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+import { Identities, Log } from '../src/index.js'
+import { MemoryStorage } from '../src/storage/index.js'
+import CustomEncryption from '../test/fixtures/encryption/custom.js'
+// import { MemoryStorage, LevelStorage, LRUStorage } from '../src/storage/index.js'
+import { rimraf as rmrf } from 'rimraf'
+
+// State
+let log
+
+// Metrics
+let totalQueries = 0
+let seconds = 0
+let queriesPerSecond = 0
+let lastTenSeconds = 0
+
+// Settings
+const benchmarkDuration = 20 // seconds
+
+const queryLoop = async () => {
+  await log.append(totalQueries.toString(), { referencesCount: 0 })
+  totalQueries++
+  lastTenSeconds++
+  queriesPerSecond++
+  setImmediate(queryLoop)
+}
+
+;(async () => {
+  console.log('Starting benchmark...')
+
+  console.log('Benchmark duration is ' + benchmarkDuration + ' seconds')
+
+  await rmrf('./orbitdb')
+
+  const identities = await Identities()
+  const testIdentity = await identities.createIdentity({ id: 'userA' })
+
+  // MemoryStorage is the default storage for Log but defining them here
+  // in case we want to benchmark different storage modules
+  const entryStorage = await MemoryStorage()
+  const headsStorage = await MemoryStorage()
+  const indexStorage = await MemoryStorage()
+  // Test LRUStorage
+  // const entryStorage = await LRUStorage()
+  // const headsStorage = await LRUStorage()
+  // const indexStorage = await LRUStorage()
+  // Test LevelStorage
+  // const entryStorage = await LevelStorage({ path: './logA/entries' })
+  // const headsStorage = await LevelStorage({ path: './logA/heads' })
+  // const indexStorage = await LevelStorage({ path: './logA/index' })
+
+  const replicationEncryption = await CustomEncryption()
+  const dataEncryption = await CustomEncryption()
+
+  log = await Log(testIdentity, { logId: 'A', entryStorage, headsStorage, indexStorage, encryption: { replicationEncryption, dataEncryption } })
+
+  // Output metrics at 1 second interval
+  const interval = setInterval(async () => {
+    seconds++
+    if (seconds % 10 === 0) {
+      console.log(`--> Average of ${lastTenSeconds / 10} q/s in the last 10 seconds`)
+      if (lastTenSeconds === 0) throw new Error('Problems!')
+      lastTenSeconds = 0
+    }
+    if (seconds >= benchmarkDuration) {
+      clearInterval(interval)
+      await rmrf('./orbitdb')
+      process.exit(0)
+    }
+    console.log(`${queriesPerSecond} queries per second, ${totalQueries} queries in ${seconds} seconds`)
+    queriesPerSecond = 0
+  }, 1000)
+
+  setImmediate(queryLoop)
+})()