Add serve mode, fix binary tags, document CLI tools, improve Docker

- Add 'serve' subcommand for ephemeral RAM-based relay at /dev/shm with
  open ACL mode for testing and benchmarking
- Fix e-tag and p-tag decoding to use ValueHex()/ValueBinary() methods
  instead of Value() which returns raw bytes for binary-optimized storage
- Document all command-line tools in readme.adoc (relay-tester, benchmark,
  stresstest, blossomtest, aggregator, convert, FIND, policytest, etc.)
- Switch Docker images from Alpine to Debian for proper libsecp256k1
  Schnorr signature and ECDH support required by Nostr
- Upgrade Docker Go version from 1.21 to 1.25
- Add ramdisk mode (--ramdisk) to benchmark script for eliminating disk
  I/O bottlenecks in performance measurements
- Add docker-compose.ramdisk.yml for tmpfs-based benchmark volumes
- Add test coverage for privileged policy with binary-encoded p-tags
- Fix blossom test to expect 200 OK for anonymous uploads when auth is
  not required (RequireAuth=false with ACL mode 'none')
- Update follows ACL to handle both binary and hex p-tag formats
- Grant owner access to all users in serve mode via None ACL
- Add benchmark reports from multi-relay comparison run
- Update CLAUDE.md with binary tag handling documentation
- Bump version to v0.30.2

.claude/settings.local.json

@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@
       "Bash(ssh relay1:*)",
       "Bash(done)",
       "Bash(go run:*)",
-      "Bash(go doc:*)"
+      "Bash(go doc:*)",
+      "Bash(/tmp/orly-test help:*)",
+      "Bash(go version:*)",
+      "Bash(ss:*)",
+      "Bash(CGO_ENABLED=0 go clean:*)"
     ],
     "deny": [],
     "ask": []

.dockerignore

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test-build
 *.exe
 *.dll
 *.so
+!libsecp256k1.so
 *.dylib
 
 # Test files

.gitea/README.md

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The workflow uses standard Gitea Actions environment variables:
 - **Solution**: Verify `GITEA_TOKEN` secret is set correctly with appropriate permissions
 
 **Issue**: Go version not found
-- **Solution**: The workflow downloads Go 1.25.0 directly from go.dev, ensure the runner has internet access
+- **Solution**: The workflow downloads Go 1.25.3 directly from go.dev, ensure the runner has internet access
 
 ### Customization
 

.gitea/workflows/go.yml

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Go
         run: |
-          echo "Setting up Go 1.25.0..."
+          echo "Setting up Go 1.25.3..."
           cd /tmp
-          wget -q https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          wget -q https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
           sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
-          sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.25.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.25.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
           export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
           go version
 
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
           cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
           echo "Running tests..."
-          # Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository
+          # libsecp256k1.so is included in the repository
-          echo "Downloading libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository..."
-          wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so -O libsecp256k1.so
           chmod +x libsecp256k1.so
           # Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH so tests can find the library
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -96,9 +94,8 @@ jobs:
           # Create directory for binaries
           mkdir -p release-binaries
 
-          # Download the pre-compiled libsecp256k1.so for Linux AMD64 from nostr repository
+          # Copy libsecp256k1.so from repository to release binaries
-          echo "Downloading libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository..."
+          cp libsecp256k1.so release-binaries/libsecp256k1-linux-amd64.so
-          wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so -O release-binaries/libsecp256k1-linux-amd64.so
           chmod +x release-binaries/libsecp256k1-linux-amd64.so
 
           # Build for Linux AMD64 (pure Go + purego dynamic loading)

CLAUDE.md

@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ cd app/web && bun run dev
 # Or manually with purego setup
 CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./...
 
-# Note: libsecp256k1.so is automatically downloaded by test.sh if needed
+# Note: libsecp256k1.so is included in the repository root
-# It can also be manually downloaded from the nostr repository:
+# Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to use it: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$(pwd)"
-# wget https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so
-# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$(pwd)"
 ```
 
 ### Run Specific Package Tests
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ export ORLY_DB_INDEX_CACHE_MB=256        # Index cache size
   - Schnorr signature operations (NIP-01)
   - ECDH for encrypted DMs (NIP-04, NIP-44)
   - Public key recovery from signatures
-  - `libsecp256k1.so` - Downloaded from nostr repository at runtime/build time
+  - `libsecp256k1.so` - Included in repository root for runtime loading
 - Key derivation and conversion utilities
 - SIMD-accelerated SHA256 using minio/sha256-simd
 - SIMD-accelerated hex encoding using templexxx/xhex
@@ -259,8 +257,7 @@ export ORLY_DB_INDEX_CACHE_MB=256        # Index cache size
 - All builds use `CGO_ENABLED=0`
 - The p8k crypto library (from `git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr`) uses `github.com/ebitengine/purego` to dynamically load `libsecp256k1.so` at runtime
 - This avoids CGO complexity while maintaining C library performance
-- `libsecp256k1.so` is automatically downloaded by build/test scripts from the nostr repository
+- `libsecp256k1.so` is included in the repository root
-- Manual download: `wget https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so`
 - Library must be in `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` or same directory as binary for runtime loading
 
 **Database Backend Selection:**
@@ -310,6 +307,23 @@ export ORLY_DB_INDEX_CACHE_MB=256        # Index cache size
 - External packages (e.g., `app/`) should ONLY use public API methods, never access internal fields
 - **DO NOT** change unexported fields to exported when fixing bugs - this breaks the domain boundary
 
+**Binary-Optimized Tag Storage (IMPORTANT):**
+- The nostr library (`git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/encoders/tag`) uses binary optimization for `e` and `p` tags
+- When events are unmarshaled from JSON, 64-character hex values in e/p tags are converted to 33-byte binary format (32 bytes hash + null terminator)
+- **DO NOT** use `tag.Value()` directly for e/p tags - it returns raw bytes which may be binary, not hex
+- **ALWAYS** use these methods instead:
+  - `tag.ValueHex()` - Returns hex string regardless of storage format (handles both binary and hex)
+  - `tag.ValueBinary()` - Returns 32-byte binary if stored in binary format, nil otherwise
+- Example pattern for comparing pubkeys:
+  ```go
+  // CORRECT: Use ValueHex() for hex decoding
+  pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.ValueHex()))
+
+  // WRONG: Value() may return binary bytes, not hex
+  pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.Value()))  // Will fail for binary-encoded tags!
+  ```
+- This optimization saves memory and enables faster comparisons in the database layer
+
 ## Development Workflow
 
 ### Making Changes to Web UI
@@ -370,7 +384,7 @@ export ORLY_PPROF_PATH=/tmp/profiles
 ```
 
 This script:
-1. Installs Go 1.25.0 if needed
+1. Installs Go 1.25.3 if needed
 2. Builds relay with embedded web UI
 3. Installs to `~/.local/bin/orly`
 4. Creates systemd service

Dockerfile

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Multi-stage Dockerfile for ORLY relay
 
 # Stage 1: Build stage
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine AS builder
+# Use Debian-based Go image to match runtime stage (avoids musl/glibc linker mismatch)
+FROM golang:1.25-bookworm AS builder
 
 # Install build dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache git make
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /build
@@ -20,28 +21,26 @@ COPY . .
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o orly -ldflags="-w -s" .
 
 # Stage 2: Runtime stage
-FROM alpine:latest
+# Use Debian slim instead of Alpine because Debian's libsecp256k1 includes
+# Schnorr signatures (secp256k1_schnorrsig_*) and ECDH which Nostr requires.
+# Alpine's libsecp256k1 is built without these modules.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
 # Install runtime dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl wget
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-1 && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Create app user
-RUN addgroup -g 1000 orly && \
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 orly && \
-    adduser -D -u 1000 -G orly orly
+    useradd -m -u 1000 -g orly orly
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy binary from builder
+# Copy binary (libsecp256k1.so.1 is already installed via apt)
 COPY --from=builder /build/orly /app/orly
 
-# Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository (optional for performance)
-RUN wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so \
-    -O /app/libsecp256k1.so || echo "Warning: libsecp256k1.so download failed (optional)"
-
-# Set library path
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app
-
 # Create data directory
 RUN mkdir -p /data && chown -R orly:orly /data /app
 

Dockerfile.relay-tester

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Dockerfile for relay-tester
 
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine AS builder
+# Use Debian-based Go image to match runtime stage (avoids musl/glibc linker mismatch)
+FROM golang:1.25-bookworm AS builder
 
 # Install build dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache git
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /build
@@ -19,12 +20,19 @@ COPY . .
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o relay-tester ./cmd/relay-tester
 
 # Runtime stage
-FROM alpine:latest
+# Use Debian slim instead of Alpine because Debian's libsecp256k1 includes
+# Schnorr signatures (secp256k1_schnorrsig_*) and ECDH which Nostr requires.
+# Alpine's libsecp256k1 is built without these modules.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
+# Install runtime dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates libsecp256k1-1 && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Copy binary (libsecp256k1.so.1 is already installed via apt)
 COPY --from=builder /build/relay-tester /app/relay-tester
 
 # Default relay URL (can be overridden)

app/config/config.go

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ type C struct {
 
 	// Cluster replication configuration
 	ClusterPropagatePrivilegedEvents bool `env:"ORLY_CLUSTER_PROPAGATE_PRIVILEGED_EVENTS" default:"true" usage:"propagate privileged events (DMs, gift wraps, etc.) to relay peers for replication"`
+
+	// ServeMode is set programmatically by the 'serve' subcommand to grant full owner
+	// access to all users (no env tag - internal use only)
+	ServeMode bool
 }
 
 // New creates and initializes a new configuration object for the relay
@@ -193,6 +197,21 @@ func IdentityRequested() (requested bool) {
 	return
 }
 
+// ServeRequested checks if the first command line argument is "serve" and returns
+// whether the relay should start in ephemeral serve mode with RAM-based storage.
+//
+// Return Values
+//   - requested: true if the 'serve' subcommand was provided, false otherwise.
+func ServeRequested() (requested bool) {
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		switch strings.ToLower(os.Args[1]) {
+		case "serve":
+			requested = true
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // KV is a key/value pair.
 type KV struct{ Key, Value string }
 
