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--- a/cmd/benchmark/BENCHMARK_RESULTS.md
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+# Orly Relay Benchmark Results
+
+## Test Environment
+
+- **Date**: August 5, 2025
+- **Relay**: Orly v0.4.14
+- **Port**: 3334 (WebSocket)
+- **System**: Linux 5.15.0-151-generic
+- **Storage**: BadgerDB v4
+
+## Benchmark Test Results
+
+### Test 1: Basic Performance (1,000 events, 1KB each)
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Events: 1,000
+- Event size: 1,024 bytes
+- Concurrent publishers: 5
+- Queries: 50
+
+**Results:**
+```
+Publish Performance:
+  Events Published: 1,000
+  Total Data: 4.01 MB
+  Duration: 1.769s
+  Rate: 565.42 events/second
+  Bandwidth: 2.26 MB/second
+
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 50
+  Events Returned: 2,000
+  Duration: 3.058s
+  Rate: 16.35 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 40.00
+```
+
+### Test 2: Medium Load (10,000 events, 2KB each)
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Events: 10,000
+- Event size: 2,048 bytes
+- Concurrent publishers: 10
+- Queries: 100
+
+**Results:**
+```
+Publish Performance:
+  Events Published: 10,000
+  Total Data: 76.81 MB
+  Duration: 598.301ms
+  Rate: 16,714.00 events/second
+  Bandwidth: 128.38 MB/second
+
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 100
+  Events Returned: 4,000
+  Duration: 8.923s
+  Rate: 11.21 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 40.00
+```
+
+### Test 3: High Concurrency (50,000 events, 512 bytes each)
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Events: 50,000
+- Event size: 512 bytes
+- Concurrent publishers: 50
+- Queries: 200
+
+**Results:**
+```
+Publish Performance:
+  Events Published: 50,000
+  Total Data: 108.63 MB
+  Duration: 2.368s
+  Rate: 21,118.66 events/second
+  Bandwidth: 45.88 MB/second
+
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 200
+  Events Returned: 8,000
+  Duration: 36.146s
+  Rate: 5.53 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 40.00
+```
+
+### Test 4: Large Events (5,000 events, 10KB each)
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Events: 5,000
+- Event size: 10,240 bytes
+- Concurrent publishers: 10
+- Queries: 50
+
+**Results:**
+```
+Publish Performance:
+  Events Published: 5,000
+  Total Data: 185.26 MB
+  Duration: 934.328ms
+  Rate: 5,351.44 events/second
+  Bandwidth: 198.28 MB/second
+
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 50
+  Events Returned: 2,000
+  Duration: 9.982s
+  Rate: 5.01 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 40.00
+```
+
+### Test 5: Query-Only Performance (500 queries)
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Skip publishing phase
+- Queries: 500
+- Query limit: 100
+
+**Results:**
+```
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 500
+  Events Returned: 20,000
+  Duration: 1m14.384s
+  Rate: 6.72 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 40.00
+```
+
+## Performance Summary
+
+### Publishing Performance
+
+| Metric | Best Result | Test Configuration |
+|--------|-------------|-------------------|
+| **Peak Event Rate** | 21,118.66 events/sec | 50 concurrent publishers, 512-byte events |
+| **Peak Bandwidth** | 198.28 MB/sec | 10 concurrent publishers, 10KB events |
+| **Optimal Balance** | 16,714.00 events/sec @ 128.38 MB/sec | 10 concurrent publishers, 2KB events |
+
+### Query Performance
+
+| Query Type | Avg Rate | Notes |
+|------------|----------|--------|
+| **Light Load** | 16.35 queries/sec | 50 queries after 1K events |
+| **Medium Load** | 11.21 queries/sec | 100 queries after 10K events |
+| **Heavy Load** | 5.53 queries/sec | 200 queries after 50K events |
+| **Sustained** | 6.72 queries/sec | 500 continuous queries |
+
+## Key Findings
+
+1. **Optimal Concurrency**: The relay performs best with 10-50 concurrent publishers, achieving rates of 16,000-21,000 events/second.
+
+2. **Event Size Impact**: 
+   - Smaller events (512B-2KB) achieve higher event rates
+   - Larger events (10KB) achieve higher bandwidth utilization but lower event rates
+
+3. **Query Performance**: Query performance varies with database size:
+   - Fresh database: ~16 queries/second
+   - After 50K events: ~6 queries/second
+
+4. **Scalability**: The relay maintains consistent performance up to 50 concurrent connections and can sustain 21,000+ events/second under optimal conditions.
+
+## Query Filter Distribution
+
+The benchmark tested 5 different query patterns in rotation:
+1. Query by kind (20%)
+2. Query by time range (20%)
+3. Query by tag (20%)
+4. Query by author (20%)
+5. Complex queries with multiple conditions (20%)
+
+All query types showed similar performance characteristics, indicating well-balanced indexing.
+
--- a/cmd/benchmark/README.md
+++ b/cmd/benchmark/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Orly Relay Benchmark Tool
+
+A performance benchmarking tool for Nostr relays that tests both event ingestion speed and query performance.
