diff --git a/go/runtime/txpool/republish_queue.go b/go/runtime/txpool/republish_queue.go
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+package txpool
+
+import "time"
+
+// spreads out a sequence of txs to republish uniformly across an interval
+// backed by a circular gap buffer thing
+
+// todo: obtain programmatically
+const publishInterval = 2 * time.Minute
+
+type republishQueue struct {
+	gb           gapBuffer
+	readPos      int
+	previousRead time.Time
+}
+
+func (rq *republishQueue) PushNow(tx []byte) {
+	rq.gb.Insert(rq.readPos, tx)
+}
+
+func (rq *republishQueue) PushLater(tx []byte) {
+	rq.gb.Insert(rq.readPos, tx)
+	rq.readPos++
+}
+
+func (rq *republishQueue) GetTxsToPublish(now time.Time) ([][]byte, time.Time) {
+	if rq.gb.Len() == 0 {
+		rq.previousRead = now
+		return nil, now.Add(publishInterval)
+	}
+	space := publishInterval / time.Duration(rq.gb.Len())
+	timePassed := now.Sub(rq.previousRead)
+	var numWanted int
+	if timePassed > publishInterval {
+		numWanted = rq.gb.Len()
+	} else {
+		numWanted = int(time.Duration(rq.gb.Len()) * timePassed / publishInterval)
+	}
+	if numWanted == 0 {
+		return nil, now.Add(space)
+	}
+	txs := make([][]byte, numWanted)
+	for i := 0; i < numWanted; i++ {
+		txs[i] = rq.gb.Get((rq.readPos + i) % rq.gb.Len())
+	}
+	rq.readPos = (rq.readPos + numWanted) % rq.gb.Len()
+	rq.previousRead = now
+	return txs, now.Add(space)
+}
+
+// ---------------- buffer
+// xxxxx      xxxxx items
+//      ^ gapStart
+//      <----> gapLen
+
+const gapIncrement = 100
+
+type gapBuffer struct {
+	buf      [][]byte
+	gapStart int
+	gapLen   int
+}
+
+// ensureGap resizes buf by gapIncrement if the gap is down to zero size
+func (g *gapBuffer) ensureGap() {
+	if g.gapLen == 0 {
+		oldBufEnd := len(g.buf)
+		buf := g.buf
+		g.buf = make([][]byte, len(buf)+gapIncrement)
+		copy(g.buf, buf)
+		g.gapStart = oldBufEnd
+		g.gapLen = gapIncrement
+	}
+}
+
+// moveGap moves the gap to logical index i
+func (g *gapBuffer) moveGap(i int) {
+	if i < g.gapStart {
+		// ---------------- buffer
+		// xxxXX      xxxxx items
+		//    ^ i
+		// xxx      XXxxxxx items
+		copy(g.buf[i+g.gapLen:], g.buf[i:g.gapStart])
+		g.gapStart = i
+	} else if i > g.gapStart {
+		// ---------------- buffer
+		// xxxxx      XXxxx items
+		//        ^ i
+		// xxxxxXX      xxx items
+		copy(g.buf[g.gapStart:i], g.buf[g.gapStart+g.gapLen:])
+		g.gapStart = i
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *gapBuffer) Len() int {
+	return len(g.buf) - g.gapLen
+}
+
+func (g *gapBuffer) Get(i int) []byte {
+	if i > g.gapStart {
+		i -= g.gapLen
+	}
+	return g.buf[i]
+}
+
+func (g *gapBuffer) Insert(i int, v []byte) {
+	g.ensureGap()
+	g.moveGap(i)
+	g.buf[i] = v
+	g.gapStart++
+	g.gapLen--
+}