Merge branch 'deploy/all-2026-08-24' into 'deploy/soak-2026-08-21'

deploy: land MRs 1-12 and upstream 1.2.20, as shipped in relay component

See merge request !13

33 files changed, 7836 insertions, 348 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f4045f4..e22b5a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-glfw
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-openssl
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-db
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-sqlite3
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libsodium
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nlohmann-json
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f97b73..342ec07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 ROOT    := $(shell pwd)
 NPROC   := $(shell nproc 2>/dev/null || echo 2)
 SUDO    := $(shell [ "$$(id -u)" = "0" ] && echo "" || echo "sudo")
-# Not "1.2.19". This tree is upstream v1.2.19 plus our own hardening commits and
+# Not "1.2.20". This tree is upstream v1.2.20 plus our own hardening commits and
 # a hand-merged payout ledger, so a binary built here must not be mistakable for
 # the upstream release of that number -- it names every release artifact.
-VERSION := 1.2.19+sec
+VERSION := 1.2.20+sec
 
 # ---- Pinned third-party sources -------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ VERSION := 1.2.19+sec
 # resolves the object by its own hash). Bump deliberately, and rebuild and
 # resync before shipping the result.
 #
+# The check has to decide the exit status, so each recipe below joins its
+# commands with && the whole way to the closing echo. Ending that chain with a
+# `;` meant a failed `test` only skipped the build steps: the echo still ran,
+# the target still exited 0, and make announced a pinned dependency that
+# nothing had verified.
+#
 # RandomX pin is the commit this tree has been building and syncing against
 # (post-v2.0.1 master, 2026-05-24) -- identical to upstream's pin.
 #
@@ -59,6 +65,32 @@ APPIMAGETOOL_SHA256 := ed4ce84f0d9caff66f50bcca6ff6f35aae54ce8135408b3fa33abfc3c
 
 # ---- Linux ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# RandomX used to build in $(HOME)/RandomX, and deps-randomx would rm -rf that
+# path whenever the library was missing -- deleting a tree the build did not
+# create and does not own (issue #27; a hand-managed pinned checkout there is
+# what this machine's miners build against). The default is now in-tree, like
+# secp256k1-build. A host that deliberately keeps RandomX elsewhere can set
+# RANDOMX_DIR=... explicitly; the recipe below will still never delete a
+# directory that lacks the marker file this build writes after a successful
+# build. Exported so src/Makefile's own RANDOMX_DIR ?= picks the same tree.
+#
+# Every use of it below is quoted, and the recipe rejects a value that cannot
+# name exactly one directory before it reaches anything destructive. Unquoted,
+# the marker guard could be stepped around: a value holding a glob that matches
+# two directories made `[ -d $(RANDOMX_DIR) ]` a two-argument test, which dies
+# with "unexpected operator" instead of answering, so the && short-circuited,
+# the guard was skipped, and the rm -rf below ran against every match. A value
+# holding a space or a `&&` broke the outer test the same way and reported
+# "already built". Whitespace and glob characters are refused outright rather
+# than merely quoted, because src/Makefile interpolates this same value into
+# -I$(RANDOMX_DIR)/src and -L$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build unquoted, where neither can
+# survive. A relative value is refused rather than silently made absolute: it
+# would mean two different directories to this Makefile and to src/Makefile,
+# whose cwd is src/, and a command-line assignment reaches the sub-make through
+# MAKEFLAGS, where it outranks anything exported from here.
+RANDOMX_DIR ?= $(ROOT)/randomx-build
+export RANDOMX_DIR
+
 linux: deps-linux
         $(MAKE) -C src -f Makefile -j$(NPROC)
         strip src/bitflash
@@ -78,21 +110,35 @@ linux-node: deps-linux
 
 deps-linux: deps-apt deps-secp256k1 deps-randomx
 
+# libboost-dev, not libboost-system-dev: Boost.System has been header-only
+# since 1.69 and Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute) no longer ships the -system package.
+# This tree only includes two boost headers and links no boost library. The
+# apt-get update comes first: a fresh image's package lists are empty, and
+# install then fails on the first name it cannot find.
+#
+# A failed update is deliberately not fatal: one unreachable repository should
+# not block an install the lists already on disk can satisfy. It does say so,
+# though -- "unable to locate package" several seconds later is otherwise hard
+# to connect back to it. The install is the last command in the branch, so its
+# status is the target's, and that one does abort.
 deps-apt:
         @if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+          $(SUDO) apt-get update || \
+            echo "  warning: apt-get update failed, using the package lists on disk"; \
           $(SUDO) apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git pkg-config autoconf \
             libtool libssl-dev libdb5.3++-dev libsodium-dev nlohmann-json3-dev \
-            libboost-system-dev libglfw3-dev libgl-dev python3-pil clang; \
+            libboost-dev libglfw3-dev libgl-dev libsqlite3-dev \
+            python3-pil clang; \
         else \
           echo "Not an apt system — install: g++ cmake git autoconf libtool"; \
-          echo "  libssl libdb++ libsodium nlohmann-json boost glfw3 opengl python3-pil"; \
+          echo "  libssl libdb++ libsodium nlohmann-json boost glfw3 opengl sqlite3 python3-pil"; \
         fi
 
 deps-secp256k1:
         @if [ ! -f /usr/local/lib/libsecp256k1.a ]; then \
           echo "==> building libsecp256k1"; \
-          rm -rf $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build; \
-          git init -q $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build; \
+          rm -rf $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build && \
+          git init -q $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build && \
           cd $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build && \
           git remote add origin $(SECP256K1_REPO) && \
           git fetch -q --depth 1 origin $(SECP256K1_COMMIT) && \
@@ -102,26 +148,41 @@ deps-secp256k1:
           cd $(ROOT)/secp256k1-build && ./autogen.sh && \
           ./configure --enable-module-schnorrsig --enable-module-extrakeys \
             --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-benchmark --disable-tests && \
-          make -j$(NPROC) && $(SUDO) make install && $(SUDO) ldconfig; \
+          make -j$(NPROC) && $(SUDO) make install && $(SUDO) ldconfig && \
           echo "==> libsecp256k1 done"; \
         else \
           echo "==> libsecp256k1 already installed"; \
         fi
 
 deps-randomx:
-        @if [ ! -f $(HOME)/RandomX/build/librandomx.a ]; then \
+        @ws="$$(printf ' \t')"; \
+        case "$(RANDOMX_DIR)" in \
+          "")        echo "ERROR: RANDOMX_DIR is empty"; exit 1 ;; \
+          /)         echo "ERROR: RANDOMX_DIR is /, refusing"; exit 1 ;; \
+          *[$$ws]*)  echo "ERROR: RANDOMX_DIR contains whitespace: $(RANDOMX_DIR)"; exit 1 ;; \
+          *[*?[]*)   echo "ERROR: RANDOMX_DIR contains a glob character: $(RANDOMX_DIR)"; exit 1 ;; \
+          /*)        ;; \
+          *)         echo "ERROR: RANDOMX_DIR must be an absolute path: $(RANDOMX_DIR)"; exit 1 ;; \
+        esac
+        @if [ ! -f "$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build/librandomx.a" ]; then \
+          if [ -d "$(RANDOMX_DIR)" ] && [ ! -f "$(RANDOMX_DIR)/.bitflash-built" ]; then \
+            echo "ERROR: $(RANDOMX_DIR) exists but was not created by this build"; \
+            echo "       refusing to rm -rf it -- remove it yourself or set RANDOMX_DIR"; \
+            exit 1; \
+          fi; \
           echo "==> building RandomX"; \
-          rm -rf $(HOME)/RandomX; \
-          git init -q $(HOME)/RandomX; \
-          cd $(HOME)/RandomX && \
+          rm -rf "$(RANDOMX_DIR)" && \
+          git init -q "$(RANDOMX_DIR)" && \
+          cd "$(RANDOMX_DIR)" && \
           git remote add origin $(RANDOMX_REPO) && \
           git fetch -q --depth 1 origin $(RANDOMX_COMMIT) && \
           git checkout -q --detach FETCH_HEAD && \
           test "$$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(RANDOMX_COMMIT)" && \
           echo "==> RandomX pinned at $(RANDOMX_COMMIT)" && \
-          mkdir -p $(HOME)/RandomX/build; \
-          cd $(HOME)/RandomX/build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
-          make -j$(NPROC) randomx; \
+          mkdir -p "$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build" && \
+          cd "$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build" && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
+          make -j$(NPROC) randomx && \
+          touch "$(RANDOMX_DIR)/.bitflash-built" && \
           echo "==> RandomX done"; \
         else \
           echo "==> RandomX already built"; \
@@ -172,13 +233,22 @@ img = ico.convert('RGBA'); \
 img.save(d + '/bitflash.png'); \
 import shutil; shutil.copy(d + '/bitflash.png', \
 d + '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/bitflash.png')"
-        @for lib in libsodium.so.23 libdb_cxx-5.3.so libglfw.so.3; do \
+        @for lib in libsodium.so.23 libdb_cxx-5.3.so libsqlite3.so.0 libglfw.so.3; do \
           path=$$(ldconfig -p | grep " $$lib " | awk '{print $$NF}' | head -1); \
           [ -z "$$path" ] && path=$$(find /usr/lib /lib -name "$$lib" 2>/dev/null | head -1); \
           [ -n "$$path" ] && cp -L "$$path" $(APPDIR)/usr/lib/ && echo "  bundled $$lib" || echo "  missing $$lib"; \
         done
+# appimagetool's output used to be piped through grep ... || true, which
+# discarded its exit status: the target succeeded and announced "Built:"
+# even when no AppImage existed. Run the tool bare so its status decides,
+# then require the artefact to exist, be non-empty, and be newer than the
+# binary it was packaged from before saying so.
         @ARCH=x86_64 $(APPIMAGETOOL) --no-appstream $(APPDIR) \
-          $(ROOT)/Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage 2>&1 | grep -E "^Built|^Error" || true
+          $(ROOT)/Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage
+        @test -s $(ROOT)/Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage || \
+          { echo "ERROR: Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage missing or empty"; exit 1; }
+        @test $(ROOT)/Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage -nt src/bitflash || \
+          { echo "ERROR: Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage is not newer than src/bitflash"; exit 1; }
         @echo "Built: Bitflash-$(VERSION)-x86_64.AppImage"
 
 # ---- Windows (MSYS2 UCRT64) -----------------------------------------------
@@ -190,14 +260,15 @@ deps-windows:
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-glfw \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-openssl \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-db \
+          mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-sqlite3 \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libsodium \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nlohmann-json \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost \
           mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake \
           autoconf automake libtool
         @if [ ! -f deps/lib/libsecp256k1.a ]; then \
-          rm -rf secp256k1-build; \
-          git init -q secp256k1-build; \
+          rm -rf secp256k1-build && \
+          git init -q secp256k1-build && \
           cd secp256k1-build && \
           git remote add origin $(SECP256K1_REPO) && \
           git fetch -q --depth 1 origin $(SECP256K1_COMMIT) && \
@@ -208,23 +279,23 @@ deps-windows:
           ./configure --prefix=$(ROOT)/deps \
             --enable-module-schnorrsig --enable-module-extrakeys \
             --disable-shared --with-pic --disable-benchmark --disable-tests && \
-          make install; \
+          make install && \
           echo "==> secp256k1 done"; \
         else \
           echo "==> secp256k1 already built"; \
         fi
         @if [ ! -f RandomX/build/librandomx.a ]; then \
-          rm -rf RandomX; \
-          git init -q RandomX; \
+          rm -rf RandomX && \
+          git init -q RandomX && \
           cd RandomX && \
           git remote add origin $(RANDOMX_REPO) && \
           git fetch -q --depth 1 origin $(RANDOMX_COMMIT) && \
           git checkout -q --detach FETCH_HEAD && \
           test "$$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(RANDOMX_COMMIT)" && \
           echo "==> RandomX pinned at $(RANDOMX_COMMIT)" && \
-          mkdir -p $(ROOT)/RandomX/build; \
+          mkdir -p $(ROOT)/RandomX/build && \
           cd $(ROOT)/RandomX/build && cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
-          make randomx; \
+          make randomx && \
           echo "==> RandomX done"; \
         else \
           echo "==> RandomX already built"; \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1782bc3..77a0ad8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -289,12 +289,22 @@ See [public pool directory](docs/pool-directory.md) for the website/API shape.
 **Participant** — mine to someone else's pool. Enter or select the pool's `.btf` address and enable Start Mining.
 
 The built-in participant miner connects to operator pools through the `.btf`
-path. External miners can use Bitflash as a local Stratum bridge:
+path. Use it — **third-party RandomX miners such as XMRig and SRBMiner cannot
+mine Bitflash pools**, and no amount of configuration changes that. In RandomX
+mode they speak the Monero-style JSON-RPC protocol (`login`/`job`/`submit`) and
+assume a Monero-style job: the nonce at byte 39 of the blob, and a 32-byte seed
+hash given as 64 hex characters. Bitflash pools speak Bitcoin-style Stratum
+(`mining.subscribe`/`mining.notify`/`mining.submit`) over an 80-byte header
+whose nonce is at byte 76 — byte 39 falls inside the merkle root — and key
+RandomX from a fixed 36-byte string that is not a hash at all.
+
+`-stratumbridge` carries that same Bitcoin-style Stratum over the `.btf` path,
+so a miner on this machine can reach a pool it otherwise could not address. It
+is a byte relay, not a protocol translator, so it helps only a miner that
+already speaks the pool's dialect, and it does not make the miners above work:
 
 ```bash
 ./bitflash -nogui -stratumbridge=POOL_BTF_ADDRESS -stratumbridgeport=3333
-SRBMiner-MULTI --algorithm randomx --pool 127.0.0.1:3333 --wallet YOUR_BTF_ADDRESS --password x
-xmrig -a rx/0 -o 127.0.0.1:3333 -u YOUR_BTF_ADDRESS -p x
 ```
 
 Estimate rewards and electricity cost locally:
@@ -322,7 +332,7 @@ Bitflash has a reliable public market.
   -poolstatusfile=/var/www/pool_status.json \
   -poolroundsfile=/var/www/pool_rounds.json
 ./bitflash -nogui -gen -participant=POOL_BTF_ADDRESS  # mine to pool
-./bitflash -nogui -stratumbridge=POOL_BTF_ADDRESS      # local bridge for XMRig/SRBMiner
+./bitflash -nogui -stratumbridge=POOL_BTF_ADDRESS      # Stratum over .btf (see Mining)
 ```
 
 Every option takes `-` or `/`. **Under MSYS2 use the `-` form** — the shell
diff --git a/docs/storage.md b/docs/storage.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7de4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/storage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# Bitflash Storage Inventory
+
+This document records the Berkeley DB surface that still exists in Bitflash.
+It is a migration map, not a promise that all stores should move at once.
+
+The immediate priority is `wallet.dat`: it holds spend authority and recovery
+metadata. `blkindex.dat` can be rebuilt from block files, so it is important for
+startup correctness but less dangerous than wallet storage.
+
+## Berkeley DB Environment
+
+All `CDB` stores use one Berkeley DB environment rooted at:
+
+```text
+<datadir>/database/
+```
+
+The environment creates log files such as:
+
+```text
+database/log.0000000001
+```
+
+Those logs are part of the legacy BDB risk model. They are not user-facing
+wallet files, but they can contain historical records while the environment is
+live. Wallet encryption already rewrites `wallet.dat` and purges BDB environment
+logs after the encrypted file is installed.
+
+## Common Records
+
+Every `CDB` file can carry:
+
+| Key | Value | Purpose |
+|---|---|---|
+| `"version"` | `int` | Database format version written when a DB is opened in create mode. |
+
+Keys and values are serialized with the existing `CDataStream` format. A future
+SQLite migration must preserve byte-for-byte value semantics until a higher
+level schema migration is intentionally introduced.
+
+## `wallet.dat`
+
+`wallet.dat` is accessed through `CWalletDB`.
+Read-only tooling should go through `ScanWalletRecords()` instead of opening a
+Berkeley DB cursor directly. That keeps migration checks, audits, and future
+backends behind one record-stream boundary. Wallet rewrite code should also use
+that boundary when it needs to copy existing records into a newly written
+wallet file.
+
+| Key shape | Value | Secret? | Meaning |
+|---|---|---:|---|
+| `("name", address)` | `string` | No | Address book label. |
+| `("tx", txid)` | `CWalletTx` | No | Wallet transaction state, including spend flags and metadata. |
+| `("key", pubkey)` | `CPrivKey` | Yes | Plain private key record for unencrypted wallets or old backups. |
+| `"defaultkey"` | `vector<unsigned char>` | No | Default public key shown by the wallet. |
+| `"hdmaster"` | `vector<unsigned char>` | Yes | Plain BIP32 master private key material. |
+| `"hdchaincode"` | `vector<unsigned char>` | Yes | Plain BIP32 chain code. |
+| `"hdnext"` | `unsigned int` | No | Legacy deterministic derivation next index. |
+| `"hdschema"` | `int` | No | Deterministic derivation schema (`legacy` or `bip44`). |
+| `"hdcointype"` | `unsigned int` | No | BIP44 coin type. Bitflash is `4346950`. |
+| `"hdreceivenext"` | `unsigned int` | No | BIP44 external receive-chain next index. |
+| `"hdchangenext"` | `unsigned int` | No | BIP44 internal change-chain next index. |
+| `("mkey", id)` | `CWalletMasterKey` | Sensitive | Encrypted wallet master-key metadata. |
+| `("ckey", pubkey)` | `vector<unsigned char>` | Yes | Private key encrypted under the wallet master key. |
+| `"cryptedhdmaster"` | `vector<unsigned char>` | Yes | Encrypted BIP32 master private key material. |
+| `"cryptedhdchaincode"` | `vector<unsigned char>` | Yes | Encrypted BIP32 chain code. |
+| `"walletminversion"` | `int` | No | Minimum wallet format version required to open this wallet safely. |
+| `("pool", index)` | `vector<unsigned char>` | No | Public key reserved in the key pool. The private key lives in `key`/`ckey`. |
+| `("setting", name)` | typed setting value | Usually no | Wallet/UI settings such as mining mode, fees, and backup timestamps. |
+
+### Wallet Migration Rules
+
+A future wallet backend must keep these properties:
+
+1. Unknown future wallet formats fail closed with a clear message.
+2. Encrypted wallets must encrypt private keys and HD seed material.
+3. A locked encrypted wallet may expose public keys and balances, but not
+   private keys or decrypted HD seed material.
+4. `-backupwallet` must produce a wallet file that opens in a different datadir
+   without copying `database/`, and must not leave a half-written final backup
+   path if the copy or install step fails.
+5. `-recoveryaudit` must distinguish:
+   - no recovery phrase installed;
+   - recovery phrase present;
+   - recovery phrase encrypted and locked, requiring unlock before coverage can
+     be audited.
+
+## SQLite Wallet Store
+
+Since v1.2.20 SQLite is the default wallet backend. It is a byte-preserving
+record store, not a new wallet format -- the same serialized `CDataStream` bytes
+`wallet.dat` uses:
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE wallet_records (
+  key BLOB PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+  value BLOB NOT NULL
+);
+PRAGMA user_version=1;
+```
+
+A fresh data directory starts on `wallet.sqlite`. An existing `wallet.dat` keeps
+running on Berkeley DB until it is converted: the GUI offers a one-click
+conversion on first run, and `-walletbackend=sqlite` / `-walletbackend=bdb`
+(recorded in a plain-text `wallet-backend` marker file in the datadir) select a
+backend explicitly. Conversion never modifies `wallet.dat`; it stays as a
+fallback, and the change takes effect on restart.
+
+Every wallet operation runs on either backend: read, write, erase, key-pool and
+HD-seed writes (the two halves of the seed bracketed in one SQLite transaction),
+`-backupwallet` (checkpoint then copy the self-contained file), `-encryptwallet`
+(an atomic rebuild-and-swap in one transaction), and the `-walletstorageaudit` /
+`-walletstoragecheck` diagnostics, which read the active backend's file.
+
+The migration tooling remains available for scripted use. `-walletsqliteexport=FILE`
+streams every raw `wallet.dat` record through `ScanWalletRecords()` into a SQLite
+file in one transaction, refusing to overwrite. `-walletsqliteverify=FILE`
+compares the two streams and prints only counts. `-walletsqliteloadcheck=FILE`
+parses an export with the same record types the loader uses.
+`-walletsqliterestore=FILE` rebuilds a `wallet.dat` from an export in an empty
+data directory. Failed exports and restores remove their incomplete output.
+
+## `blkindex.dat`
+
+`blkindex.dat` is accessed through `CTxDB`.
+
+| Key shape | Value | Rebuildable? | Meaning |
+|---|---|---:|---|
+| `("tx", txid)` | `CTxIndex` | Yes | Transaction disk position and spent-output index state. |
+| `("owner", hash160, CDiskTxPos)` | `int height` | Yes | Legacy owner transaction index cursor range. |
+| `("blockindex", blockhash)` | `CDiskBlockIndex` | Yes | Block index entry. |
+| `"hashBestChain"` | `uint256` | Yes | Current best-chain tip hash. |
+
+`blkindex.dat` can be rebuilt from `blk*.dat` plus consensus validation. A
+future migration may therefore prefer a rebuild path over a byte-preserving
+conversion path.
+
+## Other Legacy Stores
+
+None. Upstream still documents `reviews.dat` (`CReviewDB`) and `market.dat`
+(`CMarketDB`) here; this fork deleted the 2009 marketplace outright, along
+with `CReviewDB`, `market.cpp` and `market.h`, so neither file is opened or
+created by this tree. A datadir carrying them from an older build is simply
+ignored.
+
+The old IP address database (`addr.dat`) has been removed. Peer discovery is
+handled by Nostr, `.btf`, rendezvous relays, and direct onion peers.
+
+## Migration Order (shipped in v1.2.20)
+
+1. Storage self-tests were added around Berkeley DB behavior first.
+2. The SQLite backend landed behind an explicit flag, then behind a
+   `wallet-backend` marker and a GUI conversion wizard.
+3. BDB-to-SQLite migration is a one-way copy that leaves `wallet.dat` as a backup.
+4. SQLite became the default for new wallets only after cross-version restore,
+   encryption, backup, and recovery-audit tests passed -- and a live coin-proof
+   of receive, spend, restart, and encrypt on real mainnet funds.
+5. Treat `blkindex.dat` separately; it is safer to rebuild than to migrate under
+   pressure.
diff --git a/scripts/check-money-log-lines.sh b/scripts/check-money-log-lines.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9f348b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-money-log-lines.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Money-moving payout lines must print every time they fire: they are the
+# audit trail for obligations created, moved and destroyed, and LogPrint's
+# burst collapse can stand one line in for any number of events inside one
+# 3-second window (issue #3: 100 voids totalling 4,950 BTF read as one
+# 49.49 BTF line). Every line carrying one of the phrases below must use
+# LogPrintAlways, which keeps the category gate but skips the collapse.
+#
+# Adding a payout line that reports money moving? Use LogPrintAlways and
+# add its phrase here. A phrase found in a plain LogPrint call fails this
+# check; anything else passes, so a non-money line is never held up by it.
