diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 67f55adf..869b4c84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "colored",
+ "criterion",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "eyre",
  "fancy-regex",
@@ -2168,6 +2169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heimdall-common",
  "indicatif",
  "lazy_static",
+ "memory-stats",
  "rand",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
  "serde",
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 92b60ccf..e02e382d 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 2e26315d..d7852d1f 100644
--- a/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/common/src/utils/http.rs b/crates/common/src/utils/http.rs
index e6bb892f..afbc9d77 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/utils/http.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/utils/http.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static APP_USER_AGENT: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), "/", env!("CARGO_P
 /// // get_json_from_url(url, timeout).await;
 /// ```
 pub async fn get_json_from_url(url: &str, timeout: u64) -> Result<Option<Value>, reqwest::Error> {
-    _get_json_from_url(url, 0, 5, timeout).await
+    _get_json_from_url(url, 0, 2, timeout).await
 }
 
 #[async_recursion]
diff --git a/crates/common/src/utils/strings.rs b/crates/common/src/utils/strings.rs
index 41bbbe9f..d9327a9e 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/utils/strings.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/utils/strings.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn sign_uint(unsigned: U256) -> I256 {
 /// ```
 pub fn decode_hex(mut s: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     // normalize
-    s = s.trim_start_matches("0x");
+    s = s.trim_start_matches("0x").trim();
 
     if s.is_empty() {
         return Ok(vec![]);
diff --git a/crates/config/Cargo.toml b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
index c14427f2..296756d9 100644
--- a/crates/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/core/benches/bench_cfg.rs b/crates/core/benches/bench_cfg.rs
index 7f9bea12..f53e0e7a 100644
--- a/crates/core/benches/bench_cfg.rs
+++ b/crates/core/benches/bench_cfg.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn test_cfg(c: &mut Criterion) {
     ];
 
     for (name, contract) in contracts.into_iter() {
-        group.sample_size(100);
+        group.sample_size(500);
         group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::from_parameter(name), &contract, |b, c| {
             b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
                 let start = std::time::Instant::now();
diff --git a/crates/core/benches/bench_decode.rs b/crates/core/benches/bench_decode.rs
index 438ae4a5..06a66a98 100644
--- a/crates/core/benches/bench_decode.rs
+++ b/crates/core/benches/bench_decode.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn test_decode(c: &mut Criterion) {
     ];
 
     for (name, calldata) in calldatas.into_iter() {
-        group.sample_size(500);
+        group.sample_size(10000);
         group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::from_parameter(name), &calldata, |b, c| {
             b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
                 let start = std::time::Instant::now();
diff --git a/crates/core/benches/bench_decompile.rs b/crates/core/benches/bench_decompile.rs
index 2f43d4f0..552b3003 100644
--- a/crates/core/benches/bench_decompile.rs
+++ b/crates/core/benches/bench_decompile.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn test_decompile(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     // output yul
     for (name, contract) in contracts.into_iter() {
-        group.sample_size(100);
+        group.sample_size(500);
         group.bench_with_input(
             BenchmarkId::from_parameter(format!("yul_{}", name)),
             &contract,
diff --git a/crates/core/benches/bench_disassemble.rs b/crates/core/benches/bench_disassemble.rs
index d19f07bd..8720eaa9 100644
--- a/crates/core/benches/bench_disassemble.rs
+++ b/crates/core/benches/bench_disassemble.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn test_disassemble(c: &mut Criterion) {
     ];
 
     for (name, contract) in contracts.into_iter() {
-        group.sample_size(500);
+        group.sample_size(10000);
         group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::from_parameter(name), &contract, |b, c| {
             b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
                 let start = std::time::Instant::now();
diff --git a/crates/core/benches/bench_inspect.rs b/crates/core/benches/bench_inspect.rs
index d9743e35..689da5d0 100644
--- a/crates/core/benches/bench_inspect.rs
+++ b/crates/core/benches/bench_inspect.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn test_inspect(c: &mut Criterion) {
     ];
 
