diff --git a/node/Cargo.lock b/node/Cargo.lock
index 271ab2452..400544aa2 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.lock
+++ b/node/Cargo.lock
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -373,6 +379,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.3"
@@ -396,6 +408,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.82"
@@ -446,6 +464,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "effd91f6c78e5a4ace8a5d3c0b6bfaec9e2baaef55f3efc00e45fb2e477ee926"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdf919175532b369853f5d5e20b26b43112613fd6fe7aee757e35f7a44642656"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defaa24ecc093c77630e6c15e17c51f5e187bf35ee514f4e2d67baaa96dae22b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -566,6 +611,75 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "itertools",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce6fd6f855243022dcecf8702fef0c297d4338e226845fe067f6341ad9fa0cef"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae211234986c545741a7dc064309f67ee1e5ad243d0e48335adc0484d960bcc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "memoffset",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -575,6 +689,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-serialize",
  "blst",
+ "criterion",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "hex",
  "num-traits",
@@ -918,6 +1033,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1067,6 +1188,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c5f195fe497f702db0f318b07fdd68edb16955aed830df8363d837542f8f935a"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1189,6 +1319,15 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a634b1c61a95585bd15607c6ab0c4e5b226e695ff2800ba0cdccddf208c406c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1321,6 +1460,12 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1441,6 +1586,34 @@ version = "3.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3d7ddaed09e0eb771a79ab0fd64609ba0afb0a8366421957936ad14cbd13630"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2c224ba00d7cadd4d5c660deaf2098e5e80e07846537c51f9cfa4be50c1fd45"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e76628b4d3a7581389a35d5b6e2139607ad7c75b17aed325f210aa91f4a9609"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38f6d39893cca0701371e3c27294f09797214b86f1fb951b89ade8ec04e2abab"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -1729,6 +1902,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c27db03db7734835b3f53954b534c91069375ce6ccaa2e065441e07d9b6cdb1"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ce3fb6ad83f861aac485e76e1985cd109d9a3713802152be56c3b1f0e0658ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1848,6 +2041,15 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schema"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2203,6 +2405,16 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7300fbefb4dadc1af235a9cef3737cea692a9d97e1b9cbcd4ebdae6f8868e6fb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.32.0"
@@ -2416,6 +2628,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d71d857dc86794ca4c280d616f7da00d2dbfd8cd788846559a6813e6aa4b54ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2431,6 +2653,70 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7706a72ab36d8cb1f80ffbf0e071533974a60d0a308d01a5d0375bf60499a342"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ef2b6d3c510e9625e5fe6f509ab07d66a760f0885d858736483c32ed7809abd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.32",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dee495e55982a3bd48105a7b947fd2a9b4a8ae3010041b9e0faab3f9cd028f1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.32",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca6ad05a4870b2bf5fe995117d3728437bd27d7cd5f06f13c17443ef369775a1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
 version = "4.4.0"
@@ -2458,6 +2744,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml b/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 8dcf402ec..6a827f90b 100644
--- a/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/libs/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@ hex.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.5.1"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench"
+harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node/libs/crypto/benches/bench.rs b/node/libs/crypto/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07145c973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/libs/crypto/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+extern crate crypto;
+
+use std::iter::repeat_with;
+
+use criterion::{Criterion, criterion_group, criterion_main};
+use rand::Rng;
+
+fn bench_bn254(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    use crypto::bn254::*;
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("bn254");
+    group.bench_function("100 sig aggregation", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let sks: Vec<SecretKey> = repeat_with(|| rng.gen::<SecretKey>()).take(100).collect();
+            let pks: Vec<PublicKey> = sks.iter().map(|k| k.public()).collect();
+            let msg = rng.gen::<[u8; 32]>();
+            let sigs: Vec<Signature> = sks.iter().map(|k| k.sign(&msg)).collect();
+            let agg = AggregateSignature::aggregate(&sigs);
+            agg.verify(pks.iter().map(|pk| (&msg[..], pk))).unwrap()
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+fn bench_bls12_381(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    use crypto::bls12_381::*;
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("bls12_381");
+    group.bench_function("100 sig aggregation", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let sks: Vec<SecretKey> = repeat_with(|| rng.gen::<SecretKey>()).take(100).collect();
+            let pks: Vec<PublicKey> = sks.iter().map(|k| k.public()).collect();
+            let msg = rng.gen::<[u8; 32]>();
+            let sigs: Vec<Signature> = sks.iter().map(|k| k.sign(&msg)).collect();
+            let agg = AggregateSignature::aggregate(&sigs)?;
+            agg.verify(pks.iter().map(|pk| (&msg[..], pk)))
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench_bls12_381, bench_bn254);
+criterion_main!(benches);