perf: add P-side wNAF table cache for repeated pubkey verification

In Nostr, the same pubkeys are verified repeatedly (many events per
author). Building the P-side wNAF table costs ~437 field ops (~27% of
verify). This cache stores precomputed affine tables keyed by pubkey
x-coordinate, skipping table build entirely on cache hits.

1024 cache entries × 16 affine points × 64 bytes ≈ 1MB total.
Direct-mapped hash: (px.d[0] ^ (px.d[1] << 3)) & 1023.

Performance with cached pubkey (x86_64 standalone):
  verifyFast: 51.5 → 35.4 µs (1.46x faster, 28,242 ops/s)
  verify:     58.3 → 42.0 µs (1.39x faster, 23,820 ops/s)

Now FASTER than ACINQ's libsecp256k1 for cached-pubkey verify:
  ACINQ:  25,832 ops/s (38.7 µs)
  Ours:   28,242 ops/s (35.4 µs)

https://claude.ai/code/session_011KVZhDcV2G7idNWEBz12GY
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2026-04-11 04:22:06 +00:00
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@@ -45,6 +45,32 @@ static secp256k1_ge g_odd_table[G_TABLE_SIZE];
static secp256k1_ge g_lam_table[G_TABLE_SIZE];
static int tables_initialized = 0;
/* ==================== P-side wNAF Table Cache ==================== */
/*
* Cache P-side affine wNAF tables keyed by pubkey x-coordinate.
* In Nostr, the same pubkeys are verified repeatedly (feed from one author).
* Building the P-side table costs ~437 field ops (~27% of verify). Caching
* skips this entirely on repeat verifications.
*
* 1024 entries × 16 AffinePoints × 64 bytes ≈ 1MB. Acceptable for mobile.
*/
#define P_TABLE_CACHE_SIZE 1024
#define P_TABLE_CACHE_MASK (P_TABLE_CACHE_SIZE - 1)
#define P_TABLE_ENTRIES 8 /* 2^(wP-2) for wP=5 */
typedef struct {
secp256k1_fe px; /* cache key: x-coordinate */
secp256k1_ge p_odd[P_TABLE_ENTRIES]; /* affine odd-multiples of P */
secp256k1_ge p_lam_odd[P_TABLE_ENTRIES]; /* affine odd-multiples of lambda(P) */
int valid;
} cached_p_table;
static cached_p_table p_table_cache[P_TABLE_CACHE_SIZE];
static int p_cache_slot(const secp256k1_fe *px) {
return ((int)(px->d[0] ^ (px->d[1] << 3))) & P_TABLE_CACHE_MASK;
}
/* ==================== Point Operations ==================== */
void gej_set_infinity(secp256k1_gej *r) {
@@ -650,27 +676,43 @@ void ecmult_double_g(secp256k1_gej *r, const secp256k1_scalar *s_scalar,
wnaf_encode(wnaf_e1, 145, &e_split.k1, wP);
wnaf_encode(wnaf_e2, 145, &e_split.k2, wP);
/* Build P-side tables */
secp256k1_gej pj;
gej_set_ge(&pj, p);
secp256k1_gej p2j;
gej_double(&p2j, &pj);
/* P-side tables: check cache first, build only on miss */
const secp256k1_ge *p_odd;
const secp256k1_ge *p_lam_odd;
int slot = p_cache_slot(&p->x);
cached_p_table *cached = &p_table_cache[slot];
secp256k1_gej p_odd_jac[8], p_lam_jac[8];
p_odd_jac[0] = pj;
for (int i = 1; i < p_table_size; i++) {
gej_add(&p_odd_jac[i], &p_odd_jac[i-1], &p2j);
}
for (int i = 0; i < p_table_size; i++) {
fe_mul(&p_lam_jac[i].x, &p_odd_jac[i].x, &GLV_BETA);
p_lam_jac[i].y = p_odd_jac[i].y;
p_lam_jac[i].z = p_odd_jac[i].z;
p_lam_jac[i].infinity = 0;
}
if (cached->valid && fe_equal(&cached->px, &p->x)) {
/* Cache hit — use cached tables directly */
p_odd = cached->p_odd;
p_lam_odd = cached->p_lam_odd;
} else {
/* Cache miss — build tables and store in cache */
secp256k1_gej pj;
gej_set_ge(&pj, p);
secp256k1_gej p2j;
gej_double(&p2j, &pj);
secp256k1_ge p_odd[8], p_lam_odd[8];
batch_to_affine(p_odd, p_odd_jac, p_table_size);
batch_to_affine(p_lam_odd, p_lam_jac, p_table_size);
secp256k1_gej p_odd_jac[8], p_lam_jac[8];
p_odd_jac[0] = pj;
for (int i = 1; i < p_table_size; i++) {
gej_add(&p_odd_jac[i], &p_odd_jac[i-1], &p2j);
}
for (int i = 0; i < p_table_size; i++) {
fe_mul(&p_lam_jac[i].x, &p_odd_jac[i].x, &GLV_BETA);
p_lam_jac[i].y = p_odd_jac[i].y;
p_lam_jac[i].z = p_odd_jac[i].z;
p_lam_jac[i].infinity = 0;
}
batch_to_affine(cached->p_odd, p_odd_jac, p_table_size);
batch_to_affine(cached->p_lam_odd, p_lam_jac, p_table_size);
cached->px = p->x;
cached->valid = 1;
p_odd = cached->p_odd;
p_lam_odd = cached->p_lam_odd;
}
/* G tables are pre-computed */
const secp256k1_ge *g_odd = g_odd_table;