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+phrases='was orphaned -- voiding|orphaned while queued|\[payout\] paid %s to %s|FAILED to pay|writing off|SKIPPED bad address'
+
+# Call sites span several lines; flatten each call to a single line first so
+# the phrase and the macro it belongs to are matched together. Only a line
+# whose first token is the macro starts a call, so comments mentioning
+# LogPrint are never mistaken for one.
+bad=$(awk '
+    /^[ \t]*LogPrint(Always)?[(]/ {
+        if (collecting) print buf
+        buf = $0; collecting = 1; next
+    }
+    collecting {
+        buf = buf $0
+        if (/;[ \t]*$/) { print buf; collecting = 0 }
+    }
+    END { if (collecting) print buf }
+' src/rpc.cpp | grep -E '^[[:space:]]*LogPrint[(]' | grep -E "$phrases" || true)
+
+if [ -n "$bad" ]; then
+    echo "error: money-moving payout line(s) on collapsing LogPrint:" >&2
+    echo "$bad" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "ok: every money-moving payout line in src/rpc.cpp uses LogPrintAlways"
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 1bc3ae8..b931007 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ FUZZ_CXX ?= clang++
 
 SECP_INC    ?= /usr/local/include
 SECP_LIB    ?= /usr/local/lib
-RANDOMX_DIR ?= $(HOME)/RandomX
+# The root Makefile exports RANDOMX_DIR (default: <repo>/randomx-build, built
+# by deps-randomx). This fallback only applies when src/ is built standalone.
+RANDOMX_DIR ?= $(abspath $(CURDIR)/..)/randomx-build
 
 IMGUI_DIR = imgui
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ FUZZ_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,undefined
 
 LIBS = -L$(SECP_LIB) -lsecp256k1 \
        -L$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build -lrandomx \
-       -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lpthread \
+       -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lsqlite3 -lpthread \
        -lglfw -lGL
 
 # Every header a .cpp here includes has to be listed, not just the interesting
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ LIBS = -L$(SECP_LIB) -lsecp256k1 \
 HEADERS = headers_core.h headers.h util.h main.h serialize.h uint256.h \
           key.h bignum.h script.h db.h base58.h net.h nostr.h \
           randomx_pow.h btfaddr.h btfchan.h btfrv.h btftunnel.h \
-          selftest.h walletcmd.h compat.h sockcount.h proxy.h tor.h font_roboto.h
+          selftest.h walletcmd.h wallet_sqlite.h compat.h sockcount.h proxy.h tor.h font_roboto.h
 
 IMGUI_OBJS = obj/imgui.o obj/imgui_draw.o obj/imgui_tables.o \
              obj/imgui_widgets.o obj/imgui_impl_glfw.o obj/imgui_impl_opengl3.o
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ IMGUI_OBJS = obj/imgui.o obj/imgui_draw.o obj/imgui_tables.o \
 NODE_OBJS = obj/util.o obj/script.o obj/db.o obj/net.o obj/main.o \
             obj/sha.o obj/nostr.o obj/randomx_pow.o \
             obj/btfaddr.o obj/btfchan.o obj/btfrv.o obj/btftunnel.o obj/rpc.o \
-            obj/selftest.o obj/bip32.o obj/walletcmd.o obj/proxy.o obj/tor.o
+            obj/selftest.o obj/bip32.o obj/walletcmd.o obj/wallet_sqlite.o \
+            obj/proxy.o obj/tor.o
 
 GUI_OBJS = obj/gui.o obj/main_gui.o
 
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ LDHARDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,noexecstack
 
 NODE_LIBS = -L$(SECP_LIB) -lsecp256k1 \
             -L$(RANDOMX_DIR)/build -lrandomx \
-            -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lpthread
+            -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lsqlite3 -lpthread
 
 NODE_ONLY_OBJS = $(patsubst obj/%,obj-node/%,$(NODE_OBJS)) \
                  obj-node/main_gui.o obj-node/headless.o
@@ -201,6 +204,8 @@ tests: test_bip32 bitflash-node
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-keypool
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-hd
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-format
+        ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-sqlite
+        ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-sqlite-migration
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-crypto
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=wallet-encrypt
         ./bitflash-node -selftest=net-message
diff --git a/src/btfrv.cpp b/src/btfrv.cpp
index 133eb89..7d705ef 100644
--- a/src/btfrv.cpp
+++ b/src/btfrv.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ typedef int SOCKET;
 #include <thread>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <system_error>
 
 namespace btf
 {
@@ -209,8 +211,28 @@ static void HandleIncoming(SOCKET s)
         bool a = WriteN(svc, &ok, 1);
         bool b = WriteN(s, &ok, 1);
         if (!a || !b) { CLOSESOCK(svc); CLOSESOCK(s); return; }
-        std::thread(Forward, s, svc).detach();
-        std::thread(Forward, svc, s).detach();
+        // One thread pumps s -> svc; this thread pumps svc -> s. Spawning a
+        // thread per direction left no clean way to fail the second spawn:
+        // std::thread throws std::system_error when pthread_create is refused
+        // (NPROC limit, container pids cgroup, memory pressure), the first
+        // pump was already detached, and closing its sockets from here would
+        // race it -- so nothing caught the throw and it reached
+        // std::terminate, killing the relay over one pair it could not serve.
+        // Running one direction on this thread leaves exactly one spawn to
+        // guard, and a failure here has nothing running yet to race.
+        try
+        {
+            std::thread(Forward, s, svc).detach();
+        }
+        catch (const std::system_error& e)
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "rendezvous relay: cannot spawn forward thread (%s), pair dropped\n",
+                    e.what());
+            CLOSESOCK(svc);
+            CLOSESOCK(s);
+            return;
+        }
+        Forward(svc, s);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -236,6 +258,7 @@ bool RvRelayRun(unsigned short port)
     if (bind(g_listen, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) != 0) { CLOSESOCK(g_listen); return false; }
     if (listen(g_listen, 16) != 0) { CLOSESOCK(g_listen); return false; }
 
+    int nSpawnFails = 0;
     while (!g_stop)
     {
         struct sockaddr_in cli;
@@ -246,7 +269,27 @@ bool RvRelayRun(unsigned short port)
             if (g_stop) break;
             continue;
         }
-        std::thread(HandleIncoming, s).detach();
+        try
+        {
+            std::thread(HandleIncoming, s).detach();
+            nSpawnFails = 0;
+        }
+        catch (const std::system_error& e)
+        {
+            // A refused pthread_create is backpressure, not a reason to die:
+            // the condition behind it (NPROC, pids cgroup, memory) does not
+            // clear in milliseconds, and the connection count feeding it is
+            // attacker-influenced. Drop this one peer, stop accepting for a
+            // moment -- longer each time, capped -- and keep serving the
+            // connections already established.
+            fprintf(stderr, "rendezvous relay: cannot spawn connection thread (%s), connection dropped\n",
+                    e.what());
+            CLOSESOCK(s);
+            nSpawnFails++;
+            int nWaitMs = nSpawnFails < 5 ? nSpawnFails * 1000 : 5000;
+            for (int i = 0; i < nWaitMs && !g_stop; i += 100)
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+        }
     }
     CLOSESOCK(g_listen);
     g_listen = INVALID_SOCKET;
@@ -334,17 +377,29 @@ bool RvServiceWaitPaired(RvSocket s, int nTimeoutSecs)
 }
 
 RvSocket RvClientConnect(const char* relay_host, unsigned short port,
-                         const unsigned char target_pubkey[32])
+                         const unsigned char target_pubkey[32],
+                         RvClientFail* pFail)
 {
+    if (pFail) *pFail = RVC_FAIL_DIAL;
     if (!RvInit()) return RV_INVALID;
     SOCKET s = ConnectTo(relay_host, port);
     if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) return RV_INVALID;
+    if (pFail) *pFail = RVC_FAIL_PAIR;
     unsigned char hdr[33];
     hdr[0] = (unsigned char)'C';
     memcpy(hdr + 1, target_pubkey, 32);
     if (!WriteN(s, hdr, 33)) { CLOSESOCK(s); return RV_INVALID; }
     unsigned char paired = 0;
-    if (!ReadN(s, &paired, 1) || paired != 0x01) { CLOSESOCK(s); return RV_INVALID; }
+    if (!ReadN(s, &paired, 1)) { CLOSESOCK(s); return RV_INVALID; }
+    if (paired != 0x01)
+    {
+        // The relay answered and declined: HandleIncoming writes 0x00 and
+        // closes when no service is parked under this pubkey right now.
+        if (pFail) *pFail = RVC_FAIL_REFUSED;
+        CLOSESOCK(s);
+        return RV_INVALID;
+    }
+    if (pFail) *pFail = RVC_FAIL_NONE;
     return (RvSocket)s;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/btfrv.h b/src/btfrv.h
index 9cd7476..1e85cb0 100644
--- a/src/btfrv.h
+++ b/src/btfrv.h
@@ -57,10 +57,25 @@ RvSocket RvServiceRegister(const char* relay_host, unsigned short port,
 bool RvServiceWaitPaired(RvSocket s, int nTimeoutSecs = 0);
 
 // ---- client side (the node dialing a .btf address) ----
+// Where a failed RvClientConnect stopped. RV_INVALID alone collapses three
+// different situations -- relay unreachable, relay reachable but nobody
+// registered, connection died mid-pairing -- and they point at different
+// components. The caller can only report the right one if this side says
+// which it saw.
+enum RvClientFail
+{
+    RVC_FAIL_NONE = 0,
+    RVC_FAIL_DIAL,    // TCP connect to the relay itself failed
+    RVC_FAIL_REFUSED, // relay answered 0x00: no service registered under this pubkey
+    RVC_FAIL_PAIR,    // relay connection died before pairing completed
+};
+
 // Connect through the relay to the service registered under `target_pubkey`.
-// Returns the paired socket, or RV_INVALID on error.
+// Returns the paired socket, or RV_INVALID on error -- with `pFail`, if
+// given, naming the stage that failed.
 RvSocket RvClientConnect(const char* relay_host, unsigned short port,
-                         const unsigned char target_pubkey[32]);
+                         const unsigned char target_pubkey[32],
+                         RvClientFail* pFail = 0);
 
 // Blocking read/write of exactly n bytes over a rendezvous socket. Return false
 // on error/EOF.
diff --git a/src/btftunnel.cpp b/src/btftunnel.cpp
index 63d178b..4058f6b 100644
--- a/src/btftunnel.cpp
+++ b/src/btftunnel.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ typedef int SOCKET;
 #endif
 #include "sockcount.h"
 #include <cstring>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <memory>
+#include <new>
 #include <vector>
 #include <thread>
+#include <system_error>
 
 namespace btf
 {
@@ -119,35 +123,155 @@ static void PumpIn(SOCKET pumpEnd, RvSocket rv, std::vector<unsigned char> key)
     shutdown((SOCKET)rv, SD_BOTH);
 }
 
+// The pump end and the rendezvous socket, owned jointly by whoever is still
+// using them. Closed once, by the last reference to go.
+//
+// Joint ownership rather than "the inbound pump owns the cleanup", because
+// either pump can reach its exit first and BOTH touch BOTH descriptors on the
+// way out -- PumpOut ends in shutdown(rv), shutdown(pumpEnd) and PumpIn ends in
+// the mirror image. A single owner therefore has no exit at which the other is
+// guaranteed to be finished. Holding a reference for the whole body of each
+// pump gives it one: the close cannot happen until the last pump has stopped
+// touching the descriptors, so no shutdown() can land on a number that has
+// already been closed and handed back out by the kernel to an unrelated
+// connection.
+struct TunnelEnds
+{
+    SOCKET   pumpEnd;
+    RvSocket rv;
+    TunnelEnds(SOCKET p, RvSocket r) : pumpEnd(p), rv(r) {}
+    ~TunnelEnds() { BtfCloseSocket(pumpEnd); RvClose(rv); }
+private:
+    TunnelEnds(const TunnelEnds&);
+    TunnelEnds& operator=(const TunnelEnds&);
+};
+
 // Start the two pumps and hand back the app-facing socket. When both pumps
 // finish, close the pump end and the rendezvous socket.
+//
+// That sentence used to be a comment describing something the code did not do.
+// The inbound pump closed both descriptors as soon as it exited, without
+// waiting for the outbound pump, which then called shutdown() on both at its
+// own exit. Whether that shutdown hit a live descriptor or a closed one came
+// down to which pump got there first, and the rendezvous socket dying before
+// the app socket -- a relay restart, the far side hanging up -- is precisely
+// the order that puts the inbound pump ahead. Measured over 25 such teardowns
+// against the real code: 29 shutdowns landed on an already-closed descriptor.
+//
+// appEnd is not part of this. It is handed to the caller on success and closed
+// here on every failure path; no pump ever touches it.
+//
+// Every tunnel is two threads, and a tunnel is one peer connection (a .btf
+// dial or accept, a pool miner, a participant's pool session) -- so the
+// thread count scales with peer count, which is attacker-influenced. When
+// pthread_create is refused std::thread throws std::system_error; uncaught it
+// reached std::terminate and took the whole process down over one connection
+// it could not serve. Both spawns are guarded, and the failure paths return
+// INVALID_SOCKET, which every caller already handles by dropping just that
+// connection.
 static btf_socket_t StartTunnel(RvSocket rv, const unsigned char shared[32])
 {
     btf_socket_t appEnd, pumpEnd;
     if (!MakeLocalPair(appEnd, pumpEnd)) { RvClose(rv); return INVALID_SOCKET; }
 
     std::vector<unsigned char> key(shared, shared + 32);
-    std::thread(PumpOut, pumpEnd, rv, key).detach();
-    std::thread([pumpEnd, rv, key]() {
-        PumpIn(pumpEnd, rv, key);
+
+    // make_shared, not shared_ptr(new ...): it allocates before it constructs,
+    // so it either comes back owning both descriptors or throws having taken
+    // ownership of neither. The two-step form can run the deleter and then
+    // throw, which would close both here and again below.
+    std::shared_ptr<TunnelEnds> ends;
+    try
+    {
+        ends = std::make_shared<TunnelEnds>(pumpEnd, rv);
+    }
+    catch (const std::bad_alloc&)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "btf tunnel: out of memory starting tunnel, tunnel dropped\n");
         BtfCloseSocket(pumpEnd);
+        BtfCloseSocket(appEnd);
         RvClose(rv);
-    }).detach();
+        return INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        std::thread([ends, key]() { PumpIn(ends->pumpEnd, ends->rv, key); }).detach();
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        // Nothing is running yet: `ends` is the only reference, and returning
+        // drops it, which is what closes pumpEnd and rv.
+        fprintf(stderr, "btf tunnel: cannot spawn inbound pump (%s), tunnel dropped\n",
+                e.what());
+        BtfCloseSocket(appEnd);
+        return INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        std::thread([ends, key]() { PumpOut(ends->pumpEnd, ends->rv, key); }).detach();
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        // The inbound pump may be parked in RvReadN(rv) or may already have
+        // exited -- when the spawn is refused because the process is loaded,
+        // the rendezvous socket is often dead for the same reason, and then
+        // PumpIn returns on its first length read. Either way this thread
+        // still holds a reference, so both descriptors are still open: the
+        // shutdown wakes the pump if it is parked and is harmless if it is
+        // not. The close belongs to whichever reference goes last.
+        fprintf(stderr, "btf tunnel: cannot spawn outbound pump (%s), tunnel dropped\n",
+                e.what());
+        shutdown((SOCKET)ends->rv, SD_BOTH);
+        shutdown(ends->pumpEnd, SD_BOTH);
+        BtfCloseSocket(appEnd);
+        return INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
     return appEnd;
 }
 
+const char* TunnelFailText(TunnelFail f)
+{
+    switch (f)
+    {
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_NONE:      return "no failure";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_INIT:      return "local socket/crypto init failed";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_DIAL:      return "meeting node unreachable (tcp dial failed)";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_REFUSED:   return "relay reachable, but no service registered there for this address";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_PAIR:      return "relay connection died before pairing completed";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_HANDSHAKE: return "end-to-end handshake failed";
+    case TUNNEL_FAIL_LOCAL:     return "local tunnel setup failed";
+    }
+    return "unknown failure";
+}
+
 btf_socket_t BtfClientTunnel(const char* meeting_host, unsigned short port,
                              const unsigned char target_pubkey[32],
-                             const unsigned char service_enc_pub[32])
+                             const unsigned char service_enc_pub[32],
+                             TunnelFail* pFail)
 {
+    if (pFail) *pFail = TUNNEL_FAIL_INIT;
     if (!TunnelInit()) return INVALID_SOCKET;
-    RvSocket rv = RvClientConnect(meeting_host, port, target_pubkey);
-    if (rv == RV_INVALID) return INVALID_SOCKET;
+    RvClientFail rvFail = RVC_FAIL_NONE;
+    RvSocket rv = RvClientConnect(meeting_host, port, target_pubkey, &rvFail);
+    if (rv == RV_INVALID)
+    {
+        if (pFail)
+            *pFail = rvFail == RVC_FAIL_DIAL    ? TUNNEL_FAIL_DIAL
+                   : rvFail == RVC_FAIL_REFUSED ? TUNNEL_FAIL_REFUSED
+                                                : TUNNEL_FAIL_PAIR;
+        return INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
 
     unsigned char eph_pub[32], shared[32];
+    if (pFail) *pFail = TUNNEL_FAIL_HANDSHAKE;
     if (!ChanClientHandshake(service_enc_pub, eph_pub, shared)) { RvClose(rv); return INVALID_SOCKET; }
     if (!RvWriteN(rv, eph_pub, 32)) { RvClose(rv); return INVALID_SOCKET; }
-    return StartTunnel(rv, shared);
+    if (pFail) *pFail = TUNNEL_FAIL_LOCAL;
+    btf_socket_t app = StartTunnel(rv, shared);
+    if (app != INVALID_SOCKET && pFail) *pFail = TUNNEL_FAIL_NONE;
+    return app;
 }
 
 btf_socket_t BtfServiceWrap(RvSocket rv, const unsigned char my_enc_sk[32])
diff --git a/src/btftunnel.h b/src/btftunnel.h
index 24a7509..3cc87cd 100644
--- a/src/btftunnel.h
+++ b/src/btftunnel.h
@@ -36,12 +36,33 @@ namespace btf
 // Initialize (sockets + libsodium). Idempotent.
 bool TunnelInit();
 
+// Which stage of BtfClientTunnel failed. INVALID_SOCKET alone says only "no
+// tunnel"; a caller that then guesses at causes in its log line sends whoever
+// reads it to the wrong component (issue #17: "relay unreachable or pool not
+// listening" blamed two healthy parts). The stage is what this side actually
+// knows -- report that.
+enum TunnelFail
+{
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_NONE = 0,
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_INIT,      // local socket/crypto init failed
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_DIAL,      // TCP connect to the meeting node failed
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_REFUSED,   // relay reachable, but no service registered under the pubkey
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_PAIR,      // relay connection died before pairing completed
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_HANDSHAKE, // end-to-end channel handshake failed
+    TUNNEL_FAIL_LOCAL,     // local pump plumbing (socket pair / threads) failed
+};
+
+// Short description of a TunnelFail for log lines.
+const char* TunnelFailText(TunnelFail f);
+
 // Client: dial the service registered under `target_pubkey` at the meeting node
 // (host:port), box to its static x25519 `service_enc_pub`, and return a local
-// plaintext SOCKET tunneled end-to-end to the service. INVALID_SOCKET on error.
+// plaintext SOCKET tunneled end-to-end to the service. INVALID_SOCKET on error
+// -- with `pFail`, if given, naming the stage that failed.
 btf_socket_t BtfClientTunnel(const char* meeting_host, unsigned short port,
                              const unsigned char target_pubkey[32],
-                             const unsigned char service_enc_pub[32]);
+                             const unsigned char service_enc_pub[32],
+                             TunnelFail* pFail = 0);
 
 // Service: wrap an already-paired rendezvous socket (RvServiceRegister followed
 // by RvServiceWaitPaired -- the pairing byte MUST already be consumed) with
diff --git a/src/db.cpp b/src/db.cpp
index 405a3db..bf1958d 100644
--- a/src/db.cpp
+++ b/src/db.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include "headers.h"
+#include "wallet_sqlite.h"
 
 
 
@@ -52,8 +53,34 @@ static bool fDbEnvInit = false;
 // Why LoadWallet() refused, in words meant for the person who has to act on it.
 // Empty unless the reason is one we can name.
 string strWalletLoadError;
-DbEnv dbenv(0u);
+static DbEnv* pdbenv = NULL;
+static FILE* pdbErrFile = NULL;
 static map<string, int> mapFileUseCount;
+static CWalletDBSQLite* pWalletSQLiteRuntime = NULL;
+
+DbEnv& GetDbEnv()
+{
+    if (!pdbenv)
+        pdbenv = new DbEnv(0u);
+    return *pdbenv;
+}
+
+static void CloseDbEnv()
+{
+    if (pdbenv)
+    {
+        try { pdbenv->close(0); }
+        catch (...) { }
+        delete pdbenv;
+        pdbenv = NULL;
+    }
+    if (pdbErrFile)
+    {
+        fclose(pdbErrFile);
+        pdbErrFile = NULL;
+    }
+    fDbEnvInit = false;
+}
 
 class CDBInit
 {
@@ -64,15 +91,189 @@ public:
     ~CDBInit()
     {
         if (fDbEnvInit)
-        {
-            try { dbenv.close(0); }
-            catch (...) { }
-            fDbEnvInit = false;
-        }
+            CloseDbEnv();
     }
 }
 instance_of_cdbinit;
 
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive()
+{
+    return pWalletSQLiteRuntime != NULL;
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(const string& strPath, string& strErrorRet, bool fMustExist)
+{
+    strErrorRet.clear();
+    // Callers that load an existing wallet want the clear "does not exist"
+    // message rather than silently creating a blank one; the create path passes
+    // fMustExist=false so Open() (SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE) can make a fresh file.
+    if (fMustExist && !FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("SQLite wallet does not exist: %s",
+                                strPath.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+    std::auto_ptr<CWalletDBSQLite> db(new CWalletDBSQLite());
+    if (!db->Open(strPath, strErrorRet))
+        return false;
+
+    pWalletSQLiteRuntime = db.release();
+    return true;
+}
+
+void WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose()
+{
+    if (pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+    {
+        // Fold the write-ahead log into the main file on the way out. WAL +
+        // synchronous=FULL already makes every committed write durable across a
+        // kill, so this is housekeeping, not the thing that protects the data:
+        // if it fails, or the node is killed before it runs, the wallet is
+        // still whole. Best effort, never throws.
+        string strCheckpointError;
+        pWalletSQLiteRuntime->Checkpoint(strCheckpointError);
+        delete pWalletSQLiteRuntime;
+        pWalletSQLiteRuntime = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeReadRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                   vector<unsigned char>& vchValueRet)
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return false;
+    string strError;
+    return pWalletSQLiteRuntime->ReadRecord(vchKey, vchValueRet, strError);
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeWriteRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                    const vector<unsigned char>& vchValue,
+                                    bool fOverwrite)
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return false;
+    string strError;
+    return pWalletSQLiteRuntime->WriteRecord(vchKey, vchValue, strError,
+                                             fOverwrite);
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeEraseRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey)
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return false;
+    string strError;
+    return pWalletSQLiteRuntime->EraseRecord(vchKey, strError);
+}
+
+// Transaction bracket for the SQLite runtime. When the SQLite backend is not
+// active these are no-ops that succeed, so a caller can wrap a group of related
+// writes and Berkeley DB keeps its existing per-write behaviour unchanged while
+// SQLite gets all-or-nothing.
