diff --git a/src/msm.rs b/src/msm.rs
index de30be55..cf6ed4d4 100644
--- a/src/msm.rs
+++ b/src/msm.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,55 @@
+use std::ops::Neg;
+
 use ff::PrimeField;
 use group::Group;
 use pasta_curves::arithmetic::CurveAffine;
 
 use crate::multicore;
 
+fn get_booth_index(window_index: usize, window_size: usize, el: &[u8]) -> i32 {
+    // Booth encoding:
+    // * step by `window` size
+    // * slice by size of `window + 1``
+    // * each window overlap by 1 bit
+    // * append a zero bit to the least significant end
+    // Indexing rule for example window size 3 where we slice by 4 bits:
+    // `[0, +1, +1, +2, +2, +3, +3, +4, -4, -3, -3 -2, -2, -1, -1, 0]``
+    // So we can reduce the bucket size without preprocessing scalars
+    // and remembering them as in classic signed digit encoding
+
+    let skip_bits = (window_index * window_size).saturating_sub(1);
+    let skip_bytes = skip_bits / 8;
+
+    // fill into a u32
+    let mut v: [u8; 4] = [0; 4];
+    for (dst, src) in v.iter_mut().zip(el.iter().skip(skip_bytes)) {
+        *dst = *src
+    }
+    let mut tmp = u32::from_le_bytes(v);
+
+    // pad with one 0 if slicing the least significant window
+    if window_index == 0 {
+        tmp <<= 1;
+    }
+
+    // remove further bits
+    tmp >>= skip_bits - (skip_bytes * 8);
+    // apply the booth window
+    tmp &= (1 << (window_size + 1)) - 1;
+
+    let sign = tmp & (1 << window_size) == 0;
+
+    // div ceil by 2
+    tmp = (tmp + 1) >> 1;
+
+    // find the booth action index
+    if sign {
+        tmp as i32
+    } else {
+        ((!(tmp - 1) & ((1 << window_size) - 1)) as i32).neg()
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn multiexp_serial<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C], acc: &mut C::Curve) {
     let coeffs: Vec<_> = coeffs.iter().map(|a| a.to_repr()).collect();
 
@@ -15,29 +61,9 @@ pub fn multiexp_serial<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C], acc: &
         (f64::from(bases.len() as u32)).ln().ceil() as usize
     };
 
-    fn get_at<F: PrimeField>(segment: usize, c: usize, bytes: &F::Repr) -> usize {
-        let skip_bits = segment * c;
-        let skip_bytes = skip_bits / 8;
-
-        if skip_bytes >= 32 {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        let mut v = [0; 8];
-        for (v, o) in v.iter_mut().zip(bytes.as_ref()[skip_bytes..].iter()) {
-            *v = *o;
-        }
+    let number_of_windows = C::Scalar::NUM_BITS as usize / c + 1;
 
-        let mut tmp = u64::from_le_bytes(v);
-        tmp >>= skip_bits - (skip_bytes * 8);
-        tmp %= 1 << c;
-
-        tmp as usize
-    }
-
-    let segments = (256 / c) + 1;
-
-    for current_segment in (0..segments).rev() {
+    for current_window in (0..number_of_windows).rev() {
         for _ in 0..c {
             *acc = acc.double();
         }
@@ -73,12 +99,15 @@ pub fn multiexp_serial<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C], acc: &
             }
         }
 
-        let mut buckets: Vec<Bucket<C>> = vec![Bucket::None; (1 << c) - 1];
+        let mut buckets: Vec<Bucket<C>> = vec![Bucket::None; 1 << (c - 1)];
 
         for (coeff, base) in coeffs.iter().zip(bases.iter()) {
-            let coeff = get_at::<C::Scalar>(current_segment, c, coeff);
-            if coeff != 0 {
-                buckets[coeff - 1].add_assign(base);
+            let coeff = get_booth_index(current_window as usize, c, coeff.as_ref());
+            if coeff.is_positive() {
+                buckets[coeff as usize - 1].add_assign(base);
+            }
+            if coeff.is_negative() {
+                buckets[coeff.unsigned_abs() as usize - 1].add_assign(&base.neg());
             }
         }
 
