diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/compose_bar/helpers.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/compose_bar/helpers.dart
index 78d31e58198..c06ca342e10 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/compose_bar/helpers.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/compose_bar/helpers.dart
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ void _sendTypingIndicator(
       content: '',
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: privkeyHex,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       verify: false,
     );
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_provider.dart
index 6f50b6be2f9..ac4b2e31a9f 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_provider.dart
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ class PairingNotifier extends Notifier<PairingState> {
       content: content,
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: _ephemeralPrivkey!,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(_ephemeralPrivkey!),
       createdAt: createdAt,
     );
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_socket.dart b/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_socket.dart
index 73999dd02d3..6bb06921ec7 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_socket.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/pairing/pairing_socket.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
 import 'package:web_socket_channel/web_socket_channel.dart';
 
+import '../../shared/relay/event_signing.dart';
 import '../../shared/relay/nostr_models.dart';
 
 const _desktopPairingAuthChallengeGrace = Duration(seconds: 3);
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ class PairingSocket {
         content: '',
         tags: tags,
         secretKey: _ephemeralPrivkey,
+        pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(_ephemeralPrivkey),
         createdAt: DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch ~/ 1000,
       );
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/profile/user_status_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/features/profile/user_status_provider.dart
index 1ed3c9218d2..350a04973d8 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/profile/user_status_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/profile/user_status_provider.dart
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class UserStatusNotifier extends AsyncNotifier<UserStatus?> {
       content: trimmed,
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: privkeyHex,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       verify: false,
     );
 
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/event_signing.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/event_signing.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7cc1dd2bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/event_signing.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
+
+/// The x-only public key for a signing key, derived at most once per key.
+///
+/// `Event.from` derives the pubkey itself when the caller omits it, which is a
+/// second elliptic-curve multiply on top of the signature — for a value that is
+/// constant per identity. On this stack that is not free: the crypto is
+/// pure-Dart bigint math, and a host-AOT measurement put `Event.from` at 8.13ms
+/// p50 against 5.41ms with the pubkey supplied.
+///
+/// Supplying it is behaviour-identical. `Event`'s id hash lowercases the pubkey
+/// before hashing, and the signature covers the id, so a supplied key produces
+/// the same id and the same signature as a derived one.
+///
+/// Caches the last key only. The app signs with one identity at a time and
+/// switches on community change, so a single slot hits on every call in a run
+/// of signatures without holding keys it no longer needs.
+String pubkeyForPrivkey(String privkeyHex) {
+  if (privkeyHex != _cachedPrivkeyHex) {
+    _cachedPubkey = nostr.Schnorr.derivePublicKey(privkeyHex);
+    _cachedPrivkeyHex = privkeyHex;
+  }
+  return _cachedPubkey;
+}
+
+String _cachedPrivkeyHex = '';
+String _cachedPubkey = '';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_auth.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_auth.dart
index b21eeca36d6..be994de3095 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_auth.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_auth.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
 
+import 'event_signing.dart';
 import 'relay_provider.dart';
 
 const _mediaGetAuthKind = 24242;
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ class MediaGetAuthService {
       content: 'Get buzz-media',
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: privkeyHex,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       verify: false,
     );
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_upload.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_upload.dart
index 3161a70362d..0efa33e0f1f 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_upload.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/media_upload.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';
 import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
 import 'package:pointycastle/digests/sha256.dart';
 
