zilkworm

Use to execute Ethereum mainnet blocks from a local directory (dry run). Use it to execute downloaded blocks without proving.

Use to fetch Ethereum mainnet blocks from an RPC URL and save them on a local directory. Use it to acquire blocks for later execution/proving.

Use when the user asks to "benchmark", "run benchmark", "compare performance", "profile blocks", "cycle count comparison", or discusses SP1 prover performance testing. Runs batch block execution benchmarks and compares C++ vs Rust (or other) provers.