     for (name, txid) in txids.into_iter() {
-        group.sample_size(20);
+        group.sample_size(100);
         group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::from_parameter(name), &txid, |b, c| {
             b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
                 let rpc_url = std::env::var("RPC_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
diff --git a/crates/decode/Cargo.toml b/crates/decode/Cargo.toml
index 30a649df..16c5ecd0 100644
--- a/crates/decode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/decode/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/decompile/Cargo.toml b/crates/decompile/Cargo.toml
index 632e6486..00f8dcb9 100644
--- a/crates/decompile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/decompile/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/disassemble/Cargo.toml b/crates/disassemble/Cargo.toml
index 6be65837..578ee844 100644
--- a/crates/disassemble/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/disassemble/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/dump/Cargo.toml b/crates/dump/Cargo.toml
index c27e3914..d641fbe8 100644
--- a/crates/dump/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dump/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/inspect/Cargo.toml b/crates/inspect/Cargo.toml
index a283afae..a17511a3 100644
--- a/crates/inspect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/inspect/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/tracing/Cargo.toml b/crates/tracing/Cargo.toml
index e337f175..f1d3a938 100644
--- a/crates/tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/crates/vm/Cargo.toml b/crates/vm/Cargo.toml
index 46a78e04..08a7b270 100644
--- a/crates/vm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vm/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
-bench = false
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
@@ -43,3 +42,19 @@ hashbrown = "0.14.5"
 [features]
 step-tracing = []
 experimental = []
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["async_futures", "async_tokio"] }
+memory-stats = "1.0.0"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench_erc20_transfer"
+harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench_fib"
+harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench_ten_thousand_hashes"
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/bench_erc20_transfer.rs b/crates/vm/benches/bench_erc20_transfer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d081113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/bench_erc20_transfer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use alloy::primitives::Address;
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+use heimdall_common::utils::strings::decode_hex;
+use heimdall_vm::core::vm::VM;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+fn test_erc20_transfer(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("heimdall_vm");
+
+    group.sample_size(10000);
+    group.bench_function(BenchmarkId::from_parameter("erc20_transfer"), |b| {
+        b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
+            // build the evm
+            let mut evm = VM::new(
+                &decode_hex(include_str!("./testdata/weth9.hex")).expect("invalid bytecode"),
+                &decode_hex("0xa9059cbb0000000000000000000000006666666b0B46056247E7D6cbdb78287F4D12574d0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000").expect("invalid calldata"),
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                0,
+                u128::MAX,
+            );
+
+            // run the evm
+            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let _ = evm.execute().expect("evm panic");
+            start.elapsed()
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, test_erc20_transfer);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/bench_fib.rs b/crates/vm/benches/bench_fib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79afab00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/bench_fib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use alloy::primitives::Address;
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+use heimdall_common::utils::strings::decode_hex;
+use heimdall_vm::core::vm::VM;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+fn test_fib(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("heimdall_vm");
+
+    group.sample_size(500);
+    group.bench_function(BenchmarkId::from_parameter("fib"), |b| {
+        b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
+            // build the evm
+            let mut evm = VM::new(
+                &decode_hex(include_str!("./testdata/fib.hex")).expect("invalid bytecode"),
+                &decode_hex("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000064")
+                    .expect("invalid calldata"),
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                0,
+                u128::MAX,
+            );
+
+            // run the evm
+            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let resp = evm.execute().expect("evm panic");
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                resp.returndata,
+                &[
+                    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 19, 51,
+                    219, 118, 167, 197, 148, 191, 195
+                ]
+            );
+
+            start.elapsed()
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, test_fib);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/bench_ten_thousand_hashes.rs b/crates/vm/benches/bench_ten_thousand_hashes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ccc1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/bench_ten_thousand_hashes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use alloy::primitives::Address;
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+use heimdall_common::utils::strings::decode_hex;
+use heimdall_vm::core::vm::VM;
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+
+fn test_fib(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("heimdall_vm");
+
+    group.sample_size(500);
+    group.bench_function(BenchmarkId::from_parameter("ten_thousand_hashes"), |b| {
+        b.to_async::<Runtime>(Runtime::new().unwrap()).iter(|| async {
+            // build the evm
+            let mut evm = VM::new(
+                &decode_hex(include_str!("./testdata/ten_thousand_hashes.hex"))
+                    .expect("invalid bytecode"),
+                &[],
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                Address::default(),