@@ -324,10 +343,14 @@ func PrintHelp(cfg *C, printer io.Writer) {
 	)
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(
 		printer,
-		`Usage: %s [env|help]
+		`Usage: %s [env|help|identity|serve]
 
 - env: print environment variables configuring %s
 - help: print this help text
+- identity: print the relay identity secret and public key
+- serve: start ephemeral relay with RAM-based storage at /dev/shm/orlyserve
+         listening on 0.0.0.0:10547 with 'none' ACL mode (open relay)
+         useful for testing and benchmarking
 
 `,
 		cfg.AppName, cfg.AppName,

app/handle-delete.go

@@ -142,19 +142,26 @@ func (l *Listener) HandleDelete(env *eventenvelope.Submission) (err error) {
 		// if e tags are found, delete them if the author is signer, or one of
 		// the owners is signer
 		if utils.FastEqual(t.Key(), []byte("e")) {
-			val := t.Value()
+			// First try binary format (optimized storage for e-tags)
-			if len(val) == 0 {
-				log.W.F("HandleDelete: empty e-tag value")
-				continue
-			}
-			log.I.F("HandleDelete: processing e-tag with value: %s", string(val))
 			var dst []byte
-			if b, e := hex.Dec(string(val)); chk.E(e) {
+			if binVal := t.ValueBinary(); binVal != nil {
-				log.E.F("HandleDelete: failed to decode hex event ID %s: %v", string(val), e)
+				dst = binVal
-				continue
+				log.I.F("HandleDelete: processing binary e-tag event ID: %0x", dst)
 			} else {
-				dst = b
+				// Fall back to hex decoding for non-binary values
-				log.I.F("HandleDelete: decoded event ID: %0x", dst)
+				val := t.Value()
+				if len(val) == 0 {
+					log.W.F("HandleDelete: empty e-tag value")
+					continue
+				}
+				log.I.F("HandleDelete: processing e-tag with value: %s", string(val))
+				if b, e := hex.Dec(string(val)); chk.E(e) {
+					log.E.F("HandleDelete: failed to decode hex event ID %s: %v", string(val), e)
+					continue
+				} else {
+					dst = b
+					log.I.F("HandleDelete: decoded event ID: %0x", dst)
+				}
 			}
 			f := &filter.F{
 				Ids: tag.NewFromBytesSlice(dst),
@@ -164,7 +171,7 @@ func (l *Listener) HandleDelete(env *eventenvelope.Submission) (err error) {
 				log.E.F("HandleDelete: failed to get serials from filter: %v", err)
 				continue
 			}
-			log.I.F("HandleDelete: found %d serials for event ID %s", len(sers), string(val))
+			log.I.F("HandleDelete: found %d serials for event ID %0x", len(sers), dst)
 			// if found, delete them
 			if len(sers) > 0 {
 				// there should be only one event per serial, so we can just

app/privileged_events_test.go

@@ -54,9 +54,17 @@ func testPrivilegedEventFiltering(events event.S, authedPubkey []byte, aclMode s
 				// Check p tags
 				pTags := ev.Tags.GetAll([]byte("p"))
 				for _, pTag := range pTags {
-					var pt []byte
+					// First try binary format (optimized storage)
-					var err error
+					if pt := pTag.ValueBinary(); pt != nil {
-					if pt, err = hex.Dec(string(pTag.Value())); err != nil {
+						if bytes.Equal(pt, authedPubkey) {
+							authorized = true
+							break
+						}
+						continue
+					}
+					// Fall back to hex decoding for non-binary values
+					pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.Value()))
+					if err != nil {
 						continue
 					}
 					if bytes.Equal(pt, authedPubkey) {

cmd/benchmark/Dockerfile.benchmark

@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
 # Dockerfile for benchmark runner
-FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
+# Uses pure Go build with purego for dynamic libsecp256k1 loading
-
+
-# Install build dependencies including libsecp256k1 build requirements
+# Use Debian-based Go image to match runtime stage (avoids musl/glibc linker mismatch)
-RUN apk add --no-cache git ca-certificates gcc musl-dev autoconf automake libtool make
+FROM golang:1.25-bookworm AS builder
-
+
-# Build libsecp256k1 EARLY - this layer will be cached unless secp256k1 version changes
+# Install build dependencies (no secp256k1 build needed)
-# Using specific version tag and parallel builds for faster compilation
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN cd /tmp && \
-    git clone https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1.git && \
-    cd secp256k1 && \
-    git checkout v0.6.0 && \
-    git submodule init && \
-    git submodule update && \
-    ./autogen.sh && \
-    ./configure --enable-module-recovery --enable-module-ecdh --enable-module-schnorrsig --enable-module-extrakeys && \
-    make -j$(nproc) && \
-    make install && \
-    cd /tmp && rm -rf secp256k1
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /build
@@ -28,27 +17,25 @@ RUN go mod download
 # Copy source code
 COPY . .
 
-# Build the benchmark tool with CGO enabled
+# Build the benchmark tool with CGO disabled (uses purego for crypto)
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux go build -a -o benchmark ./cmd/benchmark
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o benchmark ./cmd/benchmark
-
-# Copy libsecp256k1.so if available
-RUN if [ -f pkg/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so ]; then \
-        cp pkg/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so /build/; \
-    fi
 
 # Final stage
-FROM alpine:latest
+# Use Debian slim instead of Alpine because Debian's libsecp256k1 includes
+# Schnorr signatures (secp256k1_schnorrsig_*) and ECDH which Nostr requires.
+# Alpine's libsecp256k1 is built without these modules.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
-# Install runtime dependencies including libsecp256k1
+# Install runtime dependencies
-RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates curl wget libsecp256k1
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-1 && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy benchmark binary
+# Copy benchmark binary (libsecp256k1.so.1 is already installed via apt)
 COPY --from=builder /build/benchmark /app/benchmark
 
-# libsecp256k1 is already installed system-wide via apk
-
 # Copy benchmark runner script
 COPY cmd/benchmark/benchmark-runner.sh /app/benchmark-runner
 
@@ -56,13 +43,10 @@ COPY cmd/benchmark/benchmark-runner.sh /app/benchmark-runner
 RUN chmod +x /app/benchmark-runner
 
 # Create runtime user and reports directory owned by uid 1000
-RUN adduser -u 1000 -D appuser && \
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 appuser && \
     mkdir -p /reports && \
     chown -R 1000:1000 /app /reports
 
-# Set library path
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib
-
 # Environment variables
 ENV BENCHMARK_EVENTS=50000
 ENV BENCHMARK_WORKERS=24
@@ -72,4 +56,4 @@ ENV BENCHMARK_DURATION=60s
 USER 1000:1000
 
 # Run the benchmark runner
-CMD ["/app/benchmark-runner"]
+CMD ["/app/benchmark-runner"]

cmd/benchmark/Dockerfile.next-orly

@@ -1,75 +1,51 @@
-# Dockerfile for next.orly.dev relay
+# Dockerfile for next.orly.dev relay (benchmark version)
-FROM ubuntu:22.04 as builder
+# Uses pure Go build with purego for dynamic libsecp256k1 loading
 
-# Set environment variables
+# Stage 1: Build stage
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.22.5
+# Use Debian-based Go image to match runtime stage (avoids musl/glibc linker mismatch)
-
+FROM golang:1.25-bookworm AS builder
-# Update package list and install ALL dependencies in one layer
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates build-essential autoconf libtool git && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Download and install Go binary
+# Install build dependencies
-RUN wget https://go.dev/dl/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    rm -rf /usr/local/go && \
-    tar -C /usr/local -xzf go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-    rm go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-
-# Set PATH environment variable
-ENV PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}"
-
-# Verify installation
-RUN go version
-
-# Build secp256k1 EARLY - this layer will be cached unless secp256k1 version changes
-RUN cd /tmp && \
-    rm -rf secp256k1 && \
-    git clone https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1.git && \
-    cd secp256k1 && \
-    git checkout v0.6.0 && \
-    git submodule init && \
-    git submodule update && \
-    ./autogen.sh && \
-    ./configure --enable-module-schnorrsig --enable-module-ecdh --prefix=/usr && \
-    make -j$(nproc) && \
-    make install && \
-    cd /tmp && rm -rf secp256k1
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /build
 
-# Copy go modules AFTER secp256k1 build - this allows module cache to be reused
+# Copy go mod files first for better layer caching
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 
-# Copy source code LAST - this is the most frequently changing layer
+# Copy source code
 COPY . .
 
-# Build the relay (libsecp256k1 installed via make install to /usr/lib)
+# Build the relay with CGO disabled (uses purego for crypto)
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux go build -gcflags "all=-N -l" -o relay .
+# Include debug symbols for profiling
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -gcflags "all=-N -l" -o relay .
 
 # Create non-root user (uid 1000) for runtime in builder stage (used by analyzer)
-RUN useradd -u 1000 -m -s /bin/bash appuser && \
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 appuser && \
     chown -R 1000:1000 /build
 # Switch to uid 1000 for any subsequent runtime use of this stage
 USER 1000:1000
 
 # Final stage
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
+# Use Debian slim instead of Alpine because Debian's libsecp256k1 includes
+# Schnorr signatures (secp256k1_schnorrsig_*) and ECDH which Nostr requires.
+# Alpine's libsecp256k1 is built without these modules.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
 # Install runtime dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-0 libsecp256k1-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+RUN apt-get update && \
-    ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsecp256k1.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsecp256k1.so.5
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-1 && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy binary from builder
+# Copy binary (libsecp256k1.so.1 is already installed via apt)
 COPY --from=builder /build/relay /app/relay
 
-# libsecp256k1 is already installed system-wide in the final stage via apt-get install libsecp256k1-0
-
 # Create runtime user and writable directories
-RUN useradd -u 1000 -m -s /bin/bash appuser && \
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 appuser && \
     mkdir -p /data /profiles /app && \
     chown -R 1000:1000 /data /profiles /app
 
@@ -96,4 +72,4 @@ HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=40s --retries=3 \
 USER 1000:1000
 
