# Simulating an Ethereum network at scale

- Speakers: [Pop](https://streameth.org/speakers/pop), [Daniel Knopik](https://streameth.org/speakers/daniel-knopik)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-15
- Duration: 23:22
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/6736e0e71b0f83434d9fea11

## Description

Previously, when Ethereum client developers wanted to test their ideas on the network layer, they either had to use a simulation tool that could be used only with some programming language or had to do network emulation instead, which requires a cluster of computers to do it at scale rather than running it on a laptop-size machine. This talk will tell you how to simulate an Ethereum network with 100+ nodes on a laptop-sized machine with production Ethereum clients.

## About the speakers

### Pop

Researcher at Ethereum Foundation

### Daniel Knopik

Fellow in the fifth cohort of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship.