90 = durations[p90idx]
+				p99 = durations[p99idx]
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("  %-20s Count: %-5d Avg: %-10s Min: %-10s Max: %-10s p50: %-10s p90: %-10s p99: %-10s\n",
+				method, len(durations), avg, min, max, p50, p90, p99)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("================================\n\n")
+
+	// Keep only the last 1000 requests to prevent unlimited memory growth
+	if len(sc.requestStats) > 1000 {
+		sc.requestStats = sc.requestStats[len(sc.requestStats)-1000:]
+	}
+
+	// Trim method stats to prevent unlimited growth
+	for method, durations := range sc.methodStats {
+		if len(durations) > 1000 {
+			sc.methodStats[method] = durations[len(durations)-1000:]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Helper function to avoid potential index out of bounds
+func min(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Get configuration from environment variables
+	listenAddr := getEnv("LISTEN_ADDR", ":8080")
+	primaryBackend := getEnv("PRIMARY_BACKEND", "http://localhost:8545")
+	secondaryBackendsStr := getEnv("SECONDARY_BACKENDS", "")
+	summaryIntervalStr := getEnv("SUMMARY_INTERVAL", "60") // Default 60 seconds
+
+	summaryInterval, err := strconv.Atoi(summaryIntervalStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Invalid SUMMARY_INTERVAL, using default of 60 seconds")
+		summaryInterval = 60
+	}
+
+	// Create stats collector for periodic summaries
+	statsCollector := NewStatsCollector(time.Duration(summaryInterval) * time.Second)
+
+	// Configure backends
+	var backends []Backend
+	backends = append(backends, Backend{
+		URL:  primaryBackend,
+		Name: "primary",
+		Role: "primary",
+	})
+
+	if secondaryBackendsStr != "" {
+		secondaryList := strings.Split(secondaryBackendsStr, ",")
+		for i, url := range secondaryList {
+			backends = append(backends, Backend{
+				URL:  strings.TrimSpace(url),
+				Name: fmt.Sprintf("secondary-%d", i+1),
+				Role: "secondary",
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Starting benchmark proxy on %s", listenAddr)
+	log.Printf("Primary backend: %s", primaryBackend)
+	log.Printf("Secondary backends: %s", secondaryBackendsStr)
+
+	// Set up HTTP client with reasonable timeouts
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			MaxIdleConns:        100,
+			MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 100,
+			IdleConnTimeout:     90 * time.Second,
+			DisableCompression:  true, // Typically JSON-RPC doesn't benefit from compression
+		},
+	}
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		stats := handleRequest(w, r, backends, client)
+		statsCollector.AddStats(stats, 0) // The 0 is a placeholder, we're not using totalDuration in the collector
+	})
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(listenAddr, nil))
+}
+
+func handleRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, backends []Backend, client *http.Client) []ResponseStats {
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	// Read the entire request body
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Error reading request body", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	// Try to parse the method from the JSON-RPC request
+	method := "unknown"
+	var jsonRPCReq JSONRPCRequest
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &jsonRPCReq); err == nil && jsonRPCReq.Method != "" {
+		method = jsonRPCReq.Method
+	}
+
+	// Process backends in parallel
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	statsChan := make(chan ResponseStats, len(backends))
+	primaryRespChan := make(chan *http.Response, 1)
+	primaryErrChan := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	for _, backend := range backends {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(b Backend) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			// Create a new request
+			backendReq, err := http.NewRequest(r.Method, b.URL, bytes.NewReader(body))
+			if err != nil {
+				statsChan <- ResponseStats{
+					Backend: b.Name,
+					Error:   err,
+					Method:  method,
+				}
+				if b.Role == "primary" {
+					primaryErrChan <- err
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Copy headers
+			for name, values := range r.Header {
+				for _, value := range values {
+					backendReq.Header.Add(name, value)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Send the request
+			reqStart := time.Now()
+			resp, err := client.Do(backendReq)
+			reqDuration := time.Since(reqStart)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				statsChan <- ResponseStats{
+					Backend:  b.Name,
+					Duration: reqDuration,
+					Error:    err,
+					Method:   method,
+				}
+				if b.Role == "primary" {
+					primaryErrChan <- err
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+			statsChan <- ResponseStats{
+				Backend:    b.Name,
+				StatusCode: resp.StatusCode,
+				Duration:   reqDuration,
+				Method:     method,
+			}
+
+			if b.Role == "primary" {
+				// For primary, we need to return this response to the client
+				respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+				if err != nil {
+					primaryErrChan <- err
+					return
+				}
+
+				// Create a new response to send back to client
+				primaryResp := *resp
+				primaryResp.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(respBody))
+				primaryRespChan <- &primaryResp
+			}
+		}(backend)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for primary response
+	select {
+	case primaryResp := <-primaryRespChan:
+		// Copy the response to the client
+		for name, values := range primaryResp.Header {
+			for _, value := range values {
+				w.Header().Add(name, value)
+			}
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(primaryResp.StatusCode)
+		io.Copy(w, primaryResp.Body)
+	case err := <-primaryErrChan:
+		http.Error(w, "Error from primary backend: "+err.Error(), http.StatusBadGateway)
+	case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
+		http.Error(w, "Timeout waiting for primary backend", http.StatusGatewayTimeout)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for all goroutines to complete
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(statsChan)
+	}()
+
+	// Collect stats
+	var stats []ResponseStats
+	for stat := range statsChan {
+		stats = append(stats, stat)
+	}
+
+	// Log response times
+	totalDuration := time.Since(startTime)
+	logResponseStats(totalDuration, stats)
+	return stats
+}
+
+func logResponseStats(totalDuration time.Duration, stats []ResponseStats) {
+	// Format: timestamp | total_time | method | backend1:time1 | backend2:time2 | ...
+	var parts []string
+	parts = append(parts, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05.000"))
+	parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("total:%s", totalDuration))
+
+	// Add method if available (use the first stat with a method)
+	method := "unknown"
+	for _, stat := range stats {
+		if stat.Method != "" {
+			method = stat.Method
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("method:%s", method))
+
+	for _, stat := range stats {
+		if stat.Error != nil {
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s:error:%s", stat.Backend, stat.Error))
+		} else {
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%s", stat.Backend, stat.StatusCode, stat.Duration))
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(strings.Join(parts, " | "))
+}
+
+func getEnv(key, fallback string) string {
+	if value, exists := os.LookupEnv(key); exists {
+		return value
+	}
+	return fallback
+}