Modern public blockchains like Ethereum rely on p2p networks to run distributed and censorship-resistant applications. With its wide adoption, it operates as a highly critical public ledger. On its transition to become more scalable and sustainable, shifting to PoS without sacrificing the security and resilience of PoW, Ethereum offers a range of consensus clients to participate in the network. In this paper, we present a methodology to measure the performance of the consensus clients based on the latency to receive messages from the p2p network. The paper includes a study that identifies the incentives and limitations that the network experiences, presenting insights about the latency impact derived from running the software in different locations.

翻译：现代公共区块链（如以太坊）依赖点对点网络来运行分布式且抗审查的应用。随着其广泛采用，它已成为高度关键性的公共账本。在向更高可扩展性和可持续性过渡的过程中，以太坊在不牺牲PoW安全性和弹性的前提下转向PoS，并提供多种共识客户端供网络参与者选择。本文提出了一种基于从点对点网络接收消息的延迟来测量共识客户端性能的方法。研究识别了网络面临的激励与限制，揭示了在不同位置运行软件对延迟影响的相关见解。