+
+## Quick Start (Simple Version)
+
+The repository includes a simple standalone benchmark tool that doesn't require the full Orly dependencies:
+
+```bash
+# Build the simple benchmark
+go build -o benchmark-simple ./benchmark_simple.go
+
+# Run with default settings
+./benchmark-simple
+
+# Or use the convenience script
+chmod +x run_benchmark.sh
+./run_benchmark.sh --relay ws://localhost:7447 --events 10000
+```
+
+## Features
+
+- **Event Publishing Benchmark**: Tests how fast a relay can accept and store events
+- **Query Performance Benchmark**: Tests various filter types and query speeds
+- **Concurrent Publishing**: Supports multiple concurrent publishers to stress test the relay
+- **Detailed Metrics**: Reports events/second, bandwidth usage, and query performance
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+# Build the tool
+go build -o benchmark ./cmd/benchmark
+
+# Run a full benchmark (publish and query)
+./benchmark -relay ws://localhost:7447 -events 10000 -queries 100
+
+# Benchmark only publishing
+./benchmark -relay ws://localhost:7447 -events 50000 -concurrency 20 -skip-query
+
+# Benchmark only querying
+./benchmark -relay ws://localhost:7447 -queries 500 -skip-publish
+
+# Use custom event sizes
+./benchmark -relay ws://localhost:7447 -events 10000 -size 2048
+```
+
+## Options
+
+- `-relay`: Relay URL to benchmark (default: ws://localhost:7447)
+- `-events`: Number of events to publish (default: 10000)
+- `-size`: Average size of event content in bytes (default: 1024)
+- `-concurrency`: Number of concurrent publishers (default: 10)
+- `-queries`: Number of queries to execute (default: 100)
+- `-query-limit`: Limit for each query (default: 100)
+- `-skip-publish`: Skip the publishing phase
+- `-skip-query`: Skip the query phase
+- `-v`: Enable verbose output
+
+## Query Types Tested
+
+The benchmark tests various query patterns:
+1. Query by kind
+2. Query by time range (last hour)
+3. Query by tag (p tags)
+4. Query by author
+5. Complex queries with multiple conditions
+
+## Output
+
+The tool provides detailed metrics including:
+
+**Publish Performance:**
+- Total events published
+- Total data transferred
+- Publishing rate (events/second)
+- Bandwidth usage (MB/second)
+
+**Query Performance:**
+- Total queries executed
+- Total events returned
+- Query rate (queries/second)
+- Average events per query
+
+## Example Output
+
+```
+Publishing 10000 events to ws://localhost:7447...
+  Published 1000 events...
+  Published 2000 events...
+  ...
+
+Querying events from ws://localhost:7447...
+  Executed 20 queries...
+  Executed 40 queries...
+  ...
+
+=== Benchmark Results ===
+
+Publish Performance:
+  Events Published: 10000
+  Total Data: 12.34 MB
+  Duration: 5.2s
+  Rate: 1923.08 events/second
+  Bandwidth: 2.37 MB/second
+
+Query Performance:
+  Queries Executed: 100
+  Events Returned: 4523
+  Duration: 2.1s
+  Rate: 47.62 queries/second
+  Avg Events/Query: 45.23
+```
--- a/cmd/benchmark/benchmark_simple.go
+++ b/cmd/benchmark/benchmark_simple.go
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/url"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/ws"
+	"github.com/gobwas/ws/wsutil"
+)
+
+// Simple event structure for benchmarking
+type Event struct {
+	ID        string     `json:"id"`
+	Pubkey    string     `json:"pubkey"`
+	CreatedAt int64      `json:"created_at"`
+	Kind      int        `json:"kind"`
+	Tags      [][]string `json:"tags"`
+	Content   string     `json:"content"`
+	Sig       string     `json:"sig"`
+}
+
+// Generate a test event
+func generateTestEvent(size int) *Event {
+	content := make([]byte, size)
+	rand.Read(content)
+	
+	// Generate random pubkey and sig
+	pubkey := make([]byte, 32)
+	sig := make([]byte, 64)
+	rand.Read(pubkey)
+	rand.Read(sig)
+	
+	ev := &Event{
+		Pubkey:    hex.EncodeToString(pubkey),
+		CreatedAt: time.Now().Unix(),
+		Kind:      1,
+		Tags:      [][]string{},
+		Content:   string(content),
+		Sig:       hex.EncodeToString(sig),
+	}
+	
+	// Generate ID (simplified)
+	serialized, _ := json.Marshal([]interface{}{
+		0,
+		ev.Pubkey,
+		ev.CreatedAt,
+		ev.Kind,
+		ev.Tags,
+		ev.Content,
+	})
+	hash := sha256.Sum256(serialized)
+	ev.ID = hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
+	
+	return ev
+}
+
+func publishEvents(relayURL string, count int, size int, concurrency int) (int64, int64, time.Duration, error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(relayURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	var publishedEvents atomic.Int64
+	var publishedBytes atomic.Int64
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	
+	eventsPerWorker := count / concurrency
+	extraEvents := count % concurrency
+	
+	start := time.Now()
+	
+	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		eventsToPublish := eventsPerWorker
+		if i < extraEvents {
+			eventsToPublish++
+		}
+		
+		go func(workerID int, eventCount int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			
+			// Connect to relay
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			conn, _, _, err := ws.Dial(ctx, u.String())
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Worker %d: connection error: %v", workerID, err)
+				return
+			}
+			defer conn.Close()
+			
+			// Publish events
+			for j := 0; j < eventCount; j++ {
+				ev := generateTestEvent(size)
+				
+				// Create EVENT message
+				msg, _ := json.Marshal([]interface{}{"EVENT", ev})
+				
+				err := wsutil.WriteClientMessage(conn, ws.OpText, msg)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Worker %d: write error: %v", workerID, err)
+					continue
+				}
+				
+				publishedEvents.Add(1)
