Dev Update Week 14 n 15: Hybrid VM Benchmarking & Documentation Update

# Dev Update Week 14 n 15: Hybrid VM Benchmarking & Documentation Update **Developer:** Developeruche **Week Ending:** September 27, 2025 ### Summary This two-week period was heavily focused on establishing and executing the **EVM vs. Hybrid VM performance benchmark**. Following the successful completion of the `mini-evm-interpreter`, the immediate priority was to measure the overhead and performance characteristics of the hybrid node when running in EVM compatibility mode. This involved writing extensive bench logic, adding industry-standard contracts (like ERC20), fixing several critical bugs in the testing harnesses, and finally, integrating the resulting data into the official documentation book. ### Accomplishments This Week * **Benchmarking Setup & Execution:** Successfully implemented and executed the core benchmarking program for the Hybrid VM against a standard EVM (using **revm** logic). This setup included defining the scope for EVM mode comparisons. * *Commits:* `5c14f0d`, `5d22736`, `8bdab62`, `a3d5f63` * **Contract Integration:** Added necessary benchmark contracts, specifically the **ERC20 standard implementation**, to provide realistic and standardized load for the tests. * *Commits:* `98361d6`, `6bb6dc9`, `8707662` * **Stabilization and Bug Fixes:** Identified and resolved key issues in both the `revm` and `hybrid` bench logic, ensuring the collected data was accurate and reliable. This included a final data review for correctness. * *Commits:* `ee8efde`, `4752202` * **Documentation:** The final, validated **EVM vs Hybrid VM benchmark report** was added to the project documentation book, making the performance characteristics available to researchers and users. * *Commit:* `a1f22b4` * **Pull Request:** Finalized and merged the benchmarking work. [code](https://github.com/developeruche/hybrid) [documentation](https://hybrid-book.vercel.app/) [Pull Request #35 (Benchmarking)](https://github.com/developeruche/hybrid/pull/35)