# The simplest binary encoding for Nostr events

Some benchmarks:

```
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
PASS
ok      github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/binary      11.444s
```

This is 2~5x faster than [NSON](../nson) decoding, which means 8x faster than default easyjson decoding,
but, just like NSON, the performance gains from this encoding is negligible when you add the cost of
signature verification. Which means this encoding must only be used in internal processes.