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On a Windows machine with an Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.3GHz I got the following On a Windows machine with an Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.3GHz I got the following
speeds (running on only one a single core): speeds (running on only one a single core):
Seed + key generation: 144us Seed + key generation: 144us (6944 per second)
Message signing (short message): 87us Message signing (short message): 87us (11494 per second)
Message verifying (short message): 228us Message verifying (short message): 228us (4386 per second)
Scalar addition: 100us Scalar addition: 100us (10000 per second)
Key exchange: 220us Key exchange: 220us (4545 per second)
The speeds on other machines may vary. Sign/verify times will be higher with The speeds on other machines may vary. Sign/verify times will be higher with
longer messages. The implementation significantly benefits from 64 bit longer messages. The implementation significantly benefits from 64 bit
architectures, if possible compile as 64 bit. architectures, if possible compile as 64 bit.
As a comparison, RSA-2048 (which has a lower security level than Ed25519) got
143 signatures per second and 4644 verifications per second on the same machine.
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