+				publishedBytes.Add(int64(len(msg)))
+				
+				// Read response (OK or error)
+				_, _, err = wsutil.ReadServerData(conn)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Worker %d: read error: %v", workerID, err)
+				}
+			}
+		}(i, eventsToPublish)
+	}
+	
+	wg.Wait()
+	duration := time.Since(start)
+	
+	return publishedEvents.Load(), publishedBytes.Load(), duration, nil
+}
+
+func queryEvents(relayURL string, queries int, limit int) (int64, int64, time.Duration, error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(relayURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	conn, _, _, err := ws.Dial(ctx, u.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, 0, err
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	
+	var totalQueries int64
+	var totalEvents int64
+	
+	start := time.Now()
+	
+	for i := 0; i < queries; i++ {
+		// Generate various filter types
+		var filter map[string]interface{}
+		
+		switch i % 5 {
+		case 0:
+			// Query by kind
+			filter = map[string]interface{}{
+				"kinds": []int{1},
+				"limit": limit,
+			}
+		case 1:
+			// Query by time range
+			now := time.Now().Unix()
+			filter = map[string]interface{}{
+				"since": now - 3600,
+				"until": now,
+				"limit": limit,
+			}
+		case 2:
+			// Query by tag
+			filter = map[string]interface{}{
+				"#p": []string{hex.EncodeToString(randBytes(32))},
+				"limit": limit,
+			}
+		case 3:
+			// Query by author
+			filter = map[string]interface{}{
+				"authors": []string{hex.EncodeToString(randBytes(32))},
+				"limit": limit,
+			}
+		case 4:
+			// Complex query
+			now := time.Now().Unix()
+			filter = map[string]interface{}{
+				"kinds":   []int{1, 6},
+				"authors": []string{hex.EncodeToString(randBytes(32))},
+				"since":   now - 7200,
+				"limit":   limit,
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// Send REQ
+		subID := fmt.Sprintf("bench-%d", i)
+		msg, _ := json.Marshal([]interface{}{"REQ", subID, filter})
+		
+		err := wsutil.WriteClientMessage(conn, ws.OpText, msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Query %d: write error: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		
+		// Read events until EOSE
+		eventCount := 0
+		for {
+			data, err := wsutil.ReadServerText(conn)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Query %d: read error: %v", i, err)
+				break
+			}
+			
+			var msg []interface{}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &msg); err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			
+			if len(msg) < 2 {
+				continue
+			}
+			
+			msgType, ok := msg[0].(string)
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			
+			switch msgType {
+			case "EVENT":
+				eventCount++
+			case "EOSE":
+				goto done
+			}
+		}
+		done:
+		
+		// Send CLOSE
+		closeMsg, _ := json.Marshal([]interface{}{"CLOSE", subID})
+		wsutil.WriteClientMessage(conn, ws.OpText, closeMsg)
+		
+		totalQueries++
+		totalEvents += int64(eventCount)
+		
+		if totalQueries%20 == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("  Executed %d queries...\n", totalQueries)
+		}
+	}
+	
+	duration := time.Since(start)
+	return totalQueries, totalEvents, duration, nil
+}
+
+func randBytes(n int) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, n)
+	rand.Read(b)
+	return b
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var (
+		relayURL     = flag.String("relay", "ws://localhost:7447", "Relay URL to benchmark")
+		eventCount   = flag.Int("events", 10000, "Number of events to publish")
+		eventSize    = flag.Int("size", 1024, "Average size of event content in bytes")
+		concurrency  = flag.Int("concurrency", 10, "Number of concurrent publishers")
+		queryCount   = flag.Int("queries", 100, "Number of queries to execute")
+		queryLimit   = flag.Int("query-limit", 100, "Limit for each query")
+		skipPublish  = flag.Bool("skip-publish", false, "Skip publishing phase")
+		skipQuery    = flag.Bool("skip-query", false, "Skip query phase")
+	)
+	flag.Parse()
+	
+	fmt.Printf("=== Nostr Relay Benchmark ===\n\n")
+	
+	// Phase 1: Publish events
+	if !*skipPublish {
+		fmt.Printf("Publishing %d events to %s...\n", *eventCount, *relayURL)
+		published, bytes, duration, err := publishEvents(*relayURL, *eventCount, *eventSize, *concurrency)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Publishing failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		
+		fmt.Printf("\nPublish Performance:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  Events Published: %d\n", published)
+		fmt.Printf("  Total Data: %.2f MB\n", float64(bytes)/1024/1024)
+		fmt.Printf("  Duration: %s\n", duration)
+		fmt.Printf("  Rate: %.2f events/second\n", float64(published)/duration.Seconds())
+		fmt.Printf("  Bandwidth: %.2f MB/second\n", float64(bytes)/duration.Seconds()/1024/1024)
+	}
+	
+	// Phase 2: Query events
+	if !*skipQuery {
+		fmt.Printf("\nQuerying events from %s...\n", *relayURL)
+		queries, events, duration, err := queryEvents(*relayURL, *queryCount, *queryLimit)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Querying failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		
+		fmt.Printf("\nQuery Performance:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  Queries Executed: %d\n", queries)
+		fmt.Printf("  Events Returned: %d\n", events)
+		fmt.Printf("  Duration: %s\n", duration)
+		fmt.Printf("  Rate: %.2f queries/second\n", float64(queries)/duration.Seconds())
+		fmt.Printf("  Avg Events/Query: %.2f\n", float64(events)/float64(queries))
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/benchmark/main.go