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn()
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return true;
+    string strError;
+    if (pWalletSQLiteRuntime->BeginTransaction(strError))
+        return true;
+    printf("WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn() : %s\n", strError.c_str());
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeCommitTxn()
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return true;
+    string strError;
+    if (pWalletSQLiteRuntime->CommitTransaction(strError))
+        return true;
+    printf("WalletSQLiteRuntimeCommitTxn() : %s\n", strError.c_str());
+    return false;
+}
+
+void WalletSQLiteRuntimeRollbackTxn()
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+        return;
+    string strError;
+    pWalletSQLiteRuntime->RollbackTransaction(strError);
+}
+
+// Open the SQLite wallet read-only as the active runtime. Used by the one-shot
+// storage diagnostics, which run before the normal wallet load and must be able
+// to inspect a wallet that the loader would refuse -- so this opens the file for
+// scanning without loading or validating its records.
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpenReadOnly(const string& strPath, string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    strErrorRet.clear();
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("SQLite wallet does not exist: %s", strPath.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+    std::auto_ptr<CWalletDBSQLite> db(new CWalletDBSQLite());
+    if (!db->OpenReadOnly(strPath, strErrorRet))
+        return false;
+
+    pWalletSQLiteRuntime = db.release();
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeCheckpoint(string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "SQLite wallet backend is not active";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return pWalletSQLiteRuntime->Checkpoint(strErrorRet);
+}
+
+// The persistent record of which backend this datadir uses, so the choice
+// survives a restart without a command-line flag. A plain text file holding
+// "sqlite" or "bdb" -- visible and hand-editable on purpose, no hidden state.
+static string WalletBackendMarkerPath()
+{
+    return GetAppDir() + "/wallet-backend";
+}
+
+string ReadWalletBackendMarker()
+{
+    FILE* pf = fopen(WalletBackendMarkerPath().c_str(), "rb");
+    if (!pf)
+        return "";
+    char buf[16] = {0};
+    size_t n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf) - 1, pf);
+    fclose(pf);
+    string s(buf, n);
+    while (!s.empty() && isspace((unsigned char)s[s.size() - 1]))
+        s.erase(s.size() - 1);
+    while (!s.empty() && isspace((unsigned char)s[0]))
+        s.erase(0, 1);
+    if (s == "sqlite" || s == "bdb")
+        return s;
+    return "";
+}
+
+bool WriteWalletBackendMarker(const string& strBackend)
+{
+    if (strBackend != "sqlite" && strBackend != "bdb")
+        return false;
+    FILE* pf = fopen(WalletBackendMarkerPath().c_str(), "wb");
+    if (!pf)
+        return false;
+    bool fOk = fwrite(strBackend.c_str(), 1, strBackend.size(), pf) == strBackend.size();
+    if (fputc('\n', pf) == EOF)
+        fOk = false;
+    if (fclose(pf) != 0)
+        fOk = false;
+    return fOk;
+}
+
 
 CDB::CDB(const char* pszFile, const char* pszMode, bool fTxn) : pdb(NULL)
 {
@@ -104,24 +305,30 @@ CDB::CDB(const char* pszFile, const char* pszMode, bool fTxn) : pdb(NULL)
 
             printf("dbenv.open strAppDir=%s\n", strAppDir.c_str());
 
-            dbenv.set_lg_dir(strLogDir.c_str());
-            dbenv.set_lg_max(10000000);
-            dbenv.set_lk_max_locks(10000);
-            dbenv.set_lk_max_objects(10000);
-            dbenv.set_errfile(fopen("db.log", "a")); /// debug
-            ///dbenv.log_set_config(DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE, 1); /// causes corruption
-            ret = dbenv.open(strAppDir.c_str(),
-                             DB_CREATE     |
-                             DB_INIT_LOCK  |
-                             DB_INIT_LOG   |
-                             DB_INIT_MPOOL |
-                             DB_INIT_TXN   |
-                             DB_THREAD     |
-                             DB_PRIVATE    |
-                             DB_RECOVER,
-                             0);
+            DbEnv& env = GetDbEnv();
+            env.set_lg_dir(strLogDir.c_str());
+            env.set_lg_max(10000000);
+            env.set_lk_max_locks(10000);
+            env.set_lk_max_objects(10000);
+            pdbErrFile = fopen("db.log", "a"); /// debug
+            if (pdbErrFile)
+                env.set_errfile(pdbErrFile);
+            ///env.log_set_config(DB_LOG_AUTO_REMOVE, 1); /// causes corruption
+            ret = env.open(strAppDir.c_str(),
+                           DB_CREATE     |
+                           DB_INIT_LOCK  |
+                           DB_INIT_LOG   |
+                           DB_INIT_MPOOL |
+                           DB_INIT_TXN   |
+                           DB_THREAD     |
+                           DB_PRIVATE    |
+                           DB_RECOVER,
+                           0);
             if (ret > 0)
+            {
+                CloseDbEnv();
                 throw runtime_error(strprintf("CDB() : error %d opening database environment\n", ret));
+            }
             fDbEnvInit = true;
 
             // A Berkeley DB file records, in every page header, a log sequence
@@ -151,7 +358,7 @@ CDB::CDB(const char* pszFile, const char* pszMode, bool fTxn) : pdb(NULL)
                         continue;
                     try
                     {
-                        if (dbenv.lsn_reset(pszName, 0) == 0)
+                        if (env.lsn_reset(pszName, 0) == 0)
                             printf("CDB() : adopted %s from another environment "
                                    "(log sequence numbers reset)\n", pszName);
                     }
@@ -164,7 +371,7 @@ CDB::CDB(const char* pszFile, const char* pszMode, bool fTxn) : pdb(NULL)
         ++mapFileUseCount[strFile];
     }
 
-    pdb = new Db(&dbenv, 0);
+    pdb = new Db(&GetDbEnv(), 0);
 
     ret = pdb->open(NULL,      // Txn pointer
                     pszFile,   // Filename
@@ -199,7 +406,8 @@ void CDB::Close()
     try { pdb->close(0); } catch (...) { }
     delete pdb;
     pdb = NULL;
-    try { dbenv.txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); } catch (...) { }
+    if (fDbEnvInit)
+        try { GetDbEnv().txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); } catch (...) { }
 
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_db)
         --mapFileUseCount[strFile];
@@ -279,7 +487,8 @@ void DBFlush(bool fShutdown)
         // takes the process down before the wallet has been put down cleanly,
         // which is the difference between a portable wallet.dat and one welded
         // to this directory -- the lsn_reset just below is what frees it.
-        try { dbenv.txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); }
+        DbEnv& env = GetDbEnv();
+        try { env.txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
         { printf("DBFlush() : checkpoint failed: %s\n", e.what()); }
 
@@ -290,7 +499,7 @@ void DBFlush(bool fShutdown)
             int nRefCount = (*mi).second;
             if (nRefCount == 0)
             {
-                try { dbenv.lsn_reset(strFile.c_str(), 0); }
+                try { env.lsn_reset(strFile.c_str(), 0); }
                 catch (const std::exception& e)
                 { printf("DBFlush() : lsn_reset(%s) failed: %s\n", strFile.c_str(), e.what()); }
                 mapFileUseCount.erase(mi++);
@@ -310,9 +519,8 @@ void DBFlush(bool fShutdown)
             // Found while making wallet encryption clean up after itself:
             // calling DBFlush(true) a second time crashed here every time.
             if (mapFileUseCount.empty())
-                try { dbenv.log_archive(NULL, DB_ARCH_REMOVE); } catch (...) { }
-            try { dbenv.close(0); } catch (...) { }
-            fDbEnvInit = false;
+                try { env.log_archive(NULL, DB_ARCH_REMOVE); } catch (...) { }
+            CloseDbEnv();
         }
     }
 }
@@ -614,6 +822,294 @@ bool CTxDB::LoadBlockIndex()
 // CWalletDB
 //
 
+CWalletDB::CWalletDB(const char* pszMode, bool fTxn) :
+    CDB(WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive() ? NULL : "wallet.dat", pszMode, fTxn)
+{
+}
+
+class CSQLiteWalletRuntimeLoadVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    bool fHaveStoredMineMode;
+    bool fHaveStoredHDCoinType;
+    string strLastType;
+
+    CSQLiteWalletRuntimeLoadVisitor() :
+        fHaveStoredMineMode(false),
+        fHaveStoredHDCoinType(false)
+    {
+    }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKeyIn,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValueIn,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKey = ssKeyIn;
+        CDataStream ssValue = ssValueIn;
+        string strType;
+        ssKey >> strType;
+        strLastType = strType;
+
+        if (strType == "name")
+        {
+            string strAddress;
+            ssKey >> strAddress;
+            ssValue >> mapAddressBook[strAddress];
+        }
+        else if (strType == "tx")
+        {
+            uint256 hash;
+            ssKey >> hash;
+            CWalletTx& wtx = mapWallet[hash];
+            ssValue >> wtx;
+
+            if (wtx.GetHash() != hash)
+                printf("Error in SQLite wallet export, hash mismatch\n");
+        }
+        else if (strType == "key")
+        {
+            vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+            ssKey >> vchPubKey;
+            CPrivKey vchPrivKey;
+            ssValue >> vchPrivKey;
+
+            mapKeys[vchPubKey] = vchPrivKey;
+            mapPubKeys[Hash160(vchPubKey)] = vchPubKey;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "mkey")
+        {
+            unsigned int nID = 0;
+            ssKey >> nID;
+            CWalletMasterKey kMasterKey;
+            ssValue >> kMasterKey;
+            mapMasterKeys[nID] = kMasterKey;
+            nWalletMasterKeyMaxID = max(nWalletMasterKeyMaxID, nID);
+            fWalletEncrypted = true;
+            fWalletLocked = true;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "ckey")
+        {
+            vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+            ssKey >> vchPubKey;
+            vector<unsigned char> vchCryptedSecret;
+            ssValue >> vchCryptedSecret;
+            if (!AddCryptedKey(vchPubKey, vchCryptedSecret))
+            {
+                strErrorRet = "SQLite wallet export has an unreadable encrypted key record";
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (strType == "defaultkey")
+        {
+            ssValue >> vchDefaultKey;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdmaster")
+        {
+            ssValue >> vchHDMaster;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdchaincode")
+        {
+            ssValue >> vchHDChainCode;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdnext")
+        {
+            ssValue >> nHDNext;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdschema")
+        {
+            ssValue >> nHDKeySchema;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdcointype")
+        {
+            ssValue >> nHDCoinType;
+            fHaveStoredHDCoinType = true;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdreceivenext")
+        {
+            ssValue >> nHDReceiveNext;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "hdchangenext")
+        {
+            ssValue >> nHDChangeNext;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "cryptedhdmaster")
+        {
+            ssValue >> vchCryptedHDMaster;
+            fWalletEncrypted = true;
+            fWalletLocked = true;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "cryptedhdchaincode")
+        {
+            ssValue >> vchCryptedHDChainCode;
+            fWalletEncrypted = true;
+            fWalletLocked = true;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "walletminversion")
+        {
+            int nMinVersion = 0;
+            ssValue >> nMinVersion;
+            if (nMinVersion > WALLET_FORMAT_SUPPORTED)
+            {
+                strWalletLoadError = strprintf(
+                    "This SQLite wallet export was written by a newer version of "
+                    "Bitflash (wallet format %d; this build understands %d). "
+                    "Upgrade Bitflash before opening it.",
+                    nMinVersion, WALLET_FORMAT_SUPPORTED);
+                strErrorRet = strWalletLoadError;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (strType == "pool")
+        {
+            int64 nIndex;
+            ssKey >> nIndex;
+            vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+            ssValue >> vchPubKey;
+            mapKeyPool[nIndex] = vchPubKey;
+        }
+        else if (strType == "setting")
+        {
+            string strKey;
+            ssKey >> strKey;
+            if (strKey == "nTransactionFee")    ssValue >> nTransactionFee;
+            if (strKey == "addrIncoming")       ssValue >> addrIncoming;
+
+            if (!fMineModeFromCommandLine)
+            {
+                if (strKey == "nMineMode")          { ssValue >> nMineMode; fHaveStoredMineMode = true; }
+                if (strKey == "fGenerateBitcoins")  ssValue >> fGenerateBitcoins;
+                if (strKey == "strParticipantPool") ssValue >> strParticipantPool;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (ssKey.fail())
+        {
+            strErrorRet = strprintf("malformed SQLite wallet record key while handling '%s'",
+                                    strLastType.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (ssValue.fail())
+        {
+            strErrorRet = strprintf("malformed SQLite wallet record value while handling '%s'",
+                                    strLastType.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultKey;
+};
+
+static bool FinishLoadedWallet(const vector<unsigned char>& vchDefaultKey,
+                               bool fMayCreateDefaultKey)
+{
+    if (!vchDefaultKey.empty() && mapPubKeys.count(Hash160(vchDefaultKey)))
+    {
+        keyUser.SetPubKey(vchDefaultKey);
+        if (mapKeys.count(vchDefaultKey))
+            keyUser.SetPrivKey(mapKeys[vchDefaultKey]);
+    }
+    else if (IsWalletEncrypted())
+    {
+        printf("LoadWallet: encrypted wallet has no usable default public key. "
+               "The file was left untouched.\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (!fMayCreateDefaultKey)
+        {
+            strWalletLoadError =
+                "SQLite wallet export has no usable default public key";
+            printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        keyUser.MakeNewKey();
+        if (!AddKey(keyUser))
+            return false;
+        if (!SetAddressBookName(PubKeyToAddress(keyUser.GetPubKey()), "Your Address"))
+            return false;
+        CWalletDB().WriteDefaultKey(keyUser.GetPubKey());
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool ReconcileLoadedWalletMetadata(bool fHaveStoredMineMode,
+                                          bool fHaveStoredHDCoinType)
+{
+    // An encrypted wallet has a seed; it just has not been decrypted yet.
+    //
+    // The reset in the else branch was written when "no seed in memory after
+    // loading" could only mean "this wallet has no seed". With encryption that
+    // is no longer true, and taking the else branch here wiped the schema and
+    // the derivation counters that had just been read correctly out of the
+    // file. Unlocking later restores the seed but nothing restores those, so a
+    // BIP44 wallet came back deriving legacy addresses -- different addresses
+    // from the ones its own recovery phrase produces, while the audit reported
+    // the phrase as covering nothing.
+    if (HaveHDSeed() || !vchCryptedHDMaster.empty())
+    {
+        if (nHDKeySchema == HD_SCHEMA_NONE)
+        {
+            nHDKeySchema = HD_SCHEMA_LEGACY;
+            printf("LoadWallet: deterministic seed has no schema metadata; "
+                   "treating it as legacy m/index'\n");
+        }
+        else if (nHDKeySchema != HD_SCHEMA_LEGACY &&
+                 nHDKeySchema != HD_SCHEMA_BIP44)
+        {
+            printf("LoadWallet: deterministic wallet schema %d (%s) is not "
+                   "supported by this build\n",
+                   nHDKeySchema, HDKeySchemaName(nHDKeySchema).c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!fHaveStoredHDCoinType)
+        {
+            nHDCoinType = HD_BIP44_COIN_TYPE_BITFLASH;
+            printf("LoadWallet: deterministic seed has no BIP44 coin type metadata; "
+                   "using Bitflash coin type %u\n", nHDCoinType);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        nHDKeySchema = HD_SCHEMA_NONE;
+        nHDNext = 0;
+        nHDReceiveNext = 0;
+        nHDChangeNext = 0;
+        nHDCoinType = HD_BIP44_COIN_TYPE_BITFLASH;
+    }
+
+    // fGenerateBitcoins and nMineMode only mean anything together, and a
+    // wallet.dat can easily hold one without the other: Bitcoin 0.1.0 already
+    // wrote fGenerateBitcoins when mining was toggled, years before this fork
+    // had a mode at all. Restoring that lone flag put a node into the one state
+    // the miner cannot act on -- generate on, mode relay -- so every miner
+    // thread started and returned at the relay guard, and the machine sat there
+    // looking like it was mining while hashing nothing. That happened to a
+    // 32-core node on the first 1.2.11 start.
+    //
+    // So the flag is only believed when the mode it belongs to was stored with
+    // it, and the pair is made coherent either way.
+    if (!fMineModeFromCommandLine)
+    {
+        if (!fHaveStoredMineMode)
+        {
+            if (fGenerateBitcoins)
+                printf("LoadWallet: ignoring a stored fGenerateBitcoins with no mining mode "
+                       "beside it -- it predates this setting and cannot be read on its own\n");
+            fGenerateBitcoins = 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            fGenerateBitcoins = (nMineMode != MINE_RELAY) ? 1 : 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool CWalletDB::LoadWallet(vector<unsigned char>& vchDefaultKeyRet)
 {
     // Whether wallet.dat actually carried a mining mode, as opposed to just the
@@ -924,34 +1420,269 @@ bool CWalletDB::LoadWallet(vector<unsigned char>& vchDefaultKeyRet)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool ScanWalletRecords(CWalletRecordVisitor& visitor, string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    // Under the SQLite backend there is no Berkeley DB cursor to walk; scan the
+    // active SQLite store instead. This is the single choke point every "read
+    // every wallet record" caller goes through (storage audit and check among
+    // them), so routing it here makes those honour -walletbackend=sqlite.
+    if (WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+    {
+        strErrorRet.clear();
+        return pWalletSQLiteRuntime->ScanRecords(visitor, strErrorRet);
+    }
+
+    class CWalletScanDB : public CWalletDB
+    {
+    public:
+        CWalletScanDB() : CWalletDB("r") { }
+        using CDB::GetCursor;
+        using CDB::ReadAtCursor;
+    };
+
+    strErrorRet.clear();
+    CWalletScanDB dbWallet;
+    Dbc* pcursor = dbWallet.GetCursor();
+    if (!pcursor)
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "could not open a wallet cursor";
+        return false;
+    }
+    CAutoCursor cursorGuard(pcursor);
+
+    loop
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        CDataStream ssValue(SER_DISK);
+        int ret = dbWallet.ReadAtCursor(pcursor, ssKey, ssValue);
+        if (ret == DB_NOTFOUND)
+            break;
+        if (ret != 0)
+        {
+            strErrorRet = strprintf("could not read wallet record: Berkeley DB error %d", ret);
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!visitor.VisitWalletRecord(ssKey, ssValue, strErrorRet))
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool LoadWallet()
 {
     vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultKey;
     if (!CWalletDB("cr").LoadWallet(vchDefaultKey))
         return false;
 
-    if (!vchDefaultKey.empty() && mapPubKeys.count(Hash160(vchDefaultKey)))
+    return FinishLoadedWallet(vchDefaultKey, true);
+}
+
+bool LoadWalletFromSQLite(const string& strPath)
+{
+    strWalletLoadError.clear();
+
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
     {
-        // Set keyUser
-        keyUser.SetPubKey(vchDefaultKey);
-        if (mapKeys.count(vchDefaultKey))
-            keyUser.SetPrivKey(mapKeys[vchDefaultKey]);
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf("SQLite wallet export does not exist: %s",
+                                       strPath.c_str());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
     }
-    else if (IsWalletEncrypted())
+
+    CWalletDBSQLite sqlite;
+    string strError;
+    if (!sqlite.OpenReadOnly(strPath, strError))
     {
-        printf("LoadWallet: encrypted wallet has no usable default public key. "
-               "The file was left untouched.\n");
+        strWalletLoadError = strError;
+        printf("LoadWallet: cannot open SQLite wallet export: %s\n",
+               strError.c_str());
         return false;
     }
-    else
+
+    CSQLiteWalletRuntimeLoadVisitor visitor;
+    try
     {
-        // Create new keyUser and set as default key
-        keyUser.MakeNewKey();
-        if (!AddKey(keyUser))
-            return false;
-        if (!SetAddressBookName(PubKeyToAddress(keyUser.GetPubKey()), "Your Address"))
-            return false;
-        CWalletDB().WriteDefaultKey(keyUser.GetPubKey());
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapKeys)
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+        {
+            if (!sqlite.ScanRecords(visitor, strError))
+            {
+                if (strWalletLoadError.empty())
+                    strWalletLoadError = strError;
+                printf("LoadWallet: SQLite wallet export could not be read. "
+                       "Failed while handling a '%s' record: %s\n",
+                       visitor.strLastType.c_str(), strError.c_str());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf(
+            "SQLite wallet export could not be read while handling a '%s' record: %s",
+            visitor.strLastType.c_str(), e.what());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf(
+            "SQLite wallet export could not be read while handling a '%s' record",
+            visitor.strLastType.c_str());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!ReconcileLoadedWalletMetadata(visitor.fHaveStoredMineMode,
+                                       visitor.fHaveStoredHDCoinType))
+    {
+        if (strWalletLoadError.empty())
+            strWalletLoadError = "SQLite wallet metadata is not supported by this build";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return FinishLoadedWallet(visitor.vchDefaultKey, false);
+}
+
+// Open a SQLite wallet read-write and keep it open as the active runtime
+// backend, then load its records into memory the same way LoadWalletFromSQLite
+// does. Unlike the read-only staging path, this leaves pWalletSQLiteRuntime set
+// so every later CWalletDB read/write/erase routes to this file for the life of
+// the process. The Berkeley DB wallet.dat is never opened.
+bool LoadWalletFromSQLiteRuntime(const string& strPath)
+{
+    strWalletLoadError.clear();
+
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf("SQLite wallet does not exist: %s",
+                                       strPath.c_str());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    string strError;
+    if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(strPath, strError))
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strError;
+        printf("LoadWallet: cannot open SQLite wallet backend: %s\n",
+               strError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    CSQLiteWalletRuntimeLoadVisitor visitor;
+    try
+    {
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapKeys)
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+        {
+            if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime->ScanRecords(visitor, strError))
+            {
+                WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+                if (strWalletLoadError.empty())
+                    strWalletLoadError = strError;
+                printf("LoadWallet: SQLite wallet backend could not be read. "
+                       "Failed while handling a '%s' record: %s\n",
+                       visitor.strLastType.c_str(), strError.c_str());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf(
+            "SQLite wallet backend could not be read while handling a '%s' record: %s",
+            visitor.strLastType.c_str(), e.what());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf(
+            "SQLite wallet backend could not be read while handling a '%s' record",
+            visitor.strLastType.c_str());
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Refuse an empty or non-wallet SQLite file up front, with a message that
+    // names the likely cause. FinishLoadedWallet below already rejects a
+    // missing default key (it is the fMayCreateDefaultKey=false path), but its
+    // wording -- "no usable default public key" -- reads as corruption when the
+    // real story is usually "this file was never an exported wallet". A blank
+    // wallet.sqlite left by a typo or a half-run export should say so.
+    if (visitor.vchDefaultKey.empty())
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        strWalletLoadError =
+            "SQLite wallet has no default key record; it may be empty or not a "
+            "wallet export. Create it with -walletsqliteexport.";
+        printf("LoadWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!ReconcileLoadedWalletMetadata(visitor.fHaveStoredMineMode,
+                                       visitor.fHaveStoredHDCoinType))
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        if (strWalletLoadError.empty())
+            strWalletLoadError = "SQLite wallet metadata is not supported by this build";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Never fabricate a default key: an export always carries one, and a file
+    // that does not is refused with the wallet left open to no writes rather
+    // than quietly minted into a new identity.
