Comment by age123456gpg

Prefix check is a fast operation compared to candidate key generation so checking several prefixes adds a small overhead compared to checking just one.

Wildcard support has low value for the use case in my opinion, compare:

    helloyebjctfjivalxn343gppksrzdpm33qzmeeq4qnqwgrgqy75zoqd.onion
    qbtlzwabvvkvmogjy2wdvnn6gq55463jhellobwtnjsinvtxsur67oad.onion