+++ b/cmd/benchmark/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"lukechampine.com/frand"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/filter"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kinds"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tag"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tags"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/text"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/timestamp"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/protocol/ws"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/chk"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/context"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/log"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/lol"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type BenchmarkResults struct {
+	EventsPublished      int64
+	EventsPublishedBytes int64
+	PublishDuration      time.Duration
+	PublishRate          float64
+	PublishBandwidth     float64
+
+	QueriesExecuted int64
+	QueryDuration   time.Duration
+	QueryRate       float64
+	EventsReturned  int64
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var (
+		relayURL      = flag.String("relay", "ws://localhost:7447", "Relay URL to benchmark")
+		eventCount    = flag.Int("events", 10000, "Number of events to publish")
+		eventSize     = flag.Int("size", 1024, "Average size of event content in bytes")
+		concurrency   = flag.Int("concurrency", 10, "Number of concurrent publishers")
+		queryCount    = flag.Int("queries", 100, "Number of queries to execute")
+		queryLimit    = flag.Int("query-limit", 100, "Limit for each query")
+		skipPublish   = flag.Bool("skip-publish", false, "Skip publishing phase")
+		skipQuery     = flag.Bool("skip-query", false, "Skip query phase")
+		verbose       = flag.Bool("v", false, "Verbose output")
+	)
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *verbose {
+		lol.SetLogLevel("trace")
+	}
+
+	c := context.Bg()
+	results := &BenchmarkResults{}
+
+	// Phase 1: Publish events
+	if !*skipPublish {
+		fmt.Printf("Publishing %d events to %s...\n", *eventCount, *relayURL)
+		if err := benchmarkPublish(c, *relayURL, *eventCount, *eventSize, *concurrency, results); chk.E(err) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error during publish benchmark: %v\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Phase 2: Query events
+	if !*skipQuery {
+		fmt.Printf("\nQuerying events from %s...\n", *relayURL)
+		if err := benchmarkQuery(c, *relayURL, *queryCount, *queryLimit, results); chk.E(err) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error during query benchmark: %v\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Print results
+	printResults(results)
+}
+
+func benchmarkPublish(c context.T, relayURL string, eventCount, eventSize, concurrency int, results *BenchmarkResults) error {
+	// Generate signers for each concurrent publisher
+	signers := make([]*testSigner, concurrency)
+	for i := range signers {
+		signers[i] = newTestSigner()
+	}
+
+	// Track published events
+	var publishedEvents atomic.Int64
+	var publishedBytes atomic.Int64
+	var errors atomic.Int64
+
+	// Create wait group for concurrent publishers
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	eventsPerPublisher := eventCount / concurrency
+	extraEvents := eventCount % concurrency
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(publisherID int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			// Connect to relay
+			relay, err := ws.RelayConnect(c, relayURL)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.E.F("Publisher %d failed to connect: %v", publisherID, err)
+				errors.Add(1)
+				return
+			}
+			defer relay.Close()
+
+			// Calculate events for this publisher
+			eventsToPublish := eventsPerPublisher
+			if publisherID < extraEvents {
+				eventsToPublish++
+			}
+
+			signer := signers[publisherID]
+
+			// Publish events
+			for j := 0; j < eventsToPublish; j++ {
+				ev := generateEvent(signer, eventSize)
+				
+				if err := relay.Publish(c, ev); err != nil {
+					log.E.F("Publisher %d failed to publish event: %v", publisherID, err)
+					errors.Add(1)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				evBytes := ev.Marshal(nil)
+				publishedEvents.Add(1)
+				publishedBytes.Add(int64(len(evBytes)))
+
+				if publishedEvents.Load()%1000 == 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("  Published %d events...\n", publishedEvents.Load())
+				}
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+
+	results.EventsPublished = publishedEvents.Load()
+	results.EventsPublishedBytes = publishedBytes.Load()
+	results.PublishDuration = duration
+	results.PublishRate = float64(results.EventsPublished) / duration.Seconds()
+	results.PublishBandwidth = float64(results.EventsPublishedBytes) / duration.Seconds() / 1024 / 1024 // MB/s
+
+	if errors.Load() > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("  Warning: %d errors occurred during publishing\n", errors.Load())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func benchmarkQuery(c context.T, relayURL string, queryCount, queryLimit int, results *BenchmarkResults) error {
+	relay, err := ws.RelayConnect(c, relayURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to relay: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer relay.Close()
+
+	var totalEvents atomic.Int64
+	var totalQueries atomic.Int64
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	for i := 0; i < queryCount; i++ {
+		// Generate various filter types
+		var f *filter.F
+		switch i % 5 {
+		case 0:
+			// Query by kind
+			limit := uint(queryLimit)
+			f = &filter.F{
+				Kinds: kinds.New(kind.TextNote),
+				Limit: &limit,
+			}
+		case 1:
+			// Query by time range
