Direct comparison with no JNI/JVM overhead, both libraries called
from the same C program on the same machine (x86_64, BMI2).
Results (x86_64, same machine, cached pubkey pattern):
Operation ACINQ Ours Speedup
pubkeyCreate 21.2µs 20.3µs 1.04x
signSchnorr 23.5µs 39.3µs 0.60x (*)
verify (BIP-340) 42.8µs 46.8µs 0.91x
verifyFast (Nostr) 42.8µs 39.1µs 1.10x
ECDH (cached) 44.4µs 39.7µs 1.12x
batch(200) 47.2µs 10.1µs 4.7x per event
(*) sign is slower because ACINQ's keypair API pre-stores the pubkey,
avoiding ecmult_gen during sign. Our API derives pubkey each time.
A keypair-style API would match ACINQ's sign performance.
Cross-verification confirms both produce compatible signatures.
https://claude.ai/code/session_011KVZhDcV2G7idNWEBz12GY
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