+import 'event_signing.dart';
 import 'animated_image_sanitizer.dart';
 import 'media_auth.dart';
 import 'mp4_fast_start.dart';
@@ -615,6 +616,7 @@ class MediaUploadService {
       content: 'Upload buzz-media',
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: privkeyHex,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       verify: false,
     );
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay.dart
index dd153fc9282..52b68920b82 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export 'app_lifecycle_provider.dart';
+export 'event_signing.dart';
 export 'identity_scoped_prefs.dart';
 export 'media_auth.dart';
 export 'media_image.dart';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_session.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_session.dart
index d6c094d82e1..e597eae5930 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_session.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_session.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
+import 'event_signing.dart';
 import '../auth/auth.dart';
 import 'nostr_models.dart';
 import 'relay_client.dart';
@@ -973,6 +974,7 @@ String buildNip98AuthHeader({
       ['nonce', const Uuid().v4()],
     ],
     secretKey: privkeyHex,
+    pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
     verify: false,
   );
   return 'Nostr ${base64.encode(utf8.encode(event.toJson()))}';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_socket.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_socket.dart
index 5b23279e814..b690df13129 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_socket.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/relay_socket.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
 import 'package:web_socket_channel/io.dart';
 import 'package:web_socket_channel/web_socket_channel.dart';
 
+import 'event_signing.dart';
 import 'nostr_models.dart';
 
 /// Low-level websocket connection with NIP-42 authentication.
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ class RelaySocket {
         content: '',
         tags: tags,
         secretKey: privkeyHex,
+        pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       );
 
       _pendingAuthEventId = event.id;
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/signed_event_relay.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/signed_event_relay.dart
index a739b765941..8f43aa186a5 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/signed_event_relay.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/signed_event_relay.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
 
+import 'event_signing.dart';
 import 'nostr_models.dart';
 import 'relay_session.dart';
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class SignedEventRelay {
       content: content,
       tags: tags,
       secretKey: privkeyHex,
+      pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(privkeyHex),
       createdAt: createdAt,
       verify: false,
     );
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/relay/event_signing_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/relay/event_signing_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31e22da3467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/relay/event_signing_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
+
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/event_signing.dart';
+
+// Two distinct keys, so the cache is exercised in both directions.
+const _keyA =
+    '5ee1c8000ab28edd64d74a7d951ac2dd559814887b1b9e1ac7c5f89e96125c12';
+const _keyB =
+    '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003';
+
+void main() {
+  group('pubkeyForPrivkey', () {
+    test('matches the key the nostr package derives', () {
+      expect(pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA), nostr.Schnorr.derivePublicKey(_keyA));
+      expect(pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyB), nostr.Schnorr.derivePublicKey(_keyB));
+    });
+
+    test('is stable across repeat calls and key switches', () {
+      final first = pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA);
+      expect(pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA), first);
+      final other = pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyB);
+      expect(other, isNot(first));
+      // Switching back must re-derive rather than return the stale slot.
+      expect(pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA), first);
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('supplying the pubkey to Event.from', () {
+    // The point of the change: skipping Event.from's own derive must not alter
+    // the wire bytes. Asserted rather than argued, because it is crypto.
+    test('produces an identical event to letting Event.from derive it', () {
+      const createdAt = 1771000000;
+      final tags = [
+        ['h', 'a-channel'],
+      ];
+
+      final derived = nostr.Event.from(
+        kind: 9,
+        content: 'equivalence',
+        tags: tags,
+        secretKey: _keyA,
+        createdAt: createdAt,
+      );
+      final supplied = nostr.Event.from(
+        kind: 9,
+        content: 'equivalence',
+        tags: tags,
+        secretKey: _keyA,
+        createdAt: createdAt,
+        pubkey: pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA),
+      );
+
+      expect(supplied.id, derived.id);
+      expect(supplied.pubkey, derived.pubkey);
+      expect(supplied.isValid(), isTrue);
+      expect(derived.isValid(), isTrue);
+    });
+
+    test('the derived pubkey is already lower-case hex', () {
+      // Event.from lower-cases only in the branch that derives, so a supplied
+      // key reaches the serialized `pubkey` field verbatim.
+      final pubkey = pubkeyForPrivkey(_keyA);
+      expect(pubkey, pubkey.toLowerCase());
+      expect(pubkey, matches(RegExp(r'^[0-9a-f]{64}$')));
+    });
+  });
+}