 # Run the relay
-CMD ["/app/relay"]
+CMD ["/app/relay"]

cmd/benchmark/docker-compose.ramdisk.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Docker Compose override file for ramdisk-based benchmarks
+# Uses /dev/shm (tmpfs) for all database storage to eliminate disk I/O bottlenecks
+# and measure raw relay performance.
+#
+# Usage: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ramdisk.yml up
+# Or via run-benchmark.sh --ramdisk
+
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  # Next.orly.dev relay with Badger
+  next-orly-badger:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/next-orly-badger:/data
+
+  # Next.orly.dev relay with DGraph
+  next-orly-dgraph:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/next-orly-dgraph:/data
+
+  # DGraph Zero - cluster coordinator
+  dgraph-zero:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/dgraph-zero:/data
+
+  # DGraph Alpha - data node
+  dgraph-alpha:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/dgraph-alpha:/data
+
+  # Next.orly.dev relay with Neo4j
+  next-orly-neo4j:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/next-orly-neo4j:/data
+
+  # Neo4j database
+  neo4j:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/neo4j:/data
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/neo4j-logs:/logs
+
+  # Khatru with SQLite
+  khatru-sqlite:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/khatru-sqlite:/data
+
+  # Khatru with Badger
+  khatru-badger:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/khatru-badger:/data
+
+  # Relayer basic example
+  relayer-basic:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/relayer-basic:/data
+
+  # Strfry
+  strfry:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/strfry:/data
+      - ./configs/strfry.conf:/etc/strfry.conf
+
+  # Nostr-rs-relay
+  nostr-rs-relay:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/nostr-rs-relay:/data
+      - ./configs/config.toml:/app/config.toml
+
+  # Rely-SQLite relay
+  rely-sqlite:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/rely-sqlite:/data
+
+  # PostgreSQL for relayer-basic
+  postgres:
+    volumes:
+      - /dev/shm/benchmark/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/aggregate_report.txt

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+================================================================
+NOSTR RELAY BENCHMARK AGGREGATE REPORT
+================================================================
+Generated: 2025-11-26T08:04:35+00:00
+Benchmark Configuration:
+  Events per test: 50000
+  Concurrent workers: 24
+  Test duration: 60s
+  
+Relays tested: 9
+
+================================================================
+SUMMARY BY RELAY
+================================================================
+
+Relay: rely-sqlite
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16298.40
+Events/sec: 6150.97
+Events/sec: 16298.40
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.360569ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 746.704µs
+Avg Latency: 1.411735ms
+P95 Latency: 2.160818ms
+P95 Latency: 2.29313ms
+P95 Latency: 916.446µs
+
+Relay: next-orly-badger
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16698.91
+Events/sec: 6011.59
+Events/sec: 16698.91
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.331911ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 766.682µs
+Avg Latency: 1.496861ms
+P95 Latency: 2.019719ms
+P95 Latency: 2.715024ms
+P95 Latency: 914.112µs
+
+Relay: next-orly-dgraph
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 14573.58
+Events/sec: 6072.22
+Events/sec: 14573.58
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.571025ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 802.953µs
+Avg Latency: 1.454825ms
+P95 Latency: 2.610305ms
+P95 Latency: 2.541414ms
+P95 Latency: 902.751µs
+
+Relay: next-orly-neo4j
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16594.60
+Events/sec: 6139.73
+Events/sec: 16594.60
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.341265ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 760.268µs
+Avg Latency: 1.417529ms
+P95 Latency: 2.068012ms
+P95 Latency: 2.279114ms
+P95 Latency: 893.313µs
+
+Relay: khatru-sqlite
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16775.48
+Events/sec: 6077.32
+Events/sec: 16775.48
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.316097ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 743.925µs
+Avg Latency: 1.448816ms
+P95 Latency: 2.019999ms
+P95 Latency: 2.415349ms
+P95 Latency: 915.807µs
+
+Relay: khatru-badger
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 14573.64
+Events/sec: 6123.62
+Events/sec: 14573.64
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.582659ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 849.196µs
+Avg Latency: 1.42045ms
+P95 Latency: 2.584156ms
+P95 Latency: 2.297743ms
+P95 Latency: 911.2µs
+
+Relay: relayer-basic
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16103.85
+Events/sec: 6038.31
+Events/sec: 16103.85
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.401051ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 788.805µs
+Avg Latency: 1.501362ms
+P95 Latency: 2.187347ms
+P95 Latency: 2.477719ms
+P95 Latency: 920.8µs
+
+Relay: strfry
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 16207.30
+Events/sec: 6075.12
+Events/sec: 16207.30
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.381579ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 760.474µs
+Avg Latency: 1.45496ms
+P95 Latency: 2.15555ms
+P95 Latency: 2.414222ms
+P95 Latency: 907.647µs
+
+Relay: nostr-rs-relay
+----------------------------------------
+Status: COMPLETED
+Events/sec: 15751.45
+Events/sec: 6163.36
+Events/sec: 15751.45
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Avg Latency: 1.442411ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 812.222µs
+Avg Latency: 1.414472ms
+P95 Latency: 2.22848ms
+P95 Latency: 2.267184ms
+P95 Latency: 921.434µs
+
+
+================================================================
+DETAILED RESULTS
+================================================================
+
+Individual relay reports are available in:
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/khatru-badger_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/khatru-sqlite_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-badger_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-dgraph_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-neo4j_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/nostr-rs-relay_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/relayer-basic_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/rely-sqlite_results.txt
+  - /reports/run_20251126_073410/strfry_results.txt
+
+================================================================
+BENCHMARK COMPARISON TABLE
+================================================================
+
+Relay                Status     Peak Tput/s     Avg Latency     Success Rate   
+----                 ------     -----------     -----------     ------------   
+rely-sqlite          OK         16298.40        1.360569ms      100.0%         
+next-orly-badger     OK         16698.91        1.331911ms      100.0%         
+next-orly-dgraph     OK         14573.58        1.571025ms      100.0%         
+next-orly-neo4j      OK         16594.60        1.341265ms      100.0%         
+khatru-sqlite        OK         16775.48        1.316097ms      100.0%         
+khatru-badger        OK         14573.64        1.582659ms      100.0%         
+relayer-basic        OK         16103.85        1.401051ms      100.0%         
+strfry               OK         16207.30        1.381579ms      100.0%         
+nostr-rs-relay       OK         15751.45        1.442411ms      100.0%         
+
+================================================================
+End of Report
+================================================================

