diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Cargo.lock
 target/
-.vscode
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+.vscode
+.idea
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diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/Cargo.toml b/surrealdb_bench/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "surrealdb_bench"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.98"
+clap = { version = "4.5.37", features = ["derive", "help", "color"] }
+rocksdb = "0.23.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.140"
+surrealdb = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["kv-rocksdb", "kv-mem", "allocator"] }
+tempfile = "3.19.1"
+tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
+regex = "1.11.1"
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+strip = true
+opt-level = 3
+panic = 'abort'
+codegen-units = 1
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "surrealdb_select_all"
+path = "src/bin/surrealdb_select_all.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph"
+path = "src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers"
+path = "src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "rocksdb_select_all"
+path = "src/bin/rocksdb_select_all.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "rocksdb_parent_to_child"
+path = "src/bin/rocksdb_parent_child.rs"
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diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/README.md b/surrealdb_bench/README.md
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SurrealDB Benchmarks
+
+This project contains a set of benches to benchmark and compare the performance of SurrealDB and RocksDB.
+
+## Benches
+
+### SurrealDB Binaries
+
+1. **`surrealdb_select_all`**
+    - Selecting all records from a SurrealDB database.
+
+2. **`surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph`**
+    - Measures the performance of querying child-to-parent relationships using SurrealDB graph model(child->parent edges)
+
+3. **`surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers`**
+    - Measures the performance of querying child-to-parent relationships by querying parents by their key
+
+### RocksDB Binaries
+
+1. **`rocksdb_select_all`**
+    - Benchmarks the performance of selecting all records
+
+2. **`rocksdb_parent_to_child`**
+    - Measures the performance of querying child-to-parent relationships by querying parents by their key
+
+## Usage
+To run the benchmarks, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+ ./run_benchmarks.sh [BLOCKS_COUNT]
+```
+
+Default `BLOCKS_COUNT` is 1000000
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diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/run_benchmarks.sh b/surrealdb_bench/run_benchmarks.sh
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/run_benchmarks.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+BUILD_MODE="release"
+
+BIN_DIR="target/$BUILD_MODE"
+
+BENCHES=(
+  "surrealdb_select_all"
+  "surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph"
+  "surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers"
+  "rocksdb_select_all"
+  "rocksdb_parent_to_child"
+)
+
+# Read blocks_count from the command-line argument or default to 1000000
+BLOCKS_COUNT=${1:-1000000}
+
+echo "Building all binaries..."
+cargo build --$BUILD_MODE
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error: Build failed."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+echo "Running benchmarks with blocks_count=$BLOCKS_COUNT"
+for BIN in "${BENCHES[@]}"; do
+  "$BIN_DIR/$BIN" --blocks-count "$BLOCKS_COUNT"
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: $BIN failed to execute."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "All benchmarks executed successfully."
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diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_parent_child.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_parent_child.rs
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_parent_child.rs
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+use anyhow::Error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use rocksdb::DB;
+use serde_json::{self, from_slice};
+use std::time::Instant;
+use surrealdb_bench::common::{Args, Block};
+use surrealdb_bench::rocksdb::{setup_blocks, setup_db};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("----------------------------------------");
+    println!("[BENCHMARK START] ROCKSDB PARENT-TO-CHILD");
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let db = setup_db(&temp_dir)?;
+
+    let start_setup = Instant::now();
+    setup_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count)?;
+
+    let duration_setup = start_setup.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK SETUP] {} BLOCKS TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, duration_setup
+    );
+
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    let target_hash = format!("block{}", args.blocks_count - 1);
+
+    let ancestors = get_ancestors(&db, &target_hash, args.blocks_count)?;
+    assert_eq!(ancestors.len(), args.blocks_count);
+
+    let duration = start.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK RESULT] PARENT-TO-CHILD TRAVERSAL ({} BLOCKS) TOOK: {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, duration
+    );
+
+    println!("----------------------------------------\n");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Fetch a block from the database by its hash.
+fn get_block(db: &DB, hash: &str) -> Result<Option<Block>, Error> {
+    let key = hash.as_bytes();
+    Ok(match db.get(key)? {
+        Some(value) => Some(from_slice(&value)?),
+        None => None,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Retrieve all ancestors of a block by following the parent pointers.
