<p>Bitcoin Core has inbuilt benchmarks which can be enabled using <code>debug=bench</code>, which breaks down the validation time of incoming blocks.</p>

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How to enable "debug=bench" please?
GoneV
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https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/66892/13866 and https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.20.0#notable-changes
RedGrittyBrick
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Claris
<p>The validation time of transactions and blocks has a great impact on the performance of the Bitcoin network. Are there any special measuring tools that can be used?</p>

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Are there any existing tools to measure the time required for block and transaction validation？
GoneV
# Are there any existing tools to measure the time required for block and transaction validation？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-23)

The validation time of transactions and blocks has a great impact on the performance of the Bitcoin network. Are there any special measuring tools that can be used?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-03-23. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin Core has inbuilt benchmarks which can be enabled using `debug=bench`, which breaks down the validation time of incoming blocks.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: How to enable "debug=bench" please?  
> **username_2**: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/66892/13866 and https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.20.0#notable-changes  

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