diff --git a/src/bench/bls_dkg.cpp b/src/bench/bls_dkg.cpp
index ae1144e58b..16a5c89bf3 100644
--- a/src/bench/bls_dkg.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/bls_dkg.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,47 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+static void BLSDKG_GenerateContributions(benchmark::Bench& bench, uint32_t epoch_iters, int quorumSize)
+{
+    CBLSWorker blsWorker;
+    blsWorker.Start();
+    std::vector<CBLSId> ids;
+    std::vector<Member> members;
+    for (int i = 0; i < quorumSize; i++) {
+        uint256 id;
+        WriteLE64(id.begin(), i + 1);
+        members.push_back({CBLSId(id), {}, {}});
+        ids.emplace_back(id);
+    }
+    bench.minEpochIterations(epoch_iters).run([&blsWorker, &quorumSize, &ids, &members] {
+        for (int i = 0; i < quorumSize; i++) {
+            blsWorker.GenerateContributions(quorumSize / 2 + 1, ids, members[i].vvec, members[i].skShares);
+        }
+    });
+    blsWorker.Stop();
+}
+
+#define BENCH_GenerateContributions(name, quorumSize, epoch_iters) \
+    static void BLSDKG_GenerateContributions_##name##_##quorumSize(benchmark::Bench& bench) \
+    {                                                \
+        BLSDKG_InitDKG(bench, epoch_iters, quorumSize); \
+    } \
+    BENCHMARK(BLSDKG_GenerateContributions_##name##_##quorumSize)
+
+static void BLSDKG_InitDKG(benchmark::Bench& bench, uint32_t epoch_iters, int quorumSize)
+{
+    bench.minEpochIterations(epoch_iters).run([&] {
+        DKG d(quorumSize);
+    });
+}
+
+#define BENCH_InitDKG(name, quorumSize, epoch_iters) \
+    static void BLSDKG_InitDKG_##name##_##quorumSize(benchmark::Bench& bench) \
+    {                                                \
+        BLSDKG_InitDKG(bench, epoch_iters, quorumSize); \
+    } \
+    BENCHMARK(BLSDKG_InitDKG_##name##_##quorumSize)
+
 #define BENCH_BuildQuorumVerificationVectors(name, quorumSize, epoch_iters) \
     static void BLSDKG_BuildQuorumVerificationVectors_##name##_##quorumSize(benchmark::Bench& bench) \
     { \
@@ -124,6 +165,12 @@ public:
     } \
     BENCHMARK(BLSDKG_VerifyContributionShares_##name##_##quorumSize)
 
+BENCH_GenerateContributions(simple, 10, 50);
+BENCH_GenerateContributions(simple, 50, 5);
+
+BENCH_InitDKG(simple, 10, 100)
+BENCH_InitDKG(simple, 50, 10)
+
 BENCH_BuildQuorumVerificationVectors(simple, 10, 1000)
 BENCH_BuildQuorumVerificationVectors(simple, 100, 10)
 BENCH_BuildQuorumVerificationVectors(simple, 400, 1)
diff --git a/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp b/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
index 9ddaa1c7a8..0bf5a6a34d 100644
--- a/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
+++ b/src/bls/bls_worker.cpp
@@ -75,22 +75,23 @@ void CBLSWorker::Stop()
 
 bool CBLSWorker::GenerateContributions(int quorumThreshold, const BLSIdVector& ids, BLSVerificationVectorPtr& vvecRet, BLSSecretKeyVector& skSharesRet)
 {
-    auto svec = std::make_shared<BLSSecretKeyVector>((size_t)quorumThreshold);
+    auto svec = BLSSecretKeyVector((size_t)quorumThreshold);
     vvecRet = std::make_shared<BLSVerificationVector>((size_t)quorumThreshold);
     skSharesRet.resize(ids.size());
 
     for (int i = 0; i < quorumThreshold; i++) {
-        (*svec)[i].MakeNewKey();
+        svec[i].MakeNewKey();
     }
-    std::list<std::future<bool> > futures;
     size_t batchSize = 8;
+    std::vector<std::future<bool>> futures;
+    futures.reserve((quorumThreshold / batchSize + ids.size() / batchSize) + 2);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < quorumThreshold; i += batchSize) {
         size_t start = i;
         size_t count = std::min(batchSize, quorumThreshold - start);
         auto f = [&, start, count](int threadId) {
             for (size_t j = start; j < start + count; j++) {
-                (*vvecRet)[j] = (*svec)[j].GetPublicKey();
+                (*vvecRet)[j] = svec[j].GetPublicKey();
             }
             return true;
         };
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ bool CBLSWorker::GenerateContributions(int quorumThreshold, const BLSIdVector& i
         size_t count = std::min(batchSize, ids.size() - start);
         auto f = [&, start, count](int threadId) {
             for (size_t j = start; j < start + count; j++) {
-                if (!skSharesRet[j].SecretKeyShare(*svec, ids[j])) {
+                if (!skSharesRet[j].SecretKeyShare(svec, ids[j])) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
@@ -110,13 +111,9 @@ bool CBLSWorker::GenerateContributions(int quorumThreshold, const BLSIdVector& i
         };
         futures.emplace_back(workerPool.push(f));
     }
-    bool success = true;
-    for (auto& f : futures) {
-        if (!f.get()) {
-            success = false;
-        }
-    }
-    return success;
+    return std::all_of(futures.begin(), futures.end(), [](auto& f){
+        return f.get();
+    });
 }
 
 // aggregates a single vector of BLS objects in parallel