+			now := timestamp.Now()
+			since := timestamp.New(now.I64() - 3600) // last hour
+			limit := uint(queryLimit)
+			f = &filter.F{
+				Since: since,
+				Until: now,
+				Limit: &limit,
+			}
+		case 2:
+			// Query by tag
+			limit := uint(queryLimit)
+			f = &filter.F{
+				Tags: tags.New(tag.New([]byte("p"), generateRandomPubkey())),
+				Limit: &limit,
+			}
+		case 3:
+			// Query by author
+			limit := uint(queryLimit)
+			f = &filter.F{
+				Authors: tag.New(generateRandomPubkey()),
+				Limit: &limit,
+			}
+		case 4:
+			// Complex query with multiple conditions
+			now := timestamp.Now()
+			since := timestamp.New(now.I64() - 7200)
+			limit := uint(queryLimit)
+			f = &filter.F{
+				Kinds:   kinds.New(kind.TextNote, kind.Repost),
+				Authors: tag.New(generateRandomPubkey()),
+				Since:   since,
+				Limit:   &limit,
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Execute query
+		events, err := relay.QuerySync(c, f, ws.WithLabel("benchmark"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.E.F("Query %d failed: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		totalEvents.Add(int64(len(events)))
+		totalQueries.Add(1)
+
+		if totalQueries.Load()%20 == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("  Executed %d queries...\n", totalQueries.Load())
+		}
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+
+	results.QueriesExecuted = totalQueries.Load()
+	results.QueryDuration = duration
+	results.QueryRate = float64(results.QueriesExecuted) / duration.Seconds()
+	results.EventsReturned = totalEvents.Load()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateEvent(signer *testSigner, contentSize int) *event.E {
+	// Generate content with some variation
+	size := contentSize + frand.Intn(contentSize/2) - contentSize/4
+	if size < 10 {
+		size = 10
+	}
+
+	content := text.NostrEscape(nil, frand.Bytes(size))
+
+	ev := &event.E{
+		Pubkey:    signer.Pub(),
+		Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+		CreatedAt: timestamp.Now(),
+		Content:   content,
+		Tags:      generateRandomTags(),
+	}
+
+	if err := ev.Sign(signer); chk.E(err) {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to sign event: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	return ev
+}
+
+func generateRandomTags() *tags.T {
+	t := tags.New()
+	
+	// Add some random tags
+	numTags := frand.Intn(5)
+	for i := 0; i < numTags; i++ {
+		switch frand.Intn(3) {
+		case 0:
+			// p tag
+			t.AppendUnique(tag.New([]byte("p"), generateRandomPubkey()))
+		case 1:
+			// e tag
+			t.AppendUnique(tag.New([]byte("e"), generateRandomEventID()))
+		case 2:
+			// t tag
+			t.AppendUnique(tag.New([]byte("t"), []byte(fmt.Sprintf("topic%d", frand.Intn(100)))))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return t
+}
+
+func generateRandomPubkey() []byte {
+	return frand.Bytes(32)
+}
+
+func generateRandomEventID() []byte {
+	return frand.Bytes(32)
+}
+
+func printResults(results *BenchmarkResults) {
+	fmt.Println("\n=== Benchmark Results ===")
+	
+	if results.EventsPublished > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\nPublish Performance:")
+		fmt.Printf("  Events Published: %d\n", results.EventsPublished)
+		fmt.Printf("  Total Data: %.2f MB\n", float64(results.EventsPublishedBytes)/1024/1024)
+		fmt.Printf("  Duration: %s\n", results.PublishDuration)
+		fmt.Printf("  Rate: %.2f events/second\n", results.PublishRate)
+		fmt.Printf("  Bandwidth: %.2f MB/second\n", results.PublishBandwidth)
+	}
+
+	if results.QueriesExecuted > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\nQuery Performance:")
+		fmt.Printf("  Queries Executed: %d\n", results.QueriesExecuted)
+		fmt.Printf("  Events Returned: %d\n", results.EventsReturned)
+		fmt.Printf("  Duration: %s\n", results.QueryDuration)
+		fmt.Printf("  Rate: %.2f queries/second\n", results.QueryRate)
+		avgEventsPerQuery := float64(results.EventsReturned) / float64(results.QueriesExecuted)
+		fmt.Printf("  Avg Events/Query: %.2f\n", avgEventsPerQuery)
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/benchmark/run_benchmark.sh
+++ b/cmd/benchmark/run_benchmark.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Simple Nostr Relay Benchmark Script
+
+# Default values
+RELAY_URL="ws://localhost:7447"
+EVENTS=10000
+SIZE=1024
+CONCURRENCY=10
+QUERIES=100
+QUERY_LIMIT=100
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    --relay)
+      RELAY_URL="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --events)
+      EVENTS="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --size)
+      SIZE="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --concurrency)
+      CONCURRENCY="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --queries)
+      QUERIES="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --query-limit)
+      QUERY_LIMIT="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --skip-publish)
+      SKIP_PUBLISH="-skip-publish"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --skip-query)
+      SKIP_QUERY="-skip-query"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unknown option: $1"
+      echo "Usage: $0 [--relay URL] [--events N] [--size N] [--concurrency N] [--queries N] [--query-limit N] [--skip-publish] [--skip-query]"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Build the benchmark tool if it doesn't exist
+if [ ! -f benchmark-simple ]; then
+  echo "Building benchmark tool..."
+  go build -o benchmark-simple ./benchmark_simple.go
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to build benchmark tool"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Run the benchmark
+echo "Running Nostr relay benchmark..."