@@ -151,3 +180,220 @@ pub fn best_multiexp<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C]) -> C::Cu
         acc
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+
+    use std::ops::Neg;
+
+    use crate::{
+        bn256::{Fr, G1Affine, G1},
+        multicore,
+    };
+    use ark_std::{end_timer, start_timer};
+    use ff::{Field, PrimeField};
+    use group::{Curve, Group};
+    use pasta_curves::arithmetic::CurveAffine;
+    use rand_core::OsRng;
+
+    // keeping older implementation it here for baseline comparision, debugging & benchmarking
+    fn best_multiexp<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C]) -> C::Curve {
+        assert_eq!(coeffs.len(), bases.len());
+
+        let num_threads = multicore::current_num_threads();
+        if coeffs.len() > num_threads {
+            let chunk = coeffs.len() / num_threads;
+            let num_chunks = coeffs.chunks(chunk).len();
+            let mut results = vec![C::Curve::identity(); num_chunks];
+            multicore::scope(|scope| {
+                let chunk = coeffs.len() / num_threads;
+
+                for ((coeffs, bases), acc) in coeffs
+                    .chunks(chunk)
+                    .zip(bases.chunks(chunk))
+                    .zip(results.iter_mut())
+                {
+                    scope.spawn(move |_| {
+                        multiexp_serial(coeffs, bases, acc);
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+            results.iter().fold(C::Curve::identity(), |a, b| a + b)
+        } else {
+            let mut acc = C::Curve::identity();
+            multiexp_serial(coeffs, bases, &mut acc);
+            acc
+        }
+    }
+
+    // keeping older implementation it here for baseline comparision, debugging & benchmarking
+    fn multiexp_serial<C: CurveAffine>(coeffs: &[C::Scalar], bases: &[C], acc: &mut C::Curve) {
+        let coeffs: Vec<_> = coeffs.iter().map(|a| a.to_repr()).collect();
+
+        let c = if bases.len() < 4 {
+            1
+        } else if bases.len() < 32 {
+            3
+        } else {
+            (f64::from(bases.len() as u32)).ln().ceil() as usize
+        };
+
+        fn get_at<F: PrimeField>(segment: usize, c: usize, bytes: &F::Repr) -> usize {
+            let skip_bits = segment * c;
+            let skip_bytes = skip_bits / 8;
+
+            if skip_bytes >= 32 {
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            let mut v = [0; 8];
+            for (v, o) in v.iter_mut().zip(bytes.as_ref()[skip_bytes..].iter()) {
+                *v = *o;
+            }
+
+            let mut tmp = u64::from_le_bytes(v);
+            tmp >>= skip_bits - (skip_bytes * 8);
+            tmp %= 1 << c;
+
+            tmp as usize
+        }
+
+        let segments = (256 / c) + 1;
+
+        for current_segment in (0..segments).rev() {
+            for _ in 0..c {
+                *acc = acc.double();
+            }
+
+            #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+            enum Bucket<C: CurveAffine> {
+                None,
+                Affine(C),
+                Projective(C::Curve),
+            }
+
+            impl<C: CurveAffine> Bucket<C> {
+                fn add_assign(&mut self, other: &C) {
+                    *self = match *self {
+                        Bucket::None => Bucket::Affine(*other),
+                        Bucket::Affine(a) => Bucket::Projective(a + *other),
+                        Bucket::Projective(mut a) => {
+                            a += *other;
+                            Bucket::Projective(a)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                fn add(self, mut other: C::Curve) -> C::Curve {
+                    match self {
+                        Bucket::None => other,
+                        Bucket::Affine(a) => {
+                            other += a;
+                            other
+                        }
+                        Bucket::Projective(a) => other + a,
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            let mut buckets: Vec<Bucket<C>> = vec![Bucket::None; (1 << c) - 1];
+
+            for (coeff, base) in coeffs.iter().zip(bases.iter()) {
+                let coeff = get_at::<C::Scalar>(current_segment, c, coeff);
+                if coeff != 0 {
+                    buckets[coeff - 1].add_assign(base);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Summation by parts
+            // e.g. 3a + 2b + 1c = a +
+            //                    (a) + b +
+            //                    ((a) + b) + c
+            let mut running_sum = C::Curve::identity();
+            for exp in buckets.into_iter().rev() {
+                running_sum = exp.add(running_sum);
+                *acc += &running_sum;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_booth_encoding() {
+        fn mul(scalar: &Fr, point: &G1Affine, window: usize) -> G1Affine {
+            let u = scalar.to_repr();
+            let n = Fr::NUM_BITS as usize / window + 1;
+
+            let table = (0..=1 << (window - 1))
+                .map(|i| point * Fr::from(i as u64))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            let mut acc = G1::identity();
+            for i in (0..n).rev() {
+                for _ in 0..window {
+                    acc = acc.double();
+                }
+
+                let idx = super::get_booth_index(i as usize, window, u.as_ref());
+
+                if idx.is_negative() {
+                    acc += table[idx.unsigned_abs() as usize].neg();
+                }
+                if idx.is_positive() {
+                    acc += table[idx.unsigned_abs() as usize];
+                }
+            }
+
+            acc.to_affine()
+        }
+
+        let (scalars, points): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = (0..10)
+            .map(|_| {
+                let scalar = Fr::random(OsRng);
+                let point = G1Affine::random(OsRng);
+                (scalar, point)
+            })
+            .unzip();
+
+        for window in 1..10 {
+            for (scalar, point) in scalars.iter().zip(points.iter()) {
+                let c0 = mul(scalar, point, window);
+                let c1 = point * scalar;
+                assert_eq!(c0, c1.to_affine());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn run_msm_cross<C: CurveAffine>(min_k: usize, max_k: usize) {
+        let points = (0..1 << max_k)
+            .map(|_| C::Curve::random(OsRng))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let mut affine_points = vec![C::identity(); 1 << max_k];
+        C::Curve::batch_normalize(&points[..], &mut affine_points[..]);
+        let points = affine_points;
+
+        let scalars = (0..1 << max_k)
+            .map(|_| C::Scalar::random(OsRng))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        for k in min_k..=max_k {
+            let points = &points[..1 << k];
+            let scalars = &scalars[..1 << k];
+
+            let t0 = start_timer!(|| format!("w/  booth k={}", k));
+            let e0 = super::best_multiexp(scalars, points);
+            end_timer!(t0);
+
+            let t1 = start_timer!(|| format!("w/o booth k={}", k));
+            let e1 = best_multiexp(scalars, points);
+            end_timer!(t1);
+
+            assert_eq!(e0, e1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_msm_cross() {
+        run_msm_cross::<G1Affine>(10, 18);
+        // run_msm_cross::<G1Affine>(19, 23);
+    }
+}