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+import { OrbitDB } from '../src/index.js'
+import rmrf from 'rimraf'
+import * as IPFS from 'ipfs'
+import connectPeers from '../test/utils/connect-nodes.js'
+import waitFor from '../test/utils/wait-for.js'
+
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
+
+EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = 10000
+
+const ipfsConfig = {
+  preload: {
+    enabled: false
+  },
+  EXPERIMENTAL: {
+    pubsub: true
+  },
+  config: {
+    Addresses: {
+      API: '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0',
+      Swarm: ['/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0'],
+      Gateway: '/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0'
+    },
+    Bootstrap: [],
+    Discovery: {
+      MDNS: {
+        Enabled: true,
+        Interval: 0
+      },
+      webRTCStar: {
+        Enabled: false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+;(async () => {
+  console.log('Starting benchmark...')
+
+  const entryCount = 1000
+
+  await rmrf('./ipfs1')
+  await rmrf('./ipfs2')
+  await rmrf('./orbitdb1')
+  await rmrf('./orbitdb2')
+
+  const ipfs1 = await IPFS.create({ ...ipfsConfig, repo: './ipfs1' })
+  const ipfs2 = await IPFS.create({ ...ipfsConfig, repo: './ipfs2' })
+  const orbitdb1 = await OrbitDB({ ipfs: ipfs1, directory: './orbitdb1' })
+  const orbitdb2 = await OrbitDB({ ipfs: ipfs2, directory: './orbitdb2' })
+
+  await connectPeers(ipfs1, ipfs2)
+
+  console.log(`Add ${entryCount} events`)
+
+  const db1 = await orbitdb1.open('benchmark-replication', { type: 'events' })
+
+  const startTime1 = new Date().getTime()
+  for (let i = 0; i < entryCount; i++) {
+    await db1.add('hello' + i)
+  }
+  const endTime1 = new Date().getTime()
+  const duration1 = endTime1 - startTime1
+  const operationsPerSecond1 = Math.floor(entryCount / (duration1 / 1000))
+  const millisecondsPerOp1 = duration1 / entryCount
+  console.log(`Adding ${entryCount} events took ${duration1} ms, ${operationsPerSecond1} ops/s, ${millisecondsPerOp1} ms/op`)
+
+  const db2 = await orbitdb2.open(db1.address)
+
+  let replicated = false
+
+  const onJoin = async (peerId) => {
+    replicated = true
+  }
+
+  db2.events.on('join', onJoin)
+
+  await waitFor(() => replicated, () => true)
+
+  console.log(`Iterate ${entryCount} events`)
+  const startTime2 = new Date().getTime()
+  const all = []
+  for await (const { value } of db2.iterator()) {
+    all.unshift(value)
+  }
+  const endTime2 = new Date().getTime()
+  const duration2 = endTime2 - startTime2
+  const operationsPerSecond2 = Math.floor(entryCount / (duration2 / 1000))
+  const millisecondsPerOp2 = duration2 / entryCount
+
+  console.log(`Iterating ${all.length} events took ${duration2} ms, ${operationsPerSecond2} ops/s, ${millisecondsPerOp2} ms/op`)
+
+  await db1.drop()
+  await db1.close()
+  await db2.drop()
+  await db2.close()
+
+  await orbitdb1.stop()
+  await orbitdb2.stop()
+  await ipfs1.stop()
+  await ipfs2.stop()
+
+  await rmrf('./ipfs1')
+  await rmrf('./ipfs2')
+  await rmrf('./orbitdb1')
+  await rmrf('./orbitdb2')
+
+  process.exit(0)
+})()