# EIP-1559 Performance Test: 6426 Blocks Process In 22 Hours

By Coinness

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Published: 2021-02-26T06:59:02.000Z
Updated: 2021-02-26T06:59:02.000Z
Section: Investing

> Abdelhamid Bakhta, Blockchain Protocol Engineer building the Hyperledger Besu Ethereum client, tweeted to update the performance test of EIP-1559.

Abdelhamid Bakhta, Blockchain Protocol Engineer building the Hyperledger Besu Ethereum client, tweeted to update the performance test of EIP-1559.

The takeaways are as follows:

- 22 hours non-stop test;

- 6426 blocks processed;

- 41 M gas/block average;

- 12 M transactions executed;

- 2139 average transactions per block;

- 95% of blocks were at least 15M worth of gas.

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