Benchmarking Bitcoin Script Evaluation for the Varops Budget (Great Script Restoration)

[Julian]

@AntoineP

Last time i checked 3DUP RIPEMD160 DROP RIPEMD160 DROP RIPEMD160 DROP a maximum size stack element over and over was the highest validation time per witness byte i could get.

Yes RIPEMD160 of 520 byte elements is often the worst case (depends on the machine), this is why it also stays limited to 520 byte arguments in the new tapleaf version.