  In this paper, we present the first bare metal comparison of modern
blockchains, including Algorand, Avalanche, Diem, Ethereum, Quorum and Solana.
This evaluation was conducted with the recent Diablo benchmark suite, a
framework to evaluate the performance of different blockchains on the same
ground. By tuning network delays in our controlled environment we were able to
reproduce performance trends obtained in geo-distributed settings, hence
demonstrating the relevance of bare metal evaluations to better understand
blockchain performance.