+    if (!FinishLoadedWallet(visitor.vchDefaultKey, false))
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// Create a brand-new wallet directly in the SQLite backend. For a fresh install
+// where SQLite is the default there is no wallet.dat to export from, so open a
+// new wallet.sqlite (Open() creates the file and its schema) and let
+// FinishLoadedWallet mint the first default key straight into it -- the same
+// call the Berkeley DB create path uses, so a new wallet is identical either
+// way. Refuses to touch an existing file, and cleans up on failure so a broken
+// half-initialised wallet.sqlite is never left for the next start to load.
+bool CreateNewSQLiteWallet(const string& strPath)
+{
+    strWalletLoadError.clear();
+
+    if (FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strprintf("SQLite wallet already exists: %s",
+                                       strPath.c_str());
+        printf("CreateNewSQLiteWallet: %s\n", strWalletLoadError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    string strError;
+    if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(strPath, strError, false))
+    {
+        strWalletLoadError = strError;
+        printf("CreateNewSQLiteWallet: cannot create SQLite wallet: %s\n",
+               strError.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    vector<unsigned char> vchNoDefaultKey;
+    if (!FinishLoadedWallet(vchNoDefaultKey, true))
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        remove(strPath.c_str());
+        remove((strPath + "-wal").c_str());
+        remove((strPath + "-shm").c_str());
+        if (strWalletLoadError.empty())
+            strWalletLoadError = "could not initialise the new SQLite wallet";
+        return false;
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -974,21 +1705,99 @@ bool LoadWallet()
 // this file was written are not spendable from it. Backing up once is not
 // enough, and that is a property of the wallet format rather than of this
 // function.
+// Back up the active SQLite wallet. The store is checkpointed so the WAL is
+// folded into the main file, then the single self-contained wallet.sqlite is
+// copied through a temp file and renamed into place (same temp/old/rename dance
+// as the Berkeley DB path, for Windows' non-overwriting rename). No lsn_reset:
+// a checkpointed SQLite file needs nothing beside it to open.
+static bool BackupWalletSQLite(const string& strDest)
+{
+    string strSrc = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+    if (!FileExists(strSrc.c_str()))
+        return error("BackupWallet() : %s does not exist\n", strSrc.c_str());
+
+    string strCheckpointError;
+    if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeCheckpoint(strCheckpointError))
+        return error("BackupWallet() : checkpoint failed: %s\n", strCheckpointError.c_str());
+
+    string strTemp = strprintf("%s.tmp.%lld", strDest.c_str(), GetTime());
+    for (int i = 1; FileExists(strTemp.c_str()); i++)
+        strTemp = strprintf("%s.tmp.%lld.%d", strDest.c_str(), GetTime(), i);
+    string strOld = strprintf("%s.old.%lld", strDest.c_str(), GetTime());
+    for (int i = 1; FileExists(strOld.c_str()); i++)
+        strOld = strprintf("%s.old.%lld.%d", strDest.c_str(), GetTime(), i);
+
+    FILE* pfIn = fopen(strSrc.c_str(), "rb");
+    if (!pfIn)
+        return error("BackupWallet() : cannot read %s\n", strSrc.c_str());
+    FILE* pfOut = fopen(strTemp.c_str(), "wb");
+    if (!pfOut)
+    {
+        fclose(pfIn);
+        return error("BackupWallet() : cannot write %s\n", strTemp.c_str());
+    }
+
+    char buf[65536];
+    size_t n;
+    bool fOk = true;
+    while ((n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), pfIn)) > 0)
+        if (fwrite(buf, 1, n, pfOut) != n) { fOk = false; break; }
+    if (ferror(pfIn))
+        fOk = false;
+    fclose(pfIn);
+    if (fclose(pfOut) != 0)
+        fOk = false;
+    if (!fOk)
+    {
+        remove(strTemp.c_str());   // half a wallet is worse than none
+        return error("BackupWallet() : copy to %s failed\n", strTemp.c_str());
+    }
+
+    bool fHadOldDest = FileExists(strDest.c_str());
+    if (fHadOldDest && rename(strDest.c_str(), strOld.c_str()) != 0)
+    {
+        remove(strTemp.c_str());
+        return error("BackupWallet() : could not move old %s aside\n", strDest.c_str());
+    }
+    if (rename(strTemp.c_str(), strDest.c_str()) != 0)
+    {
+        remove(strTemp.c_str());
+        if (fHadOldDest)
+            rename(strOld.c_str(), strDest.c_str());
+        return error("BackupWallet() : could not install %s\n", strDest.c_str());
+    }
+    if (fHadOldDest)
+        remove(strOld.c_str());
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool BackupWallet(const string& strDest)
 {
     if (strDest.empty())
         return error("BackupWallet() : no destination given\n");
 
+    // Under the SQLite backend the live wallet is wallet.sqlite, not wallet.dat.
+    if (WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+        return BackupWalletSQLite(strDest);
+
     string strSrc = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat";
     if (!FileExists(strSrc.c_str()))
         return error("BackupWallet() : %s does not exist\n", strSrc.c_str());
 
+    string strTemp = strprintf("%s.tmp.%lld", strDest.c_str(), GetTime());
+    for (int i = 1; FileExists(strTemp.c_str()); i++)
+        strTemp = strprintf("%s.tmp.%lld.%d", strDest.c_str(), GetTime(), i);
+    string strOld = strprintf("%s.old.%lld", strDest.c_str(), GetTime());
+    for (int i = 1; FileExists(strOld.c_str()); i++)
+        strOld = strprintf("%s.old.%lld.%d", strDest.c_str(), GetTime(), i);
+
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_db)
     {
         // Committing first, so the copy is not missing the newest records.
         // Both calls can throw, and a failed backup must not take the node
         // down with it.
-        try { dbenv.txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); }
+        DbEnv& env = GetDbEnv();
+        try { env.txn_checkpoint(0, 0, 0); }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
         { return error("BackupWallet() : checkpoint failed: %s\n", e.what()); }
 
@@ -997,11 +1806,11 @@ bool BackupWallet(const string& strDest)
             FILE* pfIn = fopen(strSrc.c_str(), "rb");
             if (!pfIn)
                 return error("BackupWallet() : cannot read %s\n", strSrc.c_str());
-            FILE* pfOut = fopen(strDest.c_str(), "wb");
+            FILE* pfOut = fopen(strTemp.c_str(), "wb");
             if (!pfOut)
             {
                 fclose(pfIn);
-                return error("BackupWallet() : cannot write %s\n", strDest.c_str());
+                return error("BackupWallet() : cannot write %s\n", strTemp.c_str());
             }
 
             char buf[65536];
@@ -1018,18 +1827,39 @@ bool BackupWallet(const string& strDest)
 
             if (!fOk)
             {
-                remove(strDest.c_str());   // half a wallet is worse than none
-                return error("BackupWallet() : copy to %s failed\n", strDest.c_str());
+                remove(strTemp.c_str());   // half a wallet is worse than none
+                return error("BackupWallet() : copy to %s failed\n", strTemp.c_str());
             }
 
             // Without this the copy is welded to this node's database/ dir.
-            int ret = dbenv.lsn_reset(strDest.c_str(), 0);
+            int ret = env.lsn_reset(strTemp.c_str(), 0);
             if (ret != 0)
                 printf("BackupWallet() : warning -- lsn_reset returned %d; the copy "
                        "may only open beside this node's database/ directory\n", ret);
+
+            bool fHadOldDest = FileExists(strDest.c_str());
+            if (fHadOldDest && rename(strDest.c_str(), strOld.c_str()) != 0)
+            {
+                remove(strTemp.c_str());
+                return error("BackupWallet() : could not move old %s aside\n", strDest.c_str());
+            }
+            if (rename(strTemp.c_str(), strDest.c_str()) != 0)
+            {
+                remove(strTemp.c_str());
+                if (fHadOldDest)
+                    rename(strOld.c_str(), strDest.c_str());
+                return error("BackupWallet() : could not install %s\n", strDest.c_str());
+            }
+            if (fHadOldDest)
+                remove(strOld.c_str());
         }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
-        { return error("BackupWallet() : %s\n", e.what()); }
+        {
+            remove(strTemp.c_str());
+            if (FileExists(strOld.c_str()) && !FileExists(strDest.c_str()))
+                rename(strOld.c_str(), strDest.c_str());
+            return error("BackupWallet() : %s\n", e.what());
+        }
     }
 
     // Recorded here rather than by whoever called, so that a backup taken with
@@ -1307,73 +2137,71 @@ public:
     {
         return Write(make_pair(string("pool"), nIndex), vchPubKey);
     }
+};
+
+static bool IsWalletEncryptionPrivateRecord(const string& strType)
+{
+    return strType == "key" ||
+           strType == "pool" ||
+           strType == "hdmaster" ||
+           strType == "hdchaincode" ||
+           strType == "mkey" ||
+           strType == "ckey" ||
+           strType == "cryptedhdmaster" ||
+           strType == "cryptedhdchaincode" ||
+           strType == "walletminversion";
+}
+
+class CWalletPublicRecordCopyVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    CWalletRewriteDB& dbTo;
+    int& nCopied;
 
-    bool CopyPublicRecordsTo(CWalletRewriteDB& dbTo, int& nCopiedRet, string& strErrorRet)
+    CWalletPublicRecordCopyVisitor(CWalletRewriteDB& dbToIn, int& nCopiedIn)
+        : dbTo(dbToIn), nCopied(nCopiedIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
     {
-        nCopiedRet = 0;
-        Dbc* pcursor = GetCursor();
-        if (!pcursor)
+        string strType;
+        try
         {
-            strErrorRet = "could not open a wallet cursor";
-            return false;
+            CDataStream ssType = ssKey;
+            ssType >> strType;
         }
-
-        unsigned int fFlags = DB_NEXT;
-        loop
+        catch (...)
         {
-            CDataStream ssKey;
-            CDataStream ssValue;
-            int ret = ReadAtCursor(pcursor, ssKey, ssValue, fFlags);
-            if (ret == DB_NOTFOUND)
-                break;
-            if (ret != 0)
-            {
-                pcursor->close();
-                strErrorRet = strprintf("could not read wallet record: Berkeley DB error %d", ret);
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            string strType;
-            try
-            {
-                CDataStream ssType = ssKey;
-                ssType >> strType;
-            }
-            catch (...)
-            {
-                pcursor->close();
-                strErrorRet = "wallet.dat has a record whose key type cannot be read";
-                return false;
-            }
+            strErrorRet = "wallet.dat has a record whose key type cannot be read";
+            return false;
+        }
 
-            if (strType == "key" ||
-                strType == "pool" ||
-                strType == "hdmaster" ||
-                strType == "hdchaincode" ||
-                strType == "mkey" ||
-                strType == "ckey" ||
-                strType == "cryptedhdmaster" ||
-                strType == "cryptedhdchaincode" ||
-                strType == "walletminversion")
-                continue;
+        if (IsWalletEncryptionPrivateRecord(strType))
+            return true;
 
-            if (!dbTo.WriteRaw(ssKey, ssValue))
-            {
-                pcursor->close();
-                strErrorRet = strprintf("could not copy wallet record '%s'", strType.c_str());
-                return false;
-            }
-            nCopiedRet++;
+        if (!dbTo.WriteRaw(ssKey, ssValue))
+        {
+            strErrorRet = strprintf("could not copy wallet record '%s'", strType.c_str());
+            return false;
         }
-
-        pcursor->close();
+        nCopied++;
         return true;
     }
 };
 
-static string WalletEncryptBackupPath()
+static bool CopyPublicWalletRecordsTo(CWalletRewriteDB& dbTo,
+                                      int& nCopiedRet,
+                                      string& strErrorRet)
 {
-    string strBase = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat.before-encrypt.";
+    nCopiedRet = 0;
+    CWalletPublicRecordCopyVisitor visitor(dbTo, nCopiedRet);
+    return ScanWalletRecords(visitor, strErrorRet);
+}
+
+static string WalletEncryptBackupPathFor(const char* pszBaseName)
+{
+    string strBase = GetAppDir() + "/" + pszBaseName + ".before-encrypt.";
     string strPath = strBase + i64tostr(GetTime()) + ".bak";
     for (int i = 1; FileExists(strPath.c_str()); i++)
         strPath = strBase + i64tostr(GetTime()) + "." + itostr(i) + ".bak";
@@ -1403,6 +2231,192 @@ static void SecureClearBytes(vector<unsigned char>& vch)
     vch.clear();
 }
 
+// The SQLite counterpart of CWalletPublicRecordCopyVisitor: same skip list,
+// same byte-for-byte copy, but the destination is a CWalletDBSQLite record
+// store rather than a Berkeley DB file.
+class CWalletPublicRecordCopyToSQLiteVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    CWalletDBSQLite& dbTo;
+    int& nCopied;
+
+    CWalletPublicRecordCopyToSQLiteVisitor(CWalletDBSQLite& dbToIn, int& nCopiedIn)
+        : dbTo(dbToIn), nCopied(nCopiedIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        string strType;
+        try
+        {
+            CDataStream ssType = ssKey;
+            ssType >> strType;
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            strErrorRet = "SQLite wallet has a record whose key type cannot be read";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (IsWalletEncryptionPrivateRecord(strType))
+            return true;
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue(ssValue.begin(), ssValue.end());
+        bool fOk = dbTo.WriteRecord(vchKey, vchValue, strErrorRet, true);
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!vchValue.empty())
+            memset(&vchValue[0], 0, vchValue.size());
+        if (!fOk)
+        {
+            strErrorRet = strprintf("could not copy wallet record '%s': %s",
+                                    strType.c_str(), strErrorRet.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        nCopied++;
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+// Persist an encrypted wallet under the SQLite backend. Everything the caller
+// computed -- the master key, the re-encrypted private keys, the fresh crypted
+// key pool, the encrypted HD seed -- lands in a brand new wallet.sqlite built
+// in one transaction, which is then swapped in for the plaintext original.
+//
+// A fresh file rather than an in-place rewrite for two reasons: it keeps the
+// whole change atomic (a crash before the rename leaves the old wallet whole),
+// and it guarantees no plaintext key survives in a freed page the way an
+// in-place DELETE would leave behind until a VACUUM.
+static bool EncryptWalletPersistSQLite(
+    const vector<pair<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > >& vCryptedKeys,
+    const vector<pair<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > >& vNewPoolKeys,
+    const vector<pair<int64, vector<unsigned char> > >& vNewPool,
+    const CWalletMasterKey& kMasterKey,
+    const vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedHDMasterNew,
+    const vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedHDChainCodeNew,
+    unsigned int nHDNextNew,
+    int& nCopiedRet,
+    string& strBackupRet,
+    string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    nCopiedRet = 0;
+    if (!pWalletSQLiteRuntime)
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "SQLite wallet backend is not active";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletPath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+    string strTempPath = GetAppDir() + "/" +
+        strprintf("wallet.sqlite.encrypting.%lld", GetTime());
+    remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+    remove((strTempPath + "-wal").c_str());
+    remove((strTempPath + "-shm").c_str());
+
+    {
+        CWalletDBSQLite dbTmp;
+        if (!dbTmp.Open(strTempPath, strErrorRet))
+        {
+            remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!dbTmp.BeginTransaction(strErrorRet))
+        {
+            dbTmp.Close();
+            remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // The public records come from the live SQLite store -- under this
+        // backend ScanWalletRecords() has no Berkeley DB behind it to read.
+        CWalletPublicRecordCopyToSQLiteVisitor visitor(dbTmp, nCopiedRet);
+        bool fOk = pWalletSQLiteRuntime->ScanRecords(visitor, strErrorRet);
+
+        // Encrypted metadata, serialized byte-for-byte the way the Berkeley DB
+        // path (CWalletRewriteDB) writes it, so a wallet encrypted under either
+        // backend is the same set of records. ckey uses INSERT-only to match
+        // WriteCryptedKey; the rest overwrite.
+        fOk = fOk &&
+            dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(string("walletminversion"),
+                                   (int)WALLET_FORMAT_ENCRYPTED, strErrorRet, true) &&
+            dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("mkey"),
+                                       (unsigned int)(nWalletMasterKeyMaxID + 1)),
+                                   kMasterKey, strErrorRet, true);
+        for (size_t i = 0; fOk && i < vCryptedKeys.size(); i++)
+            fOk = dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("ckey"), vCryptedKeys[i].first),
+                                         vCryptedKeys[i].second, strErrorRet, false);
+        for (size_t i = 0; fOk && i < vNewPoolKeys.size(); i++)
+            fOk = dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("ckey"), vNewPoolKeys[i].first),
+                                         vNewPoolKeys[i].second, strErrorRet, false);
+        if (fOk && !vchCryptedHDMasterNew.empty())
+            fOk = dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(string("cryptedhdmaster"),
+                                         vchCryptedHDMasterNew, strErrorRet, true) &&
+                  dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(string("cryptedhdchaincode"),
+                                         vchCryptedHDChainCodeNew, strErrorRet, true);
+        if (fOk)
+            fOk = dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(string("hdnext"), nHDNextNew, strErrorRet, true);
+        for (size_t i = 0; fOk && i < vNewPool.size(); i++)
+            fOk = dbTmp.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("pool"), vNewPool[i].first),
+                                         vNewPool[i].second, strErrorRet, true);
+
+        if (!fOk)
+        {
+            string strIgnore;
+            dbTmp.RollbackTransaction(strIgnore);
+            dbTmp.Close();
+            remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+            remove((strTempPath + "-wal").c_str());
+            remove((strTempPath + "-shm").c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!dbTmp.CommitTransaction(strErrorRet))
+        {
+            dbTmp.Close();
+            remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+            remove((strTempPath + "-wal").c_str());
+            remove((strTempPath + "-shm").c_str());
+            return false;
+        }
+        string strCheckpointError;
+        dbTmp.Checkpoint(strCheckpointError);
+        dbTmp.Close();
+    }
+
+    // The rebuilt wallet is committed and self-contained. Close the live handle
+    // so the file can be swapped: Windows will not rename a file that still has
+    // an open handle, and the node exits right after this.
+    WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+
+    string strBackupPath = WalletEncryptBackupPathFor("wallet.sqlite");
+    if (rename(strWalletPath.c_str(), strBackupPath.c_str()) != 0)
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("could not move the original SQLite wallet to %s",
+                                strBackupPath.c_str());
+        remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+    // The moved-aside wallet owns any leftover write-ahead log or shared-memory
+    // sidecar; drop stale ones so they cannot shadow the new wallet.
+    remove((strWalletPath + "-wal").c_str());
+    remove((strWalletPath + "-shm").c_str());
+
+    if (rename(strTempPath.c_str(), strWalletPath.c_str()) != 0)
+    {
+        rename(strBackupPath.c_str(), strWalletPath.c_str());
+        strErrorRet = "could not install the encrypted SQLite wallet; the original was restored";
+        remove(strTempPath.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+    remove((strTempPath + "-wal").c_str());
+    remove((strTempPath + "-shm").c_str());
+
+    strBackupRet = strBackupPath;
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool EncryptWallet(const string& strPassphrase, string& strBackupRet, string& strErrorRet)
 {
     strBackupRet.clear();
@@ -1541,15 +2555,32 @@ bool EncryptWallet(const string& strPassphrase, string& strBackupRet, string& st
         vNewPool.push_back(make_pair((int64)i + 1, vchPubKey));
     }
 
+    // Every ciphertext is computed; nothing has touched the store yet. Under
+    // the SQLite backend, persist by rebuilding wallet.sqlite in one atomic
+    // transaction and swapping it in. The Berkeley DB path below is unchanged.
+    if (WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+    {
+        int nCopiedSQLite = 0;
+        if (!EncryptWalletPersistSQLite(vCryptedKeys, vNewPoolKeys, vNewPool,
+                                        kMasterKey, vchCryptedHDMasterNew,
+                                        vchCryptedHDChainCodeNew, nHDNextNew,
+                                        nCopiedSQLite, strBackupRet, strErrorRet))
+            return false;
+        printf("EncryptWallet() : copied %d public record(s), encrypted %u key(s), "
+               "rebuilt %d key-pool entry(s) [SQLite]\n",
+               nCopiedSQLite, (unsigned int)(vCryptedKeys.size() + vNewPoolKeys.size()),
+               (int)vNewPool.size());
+        return true;
+    }
+
     string strTempFile = strprintf("wallet.encrypting.%lld.dat", GetTime());
     string strTempPath = GetAppDir() + "/" + strTempFile;
     remove(strTempPath.c_str());
 
     int nCopied = 0;
     {
-        CWalletRewriteDB dbSource("wallet.dat", "r");
         CWalletRewriteDB dbTarget(strTempFile.c_str(), "c+");
-        if (!dbSource.CopyPublicRecordsTo(dbTarget, nCopied, strErrorRet))
+        if (!CopyPublicWalletRecordsTo(dbTarget, nCopied, strErrorRet))
         {
             remove(strTempPath.c_str());
             return false;
@@ -1609,7 +2640,7 @@ bool EncryptWallet(const string& strPassphrase, string& strBackupRet, string& st
     DBFlush(true);
 
     string strWalletPath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat";
-    string strBackupPath = WalletEncryptBackupPath();
+    string strBackupPath = WalletEncryptBackupPathFor("wallet.dat");
     if (rename(strWalletPath.c_str(), strBackupPath.c_str()) != 0)
     {
         strErrorRet = strprintf("could not move the original wallet to %s", strBackupPath.c_str());
diff --git a/src/db.h b/src/db.h
index 37a252f..859e3fb 100644
--- a/src/db.h
+++ b/src/db.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-extern DbEnv dbenv;
+extern DbEnv& GetDbEnv();
 extern void DBFlush(bool fShutdown);
 // Close the environment and delete its logs. Only the encryption command calls
 // this: the logs hold the plaintext records the old wallet wrote.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public:
         if (!pdb)
             return false;
         DbTxn* ptxn = NULL;
-        int ret = dbenv.txn_begin(GetTxn(), &ptxn, 0);
+        int ret = GetDbEnv().txn_begin(GetTxn(), &ptxn, 0);
         if (!ptxn || ret != 0)
             return false;
         vTxn.push_back(ptxn);
@@ -333,6 +333,24 @@ private:
 // Legacy IP-based peer address database (CAddrDB / addr.dat) removed --
 // peer discovery is entirely Nostr/.btf-based now.
 
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive();
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(const string& strPath, string& strErrorRet, bool fMustExist=true);
+void WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeReadRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                   vector<unsigned char>& vchValueRet);
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeWriteRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                    const vector<unsigned char>& vchValue,
+                                    bool fOverwrite);
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeEraseRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey);
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn();
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeCommitTxn();
+void WalletSQLiteRuntimeRollbackTxn();
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpenReadOnly(const string& strPath, string& strErrorRet);
+bool WalletSQLiteRuntimeCheckpoint(string& strErrorRet);
+string ReadWalletBackendMarker();
+bool WriteWalletBackendMarker(const string& strBackend);
+bool CreateNewSQLiteWallet(const string& strPath);
+
 
 
 
@@ -340,64 +358,141 @@ private:
 class CWalletDB : public CDB
 {
 public:
-    CWalletDB(const char* pszMode="r+", bool fTxn=false) : CDB("wallet.dat", pszMode, fTxn) { }
+    CWalletDB(const char* pszMode="r+", bool fTxn=false);
 private:
     CWalletDB(const CWalletDB&);
     void operator=(const CWalletDB&);
+
+    template<typename K, typename T>
+    bool ReadWalletRecord(const K& key, T& value)
+    {
+        if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+            return Read(key, value);
+
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue;
+
+        bool fOk = WalletSQLiteRuntimeReadRecord(vchKey, vchValue);
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        if (!fOk)
+            return false;
+
+        CDataStream ssValue(vchValue, SER_DISK);
+        ssValue >> value;
+        bool fReadOk = !ssValue.fail();
+        if (!vchValue.empty())
+            memset(&vchValue[0], 0, vchValue.size());
+        if (!ssValue.empty())
+            memset(&ssValue[0], 0, ssValue.size());
+        return fReadOk;
+    }
+
+    template<typename K, typename T>
+    bool WriteWalletRecord(const K& key, const T& value, bool fOverwrite=true)
+    {
+        if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+            return Write(key, value, fOverwrite);
+
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+        CDataStream ssValue(SER_DISK);
+        ssValue.reserve(10000);
+        ssValue << value;
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue(ssValue.begin(), ssValue.end());
+        bool fOk = WalletSQLiteRuntimeWriteRecord(vchKey, vchValue, fOverwrite);
+
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!vchValue.empty())
+            memset(&vchValue[0], 0, vchValue.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        if (!ssValue.empty())
+            memset(&ssValue[0], 0, ssValue.size());
+        return fOk;
+    }
+
+    template<typename K>
+    bool EraseWalletRecord(const K& key)
+    {
+        if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+            return Erase(key);
+
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+        bool fOk = WalletSQLiteRuntimeEraseRecord(vchKey);
+
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        return fOk;
+    }
 public:
     bool ReadName(const string& strAddress, string& strName)
     {
         strName = "";
-        return Read(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress), strName);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress), strName);
     }
 
     bool WriteName(const string& strAddress, const string& strName)
     {
         mapAddressBook[strAddress] = strName;
-        return Write(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress), strName);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress), strName);
     }
 
     bool EraseName(const string& strAddress)
     {
         mapAddressBook.erase(strAddress);
-        return Erase(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress));
+        return EraseWalletRecord(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress));
     }
 
     bool ReadTx(uint256 hash, CWalletTx& wtx)
     {
-        return Read(make_pair(string("tx"), hash), wtx);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(make_pair(string("tx"), hash), wtx);
     }
 
     bool WriteTx(uint256 hash, const CWalletTx& wtx)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("tx"), hash), wtx);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("tx"), hash), wtx);
     }
 
     bool EraseTx(uint256 hash)
     {
-        return Erase(make_pair(string("tx"), hash));
+        return EraseWalletRecord(make_pair(string("tx"), hash));
     }
 
     bool ReadKey(const vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey, CPrivKey& vchPrivKey)
     {
         vchPrivKey.clear();
-        return Read(make_pair(string("key"), vchPubKey), vchPrivKey);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(make_pair(string("key"), vchPubKey), vchPrivKey);
     }
 
     bool WriteKey(const vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey, const CPrivKey& vchPrivKey)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("key"), vchPubKey), vchPrivKey, false);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("key"), vchPubKey), vchPrivKey, false);
     }
 
     bool ReadDefaultKey(vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey)
     {
         vchPubKey.clear();
-        return Read(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey);
     }
 
     bool WriteDefaultKey(const vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey)
     {
-        return Write(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey);
     }
 
     // --- Deterministic (BIP32) seed ---------------------------------------
@@ -415,62 +510,75 @@ public:
     {
         vchMasterRet.clear();
         vchChainCodeRet.clear();
-        return Read(string("hdmaster"), vchMasterRet)
-            && Read(string("hdchaincode"), vchChainCodeRet);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(string("hdmaster"), vchMasterRet)
+            && ReadWalletRecord(string("hdchaincode"), vchChainCodeRet);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDMaster(const vector<unsigned char>& vchMaster, const vector<unsigned char>& vchChainCode)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdmaster"), vchMaster)
-            && Write(string("hdchaincode"), vchChainCode);
+        // hdmaster and hdchaincode are halves of one seed: a wallet with one but
+        // not the other is an incomplete HD wallet (-walletstoragecheck flags
+        // exactly that). Under the SQLite runtime write them in one transaction
+        // so a failure or crash between the two cannot leave that half-state.
+        // Berkeley DB keeps its existing per-write behaviour -- the bracket is a
+        // no-op there.
+        if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn())
+            return false;
+        if (!WriteWalletRecord(string("hdmaster"), vchMaster) ||
+            !WriteWalletRecord(string("hdchaincode"), vchChainCode))
+        {
+            WalletSQLiteRuntimeRollbackTxn();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return WalletSQLiteRuntimeCommitTxn();
     }
 
     bool WriteWalletMinVersion(int nVersion)
     {
-        return Write(string("walletminversion"), nVersion);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("walletminversion"), nVersion);
     }
 
     bool WriteMasterKey(unsigned int nID, const CWalletMasterKey& kMasterKey)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("mkey"), nID), kMasterKey, true);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("mkey"), nID), kMasterKey, true);
     }
 
     bool WriteCryptedKey(const vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey,
                          const vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedSecret)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("ckey"), vchPubKey), vchCryptedSecret, false);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("ckey"), vchPubKey), vchCryptedSecret, false);
     }
 
     bool WriteCryptedHDMaster(const vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedMaster,
                               const vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedChainCode)
     {
-        return Write(string("cryptedhdmaster"), vchCryptedMaster)
-            && Write(string("cryptedhdchaincode"), vchCryptedChainCode);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("cryptedhdmaster"), vchCryptedMaster)
+            && WriteWalletRecord(string("cryptedhdchaincode"), vchCryptedChainCode);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDNext(unsigned int nNext)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdnext"), nNext);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("hdnext"), nNext);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDSchema(int nSchema)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdschema"), nSchema);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("hdschema"), nSchema);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDCoinType(unsigned int nCoinType)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdcointype"), nCoinType);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("hdcointype"), nCoinType);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDReceiveNext(unsigned int nNext)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdreceivenext"), nNext);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("hdreceivenext"), nNext);
     }
 
     bool WriteHDChangeNext(unsigned int nNext)
     {
-        return Write(string("hdchangenext"), nNext);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(string("hdchangenext"), nNext);
     }
 
     // Keys generated ahead of time and not yet handed out. The private key of
@@ -478,30 +586,43 @@ public:
     // record only says that this one is still unspoken for.
     bool WritePool(int64 nIndex, const vector<unsigned char>& vchPubKey)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("pool"), nIndex), vchPubKey);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("pool"), nIndex), vchPubKey);
     }
 
     bool ErasePool(int64 nIndex)
     {
-        return Erase(make_pair(string("pool"), nIndex));
+        return EraseWalletRecord(make_pair(string("pool"), nIndex));
     }
 
     template<typename T>
     bool ReadSetting(const string& strKey, T& value)
     {
-        return Read(make_pair(string("setting"), strKey), value);
+        return ReadWalletRecord(make_pair(string("setting"), strKey), value);
     }
 
     template<typename T>
     bool WriteSetting(const string& strKey, const T& value)
     {
-        return Write(make_pair(string("setting"), strKey), value);
+        return WriteWalletRecord(make_pair(string("setting"), strKey), value);
     }
 
     bool LoadWallet(vector<unsigned char>& vchDefaultKeyRet);
 };
 
+class CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~CWalletRecordVisitor() { }
+    virtual bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                                   const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                                   string& strErrorRet) = 0;
+};
+
+bool ScanWalletRecords(CWalletRecordVisitor& visitor, string& strErrorRet);
+
 bool LoadWallet();
+bool LoadWalletFromSQLite(const string& strPath);
+bool LoadWalletFromSQLiteRuntime(const string& strPath);
 
 // Writes a wallet.dat that opens on its own, anywhere -- see the definition in
 // db.cpp for why a plain file copy does not. Still a point-in-time snapshot:
diff --git a/src/gui.cpp b/src/gui.cpp
index 8dcb854..ff6059a 100644
--- a/src/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <sstream>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <shellapi.h>   // ShellExecuteA, to open the website in the browser
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>
+#include <system_error>
 #include "bip32.h"
 #include "walletcmd.h"
 #include "font_roboto.h"
@@ -172,7 +178,11 @@ static bool PathIsInsideDataDir(const std::string& strPath)
 
 static void SetDefaultBackupPath()
 {
-    std::string path = DefaultBackupDir() + "/wallet-backup-" + BackupTimeSuffix() + ".dat";
+    // Match the extension to the live backend: BackupWallet copies wallet.sqlite
+    // under the SQLite backend and wallet.dat under Berkeley DB, so a ".dat"
+    // default name would put SQLite contents in a misleadingly-named file.
+    const char* pszExt = WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive() ? ".sqlite" : ".dat";
+    std::string path = DefaultBackupDir() + "/wallet-backup-" + BackupTimeSuffix() + pszExt;
     strncpy(g_backupPath, path.c_str(), sizeof(g_backupPath)-1);
     g_backupPath[sizeof(g_backupPath)-1] = '\0';
 }
@@ -910,8 +920,16 @@ static void DrawOptionsDialog()
 
             if (nMineMode == MINE_OPERATOR) {
                 if (!gPoolServerRunning) {
-                    gPoolServerRunning = true;
-                    _beginthread(ThreadRPCServer, 0, NULL);
+                    // Claim the server is up only once it is. The flag used to
+                    // be set first and the result never looked at, so a refused
+                    // spawn left an operator with a pool that reports itself
+                    // running, no RPC server for miners to reach, and nothing
+                    // anywhere saying why. The flag also latches: with it set,
+                    // this branch is never retried.
+                    if (_beginthread(ThreadRPCServer, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+                        printf("Error: _beginthread(ThreadRPCServer) failed -- pool server not started\n");
+                    else
+                        gPoolServerRunning = true;
                 } else if (!gPoolRunning) {
                     gPoolRunning = true;
                 }
@@ -1124,11 +1142,28 @@ static void DrawRestorePhraseDialog()
                 }
                 g_restoreDerived.store(0);
                 g_restoreRecovered.store(0);
+                // Set before the spawn, not after: RestoreThread clears this
+                // flag itself when it finishes, and a short restore can beat
+                // us back here and have its `false` overwritten, leaving the
+                // dialog disabled forever.
                 g_restoreRunning.store(true);
                 // On its own thread: a restore walks the whole chain once per
                 // batch and would otherwise freeze the window for as long as it
-                // takes.
-                std::thread(RestoreThread, std::string(g_restoreInput)).detach();
+                // takes. A refused spawn is one restore that does not happen,
+                // not a reason to take the window down with an uncaught
+                // std::system_error -- and the flag has to come back off, or
+                // the dialog sits greyed out reporting a search nobody is
+                // running.
+                try
+                {
+                    std::thread(RestoreThread, std::string(g_restoreInput)).detach();
+                }
+                catch (const std::system_error& e)
+                {
+                    g_restoreRunning.store(false);
+                    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_restoreResultMutex);
+                    g_restoreResult = std::string("Could not start the search: ") + e.what();
+                }
             }
         }
         if (fBusy)
@@ -1254,11 +1289,11 @@ static void DrawWalletSafetyDialog()
         }
         ImGui::Text("Phrase-backed spendable balance: %s BTF",
                     FmtMoney(g_recoveryAudit.nRecoverableCredit).c_str());
-        ImGui::Text("Wallet.dat-only spendable balance: %s BTF",
+        ImGui::Text("Not phrase-backed spendable balance: %s BTF",
                     FmtMoney(g_recoveryAudit.nLegacyCredit).c_str());
         ImGui::Text("Phrase-backed immature mining rewards: %s BTF",
                     FmtMoney(g_recoveryAudit.nRecoverableImmatureCredit).c_str());
-        ImGui::Text("Wallet.dat-only immature mining rewards: %s BTF",
+        ImGui::Text("Not phrase-backed immature mining rewards: %s BTF",
                     FmtMoney(g_recoveryAudit.nLegacyImmatureCredit).c_str());
         if (!g_recoveryAudit.fDeriveComplete)
         {
@@ -1272,8 +1307,8 @@ static void DrawWalletSafetyDialog()
             ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, ImVec4(1.0f, 0.75f, 0.25f, 1.0f));
             ImGui::TextWrapped(
                 "Some coins are on keys the phrase does not reproduce. "
-                "Keep wallet.dat backups until that balance has been moved to a "
-                "phrase-backed address.");
+                "Keep a file backup of this wallet until that balance has been "
+                "moved to a phrase-backed address.");
             ImGui::PopStyleColor();
         }
         else if (HaveHDSeed() &&
@@ -1369,16 +1404,38 @@ static void DrawDiagnosticsDialog()
     ImGui::End();
 }
 
+static void OpenURL(const char* pszUrl)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open", pszUrl, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+#else
+    std::string cmd = std::string("xdg-open '") + pszUrl + "' >/dev/null 2>&1 &";
+    int r = system(cmd.c_str());
+    (void)r;
+#endif
+}
+
 static void DrawAboutDialog()
 {
     if (!g_showAbout) return;
-    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(380.0f, 170.0f), ImGuiCond_Always);
+    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(380.0f, 205.0f), ImGuiCond_Always);
     ImGui::SetNextWindowPos(ImGui::GetMainViewport()->GetCenter(),
                             ImGuiCond_Always, ImVec2(0.5f, 0.5f));
     if (ImGui::Begin("About Bitflash", &g_showAbout,
         ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse))
     {
-        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(1.0f, 0.6f, 0.0f, 1.0f), "Bitflash  BTF  v1.1.0");
+        ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(1.0f, 0.6f, 0.0f, 1.0f),
+                           "Bitflash  BTF  v" BITFLASH_VERSION_STRING);
+        ImGui::Spacing();
+        ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, ImVec4(0.40f, 0.70f, 1.0f, 1.0f));
+        ImGui::TextUnformatted("https://bitflash.network");
+        ImGui::PopStyleColor();
+        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered())
+        {
+            ImGui::SetMouseCursor(ImGuiMouseCursor_Hand);
+            if (ImGui::IsMouseClicked(0))
+                OpenURL("https://bitflash.network");
+        }
         ImGui::Spacing();
         ImGui::TextWrapped(
             "CPU-only cryptocurrency. RandomX proof of work. "
@@ -1391,6 +1448,184 @@ static void DrawAboutDialog()
     ImGui::End();
 }
 
+// First-run offer to move a Berkeley DB wallet to the SQLite backend. Only the
+// button actions touch anything: "Convert" exports wallet.dat to wallet.sqlite
+// and records the backend marker (wallet.dat is left untouched, so a restart
+// picks up SQLite while the old file stays as a fallback); "Keep Berkeley DB"
+// just records that choice so the offer does not return; "Decide later" leaves
+// no marker and asks again next start.
+static bool        g_showBackendWizard = false;
+static std::string g_wizardStatus;
+static bool        g_wizardConverted   = false;
+static int         g_restartArgc       = 0;
+static char**      g_restartArgv       = NULL;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// Quote one argument so CommandLineToArgvW parses it back to exactly this
+// string: only backslashes that immediately precede a double quote (including
+// the closing one) are doubled, so ordinary Windows paths are not mangled.
+static std::string QuoteArgWin(const std::string& a)
+{
+    if (!a.empty() && a.find_first_of(" \t\"") == std::string::npos)
+        return a;
+    std::string r = "\"";
+    size_t bs = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < a.size(); i++)
+    {
+        if (a[i] == '\\') { bs++; continue; }
+        if (a[i] == '"') { r.append(bs * 2 + 1, '\\'); r += '"'; bs = 0; continue; }
+        r.append(bs, '\\'); bs = 0; r += a[i];
+    }
+    r.append(bs * 2, '\\');
+    r += "\"";
+    return r;
+}
+#endif
+
+// Relaunch Bitflash with the same arguments and datadir, then ask this instance
+// to exit -- but only once the relaunch has actually started, so a failure never
+// leaves the user with no node running. The new instance waits (-restartwait)
+// before it opens the network port and the block index, so this one is gone
+// first and they never fight over the same files.
+static void RestartApplication()
+{
+    bool fLaunched = false;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    char exePath[MAX_PATH];
+    if (GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, exePath, MAX_PATH) == 0)
+        return;
+    std::string strCmd = QuoteArgWin(exePath);
+    bool fHasDataDir = false;
+    for (int i = 1; i < g_restartArgc; i++)
+    {
+        std::string a = g_restartArgv[i] ? g_restartArgv[i] : "";
+        if (a.find("-datadir=") == 0 || a.find("/datadir=") == 0)
+            fHasDataDir = true;
+        strCmd += " " + QuoteArgWin(a);
+    }
+    if (!fHasDataDir)
+        strCmd += " " + QuoteArgWin("-datadir=" + GetAppDir());
+    strCmd += " -restartwait";
+
+    std::vector<char> cmdBuf(strCmd.begin(), strCmd.end());
+    cmdBuf.push_back('\0');
+    STARTUPINFOA si; memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si)); si.cb = sizeof(si);
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
+    if (CreateProcessA(NULL, &cmdBuf[0], NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi))
+    {
+        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+        fLaunched = true;
+    }
+#else
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0)
+    {
+        // Child: wait for the parent to release the port and files, then re-exec.
+        // /proc/self/exe is the reliable absolute path; argv[0] may be relative
+        // or a bare name that execv() cannot resolve.
+        sleep(2);
+        char exePath[4096];
+        ssize_t len = readlink("/proc/self/exe", exePath, sizeof(exePath) - 1);
+        if (len > 0)
+        {
+            exePath[len] = '\0';
+            execv(exePath, g_restartArgv);
+        }
+        if (g_restartArgv)
+            execv(g_restartArgv[0], g_restartArgv);
+        _exit(127);
+    }
+    fLaunched = (pid > 0);
+#endif
+
+    if (fLaunched)
+    {
+        fShutdown = true;
+        if (glfwGetCurrentContext())
+            glfwSetWindowShouldClose(glfwGetCurrentContext(), true);
+    }
+    else
+        g_wizardStatus = "Could not relaunch automatically -- please restart "
+                         "Bitflash yourself to switch to the SQLite wallet.";
+}
+
+static void DrawBackendWizardDialog()
+{
+    if (!g_showBackendWizard) return;
+    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(560.0f, 0.0f), ImGuiCond_Always);
+    ImGui::SetNextWindowPos(ImGui::GetMainViewport()->GetCenter(),
+                            ImGuiCond_Always, ImVec2(0.5f, 0.5f));
+    if (ImGui::Begin("Wallet Storage", &g_showBackendWizard,
+        ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse))
+    {
+        if (g_wizardConverted)
+        {
+            ImGui::TextColored(ImVec4(0.35f, 1.0f, 0.45f, 1.0f), "Converted to SQLite.");
+            ImGui::TextWrapped("%s", g_wizardStatus.c_str());
+            ImGui::Spacing();
+            ImGui::TextWrapped(
+                "The switch takes effect when Bitflash restarts. Until then it is "
+                "still running on the old Berkeley DB wallet. Your wallet.dat is "
+                "kept untouched as a fallback.");
+            ImGui::Spacing();
+            if (ImGui::Button("Restart Now", ImVec2(140.0f, 0.0f)))
+                RestartApplication();
+            ImGui::SameLine();
+            if (ImGui::Button("Later", ImVec2(120.0f, 0.0f)))
+                g_showBackendWizard = false;
+            ImGui::Spacing();
+            ImGui::TextDisabled(
+                "If you keep mining before restarting, new coins go to the old "
+                "wallet until you switch.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ImGui::TextWrapped(
+                "Bitflash can store your wallet in a new SQLite format: a single "
+                "file that is easier to back up and does not depend on the "
+                "database/ directory beside it.");
+            ImGui::Spacing();
+            ImGui::TextWrapped(
+                "Your current Berkeley DB wallet (wallet.dat) is kept exactly as it "
+                "is -- nothing is deleted, and you can go back to it at any time. "
+                "The change takes effect after you restart.");
+            ImGui::Spacing();
+            if (ImGui::Button("Convert to SQLite", ImVec2(180.0f, 0.0f)))
+            {
+                int nCopied = 0;
+                std::string strError;
+                if (DoConvertWalletToSQLite(nCopied, strError))
+                {
+                    g_wizardStatus =
+                        strprintf("%d record(s) copied to wallet.sqlite.", nCopied);
+                    g_wizardConverted = true;
+                }
+                else
+                    g_wizardStatus = "Conversion failed: " + strError;
+            }
+            ImGui::SameLine();
+            if (ImGui::Button("Keep Berkeley DB", ImVec2(160.0f, 0.0f)))
+            {
+                WriteWalletBackendMarker("bdb");
+                g_showBackendWizard = false;
+            }
+            ImGui::SameLine();
+            if (ImGui::Button("Decide later", ImVec2(120.0f, 0.0f)))
+                g_showBackendWizard = false;
+
+            if (!g_wizardStatus.empty())
+            {
+                ImGui::Spacing();
+                ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, ImVec4(1.0f, 0.45f, 0.35f, 1.0f));
+                ImGui::TextWrapped("%s", g_wizardStatus.c_str());
+                ImGui::PopStyleColor();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    ImGui::End();
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Entry point
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1457,6 +1692,21 @@ int RunGUI(int argc, char* argv[])
     g_mineRadio = nMineMode;
     strncpy(g_participantPool, strParticipantPool.c_str(), sizeof(g_participantPool)-1);
 
+    // Kept for the wizard's "Restart Now": relaunch with the same command line.
+    g_restartArgc = argc;
+    g_restartArgv = argv;
+
+    // First run on a Berkeley DB wallet with no recorded choice yet: offer to
+    // convert to SQLite. Never when already on SQLite, once wallet.sqlite exists,
+    // or once a choice has been recorded in the backend marker.
+    if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive() &&
+        FileExists((GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+        !FileExists((GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()) &&
+        ReadWalletBackendMarker().empty())
+    {
+        g_showBackendWizard = true;
+    }
+
     int frame = 0;
     while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window) && !fShutdown)
     {
@@ -1480,6 +1730,7 @@ int RunGUI(int argc, char* argv[])
         DrawRestorePhraseDialog();
         DrawDiagnosticsDialog();
         DrawAboutDialog();
+        DrawBackendWizardDialog();
         DrawStatusBar();
 
         ImGui::Render();
diff --git a/src/headers_core.h b/src/headers_core.h
index 6a60b52..2824126 100644
--- a/src/headers_core.h
+++ b/src/headers_core.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // Core node headers -- no GUI framework dependency.
 // Included by gui.cpp and all non-GUI source files.
 
+// The one place the human-readable release version lives -- bump it at release.
+// It is what the About dialog shows. Protocol and transaction versions elsewhere
+// (nVersion fields) are unrelated and must not be changed for a release.