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/khatru-badger_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-badger_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764143463950443ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764143463950524ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764143463950554ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764143463950562ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764143463950601ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764143463950677ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764143463950693ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764143463950707ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764143463950715ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764143463950741ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764143463950748ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764143463950772ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764143463950779ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:51:03 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.430851381s
+Events/sec: 14573.64
+Avg latency: 1.582659ms
+P90 latency: 2.208413ms
+P95 latency: 2.584156ms
+P99 latency: 3.989364ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 849.196µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 327.135579ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 347.321999ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 293.638919ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 315.213974ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 293.822691ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 393.17551ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 317.689223ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 283.629668ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 306.891378ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 281.684719ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.165107452s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6123.62
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.414376807s
+Combined ops/sec: 2047.97
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 367781 queries in 1m0.004424256s
+Queries/sec: 6129.23
+Avg query latency: 1.861418ms
+P95 query latency: 7.652288ms
+P99 query latency: 11.670769ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 307708 operations (257708 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003628582s
+Operations/sec: 5128.16
+Avg latency: 1.520953ms
+Avg query latency: 1.503959ms
+Avg write latency: 1.608546ms
+P95 latency: 3.958904ms
+P99 latency: 6.227011ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.430851381s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 14573.64
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 102 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.582659ms
+P90 Latency: 2.208413ms
+P95 Latency: 2.584156ms
+P99 Latency: 3.989364ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 849.196µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.165107452s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6123.62
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 211 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.42045ms
+P90 Latency: 1.976894ms
+P95 Latency: 2.297743ms
+P99 Latency: 3.397761ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 671.897µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.414376807s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2047.97
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 134 MB
+Avg Latency: 390.225µs
+P90 Latency: 811.651µs
+P95 Latency: 911.2µs
+P99 Latency: 1.140536ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.056491ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.004424256s
+Total Events: 367781
+Events/sec: 6129.23
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 113 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.861418ms
+P90 Latency: 5.800639ms
+P95 Latency: 7.652288ms
+P99 Latency: 11.670769ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.426888ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003628582s
+Total Events: 307708
+Events/sec: 5128.16
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 100 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.520953ms
+P90 Latency: 3.075583ms
+P95 Latency: 3.958904ms
+P99 Latency: 6.227011ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.506519ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-badger_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-badger_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: khatru-badger
+RELAY_URL: ws://khatru-badger:3334
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:54:21+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/khatru-sqlite_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-sqlite_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764143261406084ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764143261406169ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764143261406201ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764143261406210ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764143261406219ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764143261406234ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764143261406240ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764143261406256ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764143261406263ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764143261406285ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764143261406291ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764143261406310ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764143261406315ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:47:41 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 2.980541518s
+Events/sec: 16775.48
+Avg latency: 1.316097ms
+P90 latency: 1.75215ms
+P95 latency: 2.019999ms
+P99 latency: 2.884086ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 743.925µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 294.559368ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 338.351868ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 289.64343ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 418.427743ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 337.294837ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 359.624702ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.791949ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 284.861295ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 314.638569ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 274.271908ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.227316527s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6077.32
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.361629597s
+Combined ops/sec: 2052.41
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 369485 queries in 1m0.007598809s
+Queries/sec: 6157.30
+Avg query latency: 1.851496ms
+P95 query latency: 7.629059ms
+P99 query latency: 11.579084ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 307591 operations (257591 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003842232s
+Operations/sec: 5126.19
+Avg latency: 1.567905ms
+Avg query latency: 1.520146ms
+Avg write latency: 1.813947ms
+P95 latency: 4.080054ms
+P99 latency: 7.252873ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 2.980541518s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16775.48
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 205 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.316097ms
+P90 Latency: 1.75215ms
+P95 Latency: 2.019999ms
+P99 Latency: 2.884086ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 743.925µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.227316527s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6077.32
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 206 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.448816ms
+P90 Latency: 2.065115ms
+P95 Latency: 2.415349ms
+P99 Latency: 3.441514ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 642.527µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.361629597s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2052.41
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 170 MB
+Avg Latency: 395.815µs
+P90 Latency: 821.619µs
+P95 Latency: 915.807µs
+P99 Latency: 1.137015ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.044106ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.007598809s
+Total Events: 369485
+Events/sec: 6157.30
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 97 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.851496ms
+P90 Latency: 5.786274ms
+P95 Latency: 7.629059ms
+P99 Latency: 11.579084ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.382865ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003842232s
+Total Events: 307591
+Events/sec: 5126.19
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 143 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.567905ms
+P90 Latency: 3.141841ms
+P95 Latency: 4.080054ms
+P99 Latency: 7.252873ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.875018ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-sqlite_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_khatru-sqlite_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: khatru-sqlite
+RELAY_URL: ws://khatru-sqlite:3334
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:50:58+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-badger_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-badger_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764142653240629ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764142653240705ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764142653240726ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764142653240732ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764142653240742ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764142653240754ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764142653240759ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764142653240772ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764142653240777ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764142653240794ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764142653240799ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764142653240815ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764142653240820ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:37:33 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 2.994207496s
+Events/sec: 16698.91
+Avg latency: 1.331911ms
+P90 latency: 1.752681ms
+P95 latency: 2.019719ms
+P99 latency: 2.937258ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 766.682µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 296.493381ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 346.037614ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 295.42219ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 310.553567ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 290.939907ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 586.599699ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 331.078074ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 266.026786ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 305.143046ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 283.61665ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.317273769s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6011.59
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.376567267s
+Combined ops/sec: 2051.15
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 379823 queries in 1m0.005132427s
+Queries/sec: 6329.84
+Avg query latency: 1.793906ms
+P95 query latency: 7.34021ms
+P99 query latency: 11.188253ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 311181 operations (261181 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003287869s
+Operations/sec: 5186.07
+Avg latency: 1.534716ms
+Avg query latency: 1.48944ms
+Avg write latency: 1.771222ms
+P95 latency: 3.923748ms
+P99 latency: 6.879882ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 2.994207496s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16698.91
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 91 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.331911ms
+P90 Latency: 1.752681ms
+P95 Latency: 2.019719ms
+P99 Latency: 2.937258ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 766.682µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.317273769s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6011.59
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 204 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.496861ms
+P90 Latency: 2.150147ms
+P95 Latency: 2.715024ms
+P99 Latency: 5.496937ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 684.458µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.376567267s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2051.15
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 194 MB
+Avg Latency: 396.054µs
+P90 Latency: 819.913µs
+P95 Latency: 914.112µs
+P99 Latency: 1.134723ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.077234ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.005132427s
+Total Events: 379823
+Events/sec: 6329.84
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 96 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.793906ms
+P90 Latency: 5.558514ms
+P95 Latency: 7.34021ms
+P99 Latency: 11.188253ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.06994ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003287869s
+Total Events: 311181
+Events/sec: 5186.07
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 141 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.534716ms
+P90 Latency: 3.051195ms
+P95 Latency: 3.923748ms
+P99 Latency: 6.879882ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.67505ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-badger_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-badger_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: next-orly-badger
+RELAY_URL: ws://next-orly-badger:8080
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:40:50+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-dgraph_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-dgraph_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764142855890301ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764142855890401ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764142855890440ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764142855890449ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764142855890460ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764142855890476ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764142855890481ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764142855890495ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764142855890504ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764142855890528ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764142855890536ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764142855890559ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764142855890568ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:40:55 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.430865656s
+Events/sec: 14573.58
+Avg latency: 1.571025ms
+P90 latency: 2.249507ms
+P95 latency: 2.610305ms
+P99 latency: 3.786808ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 802.953µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 413.260391ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 416.696811ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 281.278288ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 305.471838ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 284.063576ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 366.197285ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 310.188337ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 270.424131ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 313.061864ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 268.841724ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.234222191s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6072.22
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.374242444s
+Combined ops/sec: 2051.35
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 363398 queries in 1m0.008386122s
+Queries/sec: 6055.79
+Avg query latency: 1.896628ms
+P95 query latency: 7.915977ms
+P99 query latency: 12.369055ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 310491 operations (260491 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.002972174s
+Operations/sec: 5174.59
+Avg latency: 1.519446ms
+Avg query latency: 1.48579ms
+Avg write latency: 1.694789ms
+P95 latency: 3.910804ms
+P99 latency: 6.189507ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.430865656s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 14573.58
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 128 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.571025ms
+P90 Latency: 2.249507ms
+P95 Latency: 2.610305ms
+P99 Latency: 3.786808ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 802.953µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.234222191s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6072.22
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 195 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.454825ms
+P90 Latency: 2.128246ms
+P95 Latency: 2.541414ms
+P99 Latency: 3.875045ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 688.084µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.374242444s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2051.35
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 125 MB
+Avg Latency: 390.403µs
+P90 Latency: 807.74µs
+P95 Latency: 902.751µs
+P99 Latency: 1.111889ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.037165ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.008386122s
+Total Events: 363398
+Events/sec: 6055.79
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 149 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.896628ms
+P90 Latency: 5.916526ms
+P95 Latency: 7.915977ms
+P99 Latency: 12.369055ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.802319ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.002972174s
+Total Events: 310491
+Events/sec: 5174.59
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 156 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.519446ms
+P90 Latency: 3.03826ms
+P95 Latency: 3.910804ms
+P99 Latency: 6.189507ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.473046ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-dgraph_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-dgraph_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: next-orly-dgraph
+RELAY_URL: ws://next-orly-dgraph:8080
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:44:13+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/next-orly-neo4j_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-neo4j_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764143058917148ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764143058917210ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764143058917229ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764143058917234ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764143058917243ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764143058917256ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764143058917261ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764143058917274ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764143058917281ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764143058917296ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764143058917301ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764143058917316ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764143058917321ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:44:18 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.013027595s
+Events/sec: 16594.60
+Avg latency: 1.341265ms
+P90 latency: 1.798828ms
+P95 latency: 2.068012ms
+P99 latency: 2.883646ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 760.268µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 286.776937ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 322.103436ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 287.074253ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.39847ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 289.282402ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 351.106806ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.616957ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 281.010206ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 387.29128ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 317.867754ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.143674752s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6139.73
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.392570025s
+Combined ops/sec: 2049.80
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 381354 queries in 1m0.004315541s
+Queries/sec: 6355.44
+Avg query latency: 1.774601ms
+P95 query latency: 7.270517ms
+P99 query latency: 11.058437ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 311298 operations (261298 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.002804902s
+Operations/sec: 5188.06
+Avg latency: 1.525543ms
+Avg query latency: 1.487415ms
+Avg write latency: 1.724798ms
+P95 latency: 3.973942ms
+P99 latency: 6.346957ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.013027595s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16594.60
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 135 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.341265ms
+P90 Latency: 1.798828ms
+P95 Latency: 2.068012ms
+P99 Latency: 2.883646ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 760.268µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.143674752s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6139.73
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 210 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.417529ms
+P90 Latency: 1.96735ms
+P95 Latency: 2.279114ms
+P99 Latency: 3.319737ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 689.835µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.392570025s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2049.80
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 194 MB
+Avg Latency: 389.458µs
+P90 Latency: 807.449µs
+P95 Latency: 893.313µs
+P99 Latency: 1.078376ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.008354ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.004315541s
+Total Events: 381354
+Events/sec: 6355.44
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 149 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.774601ms
+P90 Latency: 5.479193ms
+P95 Latency: 7.270517ms
+P99 Latency: 11.058437ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 7.987ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.002804902s
+Total Events: 311298
+Events/sec: 5188.06
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 91 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.525543ms
+P90 Latency: 3.063464ms
+P95 Latency: 3.973942ms
+P99 Latency: 6.346957ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.524119ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-neo4j_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_next-orly-neo4j_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: next-orly-neo4j
+RELAY_URL: ws://next-orly-neo4j:8080
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:47:36+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/nostr-rs-relay_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_nostr-rs-relay_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764144072428228ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764144072428311ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764144072428332ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764144072428337ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764144072428348ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764144072428362ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764144072428367ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764144072428382ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764144072428388ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764144072428403ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764144072428407ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764144072428461ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764144072428504ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 08:01:12 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.174311581s
+Events/sec: 15751.45
+Avg latency: 1.442411ms
+P90 latency: 1.94422ms
+P95 latency: 2.22848ms
+P99 latency: 3.230197ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 812.222µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.983371ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 362.020748ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 287.762195ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 312.062236ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 293.876571ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 374.103253ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 310.909244ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 283.004205ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 298.739839ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 276.165042ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.112460039s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6163.36
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.41340672s
+Combined ops/sec: 2048.06
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 370248 queries in 1m0.004253098s
+Queries/sec: 6170.36
+Avg query latency: 1.845097ms
+P95 query latency: 7.60818ms
+P99 query latency: 11.65437ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 309475 operations (259475 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.004403417s
+Operations/sec: 5157.54
+Avg latency: 1.523601ms
+Avg query latency: 1.501844ms
+Avg write latency: 1.63651ms
+P95 latency: 3.938186ms
+P99 latency: 6.342582ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.174311581s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 15751.45
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 205 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.442411ms
+P90 Latency: 1.94422ms
+P95 Latency: 2.22848ms
+P99 Latency: 3.230197ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 812.222µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.112460039s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6163.36
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 254 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.414472ms
+P90 Latency: 1.957275ms
+P95 Latency: 2.267184ms
+P99 Latency: 3.19513ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 750.181µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.41340672s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2048.06
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 129 MB
+Avg Latency: 400.791µs
+P90 Latency: 826.182µs
+P95 Latency: 921.434µs
+P99 Latency: 1.143516ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.063808ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.004253098s
+Total Events: 370248
+Events/sec: 6170.36
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 156 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.845097ms
+P90 Latency: 5.757979ms
+P95 Latency: 7.60818ms
+P99 Latency: 11.65437ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.384135ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.004403417s
+Total Events: 309475
+Events/sec: 5157.54
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 142 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.523601ms
+P90 Latency: 3.071867ms
+P95 Latency: 3.938186ms
+P99 Latency: 6.342582ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.516506ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_nostr-rs-relay_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_nostr-rs-relay_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: nostr-rs-relay
+RELAY_URL: ws://nostr-rs-relay:8080
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T08:04:30+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/relayer-basic_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_relayer-basic_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764143666952973ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764143666953030ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764143666953049ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764143666953055ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764143666953065ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764143666953078ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764143666953083ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764143666953094ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764143666953100ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764143666953114ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764143666953119ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764143666953134ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764143666953141ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:54:26 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.104848253s
+Events/sec: 16103.85
+Avg latency: 1.401051ms
+P90 latency: 1.888349ms
+P95 latency: 2.187347ms
+P99 latency: 3.155266ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 788.805µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 309.873989ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 341.685521ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 289.850715ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 315.600908ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 288.702527ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 374.124316ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 312.291426ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 289.316359ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 420.327167ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 332.309838ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.280469107s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6038.31
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.499295481s
+Combined ops/sec: 2040.88
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 375154 queries in 1m0.004300893s
+Queries/sec: 6252.12
+Avg query latency: 1.804479ms
+P95 query latency: 7.361776ms
+P99 query latency: 11.303739ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 306374 operations (256374 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003786148s
+Operations/sec: 5105.91
+Avg latency: 1.576576ms
+Avg query latency: 1.528734ms
+Avg write latency: 1.821884ms
+P95 latency: 4.109035ms
+P99 latency: 6.61579ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.104848253s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16103.85
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 126 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.401051ms
+P90 Latency: 1.888349ms
+P95 Latency: 2.187347ms
+P99 Latency: 3.155266ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 788.805µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.280469107s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6038.31
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 253 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.501362ms
+P90 Latency: 2.126101ms
+P95 Latency: 2.477719ms
+P99 Latency: 3.656509ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 737.519µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.499295481s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2040.88
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 146 MB
+Avg Latency: 400.179µs
+P90 Latency: 824.427µs
+P95 Latency: 920.8µs
+P99 Latency: 1.163662ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.084633ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.004300893s
+Total Events: 375154
+Events/sec: 6252.12
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 144 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.804479ms
+P90 Latency: 5.607171ms
+P95 Latency: 7.361776ms
+P99 Latency: 11.303739ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.12332ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003786148s
+Total Events: 306374
+Events/sec: 5105.91
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 115 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.576576ms
+P90 Latency: 3.182483ms
+P95 Latency: 4.109035ms
+P99 Latency: 6.61579ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.720777ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_relayer-basic_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_relayer-basic_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: relayer-basic
+RELAY_URL: ws://relayer-basic:7447
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:57:44+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/rely-sqlite_results.txt