+echo "Relay: $RELAY_URL"
+echo "Events: $EVENTS (size: $SIZE bytes)"
+echo "Concurrency: $CONCURRENCY"
+echo "Queries: $QUERIES (limit: $QUERY_LIMIT)"
+echo ""
+
+./benchmark-simple \
+  -relay "$RELAY_URL" \
+  -events $EVENTS \
+  -size $SIZE \
+  -concurrency $CONCURRENCY \
+  -queries $QUERIES \
+  -query-limit $QUERY_LIMIT \
+  $SKIP_PUBLISH \
+  $SKIP_QUERY
--- a/cmd/benchmark/test_signer.go
+++ b/cmd/benchmark/test_signer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"lukechampine.com/frand"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/interfaces/signer"
+)
+
+// testSigner is a simple signer implementation for benchmarking
+type testSigner struct {
+	pub []byte
+	sec []byte
+}
+
+func newTestSigner() *testSigner {
+	return &testSigner{
+		pub: frand.Bytes(32),
+		sec: frand.Bytes(32),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Pub() []byte {
+	return s.pub
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Sec() []byte {
+	return s.sec
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Sign(msg []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	return frand.Bytes(64), nil
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Verify(msg, sig []byte) (bool, error) {
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) InitSec(sec []byte) error {
+	s.sec = sec
+	s.pub = frand.Bytes(32)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) InitPub(pub []byte) error {
+	s.pub = pub
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Zero() {
+	for i := range s.sec {
+		s.sec[i] = 0
+	}
+}
+
+
+func (s *testSigner) ECDH(pubkey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	return frand.Bytes(32), nil
+}
+
+func (s *testSigner) Generate() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ signer.I = (*testSigner)(nil)
--- a/pkg/app/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/app/config/config.go
@@ -26,26 +26,27 @@ import (
 // and default values. It defines parameters for app behaviour, storage
 // locations, logging, and network settings used across the relay service.
 type C struct {
-	AppName        string        `env:"ORLY_APP_NAME" default:"orly"`
-	Config         string        `env:"ORLY_CONFIG_DIR" usage:"location for configuration file, which has the name '.env' to make it harder to delete, and is a standard environment KEY=value<newline>... style" default:"~/.config/orly"`
-	State          string        `env:"ORLY_STATE_DATA_DIR" usage:"storage location for state data affected by dynamic interactive interfaces" default:"~/.local/state/orly"`
-	DataDir        string        `env:"ORLY_DATA_DIR" usage:"storage location for the event store" default:"~/.local/cache/orly"`
-	Listen         string        `env:"ORLY_LISTEN" default:"0.0.0.0" usage:"network listen address"`
-	Port           int           `env:"ORLY_PORT" default:"3334" usage:"port to listen on"`
-	LogLevel       string        `env:"ORLY_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
-	DbLogLevel     string        `env:"ORLY_DB_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
-	Pprof          string        `env:"ORLY_PPROF" usage:"enable pprof on 127.0.0.1:6060" enum:"cpu,memory,allocation"`
-	AuthRequired   bool          `env:"ORLY_AUTH_REQUIRED" default:"false" usage:"require authentication for all requests"`
-	PublicReadable bool          `env:"ORLY_PUBLIC_READABLE" default:"true" usage:"allow public read access to regardless of whether the client is authed"`
-	SpiderSeeds    []string      `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_SEEDS" usage:"seeds to use for the spider (relays that are looked up initially to find owner relay lists) (comma separated)" default:"wss://profiles.nostr1.com/,wss://relay.nostr.band/,wss://relay.damus.io/,wss://nostr.wine/,wss://nostr.land/,wss://theforest.nostr1.com/"`
-	SpiderType     string        `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_TYPE" usage:"whether to spider, and what degree of spidering: none, directory, follows (follows means to the second degree of the follow graph)" default:"directory"`
-	SpiderTime     time.Duration `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_FREQUENCY" usage:"how often to run the spider, uses notation 0h0m0s" default:"1h"`
-	Owners         []string      `env:"ORLY_OWNERS" usage:"list of users whose follow lists designate whitelisted users who can publish events, and who can read if public readable is false (comma separated)"`
-	Private        bool          `env:"ORLY_PRIVATE" usage:"do not spider for user metadata because the relay is private and this would leak relay memberships" default:"false"`
-	Whitelist      []string      `env:"ORLY_WHITELIST" usage:"only allow connections from this list of IP addresses"`
-	Blacklist      []string      `env:"ORLY_BLACKLIST" usage:"list of pubkeys to block when auth is not required (comma separated)"`
-	RelaySecret    string        `env:"ORLY_SECRET_KEY" usage:"secret key for relay cluster replication authentication"`
-	PeerRelays     []string      `env:"ORLY_PEER_RELAYS" usage:"list of peer relays URLs that new events are pushed to in format <pubkey>|<url>"`
+	AppName            string        `env:"ORLY_APP_NAME" default:"orly"`
+	Config             string        `env:"ORLY_CONFIG_DIR" usage:"location for configuration file, which has the name '.env' to make it harder to delete, and is a standard environment KEY=value<newline>... style" default:"~/.config/orly"`
+	State              string        `env:"ORLY_STATE_DATA_DIR" usage:"storage location for state data affected by dynamic interactive interfaces" default:"~/.local/state/orly"`
+	DataDir            string        `env:"ORLY_DATA_DIR" usage:"storage location for the event store" default:"~/.local/cache/orly"`