+#define BITFLASH_VERSION_STRING "1.2.20"
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(disable:4786)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7b3e555..7398064 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>
+#include <system_error>
 #include "bip32.h"
 #include "btfaddr.h"
 #include "btftunnel.h"
@@ -64,6 +65,137 @@ CBlockIndex* pindexBest = NULL;
 map<uint256, CBlock*> mapOrphanBlocks;
 multimap<uint256, CBlock*> mapOrphanBlocksByPrev;
 
+// Block bodies we have sent a getdata for and not yet received, so the
+// failover pass in SendMessages can tell "requested and being served" from
+// "requested and gone quiet" and re-issue the request to a different peer
+// (#33). Keyed by block hash; setAsked is the peers already tried since the
+// round last restarted, so the retry rotates instead of hammering the
+// announcer that is not serving. Guarded by cs_main, which both the message
+// handlers and SendMessages already hold.
+//
+// Capped small on purpose. At the tip there is one block in flight; during
+// initial download there are legitimately hundreds outstanding to one peer,
+// and rotating those would duplicate the whole download to every other peer.
+//
+// The cap is a shared resource and nothing on the path from inv to insertion
+// can tell a real block hash from 32 random bytes -- AlreadyHave only asks
+// whether we already hold the block, and there is no header to check work
+// against. So the table does not refuse a new hash when it is full; it makes
+// room. See MakeRoomInBlockFetch for the rule, which is what stops one peer
+// filling all eight slots and switching failover off for everybody.
+//
+// The initialisers matter: the insertion path uses operator[] and then tests
+// nTimeFirstAsked == 0 to detect a fresh entry. That worked on
+// value-initialisation alone, but only for as long as nobody gave this struct
+// a constructor.
+struct CBlockFetch
+{
+    int64 nTimeFirstAsked = 0;  // when the first getdata for this block went out
+    int64 nTimeAsked      = 0;  // when the latest getdata went out
+    CAddress addrAnnounced;     // peer whose announcement put this hash here
+    set<CAddress> setAsked;     // peers tried since the round last restarted
+};
+map<uint256, CBlockFetch> mapBlockFetch;
+static const int BLOCK_FETCH_TRACK_MAX = 8;
+// A block nobody has served for this long is not a fetch problem: the hash may
+// have been announced and never existed. Drop the entry rather than getdata
+// forever; a re-announcement recreates it.
+static const int BLOCK_FETCH_GIVEUP_SECS = 10 * 60;
+
+// Failover firing at all is worth saying out loud: it means peers are
+// announcing blocks they then do not serve, which is the pathology of #33 and
+// the thing nobody could otherwise see. Naming the peer on every re-request is
+// a different matter. A peer can drive that line as often as it likes by
+// announcing hashes it will not serve, and what it prints is a peer address,
+// which is the one thing the .btf transport otherwise takes trouble not to
+// spread around. So the per-peer detail sits behind the net category and the
+// unconditional line is a count over a window no peer can shorten: the first
+// failover after a quiet spell prints at once, because the change from "blocks
+// arrive" to "blocks are announced and not served" is the event worth seeing,
+// and everything after it is summarised once a minute.
+static const int BLOCK_FETCH_REPORT_SECS = 60;
+static int64 nBlockFetchWindowStart = 0;
+static int   nBlockFetchFailovers   = 0;
+
+// How stale our own best block may be before we stop calling this the tip.
+// Blocks target two minutes, so this is thirty intervals: far longer than any
+// stall worth failing over from -- the one in #33 ran sixteen minutes -- and
+// far shorter than catching up, which starts hours or days back.
+static const int BLOCK_FETCH_TIP_AGE_SECS = 60 * 60;
+
+// Whether this node is tracking the tip rather than still catching up.
+//
+// Measured off the age of our own best block, not off any height a peer told
+// us. nStartingHeight is optional in the version message and every node
+// released so far sends the short form, so it is -1 for essentially every
+// peer; and where it is filled in later it is filled in from the height of a
+// block that peer served us, which during catch-up tracks our own height and
+// would report "at the tip" for the whole download. Block timestamps are the
+// one clock here that peers cannot move: CheckBlock refuses anything more than
+// two hours ahead and AcceptBlock refuses anything at or before the previous
+// median, so the only way to make this read "at the tip" falsely is to mine,
+// and all that buys is the 15s spacing this code had unconditionally anyway.
+bool IsBlockFetchNearTip()
+{
+    return pindexBest && (int64)pindexBest->nTime > GetTime() - BLOCK_FETCH_TIP_AGE_SECS;
+}
+
+// Drop one entry so a hash announced by addrNew can be tracked.
+//
+// Refusing the insertion instead was a remote off-switch for the whole
+// feature. An inv carrying eight hashes that never existed filled every slot
+// -- nothing between inv and here can tell those from real blocks -- and no
+// genuinely new block was tracked again until the give-up timer expired ten
+// minutes later, re-armable for one message per ten minutes from a single
+// connection.
+//
+// So evict instead, by occupancy: a peer may only take a slot from a peer
+// holding strictly more slots than itself, and otherwise recycles one of its
+// own. That is what keeps eviction from becoming the same attack in a new
+// shape. A peer that has filled the table is by definition the heaviest
+// holder, so its own entries are the only ones it can displace, while a peer
+// announcing its first block holds nothing and therefore always evicts from
+// the heaviest -- a genuine announcement is never refused a slot, whatever the
+// attacker holds or however many connections it holds it from. The one case
+// that costs a real fetch is eight distinct peers holding one entry each,
+// where a ninth takes the oldest; that is a busy healthy node, not an attack,
+// and losing the oldest of eight beats refusing the ninth.
+static void MakeRoomInBlockFetch(const CAddress& addrNew)
+{
+    if (mapBlockFetch.empty())
+        return;
+
+    map<CAddress, int> mapHeld;
+    for (map<uint256, CBlockFetch>::iterator mi = mapBlockFetch.begin(); mi != mapBlockFetch.end(); ++mi)
+        mapHeld[(*mi).second.addrAnnounced]++;
+
+    int nMine = mapHeld.count(addrNew) ? mapHeld[addrNew] : 0;
+
+    int nMax = 0;
+    CAddress addrVictim;
+    for (map<CAddress, int>::iterator mi = mapHeld.begin(); mi != mapHeld.end(); ++mi)
+        if ((*mi).second > nMax)
+        {
+            nMax = (*mi).second;
+            addrVictim = (*mi).first;
+        }
+
+    // Nobody is holding more than this peer, so it recycles its own oldest
+    // rather than taking a slot off an equal.
+    if (nMax <= nMine)
+        addrVictim = addrNew;
+
+    map<uint256, CBlockFetch>::iterator miVictim = mapBlockFetch.end();
+    for (map<uint256, CBlockFetch>::iterator mi = mapBlockFetch.begin(); mi != mapBlockFetch.end(); ++mi)
+        if ((*mi).second.addrAnnounced == addrVictim &&
+            (miVictim == mapBlockFetch.end() ||
+             (*mi).second.nTimeFirstAsked < (*miVictim).second.nTimeFirstAsked))
+            miVictim = mi;
+
+    if (miVictim != mapBlockFetch.end())
+        mapBlockFetch.erase(miVictim);
+}
+
 map<uint256, CDataStream*> mapOrphanTransactions;
 multimap<uint256, CDataStream*> mapOrphanTransactionsByPrev;
 
@@ -1712,7 +1844,7 @@ void CWalletTx::RelayWalletTransaction(CTxDB& txdb)
         uint256 hash = GetHash();
         if (!txdb.ContainsTx(hash))
         {
-            if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("Relaying wtx %s\n", hash.ToString().substr(0,6).c_str());
+            if (LogAcceptsCategory("relay")) printf("Relaying wtx %s\n", hash.ToString().substr(0,6).c_str());
             RelayMessage(CInv(MSG_TX, hash), (CTransaction)*this);
         }
     }
@@ -2678,7 +2810,18 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         //     CTxOut(nValue=50.00000000, scriptPubKey=0x5F1DF16B2B704C8A578D0B)
         //   vMerkleTree: 4a5e1e
 
-        // Bitflash genesis block -- own header (fair launch, 2026 stable relaunch)
+        // Bitflash genesis block -- own header (fair launch)
+        //
+        // Do not change pszTimestamp, the scriptPubKey, nTime or nNonce. They
+        // are the inputs to the genesis hash, and the genesis hash is
+        // consensus. Changing one on its own trips the assert below, which is
+        // loud and reverts cleanly; changing one and regenerating
+        // GENESIS_NONCE and hashGenesisBlock to match -- which is exactly what
+        // the re-mining branch below prints out and invites -- gives a node
+        // that starts without complaint, builds its own chain from height 0,
+        // and rejects every real peer as being on a different chain. That one
+        // fails silently, and the damage scales with how many people run the
+        // "fixed" build.
         char* pszTimestamp = "Bitflash 24/Jul/2026 Fair launch: one CPU one vote, no premine";
         CTransaction txNew;
         txNew.vin.resize(1);
@@ -2691,7 +2834,14 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         block.hashPrevBlock = 0;
         block.hashMerkleRoot = block.BuildMerkleTree();
         block.nVersion = 1;
-        block.nTime    = 1753315200; // 2026-07-24 00:00:00 UTC (stable relaunch)
+        // 1753315200 is 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z. The headline in pszTimestamp
+        // above reads 2026 and does not match it. This is a known discrepancy
+        // and not a typo in the constant: the value is only consensus-critical
+        // as an input to the genesis hash, the block hashes to
+        // hashGenesisBlock with it, and every node on the network agrees. The
+        // mismatch is in the launched chain and cannot be corrected -- see the
+        // warning above before deciding otherwise.
+        block.nTime    = 1753315200;
         block.nBits    = 0x1f0fffff; // = bnProofOfWorkLimit (Bitflash RandomX floor)
         block.nNonce   = GENESIS_NONCE;
 
@@ -2718,6 +2868,11 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
             printf("powhash = %s\n", block.GetPoWHash().ToString().c_str());
             printf("hash    = %s\n", block.GetHash().ToString().c_str());
             printf("merkle  = %s\n", block.hashMerkleRoot.ToString().c_str());
+            printf("----------------------------------------\n");
+            printf("These constants bring up a NEW chain. Do not paste them\n");
+            printf("into a build for this network to make an edited nTime or\n");
+            printf("pszTimestamp fit -- a node whose genesis differs starts\n");
+            printf("cleanly on a chain of its own and rejects every real peer.\n");
             printf("========================================\n");
         }
 
@@ -3263,15 +3418,61 @@ bool ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
         vRecv >> *pblock;
 
         //// debug print
-        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) { printf("received block:\n"); pblock->print(); }
+        if (LogAcceptsCategory("relay")) { printf("received block:\n"); pblock->print(); }
 
         CInv inv(MSG_BLOCK, pblock->GetHash());
         pfrom->AddInventoryKnown(inv);
 
+        // GetHash() covers the 80-byte header and nothing else, so the hash
+        // coming out right does not make this the block we asked for. Every
+        // peer that saw X announced holds X's header, and can answer our
+        // getdata with that header bolted onto a transaction list of its own
+        // invention -- the reply still hashes to X. hashMerkleRoot is the only
+        // thing binding the header to the body, so check it here, before the
+        // mapBlockFetch entry is touched and before CheckBlock spends a
+        // RandomX hash on a body already known to be forged.
+        //
+        // There is no honest way to arrive here. Peer traffic rides the .btf
+        // channel, which is XChaCha20-Poly1305, so a body that arrives at all
+        // arrived intact: a mismatch is the peer's own construction, not line
+        // noise. Drop the peer and leave the fetch outstanding so the failover
+        // sweep asks somebody else for the real X, rather than recording X as
+        // delivered on the strength of a header anyone could copy.
+        if (pblock->hashMerkleRoot != pblock->BuildMerkleTree())
+        {
+            if (LogAcceptsCategory("net"))
+                printf("peer %s served a forged body for %s\n",
+                       pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str(), inv.ToString().c_str());
+            // One line per connection: ProcessMessages keeps draining the
+            // receive buffer after fDisconnect is set, so a peer that packs
+            // many forged bodies into one buffer must not get one log line
+            // for each of them.
+            if (!pfrom->fDisconnect)
+                printf("block fetch: a peer answered the request for %s with a body that is not "
+                       "that block -- dropping it\n", inv.hash.ToString().substr(0,14).c_str());
+            pfrom->fDisconnect = true;
+            return error("ProcessMessage() : forged block body for %s",
+                         inv.hash.ToString().substr(0,14).c_str());
+        }
+
         if (ProcessBlock(pfrom, pblock.release()))
         {
             mapAlreadyAskedFor.erase(inv);
 
+            // The body arrived and validated, so the fetch really is over:
+            // the block is now in mapBlockIndex, or parked in mapOrphanBlocks,
+            // and either way AlreadyHave answers for it from here on.
+            //
+            // This has to stay inside the success branch, next to the erase
+            // above. When validation rejects a body nothing is stored,
+            // AlreadyHave stays false, and the mapAskFor entry was already
+            // consumed when the getdata went out -- so erasing the tracking
+            // here would leave the block requested from nobody at all until
+            // some peer happened to re-announce it. That is exactly the stall
+            // of #33, and erasing before ProcessBlock made it reachable on
+            // demand.
+            mapBlockFetch.erase(inv.hash);
+
             // A peer that just handed us a block is demonstrably at least at
             // that block's height. Without this, nStartingHeight is a snapshot
             // taken once during the version handshake and never touched again,
@@ -3396,12 +3597,119 @@ bool SendMessages(CNode* pto)
             const CInv& inv = (*pto->mapAskFor.begin()).second;
             if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("sending getdata: %s\n", inv.ToString().c_str());
             if (!AlreadyHave(txdb, inv))
+            {
                 vAskFor.push_back(inv);
+                // Blocks get their delivery tracked so the failover pass
+                // below can chase the ones that go quiet.
+                if (inv.type == MSG_BLOCK)
+                {
+                    // Full, and this is a hash we are not already tracking:
+                    // make room rather than drop it on the floor, or one peer
+                    // announcing eight hashes turns failover off for everyone.
+                    if (!mapBlockFetch.count(inv.hash) &&
+                        mapBlockFetch.size() >= BLOCK_FETCH_TRACK_MAX)
+                        MakeRoomInBlockFetch(pto->addr);
+
+                    if (mapBlockFetch.count(inv.hash) ||
+                        mapBlockFetch.size() < BLOCK_FETCH_TRACK_MAX)
+                    {
+                        CBlockFetch& fetch = mapBlockFetch[inv.hash];
+                        if (fetch.nTimeFirstAsked == 0)
+                        {
+                            fetch.nTimeFirstAsked = GetTime();
+                            // Who is answerable for this hash existing. Set
+                            // once, on creation: the failover sweep asks other
+                            // peers later, and none of them chose to announce
+                            // it, so none of them should be charged for it.
+                            fetch.addrAnnounced = pto->addr;
+                        }
+                        fetch.nTimeAsked = GetTime();
+                        fetch.setAsked.insert(pto->addr);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             pto->mapAskFor.erase(pto->mapAskFor.begin());
         }
         if (!vAskFor.empty())
             pto->PushMessage("getdata", vAskFor);
 
+
+        //
+        // Message: getdata (block fetch failover)
+        //
+        // A requested block that has not arrived in BLOCK_FETCH_RETRY_SECS is
+        // not still in transit -- a body is at most 1 MB and somebody
+        // demonstrably has it -- so ask somebody else instead of waiting on
+        // whoever was asked first (#33). Each peer the message handler visits
+        // takes at most one turn per block per round; once every connected
+        // peer has had its turn and a further interval passes with nobody
+        // new to ask, the round restarts. A peer that declared itself a
+        // client cannot serve block bodies and is no use as a target.
+        if (!pto->fClient)
+        {
+            vector<CInv> vFailover;
+            int64 nNowSecs = GetTime();
+            for (map<uint256, CBlockFetch>::iterator mi = mapBlockFetch.begin(); mi != mapBlockFetch.end();)
+            {
+                CBlockFetch& fetch = (*mi).second;
+                CInv inv(MSG_BLOCK, (*mi).first);
+                if (AlreadyHave(txdb, inv))
+                {
+                    // Arrived by some other road -- our own miner, an orphan
+                    // parked in mapOrphanBlocks. Nothing left to chase.
+                    mapBlockFetch.erase(mi++);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (nNowSecs - fetch.nTimeFirstAsked > BLOCK_FETCH_GIVEUP_SECS)
+                {
+                    printf("block fetch: giving up on %s -- no peer served it in %d s\n",
+                           inv.ToString().c_str(), (int)(nNowSecs - fetch.nTimeFirstAsked));
+                    mapBlockFetch.erase(mi++);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (nNowSecs - fetch.nTimeAsked >= BLOCK_FETCH_RETRY_SECS)
+                {
+                    // The handler loop visits every peer within ~100ms, so a
+                    // request stale by two full intervals means nobody outside
+                    // setAsked was there to ask. Start the round over.
+                    if (nNowSecs - fetch.nTimeAsked >= 2 * BLOCK_FETCH_RETRY_SECS)
+                        fetch.setAsked.clear();
+                    if (!fetch.setAsked.count(pto->addr))
+                    {
+                        // Which block, how long, and which peer we are trying
+                        // next. Behind the category because it names a peer
+                        // and a peer decides how often it is written.
+                        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net"))
+                            printf("block fetch failover: %s unanswered for %d s, re-requesting from %s\n",
+                                   inv.ToString().c_str(), (int)(nNowSecs - fetch.nTimeAsked),
+                                   pto->addr.ToString().c_str());
+
+                        // The unconditional half: no addresses, and at most
+                        // one line per BLOCK_FETCH_REPORT_SECS however hard a
+                        // peer tries. See the counters for the reasoning.
+                        nBlockFetchFailovers++;
+                        if (nNowSecs - nBlockFetchWindowStart >= BLOCK_FETCH_REPORT_SECS)
+                        {
+                            printf("block fetch: %d block request%s went unanswered and %s been "
+                                   "re-asked of other peers (%d tracked)\n",
+                                   nBlockFetchFailovers, nBlockFetchFailovers == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                                   nBlockFetchFailovers == 1 ? "has" : "have",
+                                   (int)mapBlockFetch.size());
+                            nBlockFetchWindowStart = nNowSecs;
+                            nBlockFetchFailovers   = 0;
+                        }
+
+                        vFailover.push_back(inv);
+                        fetch.nTimeAsked = nNowSecs;
+                        fetch.setAsked.insert(pto->addr);
+                    }
+                }
+                ++mi;
+            }
+            if (!vFailover.empty())
+                pto->PushMessage("getdata", vFailover);
+        }
+
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -3662,6 +3970,14 @@ static void ParticipantHashWorker(ParticipantJobShared* sh, int idx, int nWorker
     RandomXDestroyMinerVM(vm);
 }
 
+// Run one participant session: resolve the pool, open the tunnel, subscribe,
+// hash, submit shares. Returns true only if the pool actually handed out work
+// -- at least one well-formed mining.notify arrived. Everything else is false,
+// including a tunnel that opened and was dropped before any job.
+//
+// The caller's reconnect backoff keys off this return value, so any path added
+// here that leaves the session without work MUST return false. "The session
+// ended tidily" is not the question being asked.
 static bool PoolParticipantMiner()
 {
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3739,6 +4055,33 @@ static bool PoolParticipantMiner()
     }
     LogPrint("worker", "[worker] pool resolved to meeting node %s\n", meetingHostPort.c_str());
 
+    // The descriptor names ONE meeting node, but the pool parks a
+    // registration at every relay it knows (one accept thread per relay,
+    // rpc.cpp:AcceptOneFn), so any seed relay can pair us. Insisting on the
+    // advertised entry forever turns one bad path into a miner that idles
+    // indefinitely while a working path exists (issue #17); after a few
+    // consecutive tunnel failures, rotate the seed relays into the attempts
+    // too. Only ONE participant session runs (StartMinerThreads), so these
+    // statics are single-threaded.
+    static const int TUNNEL_FAILOVER_AFTER = 3;
+    static int nTunnelFails = 0;      // consecutive tunnel failures, this pool
+    static size_t iFailoverRelay = 0; // rotation cursor over vBtfMeetingRelays
+    static std::string strFailPool;   // pool the counters belong to
+    if (strFailPool != strParticipantPool) {
+        strFailPool = strParticipantPool;
+        nTunnelFails = 0;
+        iFailoverRelay = 0;
+    }
+    if (nTunnelFails >= TUNNEL_FAILOVER_AFTER && !vBtfMeetingRelays.empty()) {
+        std::string alt = vBtfMeetingRelays[iFailoverRelay++ % vBtfMeetingRelays.size()];
+        if (alt != meetingHostPort) {
+            LogPrint("worker", "[worker] advertised meeting node %s failed %d"
+                     " times in a row -- trying seed relay %s instead\n",
+                     meetingHostPort.c_str(), nTunnelFails, alt.c_str());
+            meetingHostPort = alt;
+        }
+    }
+
     size_t colon = meetingHostPort.rfind(':');
     if (colon == std::string::npos) {
         LogPrint("worker", "[worker] bad meeting node format '%s'\n", meetingHostPort.c_str());
@@ -3758,15 +4101,18 @@ static bool PoolParticipantMiner()
     // Step 2b: open encrypted tunnel to pool
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------
     SetParticipantMiningStatus("opening tunnel");
+    btf::TunnelFail tunnelFail = btf::TUNNEL_FAIL_NONE;
     s = btf::BtfClientTunnel(host.c_str(), (unsigned short)port,
-                             target_pubkey, service_enc_pub);
+                             target_pubkey, service_enc_pub, &tunnelFail);
     if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-        LogPrint("worker", "[worker] tunnel connect FAILED via %s"
-                 " (relay unreachable or pool not listening)\n",
-                 meetingHostPort.c_str());
-        SetParticipantMiningStatus("tunnel connect failed");
+        nTunnelFails++;
+        LogPrint("worker", "[worker] tunnel connect FAILED via %s: %s\n",
+                 meetingHostPort.c_str(), btf::TunnelFailText(tunnelFail));
+        SetParticipantMiningStatus(std::string("tunnel connect failed: ")
+                                   + btf::TunnelFailText(tunnelFail));
         return false;
     }
+    nTunnelFails = 0;
     LogPrint("worker", "[worker] tunnel open via %s\n", meetingHostPort.c_str());
     SetParticipantMiningStatus("tunnel open");
     }
@@ -3899,9 +4245,32 @@ connected:
     std::vector<ParticipantShareHit> shareHits;
     std::mutex shareHitsMtx;
     std::vector<std::thread> hashThreads;
-    for (int i = 0; i < nWorkers; i++)
-        hashThreads.emplace_back(ParticipantHashWorker, &jobShared, i, nWorkers,
-                                 &shareHits, &shareHitsMtx);
+    try
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < nWorkers; i++)
+            hashThreads.emplace_back(ParticipantHashWorker, &jobShared, i, nWorkers,
+                                     &shareHits, &shareHitsMtx);
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        // A refused pthread_create used to reach std::terminate here and
+        // kill the worker mid-session -- observed twice on an otherwise
+        // healthy participant. Stop the workers that did start the same way
+        // the disconnect path below does, drop this pool connection, and let
+        // the caller's reconnect loop try again once the pressure clears.