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+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_rely-sqlite_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764142450497543ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764142450497609ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764142450497631ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764142450497636ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764142450497646ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764142450497688ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764142450497694ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764142450497706ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764142450497711ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764142450497773ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764142450497779ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764142450497793ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764142450497798ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:34:10 INFO: Extracted embedded libsecp256k1 to /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+2025/11/26 07:34:10 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.067785126s
+Events/sec: 16298.40
+Avg latency: 1.360569ms
+P90 latency: 1.819407ms
+P95 latency: 2.160818ms
+P99 latency: 3.606363ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 746.704µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 312.311304ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 359.334028ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.257652ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 318.240243ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 295.405906ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 369.690986ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 308.42646ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 267.313308ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 301.834829ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 282.800373ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.128805288s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6150.97
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.426575006s
+Combined ops/sec: 2046.95
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 369377 queries in 1m0.005034278s
+Queries/sec: 6155.77
+Avg query latency: 1.850212ms
+P95 query latency: 7.621476ms
+P99 query latency: 11.610958ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 310678 operations (260678 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003278222s
+Operations/sec: 5177.68
+Avg latency: 1.513088ms
+Avg query latency: 1.495086ms
+Avg write latency: 1.606937ms
+P95 latency: 3.92433ms
+P99 latency: 6.216487ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.067785126s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16298.40
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 89 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.360569ms
+P90 Latency: 1.819407ms
+P95 Latency: 2.160818ms
+P99 Latency: 3.606363ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 746.704µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.128805288s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6150.97
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 203 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.411735ms
+P90 Latency: 1.9936ms
+P95 Latency: 2.29313ms
+P99 Latency: 3.168238ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 711.036µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.426575006s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2046.95
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 127 MB
+Avg Latency: 401.18µs
+P90 Latency: 826.125µs
+P95 Latency: 916.446µs
+P99 Latency: 1.122669ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.080638ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.005034278s
+Total Events: 369377
+Events/sec: 6155.77
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 106 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.850212ms
+P90 Latency: 5.767292ms
+P95 Latency: 7.621476ms
+P99 Latency: 11.610958ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.365982ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003278222s
+Total Events: 310678
+Events/sec: 5177.68
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 133 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.513088ms
+P90 Latency: 3.049471ms
+P95 Latency: 3.92433ms
+P99 Latency: 6.216487ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.456235ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_rely-sqlite_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_rely-sqlite_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: rely-sqlite
+RELAY_URL: ws://rely-sqlite:3334
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T07:37:28+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/reports/run_20251126_073410/strfry_results.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+Starting Nostr Relay Benchmark (Badger Backend)
+Data Directory: /tmp/benchmark_strfry_8
+Events: 50000, Workers: 24, Duration: 1m0s
+1764143869786425ℹ️ migrating to version 1... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:66
+1764143869786498ℹ️ migrating to version 2... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:73
+1764143869786524ℹ️ migrating to version 3... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:80
+1764143869786530ℹ️ cleaning up ephemeral events (kinds 20000-29999)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:294
+1764143869786539ℹ️ cleaned up 0 ephemeral events from database /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:339
+1764143869786552ℹ️ migrating to version 4... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:87
+1764143869786556ℹ️ converting events to optimized inline storage (Reiser4 optimization)... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:347
+1764143869786565ℹ️ found 0 events to convert (0 regular, 0 replaceable, 0 addressable) /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:436
+1764143869786570ℹ️ migration complete: converted 0 events to optimized inline storage, deleted 0 old keys /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:545
+1764143869786584ℹ️ migrating to version 5... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:94
+1764143869786589ℹ️ re-encoding events with optimized tag binary format... /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:552
+1764143869786604ℹ️ found 0 events with e/p tags to re-encode /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:639
+1764143869786609ℹ️ no events need re-encoding /build/pkg/database/migrations.go:642
+
+╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║         BADGER BACKEND BENCHMARK SUITE                 ║
+╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+=== Starting Badger benchmark ===
+RunPeakThroughputTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Peak Throughput Test ===
+2025/11/26 07:57:49 INFO: Successfully loaded embedded libsecp256k1 v5.0.0 from /tmp/orly-libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1.so
+Events saved: 50000/50000 (100.0%), errors: 0
+Duration: 3.085029825s
+Events/sec: 16207.30
+Avg latency: 1.381579ms
+P90 latency: 1.865718ms
+P95 latency: 2.15555ms
+P99 latency: 3.097841ms
+Bottom 10% Avg latency: 760.474µs
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunBurstPatternTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Burst Pattern Test ===
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 307.173651ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 334.907841ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 290.888159ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 403.807089ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 327.956144ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 364.629959ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 328.780115ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 290.361314ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 304.825415ms
+Burst completed: 5000 events in 270.287065ms
+Burst test completed: 50000 events in 8.230287366s, errors: 0
+Events/sec: 6075.12
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunMixedReadWriteTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Mixed Read/Write Test ===
+Generating 1000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 1000 events:
+  Average content size: 312 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database for read tests...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Mixed test completed: 25000 writes, 25000 reads in 24.348961585s
+Combined ops/sec: 2053.48
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunQueryTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Query Test ===
+Generating 10000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 10000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 10000 events for query tests...
+Query test completed: 376537 queries in 1m0.004019885s
+Queries/sec: 6275.20
+Avg query latency: 1.80891ms
+P95 query latency: 7.432319ms
+P99 query latency: 11.306037ms
+Wiping database between tests...
+RunConcurrentQueryStoreTest (Badger)..
+
+=== Concurrent Query/Store Test ===
+Generating 5000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 5000 events:
+  Average content size: 313 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Pre-populating database with 5000 events for concurrent query/store test...
+Generating 50000 unique synthetic events (minimum 300 bytes each)...
+Generated 50000 events:
+  Average content size: 314 bytes
+  All events are unique (incremental timestamps)
+  All events are properly signed
+
+Concurrent test completed: 310473 operations (260473 queries, 50000 writes) in 1m0.003152564s
+Operations/sec: 5174.28
+Avg latency: 1.532065ms
+Avg query latency: 1.496816ms
+Avg write latency: 1.715689ms
+P95 latency: 3.943934ms
+P99 latency: 6.631879ms
+
+=== Badger benchmark completed ===
+
+
+================================================================================
+BENCHMARK REPORT
+================================================================================
+
+Test: Peak Throughput
+Duration: 3.085029825s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 16207.30
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 129 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.381579ms
+P90 Latency: 1.865718ms
+P95 Latency: 2.15555ms
+P99 Latency: 3.097841ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 760.474µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Burst Pattern
+Duration: 8.230287366s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 6075.12
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 254 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.45496ms
+P90 Latency: 2.073563ms
+P95 Latency: 2.414222ms
+P99 Latency: 3.497151ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 681.141µs
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Mixed Read/Write
+Duration: 24.348961585s
+Total Events: 50000
+Events/sec: 2053.48
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 175 MB
+Avg Latency: 394.928µs
+P90 Latency: 814.769µs
+P95 Latency: 907.647µs
+P99 Latency: 1.116704ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 1.044591ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Query Performance
+Duration: 1m0.004019885s
+Total Events: 376537
+Events/sec: 6275.20
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 138 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.80891ms
+P90 Latency: 5.616736ms
+P95 Latency: 7.432319ms
+P99 Latency: 11.306037ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 8.164604ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Test: Concurrent Query/Store
+Duration: 1m0.003152564s
+Total Events: 310473
+Events/sec: 5174.28
+Success Rate: 100.0%
+Concurrent Workers: 24
+Memory Used: 147 MB
+Avg Latency: 1.532065ms
+P90 Latency: 3.05393ms
+P95 Latency: 3.943934ms
+P99 Latency: 6.631879ms
+Bottom 10% Avg Latency: 4.619007ms
+----------------------------------------
+
+Report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_strfry_8/benchmark_report.txt
+AsciiDoc report saved to: /tmp/benchmark_strfry_8/benchmark_report.adoc
+
+RELAY_NAME: strfry
+RELAY_URL: ws://strfry:8080
+TEST_TIMESTAMP: 2025-11-26T08:01:07+00:00
+BENCHMARK_CONFIG:
+  Events: 50000
+  Workers: 24
+  Duration: 60s

cmd/benchmark/run-benchmark.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,44 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Wrapper script to run the benchmark suite and automatically shut down when complete
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./run-benchmark.sh           # Use disk-based storage (default)
+#   ./run-benchmark.sh --ramdisk # Use /dev/shm ramdisk for maximum performance
 
 set -e
 
+# Parse command line arguments
+USE_RAMDISK=false
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    case $arg in
+        --ramdisk)
+            USE_RAMDISK=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --help|-h)
+            echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Options:"
+            echo "  --ramdisk    Use /dev/shm ramdisk storage instead of disk"
+            echo "               This eliminates disk I/O bottlenecks for accurate"
+            echo "               relay performance measurement."
+            echo "  --help, -h   Show this help message"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Requirements for --ramdisk:"
+            echo "  - /dev/shm must be available (tmpfs mount)"
+            echo "  - At least 8GB available in /dev/shm recommended"
+            echo "  - Increase size with: sudo mount -o remount,size=16G /dev/shm"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option: $arg"
+            echo "Use --help for usage information"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 # Determine docker-compose command
 if docker compose version &> /dev/null 2>&1; then
     DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker compose"
@@ -11,43 +46,107 @@ else
     DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker-compose"
 fi
 
