diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/types_test.go b/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/types_test.go
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+package gnoland
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/ugnot"
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/amino"
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/crypto"
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/sdk/bank"
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/std"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// generateTxs generates dummy transactions
+func generateTxs(t *testing.T, count int) []TxWithMetadata {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	txs := make([]TxWithMetadata, count)
+
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		txs[i] = TxWithMetadata{
+			Tx: std.Tx{
+				Msgs: []std.Msg{
+					bank.MsgSend{
+						FromAddress: crypto.Address{byte(i)},
+						ToAddress:   crypto.Address{byte(i)},
+						Amount:      std.NewCoins(std.NewCoin(ugnot.Denom, 1)),
+					},
+				},
+				Fee: std.Fee{
+					GasWanted: 10,
+					GasFee:    std.NewCoin(ugnot.Denom, 1000000),
+				},
+				Memo: fmt.Sprintf("tx %d", i),
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	return txs
+}
+
+func TestReadGenesisTxs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	createFile := func(path, data string) {
+		file, err := os.Create(path)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = file.WriteString(data)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("invalid path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		path := "" // invalid
+
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+
+		txs, err := ReadGenesisTxs(ctx, path)
+		assert.Nil(t, txs)
+
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid tx format", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		var (
+			dir  = t.TempDir()
+			path = filepath.Join(dir, "txs.jsonl")
+		)
+
+		// Create the file
+		createFile(
+			path,
+			"random data",
+		)
+
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+
+		txs, err := ReadGenesisTxs(ctx, path)
+		assert.Nil(t, txs)
+
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("valid txs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		var (
+			dir  = t.TempDir()
+			path = filepath.Join(dir, "txs.jsonl")
+			txs  = generateTxs(t, 1000)
+		)
+
+		// Create the file
+		file, err := os.Create(path)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Write the transactions
+		for _, tx := range txs {
+			encodedTx, err := amino.MarshalJSON(tx)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			_, err = file.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", encodedTx))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancelFn()
+
+		// Load the transactions
+		readTxs, err := ReadGenesisTxs(ctx, path)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		require.Len(t, readTxs, len(txs))
+
+		for index, readTx := range readTxs {
+			assert.Equal(t, txs[index], readTx)
+		}
+	})
+}