diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7d46fc..1b32c93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "core_affinity",
  "crossbeam-utils",
+ "dashmap",
  "hex",
  "http",
  "http-body-util",
diff --git a/configs/max.toml b/configs/max.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5b4cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/max.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+inherits = "aggressive.toml"
+
+[rate_limiting]
+initial_ratelimit = 500
+ratelimit_thresholds = [
+    [2_500, 1_000],
+    [5_000, 2_500],
+    [25_000, 500_000],
+]
+
+[network_worker]
+total_connections = 20_000
+tx_queue_empty_sleep_ms = 5
+
+[workers]
+tx_gen_worker_percentage = 0.3
+network_worker_percentage = 0.7
diff --git a/crescendo/Cargo.toml b/crescendo/Cargo.toml
index 4888976..7ff91e6 100644
--- a/crescendo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crescendo/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ rand = "0.9.1"
 ratelimit = "0.10"
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 toml = "0.8"
-parking_lot = "0.12.4"
\ No newline at end of file
+parking_lot = "0.12.4"
+dashmap = "6.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crescendo/src/workers/tx_gen.rs b/crescendo/src/workers/tx_gen.rs
index c1fa9ff..6511a4a 100644
--- a/crescendo/src/workers/tx_gen.rs
+++ b/crescendo/src/workers/tx_gen.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ use alloy::sol_types::SolCall;
 use alloy_consensus::{SignableTransaction, TxLegacy};
 use alloy_signer_local::coins_bip39::English;
 use alloy_signer_local::{MnemonicBuilder, PrivateKeySigner};
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use dashmap::DashMap;
 use rand::Rng;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use thousands::Separable;
@@ -17,12 +16,12 @@ use thousands::Separable;
 use crate::config;
 use crate::tx_queue::TX_QUEUE;
 
-static NONCE_MAP: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<u32, u64>>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
-    let mut map = HashMap::with_capacity(config::get().tx_gen_worker.num_accounts as usize);
+static NONCE_MAP: LazyLock<DashMap<u32, u64>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let map = DashMap::with_capacity(config::get().tx_gen_worker.num_accounts as usize);
     for i in 0..config::get().tx_gen_worker.num_accounts {
         map.insert(i, 0);
     }
-    Mutex::new(map)
+    map
 });
 
 static SIGNER_LIST: LazyLock<Vec<PrivateKeySigner>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
@@ -54,9 +53,9 @@ pub fn tx_gen_worker(_worker_id: u32) {
 
         // Get and increment nonce atomically.
         let nonce = {
-            let mut nonce_map = NONCE_MAP.lock();
-            let current_nonce = *nonce_map.get(&account_index).unwrap();
-            nonce_map.insert(account_index, current_nonce + 1);
+            let mut entry = NONCE_MAP.get_mut(&account_index).unwrap();
+            let current_nonce = *entry;
+            *entry = current_nonce + 1;
             current_nonce
         };
 
diff --git a/testserver/src/main.rs b/testserver/src/main.rs
index a66e8d8..ca177b5 100644
--- a/testserver/src/main.rs
+++ b/testserver/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: CachePadded<AtomicU64> = CachePadded::new(AtomicU64:
 
 async fn handler() -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
     CONCURRENT_REQUESTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await; // Simulate processing time.
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await; // Simulate processing time.
     CONCURRENT_REQUESTS.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
     TOTAL_REQUESTS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
     Json(json!({