+        LogPrint("worker", "[worker] cannot spawn hash threads (%s)"
+                 " -- dropping pool connection\n", e.what());
+        SetParticipantMiningStatus("hash thread spawn failed");
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(jobShared.mtx);
+            jobShared.stop = true;
+            jobShared.haveJob = false;
+        }
+        for (std::thread& t : hashThreads)
+            t.join();
+        closesocket(s);
+        return false;
+    }
     LogPrint("worker", "[worker] spawned %d hash threads on shared RandomX dataset\n",
              nWorkers);
     const uint64 sessionStartHashes = gParticipantHashes.load();
@@ -3912,8 +4281,17 @@ connected:
     std::string jobId;
     unsigned char header[80] = {};
     uint256 target;
+    // Cached answer to "which block is this job built on", for the
+    // mining.notify handler below -- see the comment there. Session-local, so
+    // a reconnect re-resolves rather than trusting an answer obtained before
+    // a possible change of pool.
+    uint256 hashPrevResolved;           // prevhash the cached answer describes
+    bool fPrevResolved       = false;   // whether that answer exists yet
+    int  nPrevHeight         = -1;      // its height, or -1 == unknown to us
+    int  nBestHeightResolved = -1;      // nBestHeight when we last resolved
     double currentDifficulty = 1.0; // updated by mining.set_difficulty from pool
     bool haveJob         = false;
+    bool gotAnyJob       = false; // any job at all this session -- the return value
     bool gotSubscribeAck = false;
     bool gotAuthorizeAck = false;
     int64 authWaitStart  = 0;
@@ -4030,8 +4408,9 @@ connected:
                                     jobId = newJobId;
                                     memcpy(header, hdrBytes.data(), 80);
                                     memcpy(&target, tgtBytes.data(), 32);
-                                    haveJob = true;
-                                    nNonce  = 1;
+                                    haveJob   = true;
+                                    gotAnyJob = true;
+                                    nNonce    = 1;
                                     {
                                         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(jobShared.mtx);
                                         memcpy(jobShared.header, header, 80);
@@ -4040,8 +4419,64 @@ connected:
                                         jobShared.jobSeq++;
                                         jobShared.haveJob = true;
                                     }
-                                    LogPrint("worker", "[pool->worker] new job %s received\n",
-                                             jobId.c_str());
+                                    // Log the chain position the pool is
+                                    // building on, so a stale or private
+                                    // fork is auditable from worker logs.
+                                    // The prevhash comes from the header we
+                                    // actually hash (== p[2] of the notify);
+                                    // a brief cs_main lookup is safe here --
+                                    // this thread holds no other lock.
+                                    //
+                                    // Resolving it is the expensive half, and
+                                    // this is the socket-reading thread: block
+                                    // validation can hold cs_main for a long
+                                    // time, and every moment spent waiting on
+                                    // it here is a moment set_difficulty and
+                                    // share responses are not being handled.
+                                    // Most notifies in a round are a new job
+                                    // on the SAME tip, so the answer is cached
+                                    // and re-resolved only when it could come
+                                    // out differently: a prevhash we have not
+                                    // resolved, or one we could NOT resolve
+                                    // last time while the chain has since
+                                    // moved (unknown -> known). A block's
+                                    // height is fixed once mapBlockIndex knows
+                                    // it, so a cached "known" never goes
+                                    // stale. nBestHeight is read unlocked on
+                                    // purpose -- it only decides whether to
+                                    // repeat a lookup, never what gets
+                                    // printed, so a stale read costs at most
+                                    // one deferred or one extra lookup.
+                                    // The line still prints in full for every
+                                    // job, cached or not.
+                                    uint256 hashPrev;
+                                    memcpy(&hashPrev, header + 4, 32);
+                                    if (LogAcceptsCategory("worker"))
+                                    {
+                                        int nBestHeightNow = nBestHeight;
+                                        if (!fPrevResolved
+                                            || hashPrev != hashPrevResolved
+                                            || (nPrevHeight < 0 && nBestHeightNow != nBestHeightResolved))
+                                        {
+                                            nPrevHeight = -1;
+                                            CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_main)
+                                            {
+                                                map<uint256, CBlockIndex*>::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.find(hashPrev);
+                                                if (mi != mapBlockIndex.end())
+                                                    nPrevHeight = (*mi).second->nHeight;
+                                            }
+                                            hashPrevResolved    = hashPrev;
+                                            nBestHeightResolved = nBestHeightNow;
+                                            fPrevResolved       = true;
+                                        }
+                                        if (nPrevHeight >= 0)
+                                            LogPrint("worker", "[pool->worker] new job %s received, prevhash %s (known, job height %d)\n",
+                                                     jobId.c_str(), hashPrev.GetHex().c_str(),
+                                                     nPrevHeight + 1);
+                                        else
+                                            LogPrint("worker", "[pool->worker] new job %s received, prevhash %s (unknown to our chain)\n",
+                                                     jobId.c_str(), hashPrev.GetHex().c_str());
+                                    }
                                     SetParticipantMiningStatus("hashing job " + jobId);
                                 }
                             }
@@ -4167,7 +4602,11 @@ connected:
              (unsigned long long)hashesSinceSample,
              (unsigned long long)sessionSharesSent,
              (unsigned long long)sessionSharesAccepted);
-    return true;
+    // Not "we got here", which is true of a tunnel the pool accepted and then
+    // dropped without ever sending a job -- exactly the case the caller's
+    // backoff exists for. Reaching the end of the session is not evidence the
+    // session was worth anything; a job is.
+    return gotAnyJob;
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4364,11 +4803,51 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
     // Participant mode: connect to external pool instead of mining solo/operator
     if (nMineMode == MINE_PARTICIPANT)
     {
+        // An attempt that never got work backs off (10s doubling to 120s)
+        // instead of hammering the same path every flat 10s, and a streak
+        // lasting minutes is said at printf level: the identical once-per-10s
+        // LogPrint line is how a worker idled all night unnoticed (issue #17).
+        //
+        // Only a session the pool actually sent a job to resets either. The
+        // weaker test -- "the session returned" -- was gameable: a pool that
+        // completes the tunnel and drops without ever sending work leaves by
+        // the same tidy cleanup path a healthy one does, which would pin the
+        // retry at 10s forever and defeat the backoff in exactly the scenario
+        // it exists for.
+        int   nRetrySecs    = 10;
+        int64 nFailingSince = 0;
         while (fGenerateBitcoins && nMineMode == MINE_PARTICIPANT && !fShutdown) {
-            PoolParticipantMiner();
+            bool fGotWork = PoolParticipantMiner();
             if (fGenerateBitcoins && nMineMode == MINE_PARTICIPANT && !fShutdown) {
-                LogPrint("worker", "PoolParticipantMiner: reconnecting in 10s\n");
-                for (int i = 0; i < 10 && !fShutdown; i++) Sleep(1000);
+                if (fGotWork) {
+                    nRetrySecs    = 10;
+                    nFailingSince = 0;
+                } else {
+                    if (nFailingSince == 0)
+                        nFailingSince = GetTime();
+                    int64 nMins = (GetTime() - nFailingSince) / 60;
+                    if (nMins >= 1)
+                        printf("[worker] connection to pool %s has been failing"
+                               " for %lld minutes\n",
+                               strParticipantPool.c_str(), (long long)nMins);
+                }
+                LogPrint("worker", "PoolParticipantMiner: reconnecting in %ds\n",
+                         nRetrySecs);
+                // Poll everything the enclosing while polls, not just
+                // fShutdown. Raising the ceiling to 120s made a
+                // shutdown-only predicate expensive: after the operator
+                // clears Generate or switches to Relay, the session -- and
+                // the vfThreadRunning[3] slot that gates restarting it --
+                // would stay held for up to two minutes. Measured 119s
+                // before, 1s after.
+                for (int i = 0; i < nRetrySecs && !fShutdown && fGenerateBitcoins
+                                && nMineMode == MINE_PARTICIPANT; i++)
+                    Sleep(1000);
+                if (!fGotWork && nRetrySecs < 120) {
+                    nRetrySecs *= 2;
+                    if (nRetrySecs > 120)
+                        nRetrySecs = 120;
+                }
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -4470,7 +4949,6 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
             map<uint256, CTxIndex> mapTestPool;
             vector<char> vfAlreadyAdded(mapTransactions.size());
             bool fFoundSomething = true;
-            unsigned int nBlockSize = 0;
             // Assembly must stop below the consensus cap that CheckBlock()
             // enforces, or we mine a block our own node then rejects.
             //
@@ -4481,9 +4959,30 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
             // meant solving a block and throwing it away -- with this pool at
             // ~90% of hashrate, that is the network stalling, not just us.
             //
-            // Half the cap, keeping the original margin: the test runs before
-            // a transaction is added, so the loop can overshoot by one tx.
-            while (fFoundSomething && nBlockSize < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE/2)
+            // The budget test then sat only on this outer while, and the
+            // comment claimed that bounded the overshoot to a single
+            // transaction. It did not. The inner for walks all of
+            // mapTransactions with no test of its own, so one pass could append
+            // the entire mempool: the overshoot was bounded by mempool size,
+            // which is to say not bounded at all. Ask per transaction, before
+            // appending, and the overshoot is zero rather than small.
+            //
+            // Seeded with what the block already weighs -- header, tx count,
+            // coinbase -- because CheckBlock() weighs the whole serialized
+            // block and not just the transactions we chose to add to it.
+            unsigned int nBlockSize = ::GetSerializeSize(*pblock, SER_DISK);
+            // Sigops are a budget too, and CheckBlock() enforces one that no
+            // assembler here counted against. Bytes do not bound validation
+            // cost: every OP_CHECKSIG is an elliptic-curve verification, so a
+            // template well inside the size limit can still be refused for
+            // demanding more work than a block is allowed to. Counted with
+            // CTransaction::GetSigOpCount, the function CheckBlock() itself
+            // sums, so the two cannot disagree about what a transaction costs.
+            //
+            // Seeded from the coinbase because CheckBlock() sums over all of
+            // vtx, coinbase included.
+            unsigned int nBlockSigOps = pblock->vtx[0].GetSigOpCount();
+            while (fFoundSomething && nBlockSize < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN)
             {
                 fFoundSomething = false;
                 unsigned int n = 0;
@@ -4495,6 +4994,29 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
                     if (tx.IsCoinBase() || !tx.IsFinal())
                         continue;
 
+                    // Skip, not break: a transaction too big for the room left
+                    // says nothing about the next one, which may still fit.
+                    //
+                    // This is also the only ceiling on a single transaction's
+                    // size anywhere on the path into a block. CheckTransaction
+                    // does not cap it and neither does AcceptTransaction, so
+                    // the mempool will hold one of any size the wire allows;
+                    // without this test a lone 1.5 MB transaction offering a
+                    // fat fee is selected, and every template built from that
+                    // mempool is one CheckBlock() throws away. The fee is never
+                    // paid, because the block never confirms.
+                    //
+                    // Deliberately before ConnectInputs and not after:
+                    // ConnectInputs adds this transaction's fee to nFees by
+                    // reference on success. Passing it and then declining the
+                    // transaction would credit the coinbase for a fee no
+                    // transaction in the block pays, and the block would be
+                    // rejected for a wholly different reason.
+                    unsigned int nTxSize   = ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK);
+                    unsigned int nTxSigOps = tx.GetSigOpCount();
+                    if (!BlockTemplateFits(nBlockSize, nBlockSigOps, nTxSize, nTxSigOps))
+                        continue;
+
                     // Transaction fee requirements, mainly only needed for flood control
                     // Under 10K (about 80 inputs) is free for first 100 transactions
                     // Base rate is 0.01 per KB
@@ -4506,7 +5028,8 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
                     swap(mapTestPool, mapTestPoolTmp);
 
                     pblock->vtx.push_back(tx);
-                    nBlockSize += ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK);
+                    nBlockSize   += nTxSize;
+                    nBlockSigOps += nTxSigOps;
                     vfAlreadyAdded[n] = true;
                     fFoundSomething = true;
                 }
@@ -4555,7 +5078,7 @@ bool BitcoinMiner(int nThreadId)
                     //// debug print
                     if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("BitcoinMiner:\n");
                     if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("RandomX proof-of-work found  \n  powhash: %s  \ntarget: %s\n", hash.GetHex().c_str(), hashTarget.GetHex().c_str());
-                    if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) pblock->print();
+                    if (LogAcceptsCategory("relay")) pblock->print();
 
                 SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
                 CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_main)
@@ -4661,6 +5184,9 @@ WalletRecoveryAudit GetWalletRecoveryAudit()
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_keyPool)
     {
         audit.fHaveSeed = HaveHDSeed();
+        audit.fSeedEncryptedLocked = !audit.fHaveSeed &&
+                                     (!vchCryptedHDMaster.empty() ||
+                                      !vchCryptedHDChainCode.empty());
         audit.nSchema = nHDKeySchema;
         audit.nDerivedKnown = nHDNext;
         audit.nReceiveNext = nHDReceiveNext;
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 382dd9c..e05b467 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -33,6 +33,35 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS = 20000;
 // limit (32 MB), not a block rule. Bitcoin 0.1.0 predated the later 1 MB block
 // cap, so this tree inherited no real block-size consensus limit.
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SIZE = 1000000;
+// How much of that cap a template we build may fill. Half, which is what both
+// assemblers already aimed at -- this only gives the number a name and one
+// place to live. They had already drifted on how it was enforced, which is the
+// bug this exists to stop repeating.
+//
+// NOT a consensus rule. CheckBlock() decides what the network accepts; this
+// decides what we are willing to produce, and it has to stay under that.
+static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN = MAX_BLOCK_SIZE / 2;
+
+// Room for one more transaction in a template that currently weighs
+// nBlockSize bytes and spends nBlockSigOps signature operations?
+//
+// Asked BEFORE the transaction is appended, never after. A template that has
+// already overshot is one CheckBlock() rejects, and asking afterwards only
+// measures the waste. Both assemblers call this, so neither can drift into a
+// different idea of what fits.
+//
+// Size gets a margin (half the cap); sigops do not. There is no cheap way to
+// spend the sigop budget usefully and no reason to reserve headroom in it, so
+// assembly holds itself to the same number CheckBlock() enforces -- and to the
+// same comparison. CheckBlock() fails on `> MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS`, so a block
+// sitting exactly on the limit is valid and this has to accept it too.
+// Assembly and validation disagreeing by one is how the size bug started.
+inline bool BlockTemplateFits(unsigned int nBlockSize, unsigned int nBlockSigOps,
+                              unsigned int nTxSize, unsigned int nTxSigOps)
+{
+    return (nBlockSize + nTxSize <= MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN &&
+            nBlockSigOps + nTxSigOps <= MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS);
+}
 static const int64 COIN = 100000000;
 // Total Bitflash emission: identical to Bitcoin (21 million).
 // MAX_MONEY guards against the value overflow bug (CVE-2010-5139), which in
@@ -306,6 +335,7 @@ int64 GetBalance();
 struct WalletRecoveryAudit
 {
     bool fHaveSeed;
+    bool fSeedEncryptedLocked;
     bool fDeriveComplete;
     int nSchema;
     unsigned int nDerivedKnown;
@@ -325,6 +355,7 @@ struct WalletRecoveryAudit
     WalletRecoveryAudit()
     {
         fHaveSeed = false;
+        fSeedEncryptedLocked = false;
         fDeriveComplete = true;
         nSchema = HD_SCHEMA_NONE;
         nDerivedKnown = 0;
diff --git a/src/main_gui.cpp b/src/main_gui.cpp
index 211e1e2..dd001c8 100644
--- a/src/main_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/main_gui.cpp
@@ -111,10 +111,16 @@ static void PrintUsage()
     printf("  /help, -help, --help, /?\n");
     printf("  /datadir=PATH\n");
     printf("  /debug\n");
+    printf("  /debugrelay                (/debug plus per-message relay chatter and block dumps)\n");
+    printf("  /maxdebugfilesize=N        (roll debug.log at N MB, default 1024; 0 = never)\n");
     printf("  /gen\n");
     printf("  /nogui or /daemon\n");
-    printf("  /selftest=wallet-keypool, wallet-hd, wallet-format, wallet-crypto, wallet-encrypt,\n");
-    printf("            net-message, consensus-limits, pool-stratum, parse-money, socks5-proxy, or managed-tor\n");
+    printf("  /selftest=wallet-keypool, wallet-hd, wallet-format, wallet-storage-sanity,\n");
+    printf("            db-env-reopen, wallet-sqlite, wallet-sqlite-migration,\n");
+    printf("            wallet-crypto, wallet-encrypt, wallet-portability,\n");
+    printf("            net-message,\n");
+    printf("            consensus-limits, pool-stratum,\n");
+    printf("            parse-money, socks5-proxy, or managed-tor\n");
     printf("\n");
     printf("Mining mode:\n");
     printf("  /operator\n");
@@ -175,6 +181,26 @@ static void PrintUsage()
     printf("  /recoveryaudit             (show how much spendable balance is\n");
     printf("                              covered by the recovery phrase;\n");
     printf("                              exits 2 when wallet.dat is still needed)\n");
+    printf("  /walletstorageaudit        (count wallet.dat record types without\n");
+    printf("                              printing wallet values, then exit)\n");
+    printf("  /walletstorageauditjson=FILE\n");
+    printf("                              (write the same audit as deterministic JSON)\n");
+    printf("  /walletstoragecheck        (fail closed on inconsistent or unsafe\n");
+    printf("                              wallet.dat storage state)\n");
+    printf("  /walletsqliteexport=FILE   (copy raw wallet.dat records into an\n");
+    printf("                              SQLite store, then exit)\n");
+    printf("  /walletsqliteverify=FILE   (compare wallet.dat with a SQLite export,\n");
+    printf("                              printing counts only, then exit)\n");
+    printf("  /walletsqliterestore=FILE  (rebuild wallet.dat from a SQLite export in\n");
+    printf("                              an empty data directory, then exit)\n");
+    printf("  /walletsqliteloadcheck=FILE\n");
+    printf("                              (parse a SQLite export like the wallet loader)\n");
+    printf("  /walletsqlite=FILE         (stage-load a SQLite wallet export, then exit)\n");
+    printf("  /walletbackend=sqlite      (opt-in: run the node on <datadir>/wallet.sqlite\n");
+    printf("                              instead of wallet.dat; export one first)\n");
+    printf("  /createwallet              (headless only: permit creating a new wallet in a\n");
+    printf("                              datadir that has none -- otherwise refused, since\n");
+    printf("                              a missing wallet is usually a mount/backup fault)\n");
     printf("  /rescan                    (walk the chain for coins this wallet owns\n");
     printf("                              but never recorded, then exit)\n");
     printf("\n");
@@ -191,6 +217,54 @@ static void ParseStartupArguments(int argc, char* argv[])
     if (arg(argc,argv,"/debug") || arg(argc,argv,"-debug"))
         fDebug = true;
 
+    // /debugrelay -- everything /debug shows, plus the per-message firehose
+    // ("relay" and "nostrdiscovery" categories: sending: tx, Relaying wtx,
+    // raw CBlock dumps, per-peer discovery lines). That traffic was ~90% of
+    // a 13-hour production debug.log (issue #35), so plain /debug leaves it
+    // off; the message text itself is unchanged for anyone grepping it.
+    if (arg(argc,argv,"/debugrelay") || arg(argc,argv,"-debugrelay"))
+    {
+        fDebug = true;
+        fDebugRelay = true;
+    }
+
+    // /maxdebugfilesize=N -- roll debug.log to debug.log.old once it passes
+    // N MB, checked on each write. Default is 1024 (see util.cpp); 0 turns
+    // the check off and leaves rotation entirely to logrotate.
+    string strMaxDebugSize = argval2(argc, argv, "/maxdebugfilesize", "-maxdebugfilesize");
+    if (!strMaxDebugSize.empty())
+    {
+        // Parsed with atoi64() before, which is strtoll() with the endptr
+        // thrown away: it returns 0 for anything it cannot read, so
+        // /maxdebugfilesize=1G and =1024MB both came out as 0 -- "never
+        // roll", identical to asking for that on purpose, with nothing said
+        // to the operator. The old code also multiplied without a range
+        // check, so a big enough N wrapped to a negative cap, which the roll
+        // reads as "off" too. Every rejection is now reported and leaves the
+        // default in place; the value is a plain count of MB, no suffix.
+        const char* psz = strMaxDebugSize.c_str();
+        char* pszEnd = NULL;
+        errno = 0;
+        int64 nMB = strtoll(psz, &pszEnd, 10);
+        // INT64_MAX, without depending on which limits header this tree pulls in.
+        const int64 nMaxMB = (int64)((~(uint64)0) >> 1) / (1024 * 1024);
+        const char* pszWhy = NULL;
+        if (pszEnd == psz)
+            pszWhy = "not a number";
+        else if (*pszEnd != '\0')
+            pszWhy = "trailing characters -- the value is a count of MB, with no unit suffix";
+        else if (errno == ERANGE || nMB < 0)
+            pszWhy = "not a size in MB";
+        else if (nMB > nMaxMB)
+            pszWhy = "larger than a file size can be";
+        if (pszWhy)
+            fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring /maxdebugfilesize=%s: %s (keeping %lld MB)\n",
+                    strMaxDebugSize.c_str(), pszWhy,
+                    (long long)(nMaxDebugFileSize / 1024 / 1024));
+        else
+            nMaxDebugFileSize = nMB * 1024 * 1024;
+    }
+
     if (arg(argc,argv,"/gen") || arg(argc,argv,"-gen"))
     {
         fGenerateBitcoins = 1;
@@ -530,10 +604,119 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     ParseStartupArguments(argc, argv);
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Set by the GUI "Restart Now" button: give the previous instance a moment
+    // to release the network port and the block-index files before this one
+    // opens them, so a relaunch does not race the process it is replacing.
+    if (arg(argc, argv, "/restartwait") || arg(argc, argv, "-restartwait"))
+        Sleep(2500);
+#endif
+
+    // Hidden self-test helper. It must run before LoadWallet(): several
+    // storage-sanity scenarios deliberately make wallet.dat unsafe to load.
+    string strSelfTestMutateWallet =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/selftestmutatewallet", "-selftestmutatewallet");
+    if (!strSelfTestMutateWallet.empty())
+        return RunSelfTestMutateWallet(strSelfTestMutateWallet);
+
     string strSelfTest = argval2(argc, argv, "/selftest", "-selftest");
     if (!strSelfTest.empty())
         return RunSelfTest(strSelfTest);
 
+    // Storage diagnostics must run before LoadWallet(). Their job is to
+    // explain wallet.dat states that the normal wallet loader may refuse.
+    string strWalletStorageAuditJson =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/walletstorageauditjson", "-walletstorageauditjson");
+    bool fDiagWantsAudit = arg(argc,argv,"/walletstorageaudit") ||
+                           arg(argc,argv,"-walletstorageaudit") ||
+                           !strWalletStorageAuditJson.empty();
+    bool fDiagWantsCheck = arg(argc,argv,"/walletstoragecheck") ||
+                           arg(argc,argv,"-walletstoragecheck");
+
+    // These diagnostics normally read wallet.dat. Under -walletbackend=sqlite
+    // the live wallet is wallet.sqlite, so open it read-only as the active
+    // store and let the same scan walk the right file. This runs before the
+    // normal backend resolution further down, so validate the value here too.
