diff --git a/tm-bench/Dockerfile.dev b/tm-bench/Dockerfile.dev
index 8e4c2d61..22c17213 100644
--- a/tm-bench/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/tm-bench/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ COPY Makefile /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-bench/
 COPY glide.yaml /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-bench/
 COPY glide.lock /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-bench/
 
-RUN make get_deps
+RUN make get_vendor_deps
 
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-bench
diff --git a/tm-bench/Makefile b/tm-bench/Makefile
index 1d4c8a49..e985dadb 100644
--- a/tm-bench/Makefile
+++ b/tm-bench/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ GOTOOLS = \
 tools:
 	go get -v $(GOTOOLS)
 
-get_deps: tools
+get_vendor_deps: tools
 	glide install
 
 build:
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ./tm-bench
 	rm -rf ./dist
 
-.PHONY: tools get_deps build install test build-all dist clean build-docker
+.PHONY: tools get_vendor_deps build install test build-all dist clean build-docker
diff --git a/tm-bench/glide.lock b/tm-bench/glide.lock
index 833b5322..796487e0 100644
--- a/tm-bench/glide.lock
+++ b/tm-bench/glide.lock
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
-hash: 87a19f23803b3b2d23693942bf43dc598e5475dc92b87cd6f534b2ce8d664602
-updated: 2017-08-14T18:50:15.367518383Z
+hash: d196c017846efa4f180164cea76c9a950f1d22989fdb157d3e7bb858b0f5a86d
+updated: 2017-10-06T07:26:42.070129304Z
 imports:
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/btcd
-  version: fd081f5ae4bfe9430189ceff89606213d827c7bc
+  version: 4803a8291c92a1d2d41041b942a9a9e37deab065
   subpackages:
   - btcec
 - name: github.com/go-kit/kit
-  version: bcc4b7720576e21b922974d4a4397f576ba7ef35
+  version: 4dc7be5d2d12881735283bcab7352178e190fc71
   subpackages:
   - log
   - log/level
   - log/term
 - name: github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt
   version: 390ab7935ee28ec6b286364bba9b4dd6410cb3d5
+- name: github.com/go-playground/locales
+  version: 1e5f1161c6416a5ff48840eb8724a394e48cc534
+  subpackages:
+  - currency
+- name: github.com/go-playground/universal-translator
+  version: 71201497bace774495daed26a3874fd339e0b538
 - name: github.com/go-stack/stack
   version: 817915b46b97fd7bb80e8ab6b69f01a53ac3eebf
 - name: github.com/golang/protobuf
-  version: 1909bc2f63dc92bb931deace8b8312c4db72d12f
+  version: 130e6b02ab059e7b717a096f397c5b60111cae74
   subpackages:
   - proto
   - ptypes
@@ -24,15 +30,15 @@ imports:
   - ptypes/duration
   - ptypes/timestamp
 - name: github.com/gorilla/websocket
-  version: a69d9f6de432e2c6b296a947d8a5ee88f68522cf
+  version: 4201258b820c74ac8e6922fc9e6b52f71fe46f8d
 - name: github.com/kr/logfmt
   version: b84e30acd515aadc4b783ad4ff83aff3299bdfe0
 - name: github.com/pkg/errors
-  version: c605e284fe17294bda444b34710735b29d1a9d90
+  version: 2b3a18b5f0fb6b4f9190549597d3f962c02bc5eb
 - name: github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics
   version: 1f30fe9094a513ce4c700b9a54458bbb0c96996c
 - name: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: 864d1f80b36b440bde030a5c18d8ac3aa8c2949d
+  version: 191c4b6d176169ffc7f9972d490fa362a3b7d940
   subpackages:
   - client
   - example/dummy
@@ -43,13 +49,13 @@ imports:
   - edwards25519
   - extra25519
 - name: github.com/tendermint/go-crypto
-  version: 95b7c9e09c49b91bfbb71bb63dd514eb55450f16
+  version: 311e8c1bf00fa5868daad4f8ea56dcad539182c0
