diff --git a/binary/README.md b/binary/README.md
index 678f9d8..7bb1d92 100644
--- a/binary/README.md
+++ b/binary/README.md
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@ goos: linux
 goarch: amd64
 pkg: github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/binary
 cpu: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
-BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/easyjson.Marshal-4                 24488             53274 ns/op           35191 B/op        102 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/binary.Marshal-4                    5066            218284 ns/op         1282116 B/op         88 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/binary.MarshalBinary-4              5743            191603 ns/op         1277763 B/op         37 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal-4               32701             38647 ns/op           45832 B/op        124 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.Unmarshal-4                 85705             14249 ns/op           25488 B/op        141 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.UnmarshalBinary-4          213438              5451 ns/op           16784 B/op         39 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal+sig-4             307           3971993 ns/op          131639 B/op        404 allocs/op
-BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.Unmarshal+sig-4               310           3924042 ns/op          111277 B/op        421 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/easyjson.Marshal-4         	    8283	    153034 ns/op	   95167 B/op	     123 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/gob.Encode-4               	    3601	    299684 ns/op	  407859 B/op	    1491 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/binary.Marshal-4           	    4004	    346269 ns/op	 1476069 B/op	     814 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryEncoding/binary.MarshalBinary-4     	    3368	    354479 ns/op	 1471205 B/op	     757 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal-4       	    4684	    253556 ns/op	  257561 B/op	    1584 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/gob.Decode-4               	    1311	    922829 ns/op	  427914 B/op	    7883 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.Unmarshal-4         	   13438	     89201 ns/op	  114576 B/op	    1592 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.UnmarshalBinary-4   	   14200	     84410 ns/op	  104848 B/op	    1478 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/easyjson.Unmarshal+sig-4   	     259	   4720044 ns/op	  588309 B/op	    1920 allocs/op
+BenchmarkBinaryDecoding/binary.Unmarshal+sig-4     	     271	   4514978 ns/op	  445286 B/op	    1928 allocs/op
 PASS
-ok      github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/binary      11.444s
+ok  	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/binary	15.109s
 ```
 
 This is 2~5x faster than [NSON](../nson) decoding, which means 8x faster than default easyjson decoding,
diff --git a/binary/binary_bench_test.go b/binary/binary_bench_test.go
index ad784bf..6f2f4da 100644
--- a/binary/binary_bench_test.go
+++ b/binary/binary_bench_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package binary
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -26,6 +28,16 @@ func BenchmarkBinaryEncoding(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	b.Run("gob.Encode", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, evt := range events {
+				var buf bytes.Buffer
+				gob.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(evt)
+				_ = buf.Bytes()
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
 	b.Run("binary.Marshal", func(b *testing.B) {
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, evt := range events {
@@ -45,11 +57,16 @@ func BenchmarkBinaryEncoding(b *testing.B) {
 
 func BenchmarkBinaryDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 	events := make([][]byte, len(normalEvents))
+	gevents := make([][]byte, len(normalEvents))
 	for i, jevt := range normalEvents {
 		evt := &nostr.Event{}
 		json.Unmarshal([]byte(jevt), evt)
 		bevt, _ := Marshal(evt)
 		events[i] = bevt
+
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		gob.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(evt)
+		gevents[i] = buf.Bytes()
 	}
 
 	b.Run("easyjson.Unmarshal", func(b *testing.B) {
@@ -64,6 +81,17 @@ func BenchmarkBinaryDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	b.Run("gob.Decode", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			for _, gevt := range gevents {
+				evt := &nostr.Event{}
+				buf := bytes.NewBuffer(gevt)
+				evt = &nostr.Event{}
+				gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(evt)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
 	b.Run("binary.Unmarshal", func(b *testing.B) {
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, bevt := range events {