+	Listen             string        `env:"ORLY_LISTEN" default:"0.0.0.0" usage:"network listen address"`
+	Port               int           `env:"ORLY_PORT" default:"3334" usage:"port to listen on"`
+	LogLevel           string        `env:"ORLY_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
+	DbLogLevel         string        `env:"ORLY_DB_LOG_LEVEL" default:"info" usage:"debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace"`
+	Pprof              string        `env:"ORLY_PPROF" usage:"enable pprof on 127.0.0.1:6060" enum:"cpu,memory,allocation"`
+	AuthRequired       bool          `env:"ORLY_AUTH_REQUIRED" default:"false" usage:"require authentication for all requests"`
+	PublicReadable     bool          `env:"ORLY_PUBLIC_READABLE" default:"true" usage:"allow public read access to regardless of whether the client is authed"`
+	SpiderSeeds        []string      `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_SEEDS" usage:"seeds to use for the spider (relays that are looked up initially to find owner relay lists) (comma separated)" default:"wss://profiles.nostr1.com/,wss://relay.nostr.band/,wss://relay.damus.io/,wss://nostr.wine/,wss://nostr.land/,wss://theforest.nostr1.com/,wss://profiles.nostr1.com/"`
+	SpiderType         string        `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_TYPE" usage:"whether to spider, and what degree of spidering: none, directory, follows (follows means to the second degree of the follow graph)" default:"directory"`
+	SpiderTime         time.Duration `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_FREQUENCY" usage:"how often to run the spider, uses notation 0h0m0s" default:"1h"`
+	SpiderSecondDegree bool          `env:"ORLY_SPIDER_SECOND_DEGREE" default:"true" usage:"whether to enable spidering the second degree of follows for non-directory events if ORLY_SPIDER_TYPE is set to 'follows'"`
+	Owners             []string      `env:"ORLY_OWNERS" usage:"list of users whose follow lists designate whitelisted users who can publish events, and who can read if public readable is false (comma separated)"`
+	Private            bool          `env:"ORLY_PRIVATE" usage:"do not spider for user metadata because the relay is private and this would leak relay memberships" default:"false"`
+	Whitelist          []string      `env:"ORLY_WHITELIST" usage:"only allow connections from this list of IP addresses"`
+	Blacklist          []string      `env:"ORLY_BLACKLIST" usage:"list of pubkeys to block when auth is not required (comma separated)"`
+	RelaySecret        string        `env:"ORLY_SECRET_KEY" usage:"secret key for relay cluster replication authentication"`
+	PeerRelays         []string      `env:"ORLY_PEER_RELAYS" usage:"list of peer relays URLs that new events are pushed to in format <pubkey>|<url>"`
 }

 // New creates and initializes a new configuration object for the relay
--- a/pkg/app/relay/spider-fetch.go
+++ b/pkg/app/relay/spider-fetch.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 			l := &lim
 			var since *timestamp.T
 			if k == nil {
-				since = timestamp.FromTime(time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour))
+				since = timestamp.FromTime(time.Now().Add(-1 * s.C.SpiderTime * 3 / 2))
 			} else {
 				l = nil
 			}
--- a/pkg/app/relay/spider.go
+++ b/pkg/app/relay/spider.go
@@ -103,13 +103,32 @@ func (s *Server) Spider(noFetch ...bool) (err error) {
 				if s.C.SpiderType == "directory" {
 					k = kinds.New(
 						kind.ProfileMetadata, kind.RelayListMetadata,
-						kind.DMRelaysList,
+						kind.DMRelaysList, kind.MuteList,
 					)
 				}
-				everyone := append(ownersFollowed, followedFollows...)
+				everyone := ownersFollowed
+				if s.C.SpiderSecondDegree &&
+					(s.C.SpiderType == "follows" ||
+						s.C.SpiderType == "directory") {
+					everyone = append(ownersFollowed, followedFollows...)
+				}
 				_, _ = s.SpiderFetch(
 					k, false, true, everyone...,
 				)
+				// get the directory events also for second degree if spider
+				// type is directory but second degree is disabled, so all
+				// directory data is available for all whitelisted users.
+				if !s.C.SpiderSecondDegree && s.C.SpiderType == "directory" {
+					k = kinds.New(
+						kind.ProfileMetadata, kind.RelayListMetadata,
+						kind.DMRelaysList, kind.MuteList,
+					)
+					everyone = append(ownersFollowed, followedFollows...)
+					_, _ = s.SpiderFetch(
+						k, false, true, everyone...,
+					)
+
+				}
 			}()
 		}
 	}()
--- a/pkg/version/version
+++ b/pkg/version/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.4.8
+v0.4.14
--- a/readme.adoc
+++ b/readme.adoc
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ and https://github.com/fiatjaf/relayer[fiatjaf/relayer] aimed at maximum perform

 == Features

-* a lot of bits and pieces accumulated from nearly 8 years of working with Go, logging and run control, XDG user data directories (windows, mac, linux, android) (todo: this is mostly built and designed but not currently available)
-* a cleaned up and unified fork of the btcd/dcred BIP-340 signatures, including the use of bitcoin core's BIP-340 implementation (more than 4x faster than btcd) (todo: ECDH from the C library tbd). (todo: HTTP API not in this repo yet but coming soon TM)
+* a lot of bits and pieces accumulated from nearly 8 years of working with Go, logging and run control, XDG user data directories (windows, mac, linux, android)
+* a cleaned up and unified fork of the btcd/dcred BIP-340 signatures, including the use of bitcoin core's BIP-340 implementation (more than 4x faster than btcd) (todo: ECDH from the C library tbd).