-# Clean old data directories (may be owned by root from Docker)
+# Set data directory and compose files based on mode
-if [ -d "data" ]; then
+if [ "$USE_RAMDISK" = true ]; then
-    echo "Cleaning old data directories..."
+    DATA_BASE="/dev/shm/benchmark"
-    if ! rm -rf data/ 2>/dev/null; then
+    COMPOSE_FILES="-f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ramdisk.yml"
-        # If normal rm fails (permission denied), provide clear instructions
+
-        echo ""
+    echo "======================================================"
-        echo "ERROR: Cannot remove data directories due to permission issues."
+    echo "  RAMDISK BENCHMARK MODE"
-        echo "This happens because Docker creates files as root."
+    echo "======================================================"
-        echo ""
+
-        echo "Please run one of the following to clean up:"
+    # Check /dev/shm availability
-        echo "  sudo rm -rf data/"
+    if [ ! -d "/dev/shm" ]; then
-        echo "  sudo chown -R \$(id -u):\$(id -g) data/ && rm -rf data/"
+        echo "ERROR: /dev/shm is not available on this system."
-        echo ""
+        echo "This benchmark requires a tmpfs-mounted /dev/shm for RAM-based storage."
-        echo "Then run this script again."
         exit 1
     fi
+
+    # Check available space in /dev/shm (need at least 8GB for benchmarks)
+    SHM_AVAILABLE_KB=$(df /dev/shm | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}')
+    SHM_AVAILABLE_GB=$((SHM_AVAILABLE_KB / 1024 / 1024))
+    echo "  Storage location: ${DATA_BASE}"
+    echo "  Available RAM: ${SHM_AVAILABLE_GB}GB"
+    echo "  This eliminates disk I/O bottlenecks for accurate"
+    echo "  relay performance measurement."
+    echo "======================================================"
+    echo ""
+
+    if [ "$SHM_AVAILABLE_KB" -lt 8388608 ]; then
+        echo "WARNING: Less than 8GB available in /dev/shm (${SHM_AVAILABLE_GB}GB available)"
+        echo "Benchmarks may fail if databases grow too large."
+        echo "Consider increasing tmpfs size: sudo mount -o remount,size=16G /dev/shm"
+        echo ""
+        read -p "Continue anyway? [y/N] " -n 1 -r
+        echo
+        if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    DATA_BASE="./data"
+    COMPOSE_FILES="-f docker-compose.yml"
+
+    echo "======================================================"
+    echo "  DISK-BASED BENCHMARK MODE (default)"
+    echo "======================================================"
+    echo "  Storage location: ${DATA_BASE}"
+    echo "  Tip: Use --ramdisk for faster benchmarks without"
+    echo "       disk I/O bottlenecks."
+    echo "======================================================"
+    echo ""
+fi
+
+# Clean old data directories (may be owned by root from Docker)
+if [ -d "${DATA_BASE}" ]; then
+    echo "Cleaning old data directories at ${DATA_BASE}..."
+    if ! rm -rf "${DATA_BASE}" 2>/dev/null; then
+        # If normal rm fails (permission denied), try with sudo for ramdisk
+        if [ "$USE_RAMDISK" = true ]; then
+            echo "Need elevated permissions to clean ramdisk..."
+            if ! sudo rm -rf "${DATA_BASE}" 2>/dev/null; then
+                echo ""
+                echo "ERROR: Cannot remove data directories."
+                echo "Please run: sudo rm -rf ${DATA_BASE}"
+                echo "Then run this script again."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        else
+            # Provide clear instructions for disk-based mode
+            echo ""
+            echo "ERROR: Cannot remove data directories due to permission issues."
+            echo "This happens because Docker creates files as root."
+            echo ""
+            echo "Please run one of the following to clean up:"
+            echo "  sudo rm -rf ${DATA_BASE}/"
+            echo "  sudo chown -R \$(id -u):\$(id -g) ${DATA_BASE}/ && rm -rf ${DATA_BASE}/"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Then run this script again."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Stop any running containers from previous runs
 echo "Stopping any running containers..."
-$DOCKER_COMPOSE down 2>/dev/null || true
+$DOCKER_COMPOSE $COMPOSE_FILES down 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Create fresh data directories with correct permissions
-echo "Preparing data directories..."
+echo "Preparing data directories at ${DATA_BASE}..."
 
-# Clean Neo4j data to prevent "already running" errors
+if [ "$USE_RAMDISK" = true ]; then
-if [ -d "data/neo4j" ]; then
+    # Create ramdisk directories
-    echo "Cleaning Neo4j data directory..."
+    mkdir -p "${DATA_BASE}"/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
-    rm -rf data/neo4j/*
+    chmod 777 "${DATA_BASE}"/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
+else
+    # Create disk directories (relative path)
+    mkdir -p data/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
+    chmod 777 data/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
 fi
 
-mkdir -p data/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
-chmod 777 data/{next-orly-badger,next-orly-dgraph,next-orly-neo4j,dgraph-zero,dgraph-alpha,neo4j,neo4j-logs,khatru-sqlite,khatru-badger,relayer-basic,strfry,nostr-rs-relay,rely-sqlite,postgres}
-
 echo "Building fresh Docker images..."
 # Force rebuild to pick up latest code changes
-$DOCKER_COMPOSE build --no-cache benchmark-runner next-orly-badger next-orly-dgraph next-orly-neo4j rely-sqlite
+$DOCKER_COMPOSE $COMPOSE_FILES build --no-cache benchmark-runner next-orly-badger next-orly-dgraph next-orly-neo4j rely-sqlite
 
 echo ""
 echo "Starting benchmark suite..."
@@ -55,7 +154,22 @@ echo "This will automatically shut down all containers when the benchmark comple
 echo ""
 
 # Run docker compose with flags to exit when benchmark-runner completes
-$DOCKER_COMPOSE up --exit-code-from benchmark-runner --abort-on-container-exit
+$DOCKER_COMPOSE $COMPOSE_FILES up --exit-code-from benchmark-runner --abort-on-container-exit
+
+# Cleanup function
+cleanup() {
+    echo ""
+    echo "Cleaning up..."
+    $DOCKER_COMPOSE $COMPOSE_FILES down 2>/dev/null || true
+
+    if [ "$USE_RAMDISK" = true ]; then
+        echo "Cleaning ramdisk data at ${DATA_BASE}..."
+        rm -rf "${DATA_BASE}" 2>/dev/null || sudo rm -rf "${DATA_BASE}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+}
+
+# Register cleanup on script exit
+trap cleanup EXIT
 
 echo ""
 echo "Benchmark suite has completed and all containers have been stopped."

cmd/blossomtest/main.go

@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ var (
 
 // BlossomDescriptor represents a blob descriptor returned by the server
 type BlossomDescriptor struct {
-	URL       string   `json:"url"`
+	URL       string     `json:"url"`
-	SHA256    string   `json:"sha256"`
+	SHA256    string     `json:"sha256"`
-	Size      int64    `json:"size"`
+	Size      int64      `json:"size"`
-	Type      string   `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Type      string     `json:"type,omitempty"`
-	Uploaded  int64    `json:"uploaded"`
+	Uploaded  int64      `json:"uploaded"`
-	PublicKey string   `json:"public_key,omitempty"`
+	PublicKey string     `json:"public_key,omitempty"`
 	Tags      [][]string `json:"tags,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	fmt.Println("🌸 Blossom Test Tool")
-	fmt.Println("===================\n")
+	fmt.Println("===================")
 
 	// Get or generate keypair (only if auth is enabled)
 	var sec, pub []byte

contrib/stella/Dockerfile

@@ -1,54 +1,50 @@
 # Dockerfile for Stella's Nostr Relay (next.orly.dev)
 # Owner: npub1v30tsz9vw6ylpz63g0a702nj3xa26t3m7p5us8f2y2sd8v6cnsvq465zjx
+#
+# Build from repository root:
+#   docker build -f contrib/stella/Dockerfile -t stella-relay .
 
-FROM golang:alpine AS builder
+# Use Debian-based Go image to match runtime stage (avoids musl/glibc linker mismatch)
+FROM golang:1.25-bookworm AS builder
 
 # Install build dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    git \
-    build-base \
-    autoconf \
-    automake \
-    libtool \
-    pkgconfig
-
-# Install secp256k1 library from Alpine packages
-RUN apk add --no-cache libsecp256k1-dev
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /build
 
 # Copy go modules first (for better caching)
-COPY ../../go.mod go.sum ./
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 
 # Copy source code
-COPY ../.. .
+COPY . .
 
-# Build the relay with optimizations from v0.4.8
+# Build the relay with CGO disabled (uses purego for crypto)
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags "-w -s" -o relay .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-w -s" -o relay .
 
 # Create non-root user for security
-RUN adduser -D -u 1000 stella && \
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 stella && \
     chown -R 1000:1000 /build
 
 # Final stage - minimal runtime image
-FROM alpine:latest
+# Use Debian slim instead of Alpine because Debian's libsecp256k1 includes
+# Schnorr signatures (secp256k1_schnorrsig_*) and ECDH which Nostr requires.
+# Alpine's libsecp256k1 is built without these modules.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
-# Install only runtime dependencies
+# Install runtime dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+RUN apt-get update && \
-    ca-certificates \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl libsecp256k1-1 && \
-    curl \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-    libsecp256k1 \
-    libsecp256k1-dev
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy binary from builder
+# Copy binary (libsecp256k1.so.1 is already installed via apt)
 COPY --from=builder /build/relay /app/relay
 
 # Create runtime user and directories
-RUN adduser -D -u 1000 stella && \
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 stella && \
     mkdir -p /data /profiles /app && \
     chown -R 1000:1000 /data /profiles /app
 

docs/PUREGO_BUILD_SYSTEM.md

@@ -283,15 +283,13 @@ Dockerfiles simplified:
 FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /build
 COPY . .
-RUN go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o orly .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o orly .
 