+fn get_ancestors(db: &DB, hash: &str, count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Block>, Error> {
+    let mut ancestors = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    let mut current_hash = hash.to_string();
+
+    while !current_hash.is_empty() {
+        if let Some(block) = get_block(db, &current_hash)? {
+            current_hash = block.parent.clone();
+            ancestors.push(block);
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(ancestors)
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_select_all.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_select_all.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/rocksdb_select_all.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use anyhow::Error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use rocksdb::DB;
+use serde_json::{self, from_slice};
+use std::time::Instant;
+use surrealdb_bench::common::{Args, Block};
+use surrealdb_bench::rocksdb::{setup_blocks, setup_db};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("----------------------------------------");
+    println!("[BENCHMARK START] ROCKSDB SELECT ALL");
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let db = setup_db(&temp_dir)?;
+
+    let start_setup = Instant::now();
+    setup_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count)?;
+
+    let setup_duration = start_setup.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK SETUP] {} BLOCKS TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, setup_duration
+    );
+
+    let start_query = Instant::now();
+
+    let blocks = fetch_all_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count)?;
+    assert_eq!(blocks.len(), args.blocks_count);
+
+    let query_duration = start_query.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK RESULT] SELECTING {} BLOCKS TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, query_duration
+    );
+
+    println!("----------------------------------------\n");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn fetch_all_blocks(db: &DB, count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Block>, Error> {
+    let mut blocks = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    let iter = db.iterator(rocksdb::IteratorMode::Start);
+    for item in iter {
+        let (_, value) = item?;
+        let block: Block = from_slice(&value)?;
+        blocks.push(block);
+    }
+    Ok(blocks)
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph.rs
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index 0000000..82b6b51
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_graph.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use anyhow::Error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use surrealdb::Surreal;
+use surrealdb::engine::local::Db;
+use surrealdb_bench::common::{Args, Block};
+use surrealdb_bench::surrealdb::{Relation, insert_blocks, insert_edges, setup_db};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct ParentBlock {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    parent: Vec<Block>,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("----------------------------------------");
+    println!("[BENCHMARK START] SURREALDB PARENT-TO-CHILD GRAPH");
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let db = setup_db(&temp_dir).await?;
+
+    let setup_duration = Instant::now();
+    let blocks = insert_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count).await?;
+    insert_edges(&db, blocks, Relation::Parent).await?;
+
+    let setup_duration = setup_duration.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK SETUP] {} BLOCKS (INCLUDING EDGES) TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, setup_duration
+    );
+
+    let start_query = Instant::now();
+    let parent_blocks = fetch_parent_blocks(&db).await?;
+    let parent_blocks: Vec<Block> = parent_blocks.into_iter().flat_map(|pb| pb.parent).collect();
+
+    assert_eq!(parent_blocks.len(), args.blocks_count - 1);
+
+    let query_duration = start_query.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK RESULT] PARENT-TO-CHILD TRAVERSAL ({} BLOCKS) TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, query_duration
+    );
+
+    println!("----------------------------------------\n");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Fetches parent blocks from the database by following the parent relation.
+async fn fetch_parent_blocks(db: &Surreal<Db>) -> Result<Vec<ParentBlock>, Error> {
+    let query = "SELECT ->parent->block.* AS parent FROM block";
+    let mut response = db.query(query).await?.check()?;
+    let blocks: Vec<ParentBlock> = response.take(0)?;
+    Ok(blocks)
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507c010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_parent_to_child_pointers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use anyhow::Error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use surrealdb::Surreal;
+use surrealdb::engine::local::Db;
+use surrealdb_bench::common::{Args, Block};
+use surrealdb_bench::surrealdb::{insert_blocks, setup_db};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("----------------------------------------");
+    println!("[BENCHMARK START] SURREALDB PARENT-TO-CHILD POINTER");
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let db = setup_db(&temp_dir).await?;
+
+    let start_setup = Instant::now();
+    insert_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count).await?;
+
+    let setup_duration = start_setup.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK SETUP] {} BLOCKS (WITHOUT EDGES) TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, setup_duration
+    );
+
+    let start_query = Instant::now();
+
+    let target_hash = format!("block{}", args.blocks_count - 1);
+
+    let ancestors = get_ancestors(&db, &target_hash, args.blocks_count).await?;
+    assert_eq!(ancestors.len(), args.blocks_count);
+
+    let query_duration = start_query.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK RESULT] PARENT-TO-CHILD TRAVERSAL ({} BLOCKS) TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, query_duration
+    );
+
+    println!("----------------------------------------\n");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Select a specific block by its hash from the database.
+async fn get_block(db: &Surreal<Db>, hash: &str) -> Result<Option<Block>, Error> {
+    db.select(("block", hash)).await.map_err(Into::into)
+}
+
+/// Retrieve all blocks by following the parent pointers from a given block hash.
