diff --git a/benchmark/main.go b/benchmark/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/x/qgb/types"
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/orchestrator-relayer/evm"
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/orchestrator-relayer/store"
+	types2 "github.com/celestiaorg/orchestrator-relayer/types"
+	wrappers "github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge/v2/wrappers/QuantumGravityBridge.sol"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
+	ethcmn "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	ethcrypto "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	tmlog "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+)
+
+const (
+	NumberOfValidators       = 100
+	NumberOfNecessarySigners = 30
+	TotalValidatorPower      = int64(100000)
+	FundedPrivateKeyInHex    = "funded_evm_key"
+	EVMRPC                   = "evm_network_rpc"
+)
+
+type WrappedValidator struct {
+	Validator  wrappers.Validator
+	PrivateKey ecdsa.PrivateKey
+	Account    accounts.Account
+}
+
+func main() {
+	err := DeployContractAndSubmitDataCommitment()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		syscall.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func DeployContractAndSubmitDataCommitment() error {
+	logger := tmlog.NewTMLogger(os.Stdout)
+
+	path, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "qgb_bench")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	ks := keystore.NewKeyStore(filepath.Join(path, store.EVMKeyStorePath), keystore.LightScryptN, keystore.LightScryptP)
+
+	valsetValidators, err := generateRandomValidators(ks, NumberOfValidators, NumberOfNecessarySigners)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	bridgeValidators := ToBridgeValidators(valsetValidators)
+
+	ethPrivKey, err := ethcrypto.HexToECDSA(FundedPrivateKeyInHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	acc, err := ks.ImportECDSA(ethPrivKey, "1234")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = ks.Unlock(acc, "1234")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("loading EVM account", "address", acc.Address.Hex())
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	evmClient := evm.NewClient(
+		tmlog.NewTMLogger(os.Stdout),
+		nil,
+		ks,
+		&acc,
+		EVMRPC,
+		2500000,
+	)
+
+	txOpts, err := evmClient.NewTransactionOpts(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	backend, err := evmClient.NewEthClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer backend.Close()
+
+	vs := types.Valset{
+		Nonce:   1,
+		Members: bridgeValidators,
+		Height:  1,
+		Time:    time.Now(),
+	}
+
+	address, tx, bridge, err := evmClient.DeployQGBContract(txOpts, backend, vs, vs.Nonce, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to deploy QGB contract")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	receipt, err := evmClient.WaitForTransaction(ctx, backend, tx)
+	if err == nil && receipt != nil && receipt.Status == 1 {
+		logger.Info("deployed QGB contract", "proxy_address", address.Hex(), "tx_hash", tx.Hash().String())
+	}
+
+	txOpts.Nonce.Add(txOpts.Nonce, big.NewInt(1))
+
+	commitment := []byte{0x12}
+	dataRootHash := types2.DataCommitmentTupleRootSignBytes(big.NewInt(int64(2)), commitment)
+	signatures := make([]wrappers.Signature, NumberOfValidators)
+	cumulatedPower := int64(0)
+	for i, val := range valsetValidators {
+		if cumulatedPower > 2*TotalValidatorPower/3 {
+			break
+		}
+		dcSig, err := evm.NewEthereumSignature(dataRootHash.Bytes(), ks, val.Account)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		v, r, s, err := evm.SigToVRS(ethcmn.Bytes2Hex(dcSig))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		signatures[i] = wrappers.Signature{
+			V: v,
+			R: r,
+			S: s,
+		}
+		cumulatedPower += val.Validator.Power.Int64()
+	}
+	wrapperValidators := ToWrapperValidators(valsetValidators)
+	submitTx, err := bridge.SubmitDataRootTupleRoot(txOpts, big.NewInt(2), big.NewInt(1), [32]byte{0x12}, wrapperValidators, signatures)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	logger.Info("submitted data root tuple root", "tx_hash", submitTx.Hash().String())
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateRandomValidators(s *keystore.KeyStore, numberOfValidators, numberOfNecessarySigners int64) ([]WrappedValidator, error) {
+	validators := make([]WrappedValidator, numberOfValidators)
+	threshold := 2 * TotalValidatorPower / 3
+	primaryPowers := threshold / (numberOfNecessarySigners - 1)
+	secondaryPowers := (TotalValidatorPower - threshold) / (numberOfValidators - numberOfNecessarySigners + 1)
+	for i := int64(0); i < numberOfValidators; i++ {
+		pKey, err := ethcrypto.GenerateKey()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		address := ethcrypto.PubkeyToAddress(pKey.PublicKey)
+		if i < numberOfNecessarySigners {
+			validators[i] = WrappedValidator{
+				Validator: wrappers.Validator{
+					Addr:  address,
+					Power: big.NewInt(primaryPowers),
+				},
+				PrivateKey: *pKey,
+			}
+		} else {
+			validators[i] = WrappedValidator{
+				Validator: wrappers.Validator{
+					Addr:  address,
+					Power: big.NewInt(secondaryPowers),
+				},
+				PrivateKey: *pKey,
+			}
+		}
+		account, err := s.ImportECDSA(pKey, "1234")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		err = s.Unlock(account, "1234")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		validators[i].Account = account
+	}
+	return validators, nil
+}
+
+func ToBridgeValidators(validators []WrappedValidator) types.BridgeValidators {
+	bridgedValidators := make(types.BridgeValidators, len(validators))
+	for i, val := range validators {
+		bridgedValidators[i] = types.BridgeValidator{
+			Power:      val.Validator.Power.Uint64(),
+			EvmAddress: val.Validator.Addr.Hex(),
+		}
+	}
+	return bridgedValidators
+}
+
+func ToWrapperValidators(validators []WrappedValidator) []wrappers.Validator {
+	wrapperValidators := make([]wrappers.Validator, len(validators))
+	for i, val := range validators {
+		wrapperValidators[i] = wrappers.Validator{
+			Power: val.Validator.Power,
+			Addr:  val.Validator.Addr,
+		}
+	}
+	return wrapperValidators
+}