-# Runtime can optionally include library
+# Runtime includes libsecp256k1.so from repository
 FROM alpine:latest
-RUN apk add --no-cache wget ca-certificates
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
 COPY --from=builder /build/orly /app/orly
-# Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository (optional for performance)
+COPY --from=builder /build/libsecp256k1.so /app/libsecp256k1.so
-RUN wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so \
-    -O /app/libsecp256k1.so || echo "Warning: libsecp256k1.so download failed (optional)"
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app
 CMD ["/app/orly"]
 ```

main.go

@@ -62,6 +62,34 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	// Handle 'serve' subcommand: start ephemeral relay with RAM-based storage
+	if config.ServeRequested() {
+		const serveDataDir = "/dev/shm/orlyserve"
+		log.I.F("serve mode: configuring ephemeral relay at %s", serveDataDir)
+
+		// Delete existing directory completely
+		if err = os.RemoveAll(serveDataDir); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			log.E.F("failed to remove existing serve directory: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		// Create fresh directory
+		if err = os.MkdirAll(serveDataDir, 0755); chk.E(err) {
+			log.E.F("failed to create serve directory: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		// Override configuration for serve mode
+		cfg.DataDir = serveDataDir
+		cfg.Listen = "0.0.0.0"
+		cfg.Port = 10547
+		cfg.ACLMode = "none"
+		cfg.ServeMode = true // Grant full owner access to all users
+
+		log.I.F("serve mode: listening on %s:%d with ACL mode '%s' (full owner access)",
+			cfg.Listen, cfg.Port, cfg.ACLMode)
+	}
+
 	// Ensure profiling is stopped on interrupts (SIGINT/SIGTERM) as well as on normal exit
 	var profileStopOnce sync.Once
 	profileStop := func() {}

pkg/acl/follows.go

@@ -123,14 +123,13 @@ func (f *Follows) Configure(cfg ...any) (err error) {
 				}
 				// log.I.F("admin follow list:\n%s", ev.Serialize())
 				for _, v := range ev.Tags.GetAll([]byte("p")) {
-					// log.I.F("adding follow: %s", v.Value())
+					// log.I.F("adding follow: %s", v.ValueHex())
-					var a []byte
+					// ValueHex() automatically handles both binary and hex storage formats
-					if b, e := hex.DecodeString(string(v.Value())); chk.E(e) {
+					if b, e := hex.DecodeString(string(v.ValueHex())); chk.E(e) {
 						continue
 					} else {
-						a = b
+						f.follows = append(f.follows, b)
 					}
-					f.follows = append(f.follows, a)
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -923,8 +922,15 @@ func (f *Follows) extractFollowedPubkeys(event *event.E) {
 
 	// Extract all 'p' tags (followed pubkeys) from the kind 3 event
 	for _, tag := range event.Tags.GetAll([]byte("p")) {
-		if len(tag.Value()) == 32 { // Valid pubkey length
+		// First try binary format (optimized storage: 33 bytes = 32 hash + null)
-			f.AddFollow(tag.Value())
+		if pubkey := tag.ValueBinary(); pubkey != nil {
+			f.AddFollow(pubkey)
+			continue
+		}
+		// Fall back to hex decoding for non-binary values
+		// ValueHex() handles both formats, but we already checked binary above
+		if pubkey, err := hex.DecodeString(string(tag.Value())); err == nil && len(pubkey) == 32 {
+			f.AddFollow(pubkey)
 		}
 	}
 }

pkg/acl/none.go

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func (n *None) Configure(cfg ...any) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (n *None) GetAccessLevel(pub []byte, address string) (level string) {
+	// In serve mode, grant full owner access to everyone
+	if n.cfg != nil && n.cfg.ServeMode {
+		return "owner"
+	}
+
 	// Check owners first
 	for _, v := range n.owners {
 		if utils.FastEqual(v, pub) {

pkg/blossom/integration_test.go

@@ -523,11 +523,11 @@ func TestServerErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
 			statusCode: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "Missing auth header",
+			name:       "Anonymous upload allowed",
 			method:     "PUT",
 			path:       "/upload",
 			body:       []byte("test"),
-			statusCode: http.StatusUnauthorized,
+			statusCode: http.StatusOK, // RequireAuth=false and ACL=none allows anonymous uploads
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "Invalid JSON in mirror",

pkg/policy/policy.go

@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func New(policyJSON []byte) (p *P, err error) {
 // 2. Mentioned in a p-tag of the event
 //
 // Both ev.Pubkey and userPubkey must be binary ([]byte), not hex-encoded.
-// P-tags are assumed to contain hex-encoded pubkeys that will be decoded.
+// P-tags may be stored in either binary-optimized format (33 bytes) or hex format.
 //
 // This is the single source of truth for "parties_involved" / "privileged" checks.
 func IsPartyInvolved(ev *event.E, userPubkey []byte) bool {
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ func IsPartyInvolved(ev *event.E, userPubkey []byte) bool {
 	// Check if user is in p tags
 	pTags := ev.Tags.GetAll([]byte("p"))
 	for _, pTag := range pTags {
-		// pTag.Value() returns hex-encoded string; decode to bytes for comparison
+		// ValueHex() handles both binary and hex storage formats automatically
-		pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.Value()))
+		pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.ValueHex()))
 		if err != nil {
 			// Skip malformed tags
 			continue

pkg/policy/privileged_only_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
+	"git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/encoders/event"
 	"git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/encoders/hex"
 )
 
@@ -241,3 +242,97 @@ func TestNoReadAllowNoPrivileged(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+// TestPrivilegedWithBinaryEncodedPTags tests that privileged access works correctly
+// when p-tags are stored in binary-optimized format (as happens after JSON unmarshaling).
+// This is the real-world scenario where events come from network JSON.
+func TestPrivilegedWithBinaryEncodedPTags(t *testing.T) {
+	_, alicePubkey := generateTestKeypair(t)
+	_, bobPubkey := generateTestKeypair(t)
+	_, charliePubkey := generateTestKeypair(t)
+
+	// Create policy with privileged flag
+	policyJSON := map[string]interface{}{
+		"rules": map[string]interface{}{
+			"4": map[string]interface{}{
+				"description": "DM - privileged only",
+				"privileged":  true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	policyBytes, err := json.Marshal(policyJSON)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to marshal policy: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	policy, err := New(policyBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create policy: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create event JSON with p-tag (simulating real network event)
+	// When this JSON is unmarshaled, the p-tag value will be converted to binary format
+	eventJSON := `{
+		"id": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+		"pubkey": "` + hex.Enc(alicePubkey) + `",
+		"created_at": 1234567890,
+		"kind": 4,
+		"tags": [["p", "` + hex.Enc(bobPubkey) + `"]],
+		"content": "Secret message",
+		"sig": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+	}`
+
+	var ev event.E
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(eventJSON), &ev); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal event: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify the p-tag is stored in binary format
+	pTags := ev.Tags.GetAll([]byte("p"))
+	if len(pTags) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Event should have p-tag")
+	}
+	pTag := pTags[0]
+	binValue := pTag.ValueBinary()
+	t.Logf("P-tag Value() length: %d", len(pTag.Value()))
+	t.Logf("P-tag ValueBinary(): %v (len=%d)", binValue != nil, len(binValue))
+	if binValue == nil {
+		t.Log("Warning: P-tag is NOT in binary format (test may not exercise the binary code path)")
+	} else {
+		t.Log("P-tag IS in binary format - testing binary-encoded path")
+	}
+
+	// Test: Bob (in p-tag) should be able to read even with binary-encoded tag
+	t.Run("bob_binary_ptag_can_read", func(t *testing.T) {
+		allowed, err := policy.CheckPolicy("read", &ev, bobPubkey, "127.0.0.1")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !allowed {
+			t.Error("BUG! Recipient (in binary-encoded p-tag) should be able to read privileged event")
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test: Alice (author) should be able to read
+	t.Run("alice_author_can_read", func(t *testing.T) {
+		allowed, err := policy.CheckPolicy("read", &ev, alicePubkey, "127.0.0.1")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !allowed {
+			t.Error("Author should be able to read their own privileged event")
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test: Charlie (third party) should NOT be able to read
+	t.Run("charlie_denied", func(t *testing.T) {
+		allowed, err := policy.CheckPolicy("read", &ev, charliePubkey, "127.0.0.1")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if allowed {
+			t.Error("Third party should NOT be able to read privileged event")
+		}
+	})
+}

pkg/protocol/directory/trust_act.go

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func ParseTrustAct(ev *event.E) (ta *TrustAct, err error) {
 
 	ta = &TrustAct{
 		Event:            ev,
-		TargetPubkey:     string(pTag.Value()),
+		TargetPubkey:     string(pTag.ValueHex()), // ValueHex() handles binary/hex storage
 		TrustLevel:       trustLevel,
 		RelayURL:         string(relayTag.Value()),
 		Expiry:           expiry,

pkg/version/version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.30.1
+v0.30.2

readme.adoc

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ORLY is a standard Go application that can be built using the Go toolchain.
 
 === prerequisites
 
-- Go 1.25.0 or later
+- Go 1.25.3 or later
 - Git
 - For web UI: link:https://bun.sh/[Bun] JavaScript runtime
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ cd next.orly.dev
 
 The script will:
 
-1. **Install Go 1.25.0** if not present (in `~/.local/go`)
+1. **Install Go 1.25.3** if not present (in `~/.local/go`)
 2. **Configure environment** by creating `~/.goenv` and updating `~/.bashrc`
 3. **Build the relay** with embedded web UI using `update-embedded-web.sh`
 4. **Set capabilities** for port 443 binding (requires sudo)
@@ -342,6 +342,165 @@ For detailed testing instructions, multi-relay testing scenarios, and advanced u
 
 The benchmark suite provides comprehensive performance testing and comparison across multiple relay implementations, including throughput, latency, and memory usage metrics.
 
+== command-line tools
+
+ORLY includes several command-line utilities in the `cmd/` directory for testing, debugging, and administration.
+
+=== relay-tester
+
+Nostr protocol compliance testing tool. Validates that a relay correctly implements the Nostr protocol specification.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Run all protocol compliance tests
+go run ./cmd/relay-tester -url ws://localhost:3334
+
+# List available tests
+go run ./cmd/relay-tester -list
+
+# Run specific test
+go run ./cmd/relay-tester -url ws://localhost:3334 -test "Basic Event"
+
+# Output results as JSON
+go run ./cmd/relay-tester -url ws://localhost:3334 -json
+----
+
+=== benchmark
+
+Comprehensive relay performance benchmarking tool. Tests event storage, queries, and subscription performance with detailed latency metrics (P90, P95, P99).
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Run benchmarks against local database
+go run ./cmd/benchmark -data-dir /tmp/bench-db -events 10000 -workers 4
+
+# Run benchmarks against a running relay
+go run ./cmd/benchmark -relay ws://localhost:3334 -events 5000
+
+# Use different database backends
+go run ./cmd/benchmark -dgraph -events 10000
+go run ./cmd/benchmark -neo4j -events 10000
+----
+
+The `cmd/benchmark/` directory also includes Docker Compose configurations for comparative benchmarks across multiple relay implementations (strfry, nostr-rs-relay, khatru, etc.).
+
+=== stresstest
+
+Load testing tool for evaluating relay performance under sustained high-traffic conditions. Generates events with random content and tags to simulate realistic workloads.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Run stress test with 10 concurrent workers
+go run ./cmd/stresstest -url ws://localhost:3334 -workers 10 -duration 60s
+
+# Generate events with random p-tags (up to 100 per event)
+go run ./cmd/stresstest -url ws://localhost:3334 -workers 5
+----
+
+=== blossomtest
+
+Tests the Blossom blob storage protocol (BUD-01/BUD-02) implementation. Validates upload, download, and authentication flows.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Test with generated key
+go run ./cmd/blossomtest -url http://localhost:3334 -size 1024
+
+# Test with specific nsec
+go run ./cmd/blossomtest -url http://localhost:3334 -nsec nsec1...
+
+# Test anonymous uploads (no authentication)
+go run ./cmd/blossomtest -url http://localhost:3334 -no-auth
+----
+
+=== aggregator
+
+Event aggregation utility that fetches events from multiple relays using bloom filters for deduplication. Useful for syncing events across relays with memory-efficient duplicate detection.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+go run ./cmd/aggregator -relays wss://relay1.com,wss://relay2.com -output events.jsonl
+----
+
+=== convert
+
+Key format conversion utility. Converts between hex and bech32 (npub/nsec) formats for Nostr keys.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Convert npub to hex
+go run ./cmd/convert npub1abc...
+
+# Convert hex to npub
+go run ./cmd/convert 0123456789abcdef...
+
+# Convert secret key (nsec or hex) - outputs both nsec and derived npub
+go run ./cmd/convert --secret nsec1xyz...
+----
+
+=== FIND
+
+Free Internet Name Daemon - CLI tool for the distributed naming system. Manages name registration, transfers, and certificate issuance.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Validate a name format
+go run ./cmd/FIND verify-name example.nostr
+
+# Generate a new key pair
+go run ./cmd/FIND generate-key
+
+# Create a registration proposal
+go run ./cmd/FIND register myname.nostr
+
+# Transfer a name to a new owner
+go run ./cmd/FIND transfer myname.nostr npub1newowner...
+----
+
+=== policytest
+
+Tests the policy system for event write control. Validates that policy rules correctly allow or reject events based on kind, pubkey, and other criteria.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+go run ./cmd/policytest -url ws://localhost:3334 -type event -kind 4678
+go run ./cmd/policytest -url ws://localhost:3334 -type req -kind 1
+go run ./cmd/policytest -url ws://localhost:3334 -type publish-and-query -count 5
+----
+
+=== policyfiltertest
+
+Tests policy-based filtering with authorized and unauthorized pubkeys. Validates access control rules for specific users.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+go run ./cmd/policyfiltertest -url ws://localhost:3334 \
+  -allowed-pubkey <hex> -allowed-sec <hex> \
+  -unauthorized-pubkey <hex> -unauthorized-sec <hex>
+----
+
+=== subscription-test
+
+Tests WebSocket subscription stability over extended periods. Monitors for dropped subscriptions and connection issues.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+# Run subscription stability test for 60 seconds
+go run ./cmd/subscription-test -url ws://localhost:3334 -duration 60 -kind 1
+
+# With verbose output
+go run ./cmd/subscription-test -url ws://localhost:3334 -duration 120 -v
+----
+
+=== subscription-test-simple
+
+Simplified subscription stability test that verifies subscriptions remain active without dropping over the test duration.
+
+[source,bash]
+----
+go run ./cmd/subscription-test-simple -url ws://localhost:3334 -duration 120
+----
+
 == access control
 
 === follows ACL
@@ -378,3 +537,26 @@ export ORLY_CLUSTER_PROPAGATE_PRIVILEGED_EVENTS=false
 
 **Important:** When disabled, privileged events will not be replicated to peer relays. This provides better privacy but means these events will only be available on the originating relay. Users should be aware that accessing their privileged events may require connecting directly to the relay where they were originally published.
 
+== developer notes
+
+=== binary-optimized tag storage
+
+The nostr library (`git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/encoders/tag`) uses binary optimization for `e` and `p` tags to reduce memory usage and improve comparison performance.
+
+When events are unmarshaled from JSON, 64-character hex values in e/p tags are converted to 33-byte binary format (32 bytes hash + null terminator).
+
+**Important:** When working with e/p tag values in code:
+
+* **DO NOT** use `tag.Value()` directly - it returns raw bytes which may be binary, not hex
+* **ALWAYS** use `tag.ValueHex()` to get a hex string regardless of storage format
+* **Use** `tag.ValueBinary()` to get raw 32-byte binary (returns nil if not binary-encoded)
+
+[source,go]
+----
+// CORRECT: Use ValueHex() for hex decoding
+pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.ValueHex()))
+
+// WRONG: Value() may return binary bytes, not hex
+pt, err := hex.Dec(string(pTag.Value()))  // Will fail for binary-encoded tags!
+----
+

scripts/DOCKER_TESTING.md

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ docker-compose -f docker-compose-test.yml down -v
 Multi-stage build for ORLY:
 
 **Stage 1: Builder**
-- Based on golang:1.21-alpine
+- Based on golang:1.25-alpine
 - Downloads dependencies
 - Builds static binary with `CGO_ENABLED=0`
 - Copies libsecp256k1.so for crypto operations
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ start_period: 60s  # Default is 20-30s
 
 # Pre-pull images
 docker pull dgraph/standalone:latest
-docker pull golang:1.21-alpine
+docker pull golang:1.25-alpine
 ```
 
