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Introduce as_inner on XOnlyPublicKey

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

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Introduce as_inner on XOnlyPublicKey

In many cases, we only need a reference to the inner key on an
XOnlyPublicKey. Since XOnlyPublicKey is Copy, fn(self) has a copy
overhead on each use. as_inner, taking &self doesn't have this
overhead.

Introduce an as_inner() function to take &self and return a ref to the
inner secp256k1::XOnlyPublicKey value.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a small performance helper method called as_inner() to the XOnlyPublicKey type and switches existing internal code to use it instead of a method that copies the key. There is no security issue here; it is a routine optimization to avoid unnecessary copying.

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No security action needed. Treat as a normal code-quality/performance improvement.

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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