diff --git a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/stateless.py b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/stateless.py
index b836144475..5e4db2583a 100644
--- a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/stateless.py
+++ b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/stateless.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import click
 import tomlkit
 
+from . import transaction
 from .cli import ChainCommand
 from .echo import run_echo_server
 from .peer import (
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
     init_node,
     patch_configs,
 )
-from .sendtx import prepare_txs, send_txs
 from .stats import dump_block_stats
 from .topology import connect_all
 from .types import PeerPacket
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def run(outdir: str, datadir: str, cronosd, global_seq):
     home = datadir / group / str(group_seq)
 
     try:
-        return do_run(home, cronosd, group, global_seq, cfg)
+        return do_run(datadir, home, cronosd, group, global_seq, cfg)
     finally:
         # collect outputs
         output = Path("/data.tar.bz2")
@@ -198,10 +198,45 @@ def run(outdir: str, datadir: str, cronosd, global_seq):
             shutil.copy(output, filename)
 
 
-def do_run(home: str, cronosd: str, group: str, global_seq: int, cfg: dict):
+@cli.command()
+@click.argument("outdir")
+@click.option("--nodes", default=10)
+@click.option("--num-accounts", default=10)
+@click.option("--num-txs", default=1000)
+def gen_txs(**kwargs):
+    return _gen_txs(**kwargs)
+
+
+@cli.command()
+@click.argument("options", callback=validate_json)
+def generic_gen_txs(options: dict):
+    return _gen_txs(**options)
+
+
+def _gen_txs(
+    outdir: str,
+    nodes: int = 10,
+    num_accounts: int = 10,
+    num_txs: int = 1000,
+):
+    outdir = Path(outdir)
+    for global_seq in range(nodes):
+        print("generating", num_accounts * num_txs, "txs for node", global_seq)
+        txs = transaction.gen(global_seq, num_accounts, num_txs)
+        transaction.save(txs, outdir, global_seq)
+        print("saved", len(txs), "txs for node", global_seq)
+
+
+def do_run(
+    datadir: Path, home: Path, cronosd: str, group: str, global_seq: int, cfg: dict
+):
     if group == FULLNODE_GROUP or cfg.get("validator-generate-load", True):
-        print("preparing", cfg["num_accounts"] * cfg["num_txs"], "txs")
-        txs = prepare_txs(global_seq, cfg["num_accounts"], cfg["num_txs"])
+        txs = transaction.load(datadir, global_seq)
+        if txs:
+            print("loaded", len(txs), "txs")
+        else:
+            print("generating", cfg["num_accounts"] * cfg["num_txs"], "txs")
+            txs = transaction.gen(global_seq, cfg["num_accounts"], cfg["num_txs"])
     else:
         txs = []
 
@@ -222,7 +257,8 @@ def do_run(home: str, cronosd: str, group: str, global_seq: int, cfg: dict):
     wait_for_block(cli, 3)
 
     if txs:
-        asyncio.run(send_txs(txs))
+        asyncio.run(transaction.send(txs))
+        print("sent", len(txs), "txs")
 
     # node quit when the chain is idle or halted for a while
     detect_idle_halted(20, 20)
diff --git a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/sendtx.py b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/transaction.py
similarity index 51%
rename from testground/benchmark/benchmark/sendtx.py
rename to testground/benchmark/benchmark/transaction.py
index d3a5395aea..3d95c2709a 100644
--- a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/sendtx.py
+++ b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/transaction.py
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 import asyncio
-import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import aiohttp
 import ujson
-import web3
-from eth_account import Account
 
-from .utils import gen_account, send_transaction
+from .utils import gen_account
 
 GAS_PRICE = 1000000000
 CHAIN_ID = 777
 LOCAL_JSON_RPC = "http://localhost:8545"
 CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE = 1024
+TXS_DIR = "txs"
 
 
 def test_tx(nonce: int):
@@ -25,57 +24,35 @@ def test_tx(nonce: int):
     }
 
 
-def sendtx(w3: web3.Web3, acct: Account, tx_amount: int):
-    initial_nonce = w3.eth.get_transaction_count(acct.address)
-    print(
-        "test begin, address:",
-        acct.address,
-        "balance:",
-        w3.eth.get_balance(acct.address),
-        "nonce:",
-        initial_nonce,
-    )
-
-    nonce = initial_nonce
-    while nonce < initial_nonce + tx_amount:
-        try:
-            send_transaction(w3, test_tx(nonce), acct, wait=False)
-        except ValueError as e:
-            msg = str(e)
-            if "invalid nonce" in msg:
-                print("invalid nonce and retry", nonce)
-                time.sleep(1)
-                continue
-            if "tx already in mempool" not in msg:
-                raise
-
-        nonce += 1
-
-        if nonce % 100 == 0:
-            print(f"{acct.address} sent {nonce} transactions")
-
-    print(
-        "test end, address:",
-        acct.address,
-        "balance:",
-        w3.eth.get_balance(acct.address),
-        "nonce:",
-        w3.eth.get_transaction_count(acct.address),
-    )
-
-
-def prepare_txs(global_seq, num_accounts, num_txs):
+def gen(global_seq, num_accounts, num_txs) -> [str]:
     accounts = [gen_account(global_seq, i + 1) for i in range(num_accounts)]
     txs = []
     for i in range(num_txs):
         for acct in accounts:
             txs.append(acct.sign_transaction(test_tx(i)).rawTransaction.hex())
             if len(txs) % 1000 == 0:
-                print("prepared", len(txs), "txs")
+                print("generated", len(txs), "txs for node", global_seq)
 
     return txs
 
 
+def save(txs: [str], datadir: Path, global_seq: int):
+    d = datadir / TXS_DIR
+    d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path = d / f"{global_seq}.json"
+    with path.open("w") as f:
+        ujson.dump(txs, f)
+
+
+def load(datadir: Path, global_seq: int) -> [str]:
+    path = datadir / TXS_DIR / f"{global_seq}.json"
+    if not path.exists():
+        return
+
+    with path.open("r") as f:
+        return ujson.load(f)
+
+
 async def async_sendtx(session, raw):
     async with session.post(
         LOCAL_JSON_RPC,
@@ -91,7 +68,7 @@ async def async_sendtx(session, raw):
             print("send tx error", data["error"])
 
 
-async def send_txs(txs):
+async def send(txs):
     connector = aiohttp.TCPConnector(limit=1024)
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
         connector=connector, json_serialize=ujson.dumps