+async fn get_ancestors(db: &Surreal<Db>, hash: &str, count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Block>, Error> {
+    let mut ancestors = Vec::with_capacity(count);
+    let mut current_hash = hash.to_string();
+
+    while !current_hash.is_empty() {
+        if let Some(block) = get_block(db, &current_hash).await? {
+            ancestors.push(block.clone());
+            current_hash = block.parent;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(ancestors)
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_select_all.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_select_all.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954ade7
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/bin/surrealdb_select_all.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use anyhow::Error;
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use surrealdb::Surreal;
+use surrealdb::engine::local::Db;
+use surrealdb_bench::common::{Args, Block};
+use surrealdb_bench::surrealdb::{insert_blocks, setup_db};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    println!("----------------------------------------");
+    println!("[BENCHMARK START] SURREALDB SELECT ALL");
+
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let db = setup_db(&temp_dir).await?;
+
+    let start_setup = Instant::now();
+    insert_blocks(&db, args.blocks_count).await?;
+
+    let start_setup = start_setup.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK SETUP] {} BLOCKS TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, start_setup
+    );
+
+    let start_query = Instant::now();
+
+    let blocks = fetch_all_blocks(&db).await?;
+    assert_eq!(blocks.len(), args.blocks_count,);
+
+    let query_duration = start_query.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "[BENCHMARK RESULT] SELECTING {} BLOCKS TOOK {:?}",
+        args.blocks_count, query_duration
+    );
+
+    println!("----------------------------------------\n");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Fetches all blocks from the database.
+async fn fetch_all_blocks(db: &Surreal<Db>) -> Result<Vec<Block>, Error> {
+    let query = "SELECT * FROM block";
+    let mut response = db.query(query).await?;
+    let blocks: Vec<Block> = response.take(0)?;
+    Ok(blocks)
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/common.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/common.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/common.rs
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+use clap::Parser;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Block {
+    pub hash: String,
+    pub parent: String,
+    pub height: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1_000_000)]
+    pub blocks_count: usize,
+}
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diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/lib.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80ad77a
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+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod common;
+pub mod rocksdb;
+pub mod surrealdb;
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/rocksdb.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/rocksdb.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fd71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/rocksdb.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use crate::surrealdb::create_n_blocks;
+use anyhow::Error;
+use rocksdb::DB;
+use serde_json::to_vec;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+pub fn setup_db(temp_dir: &TempDir) -> Result<DB, Error> {
+    Ok(DB::open_default(temp_dir.path())?)
+}
+
+pub fn setup_blocks(db: &DB, count: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let blocks = create_n_blocks(count);
+    let mut batch = rocksdb::WriteBatch::default();
+    for block in &blocks {
+        let key = block.hash.as_bytes();
+        let value = to_vec(block)?;
+        batch.put(key, value);
+    }
+    db.write(batch)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/surrealdb_bench/src/surrealdb.rs b/surrealdb_bench/src/surrealdb.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e647d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surrealdb_bench/src/surrealdb.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+use crate::common::Block;
+use anyhow::Error;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use surrealdb::Surreal;
+use surrealdb::engine::local::{Db, RocksDb};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub enum Relation {
+    Parent,
+    Child,
+}
+
+pub async fn setup_db(temp_dir: &TempDir) -> Result<Surreal<Db>, Error> {
+    let db_path = temp_dir.path().join("surreal.db");
+    let db = Surreal::new::<RocksDb>(db_path).await?;
+    db.use_ns("nomos").use_db("nms").await?;
+    Ok(db)
+}
+
+pub async fn insert_blocks(db: &Surreal<Db>, count: usize) -> Result<Vec<Block>, Error> {
+    let blocks = create_n_blocks(count);
+    let queries: Vec<String> = blocks
+        .iter()
+        .map(|block| {
+            Ok(format!(
+                "CREATE block:{} CONTENT {};",
+                block.hash,
+                serde_json::to_string(block)?
+            ))
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, Error>>()?;
+
+    db.query(queries.join(" ")).await?.check()?;
+    Ok(blocks)
+}
+
+pub async fn insert_edges(
+    db: &Surreal<Db>,
+    blocks: Vec<Block>,
+    relation: Relation,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let blocks = match relation {
+        Relation::Parent => blocks.into_iter().rev().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        Relation::Child => blocks,
+    };
+
+    let queries: Vec<String> = blocks
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|block| !block.parent.is_empty())
+        .map(|block| match relation {
+            Relation::Parent => format!(
+                "RELATE block:{}->parent->block:{}",
+                block.hash, block.parent
+            ),
+            Relation::Child => {
+                format!("RELATE block:{}->child->block:{}", block.parent, block.hash)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    if !queries.is_empty() {
+        db.query(queries.join("; ")).await?.check()?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn create_n_blocks(n: usize) -> Vec<Block> {
+    (0..n)
+        .map(|i| Block {
+            hash: format!("block{}", i),
+            parent: if i == 0 {
+                String::new()
+            } else {
+                format!("block{}", i - 1)
+            },
+            height: i as u64 + 1,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}