 - name: github.com/tendermint/go-wire
   version: 5f88da3dbc1a72844e6dfaf274ce87f851d488eb
   subpackages:
   - data
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-  version: 2fd8496bc109d010c6c2e415604131b500550e37
+  version: 7682ad9a60162dd17fd6f61aeed7049a8635ac78
   subpackages:
   - config
   - p2p
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ imports:
   - rpc/lib/types
   - types
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tmlibs
-  version: 7ce4da1eee6004d627e780c8fe91e96d9b99e459
+  version: 096dcb90e60aa00b748b3fe49a4b95e48ebf1e13
   subpackages:
   - common
   - events
@@ -67,12 +73,12 @@ imports:
   - log
   - merkle
 - name: github.com/tendermint/tools
-  version: 4368c04d98487f4d733618ba7ac32933e8fb7d04
+  version: 213b11a6cad7b3c7fdedd2cc05b74e62b4f318b1
   subpackages:
   - tm-monitor/eventmeter
   - tm-monitor/monitor
 - name: golang.org/x/crypto
-  version: b176d7def5d71bdd214203491f89843ed217f420
+  version: 9419663f5a44be8b34ca85f08abc5fe1be11f8a3
   subpackages:
   - curve25519
   - nacl/box
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ imports:
   - ripemd160
   - salsa20/salsa
 - name: golang.org/x/net
-  version: 1c05540f6879653db88113bc4a2b70aec4bd491f
+  version: a04bdaca5b32abe1c069418fb7088ae607de5bd0
   subpackages:
   - context
   - http2
@@ -93,31 +99,35 @@ imports:
   - lex/httplex
   - trace
 - name: golang.org/x/text
-  version: e56139fd9c5bc7244c76116c68e500765bb6db6b
+  version: d82c1812e304abfeeabd31e995a115a2855bf642
   subpackages:
   - secure/bidirule
   - transform
   - unicode/bidi
   - unicode/norm
 - name: google.golang.org/genproto
-  version: 09f6ed296fc66555a25fe4ce95173148778dfa85
+  version: f676e0f3ac6395ff1a529ae59a6670878a8371a6
   subpackages:
   - googleapis/rpc/status
 - name: google.golang.org/grpc
-  version: 43d1787a0c69bbee488da207f010368a8f4d980d
+  version: 5279edf262dc22329b1e53281ce9d55c0a998216
   subpackages:
+  - balancer
   - codes
   - connectivity
   - credentials
-  - grpclb/grpc_lb_v1
+  - grpclb/grpc_lb_v1/messages
   - grpclog
   - internal
   - keepalive
   - metadata
   - naming
   - peer
+  - resolver
   - stats
   - status
   - tap
   - transport
+- name: gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v9
+  version: a021b2ec9a8a8bb970f3f15bc42617cb520e8a64
 testImports: []
diff --git a/tm-bench/glide.yaml b/tm-bench/glide.yaml
index 582cffe7..5756a90b 100644
--- a/tm-bench/glide.yaml
+++ b/tm-bench/glide.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/pkg/errors
 - package: github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics
 - package: github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-  version: 2fd8496bc109d010c6c2e415604131b500550e37
+  version: v0.11.0
   subpackages:
   - rpc/lib/types
   - types
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ import:
   subpackages:
   - log
 - package: github.com/tendermint/tools
-  version: 4368c04d98487f4d733618ba7ac32933e8fb7d04
+  version: 213b11a6cad7b3c7fdedd2cc05b74e62b4f318b1
   subpackages:
   - tm-monitor/monitor
diff --git a/tm-bench/main.go b/tm-bench/main.go
index f0cbaead..686a6e13 100644
--- a/tm-bench/main.go
+++ b/tm-bench/main.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tools/tm-monitor/monitor"
-	"math/rand"
-	"crypto/md5"
 )
 
 var version = "0.1.0"
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@ Examples:
 	blockCh := make(chan tmtypes.Header, 100)
 	blockLatencyCh := make(chan float64, 100)
 
