draft test and benchmark code for BLS PoS

Signed-off-by: Csaba Kiraly <csaba.kiraly@gmail.com>

dagger/storageproofs/benchmark.nim

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+import times, strutils
+
+template benchmark*(benchmarkName: string, code: untyped) =
+  let t0 = epochTime()
+  code
+  let elapsed = epochTime() - t0
+  let elapsedStr = elapsed.formatFloat(format = ffDecimal, precision = 3)
+  echo "CPU Time [", benchmarkName, "] ", elapsedStr, "s"

dagger/storageproofs/testbls.nim

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+## Nim-POS
+## Copyright (c) 2021 Status Research & Development GmbH
+## Licensed under either of
+##  * Apache License, version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE))
+##  * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT))
+## at your option.
+## This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to
+## those terms.
+
+import bls
+import random
+import benchmark
+import strutils
+
+proc testbls() : bool =
+  benchmark "Key generation":
+    let (spk, ssk) = bls.keygen()
+
+  benchmark "Auth generation":
+    let (tau, authenticators) = bls.st(ssk, "example.txt")
+  #echo "Auth: ", authenticators
+
+  benchmark "Generating challenge...":
+    let q = bls.generateQuery(tau, spk)
+  #echo "Generated!" #, " q:", q
+
+  benchmark "Issuing proof...":
+    let (mu, sigma) = bls.generateProof(q, authenticators, spk, "example.txt")
+  #echo "Issued!" #, " mu:", mu, " sigma:", sigma
+
+  benchmark "Verifying proof...":
+    result = bls.verifyProof(tau, q, mu, sigma, spk)
+  echo "Result: ", result
+
+randomize()
+let r = testbls()