Optimizing latency

The following optimizations may help latency-sensitive traders:

1. Run a non-validating node against a reliable peer, such as Hyper Foundation non-validator.

2. Run node with --disable-output-file-buffering to get outputs as soon as blocks are executed

3. Run node with sufficient machines specs, at least 32 logical cores, 128 GB RAM, and 500 MB/s disk throughput. Increasing cores can reduce latency because blocks will be faster to execute.

4. Construct book and other exchange state locally using outputs from node, which has faster and more granular data than the API. See https://github.com/hyperliquid-dex/order_book_server for an example on how to build an order book on the same machine that is running a node.

5. --batch-by-block on the node will wait until the end of the block to write the data. The example order book server above uses this to simplify logic, but a further optimization could include turning the flag off and inferring block boundaries otherwise.

6. Read and write priority fees can significantly improve latency. See here for more details.