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
-
 	nodes := startNodes(endpoints, blockCh, blockLatencyCh)
 
 	transacters := startTransacters(endpoints, connections, txsRate)
@@ -142,18 +138,10 @@ func startNodes(endpoints []string, blockCh chan<- tmtypes.Header, blockLatencyC
 }
 
 func startTransacters(endpoints []string, connections int, txsRate int) []*transacter {
-
-	var hostHash [16]byte
-	if hostName , err := os.Hostname(); err != nil {
-		hostHash =	md5.Sum([]byte("127.0.0.1"))
-	} else {
-		hostHash = md5.Sum([]byte(hostName))
-	}
-
 	transacters := make([]*transacter, len(endpoints))
 
 	for i, e := range endpoints {
-		t := newTransacter(e, connections, txsRate, hostHash)
+		t := newTransacter(e, connections, txsRate)
 		t.SetLogger(logger)
 		if err := t.Start(); err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
diff --git a/tm-bench/transacter.go b/tm-bench/transacter.go
index 320b2078..ba6d0b7d 100644
--- a/tm-bench/transacter.go
+++ b/tm-bench/transacter.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -24,13 +25,15 @@ const (
 	sendTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 	// see https://github.com/tendermint/go-rpc/blob/develop/server/handlers.go#L313
 	pingPeriod = (30 * 9 / 10) * time.Second
+
+	// the size of a transaction in bytes.
+	txSize = 250
 )
 
 type transacter struct {
 	Target      string
 	Rate        int
 	Connections int
-	HostHash	[16]byte
 
 	conns   []*websocket.Conn
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
@@ -39,12 +42,11 @@ type transacter struct {
 	logger log.Logger
 }
 
-func newTransacter(target string, connections int, rate int, hosthash [16]byte) *transacter {
+func newTransacter(target string, connections int, rate int) *transacter {
 	return &transacter{
 		Target:      target,
 		Rate:        rate,
 		Connections: connections,
-		HostHash:    hosthash,
 		conns:       make([]*websocket.Conn, connections),
 		logger:      log.NewNopLogger(),
 	}
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ func (t *transacter) SetLogger(l log.Logger) {
 func (t *transacter) Start() error {
 	t.stopped = false
 
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
+
 	for i := 0; i < t.Connections; i++ {
 		c, _, err := connect(t.Target)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -131,14 +135,22 @@ func (t *transacter) sendLoop(connIndex int) {
 		t.wg.Done()
 	}()
 
+	// hash of the host name is a part of each tx
+	var hostnameHash [md5.Size]byte
+	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		hostname = "127.0.0.1"
+	}
+	hostnameHash = md5.Sum([]byte(hostname))
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-txsTicker.C:
 			startTime := time.Now()
 
 			for i := 0; i < t.Rate; i++ {
-				// each transaction embeds connection index and tx number
-				tx := generateTx(connIndex, txNumber, t.HostHash)
+				// each transaction embeds connection index, tx number and hash of the hostname
+				tx := generateTx(connIndex, txNumber, hostnameHash)
 				paramsJson, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{"tx": hex.EncodeToString(tx)})
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("failed to encode params: %v\n", err)
@@ -149,7 +161,7 @@ func (t *transacter) sendLoop(connIndex int) {
 				c.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sendTimeout))
 				err = c.WriteJSON(rpctypes.RPCRequest{
 					JSONRPC: "2.0",
-					ID:      "",
+					ID:      "tm-bench",
 					Method:  "broadcast_tx_async",
 					Params:  &rawParamsJson,
 				})
@@ -191,27 +203,18 @@ func connect(host string) (*websocket.Conn, *http.Response, error) {
 	return websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(u.String(), nil)
 }
 
-func generateTx(a int, b int, hosthash [16]byte) []byte {
-	// 250 byte transaction
-	tx := make([]byte, 250)
+func generateTx(connIndex int, txNumber int, hostnameHash [md5.Size]byte) []byte {
+	tx := make([]byte, txSize)
 
-	// 0-8 connection number
-	binary.PutUvarint(tx[:8], uint64(a))
-
-	// 8-16 transaction number
-	binary.PutUvarint(tx[8:16], uint64(b))
-
-	// 16-32 hostname hash
-	for i:=0; i < 16 ; i++ {
-		tx[16+i] = hosthash[i]
-	}
-
-	// 32-40 current time
+	binary.PutUvarint(tx[:8], uint64(connIndex))
+	binary.PutUvarint(tx[8:16], uint64(txNumber))
+	copy(tx[16:32], hostnameHash[:16])
 	binary.PutUvarint(tx[32:40], uint64(time.Now().Unix()))
 
-	// 40- random data
+	// 40-* random data
 	if _, err := rand.Read(tx[40:]); err != nil {
-		panic(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate transaction"))
+		panic(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read random bytes"))
 	}
+
 	return tx
 }