 **High memory usage**

scripts/Dockerfile.deploy-test

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ echo "=== All deployment script tests passed! ==="
 echo ""
 echo "The deployment script appears to be working correctly."
 echo "In a real deployment, it would:"
-echo "  1. Install Go 1.23.1 to ~/.local/go"
+echo "  1. Install Go 1.25.3 to ~/.local/go"
 echo "  2. Set up Go environment in ~/.goenv"
 echo "  3. Install build dependencies via ubuntu_install_libsecp256k1.sh"
 echo "  4. Build the relay with embedded web UI"

scripts/benchmark.sh

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ if [[ ! -x "$BENCHMARK_BIN" ]]; then
     echo "Building benchmark binary (pure Go + purego)..."
     cd "$REPO_ROOT/cmd/benchmark"
     CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o "$BENCHMARK_BIN" .
-    # Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository (runtime optional)
+    # Copy libsecp256k1.so from repo root (runtime optional)
-    wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so \
+    if [[ -f "$REPO_ROOT/libsecp256k1.so" ]]; then
-        -O "$(dirname "$BENCHMARK_BIN")/libsecp256k1.so" 2>/dev/null || \
+        cp "$REPO_ROOT/libsecp256k1.so" "$(dirname "$BENCHMARK_BIN")/"
-        echo "Warning: Failed to download libsecp256k1.so (optional for performance)"
+        chmod +x "$(dirname "$BENCHMARK_BIN")/libsecp256k1.so" 2>/dev/null || true
-    chmod +x "$(dirname "$BENCHMARK_BIN")/libsecp256k1.so" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
     cd "$REPO_ROOT"
 fi
 

scripts/deploy.sh

@@ -197,13 +197,12 @@ build_application() {
     log_info "Building binary in current directory (pure Go + purego)..."
     CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o "$BINARY_NAME"
     
-    # Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository (optional, for runtime performance)
+    # Verify libsecp256k1.so exists in repo (used by purego for runtime crypto)
-    log_info "Downloading libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository..."
+    if [[ -f "./libsecp256k1.so" ]]; then
-    if wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so -O libsecp256k1.so; then
         chmod +x libsecp256k1.so
-        log_success "Downloaded libsecp256k1.so successfully (runtime optional)"
+        log_success "Found libsecp256k1.so in repository"
     else
-        log_warning "Failed to download libsecp256k1.so - relay will still work but may have slower crypto"
+        log_warning "libsecp256k1.so not found in repo - relay will still work but may have slower crypto"
     fi
     
     if [[ -f "./$BINARY_NAME" ]]; then

scripts/runtests.sh

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 # libsecp256k1 is loaded dynamically at runtime if available
 export CGO_ENABLED=0
 
-# Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository if not present
+# Verify libsecp256k1.so exists in repo (should be at repo root)
-if [ ! -f "libsecp256k1.so" ]; then
+if [ -f "libsecp256k1.so" ]; then
-    wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so -O libsecp256k1.so 2>/dev/null || true
     chmod +x libsecp256k1.so 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 

scripts/test.sh

@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 # libsecp256k1 is loaded dynamically at runtime if available
 export CGO_ENABLED=0
 
-# Download libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository if not present
+# Verify libsecp256k1.so exists in repo (should be at repo root)
 if [ ! -f "libsecp256k1.so" ]; then
-    echo "Downloading libsecp256k1.so from nostr repository..."
+    echo "Warning: libsecp256k1.so not found in repo - tests may use fallback crypto"
-    wget -q https://git.mleku.dev/mleku/nostr/raw/branch/main/crypto/p8k/libsecp256k1.so -O libsecp256k1.so || {
+else
-        echo "Warning: Failed to download libsecp256k1.so - tests may fail"
-    }
     chmod +x libsecp256k1.so 2>/dev/null || true
 fi