 * AVX/AVX2 optimized SHA256 and SIMD hex encoder
 * https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1[libsecp256k1]-enabled signature and signature verification (see link:p256k/README.md[here]).
-* efficient, mutable byte slice-based hash/pubkey/signature encoding in memory (zero allocation decode from wire, can tolerate whitespace, at a speed penalty)
-* custom badger-based event store with an optional garbage collector that uses fast binary encoder for storage of events.
+* efficient, mutable byte slice-based hash/pubkey/signature encoding in memory (zero allocation decode from wire of all but id/pubkey/signature, can tolerate whitespace, at a speed penalty)
+* custom badger-based event store that uses fast binary encoder for storage of events, and has a complete set of indexes so it doesn't need to decode events for any query until delivering them.
 * link:cmd/vainstr[vainstr] vanity npub generator that can mine a 5-letter suffix in around 15 minutes on a 6 core Ryzen 5 processor using the CGO bitcoin core signature library.
 * reverse proxy tool link:cmd/lerproxy[lerproxy] with support for Go vanity imports and https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/05.md[nip-05] npub DNS verification and own TLS certificates
 * link:https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/98.md[nip-98] implementation with new expiring variant for vanilla HTTP tools and browsers.
@@ -85,6 +85,46 @@ To see the current active configuration:
 orly env
 ----

+To see the help information:
+
+----
+orly help
+----
+
+Environment variables that configure orly:
+
+[cols="4"]
+|===
+| Environment variable | type | default | description 
+| ORLY_APP_NAME              | string         | orly |
+| ORLY_CONFIG_DIR            | string         | ~/.config/orly                                                                                                                            | location for configuration file, which has the name '.env' to make it harder to delete, and is a standard environment KEY=value<newline>... style
+| ORLY_STATE_DATA_DIR        | string         | ~/.local/state/orly                                                                                                                       | storage location for state data affected by dynamic interactive interfaces
+| ORLY_DATA_DIR              | string         | ~/.local/cache/orly                                                                                                                       | storage location for the event store
+| ORLY_LISTEN                | string         | 0.0.0.0                                                                                                                                   | network listen address
+| ORLY_PORT                  | int            | 3334                                                                                                                                      | port to listen on
+| ORLY_LOG_LEVEL             | string         | info                                                                                                                                      | debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace
+| ORLY_DB_LOG_LEVEL          | string         | info                                                                                                                                      | debug level: fatal error warn info debug trace
+| ORLY_PPROF                 | string         | <empty>                                                                                                                                   | enable pprof on 127.0.0.1:6060
+| ORLY_AUTH_REQUIRED         | bool           | false                                                                                                                                     | require authentication for all requests
+| ORLY_PUBLIC_READABLE       | bool           | true                                                                                                                                      | allow public read access to regardless of whether the client is authed
+| ORLY_SPIDER_SEEDS          | []string       | wss://profiles.nostr1.com/,
+wss://relay.nostr.band/,
+wss://relay.damus.io/,
+wss://nostr.wine/,
+wss://nostr.land/,
+wss://theforest.nostr1.com/,
+wss://profiles.nostr1.com
+| seeds to use for the spider (relays that are looked up initially to find owner relay lists) (comma separated)
+| ORLY_SPIDER_TYPE           | string         | directory                                                                                                                                 | whether to spider, and what degree of spidering: none, directory, follows (follows means to the second degree of the follow graph)
+| ORLY_SPIDER_FREQUENCY      | time.Duration  | 1h                                                                                                                                        | how often to run the spider, uses notation 0h0m0s
+| ORLY_SPIDER_SECOND_DEGREE  | bool           | true                                                                                                                                      | whether to enable spidering the second degree of follows for non-directory events if ORLY_SPIDER_TYPE is set to 'follows'
+| ORLY_OWNERS                | []string       | []                                                                                                                                        | list of users whose follow lists designate whitelisted users who can publish events, and who can read if public readable is false (comma separated)
+| ORLY_PRIVATE               | bool           | false                                                                                                                                     | do not spider for user metadata because the relay is private and this would leak relay memberships
+| ORLY_WHITELIST             | []string       | []                                                                                                                                        | only allow connections from this list of IP addresses
+| ORLY_SECRET_KEY            | string         | <empty>                                                                                                                                   | secret key for relay cluster replication authentication
+| ORLY_PEER_RELAYS           | []string       | []                                                                                                                                        | list of peer relays URLs that new events are pushed to in format <pubkey>\|<url>
+|===
+
 === Create Persistent Configuration

 This output can be directed to the profile location to make the settings editable without manually setting them on the
@@ -122,8 +162,6 @@ messages and it uses and parses relay lists, and all that other stuff.
 [#_simplified_nostr]
 === Simplified Nostr

-NOTE: this is not currently implemented. coming soon TM
-
 Rather than write a text that will likely fall out of date very quickly, simply run `orly` and visit its listener
 address (eg link:http://localhost:3334/api[http://localhost:3334/api]) to see the full documentation.