diff --git a/blob/service.go b/blob/service.go
index 79e7dd7937..602f6f3e66 100644
--- a/blob/service.go
+++ b/blob/service.go
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/math"
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/shares"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
-
-	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/shares"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/header"
+	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/libs/utils"
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/share"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +23,8 @@ var (
 	ErrBlobNotFound = errors.New("blob: not found")
 	ErrInvalidProof = errors.New("blob: invalid proof")
 
-	log = logging.Logger("blob")
+	log    = logging.Logger("blob")
+	tracer = otel.Tracer("blob/service")
 )
 
 // Submitter is an interface that allows submitting blobs to the celestia-core. It is used to
@@ -165,7 +169,11 @@ func (s *Service) Included(
 	namespace share.Namespace,
 	proof *Proof,
 	com Commitment,
-) (bool, error) {
+) (_ bool, err error) {
+	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "included")
+	defer func() {
+		utils.SetStatusAndEnd(span, err)
+	}()
 	// In the current implementation, LNs will have to download all shares to recompute the commitment.
 	// To achieve 1. we need to modify Proof structure and to store all subtree roots, that were
 	// involved in commitment creation and then call `merkle.HashFromByteSlices`(tendermint package).
@@ -193,16 +201,28 @@ func (s *Service) getByCommitment(
 	height uint64,
 	namespace share.Namespace,
 	commitment Commitment,
-) (*Blob, *Proof, error) {
+) (_ *Blob, _ *Proof, err error) {
 	log.Infow("requesting blob",
 		"height", height,
 		"namespace", namespace.String())
 
+	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "get-by-commitment")
+	defer func() {
+		utils.SetStatusAndEnd(span, err)
+	}()
+	span.SetAttributes(
+		attribute.Int64("height", int64(height)),
+		attribute.String("commitment", string(commitment)),
+	)
+
 	header, err := s.headerGetter(ctx, height)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
+	span.AddEvent("received eds", trace.WithAttributes(
+		attribute.Int64("eds-size", int64(len(header.DAH.RowRoots)))))
+
 	namespacedShares, err := s.shareGetter.GetSharesByNamespace(ctx, header, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, share.ErrNotFound) {
@@ -240,6 +260,7 @@ func (s *Service) getByCommitment(
 		}
 		for _, b := range blobs {
 			if b.Commitment.Equal(commitment) {
+				span.AddEvent("blob reconstructed")
 				return b, &proofs, nil
 			}
 			// Falling under this flag means that the data from the last row
@@ -276,7 +297,11 @@ func (s *Service) getBlobs(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	namespace share.Namespace,
 	header *header.ExtendedHeader,
-) ([]*Blob, error) {
+) (_ []*Blob, err error) {
+	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "get-blobs")
+	defer func() {
+		utils.SetStatusAndEnd(span, err)
+	}()
 	namespacedShares, err := s.shareGetter.GetSharesByNamespace(ctx, header, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err