Optimize Gas Consumption for Prediction Placement

[Yunusabdul38]

Description

Analyze and optimize the gas costs associated with placing a prediction. This is the most frequently called function and must be as efficient as possible to maintain a good user experience.

Tasks

• Profile gas usage using the Soroban CLI.
• Reduce unnecessary storage reads and writes in place_prediction.
• Minimize the size of storage keys and values.

Dependencies

• Issue Optimize Storage Usage Patterns (Ttl, Instance vs Persistent) #302
• Issue Set up Automated WASM Size Checking in CI #338

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[ayomideadeniran]

@ayomideadeniran has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 2nd wave.

I'm a backend developer and I'd like to take this issue.
I understand the requirement — profile and optimize gas usage for place_prediction, reducing storage reads/writes and key sizes.

I’ll keep it efficient and benchmark-backed.

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Hello my name is divine, I am an experienced dev and i would be happy to work on this issue. I can ensure you I would make a PR in 24 hours

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