diff --git a/bigchaindb/core.py b/bigchaindb/core.py
index 286336a0..e1382390 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/core.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/core.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import bigchaindb
 import bigchaindb.config_utils
 from bigchaindb import exceptions
 from bigchaindb.crypto import hash_data, PublicKey, PrivateKey, generate_key_pair
+from bigchaindb.monitor import Monitor
 
+c = Monitor()
 
 class GenesisBlockAlreadyExistsError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
     def reconnect(self):
         return r.connect(host=self.host, port=self.port, db=self.dbname)
 
+    @c.timer('create_transaction', rate=0.01)
     def create_transaction(self, current_owner, new_owner, tx_input, operation, payload=None):
         """Create a new transaction
 
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
         public_key = PublicKey(public_key_base58)
         return public_key.verify(self.serialize(data), signature)
 
+    @c.timer('write_transaction', rate=0.01)
     def write_transaction(self, signed_transaction):
         """Write the transaction to bigchain.
 
@@ -312,6 +316,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
 
         return owned
 
+    @c.timer('validate_transaction', rate=0.01)
     def validate_transaction(self, transaction):
         """Validate a transaction.
 
@@ -389,6 +394,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
                 exceptions.InvalidHash, exceptions.InvalidSignature):
             return False
 
+    @c.timer('create_block')
     def create_block(self, validated_transactions):
         """Creates a block given a list of `validated_transactions`.
 
@@ -424,6 +430,7 @@ class Bigchain(object):
 
         return block
 
+    @c.timer('validate_block')
     # TODO: check that the votings structure is correctly constructed
     def validate_block(self, block):
         """Validate a block.
diff --git a/bigchaindb/monitor.py b/bigchaindb/monitor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e88cffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigchaindb/monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import statsd
+from os import getppid
+from platform import node
+
+class Monitor(statsd.StatsClient):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not kwargs:
+            kwargs = {}
+        if not kwargs.get('prefix'):
+            kwargs['prefix'] = '{hostname}_{pid}.'.format(hostname=node(), pid=getppid())
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fb9727a4..73f48f95 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,33 @@ bigchaindb:
     - ~/.bigchaindb_docker:/root/.bigchaindb_docker
   links:
     - rethinkdb
+    - statsd:localhost
   environment:
     BIGCHAIN_DATABASE_HOST: rethinkdb
     BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH: /root/.bigchaindb_docker/config
   command: bigchaindb start
+
+influxdb:
+  image: tutum/influxdb
+  ports:
+    - "8083:8083"
+    - "8086:8086"
+  expose:
+    - "8090"
+    - "8099"
+  environment:
+    PRE_CREATE_DB: "telegraf"
+
+grafana:
+  build: ~/grafana-bigchaindb-docker
+  ports:
+    - "3000:3000"
+  links:
+    - influxdb:localhost
+
+statsd:
+  image: rhsimplex/docker-telegraf-statsd
+  expose:
+    - "8125/udp"
+  links:
+    - influxdb:localhost
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