+                0,
+                u128::MAX,
+            );
+
+            // run the evm
+            let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let _ = evm.execute().expect("evm panic");
+
+            start.elapsed()
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, test_fib);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/testdata/fib.hex b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/fib.hex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d862c541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/fib.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0x600035600160009160025b818111601c576001019180930191600a565b505060005260206000f3
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/testdata/ten_thousand_hashes.hex b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/ten_thousand_hashes.hex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2455311e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/ten_thousand_hashes.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0x6080604052348015600f57600080fd5b506004361060285760003560e01c80638381f58a146057575b60005b61271081101560555760408051602081018390520160408051601f1981840301905252600101602b565b005b605f60005481565b60405190815260200160405180910390f3fea26469706673582212201b47f50d734d4008a6b029e3e977af039b7a03ec9f888af4ebd131623e011e1364736f6c634300081a0033
diff --git a/crates/vm/benches/testdata/weth9.hex b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/weth9.hex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1226112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vm/benches/testdata/weth9.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0x6060604052600436106100af576000357c0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000900463ffffffff16806306fdde03146100b9578063095ea7b31461014757806318160ddd146101a157806323b872dd146101ca5780632e1a7d4d14610243578063313ce5671461026657806370a082311461029557806395d89b41146102e2578063a9059cbb14610370578063d0e30db0146103ca578063dd62ed3e146103d4575b6100b7610440565b005b34156100c457600080fd5b6100cc6104dd565b6040518080602001828103825283818151815260200191508051906020019080838360005b8381101561010c5780820151818401526020810190506100f1565b50505050905090810190601f1680156101395780820380516001836020036101000a031916815260200191505b509250505060405180910390f35b341561015257600080fd5b610187600480803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1690602001909190803590602001909190505061057b565b604051808215151515815260200191505060405180910390f35b34156101ac57600080fd5b6101b461066d565b6040518082815260200191505060405180910390f35b34156101d557600080fd5b610229600480803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1690602001909190803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1690602001909190803590602001909190505061068c565b604051808215151515815260200191505060405180910390f35b341561024e57600080fd5b61026460048080359060200190919050506109d9565b005b341561027157600080fd5b610279610b05565b604051808260ff1660ff16815260200191505060405180910390f35b34156102a057600080fd5b6102cc600480803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16906020019091905050610b18565b6040518082815260200191505060405180910390f35b34156102ed57600080fd5b6102f5610b30565b6040518080602001828103825283818151815260200191508051906020019080838360005b8381101561033557808201518184015260208101905061031a565b50505050905090810190601f1680156103625780820380516001836020036101000a031916815260200191505b509250505060405180910390f35b341561037b57600080fd5b6103b0600480803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16906020019091908035906020019091905050610bce565b604051808215151515815260200191505060405180910390f35b6103d2610440565b005b34156103df57600080fd5b61042a600480803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1690602001909190803573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16906020019091905050610be3565b6040518082815260200191505060405180910390f35b34600360003373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168152602001908152602001600020600082825401925050819055503373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff167fe1fffcc4923d04b559f4d29a8bfc6cda04eb5b0d3c460751c2402c5c5cc9109c346040518082815260200191505060405180910390a2565b60008054600181600116156101000203166002900480601f0160208091040260200160405190810160405280929190818152602001828054600181600116156101000203166002900480156105735780601f1061054857610100808354040283529160200191610573565b820191906000526020600020905b81548152906001019060200180831161055657829003601f168201915b505050505081565b600081600460003373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16815260200190815260200160002060008573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168152602001908152602001600020819055508273ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff163373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff167f8c5be1e5ebec7d5bd14f71427d1e84f3dd0314c0f7b2291e5b200ac8c7c3b925846040518082815260200191505060405180910390a36001905092915050565b60003073ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1631905090565b600081600360008673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16815260200190815260200160002054101515156106dc57600080fd5b3373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168473ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16141580156107b457507fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff600460008673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16815260200190815260200160002060003373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1681526020019081526020016000205414155b156108cf5781600460008673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16815260200190815260200160002060003373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168152602001908152602001600020541015151561084457600080fd5b81600460008673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff16815260200190815260200160002060003373ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168152602001908152602001600020600082825403925050819055505b81600360008673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1681526020019081526020016000206000828254039250508190555081600360008573ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff1673ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168152602001908152602001600020600082825401925050819055508273ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff168473ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff167fddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef8460405180828152602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