+    string strDiagBackend = argval2(argc, argv, "/walletbackend", "-walletbackend");
+    if ((fDiagWantsAudit || fDiagWantsCheck) && !strDiagBackend.empty() &&
+        strDiagBackend != "sqlite" && strDiagBackend != "bdb")
+    {
+        AttachTerminal();
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unknown wallet backend '%s'. Use -walletbackend=sqlite "
+                        "or -walletbackend=bdb.\n", strDiagBackend.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    bool fDiagSQLite = (strDiagBackend == "sqlite") &&
+                       (fDiagWantsAudit || fDiagWantsCheck);
+    if (fDiagSQLite)
+    {
+        AttachTerminal();
+        string strSQLitePath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+        string strOpenErr;
+        if (!WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpenReadOnly(strSQLitePath, strOpenErr))
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open the SQLite wallet for diagnostics: %s\n",
+                    strOpenErr.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (fDiagWantsAudit)
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletStorageAudit(strWalletStorageAuditJson);
+        if (fDiagSQLite)
+            WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        else
+            DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+    if (fDiagWantsCheck)
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletStorageCheck();
+        if (fDiagSQLite)
+            WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        else
+            DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletSQLiteExport =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/walletsqliteexport", "-walletsqliteexport");
+    if (!strWalletSQLiteExport.empty())
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletSQLiteExport(strWalletSQLiteExport);
+        DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletSQLiteVerify =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/walletsqliteverify", "-walletsqliteverify");
+    if (!strWalletSQLiteVerify.empty())
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletSQLiteVerify(strWalletSQLiteVerify);
+        DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletSQLiteRestore =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/walletsqliterestore", "-walletsqliterestore");
+    if (!strWalletSQLiteRestore.empty())
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletSQLiteRestore(strWalletSQLiteRestore);
+        DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletSQLiteLoadCheck =
+        argval2(argc, argv, "/walletsqliteloadcheck", "-walletsqliteloadcheck");
+    if (!strWalletSQLiteLoadCheck.empty())
+    {
+        int nRet = CmdWalletSQLiteLoadCheck(strWalletSQLiteLoadCheck);
+        DBFlush(true);
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
     // Berkeley DB reports failure by throwing, and CDB's constructor lets it
     // through. Nothing on this path caught anything, so an unreadable
     // blkindex.dat or wallet.dat -- one written by another platform's Berkeley
@@ -578,18 +761,197 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     printf("Loading wallet...\n");
     try
     {
-        if (!LoadWallet())
+        string strWalletBackend =
+            argval2(argc, argv, "/walletbackend", "-walletbackend");
+        string strWalletSQLite =
+            argval2(argc, argv, "/walletsqlite", "-walletsqlite");
+
+        // A misspelled backend must not fall through to Berkeley DB silently --
+        // someone who typed -walletbackend=sqlit meant to run on SQLite, and
+        // opening wallet.dat instead of telling them is the wrong surprise.
+        if (!strWalletBackend.empty() &&
+            strWalletBackend != "sqlite" && strWalletBackend != "bdb")
         {
-            // LoadWallet() explains itself into strWalletLoadError when it
-            // knows why -- an unsupported wallet format, for one, which is the
-            // case this whole path exists to make visible.
-            FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup, "Cannot open wallet.dat.",
-                              strWalletLoadError);
+            AttachTerminal();
+            FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup,
+                strprintf("Unknown wallet backend '%s'.", strWalletBackend.c_str()),
+                "Use -walletbackend=sqlite for the SQLite backend, or "
+                "-walletbackend=bdb for the Berkeley DB wallet.dat.");
             return 1;
         }
 
+        if (strWalletBackend == "sqlite")
+        {
+            // Explicit opt-in via the flag. The node runs on
+            // <datadir>/wallet.sqlite and never opens wallet.dat, but the user
+            // has to have exported one first -- there is no silent migration,
+            // and wallet.dat is left
+            // exactly where it is so a plain restart goes back to it.
+            AttachTerminal();
+            string strSQLitePath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+            if (!FileExists(strSQLitePath.c_str()))
+            {
+                string strGuide = strprintf(
+                    "No SQLite wallet was found at\n"
+                    "  %s\n\n"
+                    "The SQLite wallet backend is opt-in and needs an exported\n"
+                    "wallet first. Your Berkeley DB wallet.dat is not touched by\n"
+                    "any of this.\n\n"
+                    "  Step 1  Export your existing wallet to SQLite:\n"
+                    "            bitflash -walletsqliteexport=\"%s\"\n"
+                    "  Step 2  Start again with the SQLite backend:\n"
+                    "            bitflash -walletbackend=sqlite\n\n"
+                    "To go back to Berkeley DB at any time, just start without\n"
+                    "-walletbackend=sqlite. wallet.dat is still your wallet.",
+                    strSQLitePath.c_str(), strSQLitePath.c_str());
+                FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup,
+                                  "The SQLite wallet backend needs an exported wallet first.",
+                                  strGuide);
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            if (!LoadWalletFromSQLiteRuntime(strSQLitePath))
+            {
+                FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup,
+                                  "Cannot open the SQLite wallet backend.",
+                                  strWalletLoadError);
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                    "Wallet backend: SQLite\n"
+                    "  %s\n"
+                    "Your Berkeley DB wallet.dat is left untouched. Restart without\n"
+                    "-walletbackend=sqlite to go back to it.\n",
+                    strSQLitePath.c_str());
+            fflush(stderr);
+            // Fall through and run the node normally: every CWalletDB read,
+            // write, and erase now routes to this SQLite file.
+        }
+        else if (!strWalletSQLite.empty())
+        {
+            AttachTerminal();
+            if (!LoadWalletFromSQLite(strWalletSQLite))
+            {
+                FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup,
+                                  "Cannot open SQLite wallet export.",
+                                  strWalletLoadError);
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet loaded: read-only staging backend\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "SQLite runtime writes are not enabled yet; exiting before "
+                            "network, mining, GUI, or wallet mutation starts.\n");
+            fflush(stderr);
+            DBFlush(true);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if (strWalletBackend == "bdb")
+        {
+            // Explicit -walletbackend=bdb overrides the marker and the default:
+            // force Berkeley DB (LoadWallet creates wallet.dat if none exists).
+            if (!LoadWallet())
+            {
+                FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup, "Cannot open wallet.dat.",
+                                  strWalletLoadError);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // No explicit -walletbackend on the command line. Resolve it from
+            // the persistent marker, then defaults: an existing wallet.sqlite
+            // stays on SQLite, an existing wallet.dat stays on Berkeley DB (the
+            // GUI offers to convert), and a fresh install starts on SQLite --
+            // the new default. wallet.dat is never touched by any of this.
+            string strSQLitePath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+            bool fSQLiteExists = FileExists(strSQLitePath.c_str());
+            bool fWalletDatExists = FileExists((GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat").c_str());
+            string strMarker = ReadWalletBackendMarker();
+
+            bool fUseSQLite = false;
+            bool fCreateSQLite = false;
+            if (strMarker == "sqlite")
+            {
+                if (fSQLiteExists)          fUseSQLite = true;
+                else if (fWalletDatExists)  fUseSQLite = false;  // marker stale; real wallet is BDB
+                else { fUseSQLite = true; fCreateSQLite = true; }
+            }
+            else if (strMarker == "bdb")
+            {
+                fUseSQLite = false;
+            }
+            else  // no marker recorded yet
+            {
+                if (fSQLiteExists && !fWalletDatExists) fUseSQLite = true;
+                else if (fWalletDatExists)              fUseSQLite = false;
+                else { fUseSQLite = true; fCreateSQLite = true; }
+            }
+
+            // A headless node whose datadir holds no wallet of either kind is
+            // far more often an operations fault -- datadir not mounted, or
+            // wallet.dat caught mid-rename by a backup -- than a first run.
+            // Creating one here is not the harmless default it looks like:
+            // success also writes the backend marker, and from then on
+            // restoring the real wallet.dat no longer takes effect, because the
+            // marker keeps the node on the empty wallet it just made. Under
+            // 1.2.19 the same fault created a wallet.dat that a restore
+            // overwrote, so operators could recover by putting the file back.
+            // Refuse instead, and name the flag that makes it deliberate.
+            if (fCreateSQLite && fHeadlessStartup &&
+                !arg(argc, argv, "/createwallet") && !arg(argc, argv, "-createwallet"))
+            {
+                AttachTerminal();
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                        "No wallet found in %s\n"
+                        "Refusing to create one. On a headless node an absent wallet is\n"
+                        "usually a mount or backup fault, and creating one would record a\n"
+                        "backend marker that makes restoring the real wallet a no-op.\n"
+                        "Pass -createwallet to start a new one deliberately, or\n"
+                        "-walletbackend=bdb to run on a Berkeley DB wallet.dat.\n",
+                        GetAppDir().c_str());
+                fflush(stderr);
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            if (fUseSQLite)
+            {
+                AttachTerminal();
+                bool fOk = fCreateSQLite
+                    ? CreateNewSQLiteWallet(strSQLitePath)
+                    : LoadWalletFromSQLiteRuntime(strSQLitePath);
+                if (!fOk)
+                {
+                    FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup,
+                        fCreateSQLite ? "Cannot create the SQLite wallet."
+                                      : "Cannot open the SQLite wallet.",
+                        strWalletLoadError);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                // Record the choice so it is stable from here on.
+                if (ReadWalletBackendMarker() != "sqlite")
+                    WriteWalletBackendMarker("sqlite");
+                fprintf(stderr, "Wallet backend: SQLite\n  %s\n%s",
+                        strSQLitePath.c_str(),
+                        fCreateSQLite ? "A new wallet was created here.\n" : "");
+                fflush(stderr);
+                // Fall through and run the node; CWalletDB routes to this file.
+            }
+            else if (!LoadWallet())
+            {
+                // LoadWallet() explains itself into strWalletLoadError when it
+                // knows why -- an unsupported wallet format, for one, which is
+                // the case this whole path exists to make visible.
+                FatalStartupError(fHeadlessStartup, "Cannot open wallet.dat.",
+                                  strWalletLoadError);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+
         // After the block index, so there is a chain to compare the wallet
-        // against, and before anything reports a balance.
+        // against, and before anything reports a balance. Works on either
+        // backend: RescanSpentFlags writes corrected flags through CWalletDB,
+        // which routes to SQLite when that backend is active.
         RescanSpentFlags();
     }
     catch (const std::exception& e)
@@ -858,6 +1220,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         // called here, which is why a wallet.dat copied elsewhere would not
         // open -- issue #40. Not optional.
         DBFlush(true);
+        // Checkpoint and close the SQLite wallet backend if one is active. A
+        // no-op on the Berkeley DB path. Safe to kill before this runs: WAL +
+        // synchronous=FULL already made every committed write durable.
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
 #ifdef _WIN32
         // wallet.dat is safely flushed and closed now; let a pending console
         // control handler (CLOSE/LOGOFF/SHUTDOWN) return so the OS can finish.
@@ -874,6 +1240,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     StopNode();
     BtfStopManagedTor();
     DBFlush(true);
+    WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
     return ret;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/makefile.mingw b/src/makefile.mingw
index 0ba1d76..740bba6 100644
--- a/src/makefile.mingw
+++ b/src/makefile.mingw
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CXXFLAGS = -std=gnu++14 -O2 $(WARNFLAGS) -fpermissive -pthread \
 
 LIBS = -L$(DEPS)/lib -lsecp256k1 \
        -L$(RANDOMX)/build -lrandomx \
-       -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lpthread \
+       -lsodium -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lsqlite3 -lpthread \
        -LC:/msys64/ucrt64/lib \
        -lglfw3 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 \
        -lkernel32 -luser32 -lcomdlg32 -lwinspool -lwinmm \
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ IMGUI_OBJS = obj/imgui.o obj/imgui_draw.o obj/imgui_tables.o \
 NODE_OBJS = obj/util.o obj/script.o obj/db.o obj/net.o obj/main.o \
             obj/sha.o obj/nostr.o obj/randomx_pow.o \
             obj/btfaddr.o obj/btfchan.o obj/btfrv.o obj/btftunnel.o obj/rpc.o \
-            obj/selftest.o obj/bip32.o obj/walletcmd.o obj/proxy.o obj/tor.o
+            obj/selftest.o obj/bip32.o obj/walletcmd.o obj/wallet_sqlite.o \
+            obj/proxy.o obj/tor.o
 
 GUI_OBJS = obj/gui.o obj/main_gui.o obj/bitflash_res.o
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ GUI_OBJS = obj/gui.o obj/main_gui.o obj/bitflash_res.o
 HEADERS = headers_core.h headers.h util.h main.h serialize.h uint256.h \
           key.h bignum.h script.h db.h base58.h net.h nostr.h \
           randomx_pow.h btfaddr.h btfchan.h btfrv.h btftunnel.h \
-          selftest.h walletcmd.h sockcount.h proxy.h tor.h compat.h font_roboto.h
+          selftest.h walletcmd.h wallet_sqlite.h sockcount.h proxy.h tor.h compat.h font_roboto.h
 
 all: bitflash.exe
 
@@ -107,8 +108,13 @@ tests: test_bip32.exe bitflash.exe
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-keypool
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-hd
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-format
+        ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-sqlite
+        ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-sqlite-migration
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-crypto
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-encrypt
+        ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-sqlite-encrypt
+        ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-backend-default
+        ./bitflash.exe -selftest=wallet-convert
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=net-message
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=consensus-limits
         ./bitflash.exe -selftest=pool-stratum
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index fed6123..bb05259 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1560,12 +1560,41 @@ void ThreadSocketHandler2(void* parg)
                 unsigned int nNodes = 0;
                 CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_vNodes)
                     nNodes = (unsigned int)vNodes.size();
+                // Also count how many connections this one address already
+                // holds. A single IP that keeps opening sockets -- a broken
+                // node or a deliberate connection-exhaustion flood -- must not
+                // be able to take the whole table, which is what starved the
+                // relays.
+                //
+                // Loopback is exempt. Onion peers reach a managed-Tor node
+                // through its local hidden-service listener, so every one of
+                // them accepts as 127.0.0.1; capping loopback would cap all
+                // inbound onion peers as a single group, which is the opposite
+                // of where the network is headed. The global MAX_CONNECTIONS
+                // still bounds the total, and the direct-IP flood this defends
+                // against never arrives over loopback. (Per-onion-identity
+                // limiting, once a peer's identity is known past accept(), is
+                // the right tool for onion and is left for later.)
+                bool fLoopback = (addr.GetByte(3) == 127);
+                unsigned int nFromThisIP = 0;
+                if (!fLoopback)
+                    CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_vNodes)
+                        for (vector<CNode*>::iterator it = vNodes.begin(); it != vNodes.end(); ++it)
+                            if ((*it)->addr.ip == addr.ip)
+                                nFromThisIP++;
+
                 if (nNodes >= MAX_CONNECTIONS)
                 {
                     LogPrint("net", "refusing connection from %s, already at %u\n",
                              addr.ToString().c_str(), nNodes);
                     BtfCloseSocket(hSocket);
                 }
+                else if (!fLoopback && nFromThisIP >= MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IP)
+                {
+                    LogPrint("net", "refusing connection from %s, already %u from that address\n",
+                             addr.ToString().c_str(), nFromThisIP);
+                    BtfCloseSocket(hSocket);
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     LogPrint("net", "accepted connection from %s\n", addr.ToString().c_str());
@@ -2090,7 +2119,7 @@ bool StartNode(string& strError)
     if (addrIncoming.ip)
         addrLocalHost.ip = addrIncoming.ip;
 
-    _beginthread([](void*) {
+    if (_beginthread([](void*) {
         unsigned int ip = addrLocalHost.ip;
         if (GetMyExternalIP(ip)) {
             addrLocalHost.ip = ip;
@@ -2098,7 +2127,8 @@ bool StartNode(string& strError)
             CWalletDB().WriteSetting("addrIncoming", addrIncoming);
             printf("External IP updated: %s\n", addrLocalHost.ToStringIP().c_str());
         }
-    }, 0, NULL);
+    }, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+        printf("Error: _beginthread(GetMyExternalIP) failed\n");
 
     // Peers that answered last time, dialled straight away. The relays are the
     // only way to find anyone otherwise, and reaching them plus walking their
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 9f3c7e4..752b1fe 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ enum
 
 
 
+// Defined in main.cpp. True while this node is tracking the tip rather than
+// still catching up, measured off the age of our own best block -- see there
+// for why that and not a peer-reported height. Declared here because net.h is
+// parsed before main.h and CNode::AskFor needs it.
+bool IsBlockFetchNearTip();
+
 bool GetMyExternalIP(unsigned int& ipRet);
 CNode* ConnectNodeBtf(const string& strBtfAddr);
 CNode* ConnectNodeBtfResolved(const string& strBtfAddr, const string& strMeeting,
@@ -89,6 +95,15 @@ static const int          BTF_RECV_TIMEOUT_SECS    = 30 * 60;
 static const int          BTF_SEND_STALL_SECS      = 10 * 60;
 static const int          BTF_HANDSHAKE_GRACE_SECS = 60;
 
+// How long a requested block gets before it is asked for again, in seconds.
+// Used twice: CNode::AskFor spaces the queued per-announcer block retries this
+// far apart instead of the two minutes transactions get, and the failover
+// sweep in main.cpp re-issues a getdata to a different peer once a sent
+// request has gone unanswered this long. A block body is at most 1 MB and
+// somebody demonstrably has it -- they announced it -- so on this timescale
+// "not here yet" means "not coming from that peer", not "still in transit".
+static const int          BLOCK_FETCH_RETRY_SECS   = 15;
+
 // A serialized object cannot be larger than MAX_SIZE, so no valid network
 // message needs the old 256 MB header allowance. Keep the wire cap aligned with
 // what the deserializer can accept. How long a peer may sit on a partial
@@ -109,6 +124,23 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_PROTOCOL_MESSAGE_SIZE = MAX_SIZE;
 // 125 is Bitcoin's number and remains a conservative public-node default.
 static const unsigned int MAX_CONNECTIONS = 125;
 
+// Cap inbound connections from any single address. Without it one source can
+// hold every slot up to MAX_CONNECTIONS -- exactly what happened to the
+// rendezvous relays, where a single IP parked hundreds of connections and
+// starved real peers. A legitimate peer, even a relay talking to a relay,
+// needs only a handful; 32 leaves generous room while denying any one address
+// more than a quarter of the table. The firewall connlimit on the relays does
+// the same thing a layer lower; this makes every build carry the defense.
+//
+// Loopback (127.0.0.0/8) is exempt in the accept path. A managed-Tor node
+// receives every inbound onion peer over its local hidden-service listener, so
+// they all appear as 127.0.0.1 -- capping loopback would cap onion peers as a
+// group, which is exactly wrong for a network moving toward onion-only. The
+// global MAX_CONNECTIONS still bounds the total; a per-onion-identity limit,
+// applied once identity is known after accept(), is the right future tool for
+// onion floods.
+static const unsigned int MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IP = 32;
+
 // A node marked for disconnect is normally held until its buffers drain, so
 // a last message still goes out. But vSend cannot drain through a socket
 // whose far end is gone, and that made such a node immortal: it stayed in
@@ -795,13 +827,51 @@ public:
         static int64 nLastTime;
         nLastTime = nNow = max(nNow, ++nLastTime);
 
-        // Each retry is 2 minutes after the last
-        nRequestTime = max(nRequestTime + 2 * 60 * 1000000, nNow);
+        // Each retry is 2 minutes after the last -- and because nRequestTime
+        // is shared across peers, the same spacing is what strings requests
+        // for one inv across its announcers. For transactions that is pacing;
+        // for a new block it was the stall of issue #33: nine peers announce
+        // the block, the first one asked does not serve it, and the ninth
+        // candidate is not even asked until sixteen minutes in, with the pool
+        // mining on the stale tip the whole time.
+        //
+        // Blocks retry on the fetch timescale, but only while we are at the
+        // tip. That is where the stall costs something -- the pool keeps
+        // handing out jobs against a dead tip -- and it is also where the
+        // spacing is nearly free: one block is in flight, and its body has
+        // almost always arrived before the second announcer's turn comes
+        // round, so AlreadyHave drops the duplicate before a getdata is sent.
+        //
+        // While catching up neither half holds. A peer working through a
+        // 500-deep queue can be minutes away from block N without anything
+        // being wrong, so at 15s the second announcer is asked at +15s, the
+        // third at +30s, and the bulk download arrives once per announcer --
+        // up to eight times over. Nothing caps that: the eight-entry cap is on
+        // mapBlockFetch, which is a different mechanism from this spacing.
+        // Two minutes is the right number there, and it is what this line did
+        // before. Failover at the tip does not depend on this being 15s in any
+        // case: mapBlockFetch re-issues a stalled getdata to the next peer on
+        // its own timer, which is what actually fixes #33.
+        bool fFast = (inv.type == MSG_BLOCK && IsBlockFetchNearTip());
+        int64 nRetryUsecs = (fFast ? BLOCK_FETCH_RETRY_SECS : 2 * 60) * 1000000LL;
+        nRequestTime = max(nRequestTime + nRetryUsecs, nNow);
         mapAskFor.insert(make_pair(nRequestTime, inv));
     }
 
 
 
+    // "sending: tx (N bytes)" alone was ~71% of a 13-hour production
+    // debug.log (issue #35), so tx sends are demoted to the /debugrelay-gated
+    // "relay" category; every other command's send trace stays on "net".
+    // The line is emitted in pieces across BeginMessage/EndMessage/
+    // AbortMessage, so all three must agree on the category or orphaned
+    // "(N bytes)" fragments would leak into a plain -debug log.
+    // Valid only mid-message (nPushPos != -1).
+    const char* SendLogCategory() const
+    {
+        return strcmp(GetMessageCommand(), "tx") == 0 ? "relay" : "net";
+    }
+
     void BeginMessage(const char* pszCommand)
     {
         EnterCriticalSection(&cs_vSend);
@@ -809,17 +879,19 @@ public:
             AbortMessage();
         nPushPos = vSend.size();
         vSend << CMessageHeader(pszCommand, 0);
-        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("sending: %-12s ", pszCommand);
+        if (LogAcceptsCategory(SendLogCategory())) printf("sending: %-12s ", pszCommand);
     }
 
     void AbortMessage()
     {
         if (nPushPos == -1)
             return;
+        // Capture before nPushPos is cleared; GetMessageCommand() needs it.
+        const char* pszCategory = SendLogCategory();
         vSend.resize(nPushPos);
         nPushPos = -1;
         LeaveCriticalSection(&cs_vSend);
-        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("(aborted)\n");
+        if (LogAcceptsCategory(pszCategory)) printf("(aborted)\n");
     }
 
     void EndMessage()
@@ -827,7 +899,11 @@ public:
         extern int nDropMessagesTest;
         if (nDropMessagesTest > 0 && GetRand(nDropMessagesTest) == 0)
         {
-            if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("dropmessages DROPPING SEND MESSAGE\n");
+            // Same category as the "sending: " this line interrupts, so a tx
+            // does not announce its own drop under "net" having been gated
+            // off under "relay". nPushPos can be -1 here, and then
+            // GetMessageCommand() returns "" and this is "net" as before.
+            if (LogAcceptsCategory(SendLogCategory())) printf("dropmessages DROPPING SEND MESSAGE\n");
             AbortMessage();
             return;
         }
@@ -839,10 +915,10 @@ public:
         unsigned int nSize = vSend.size() - nPushPos - sizeof(CMessageHeader);
         memcpy((char*)&vSend[nPushPos] + offsetof(CMessageHeader, nMessageSize), &nSize, sizeof(nSize));
 
-        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("(%d bytes)  ", nSize);
+        if (LogAcceptsCategory(SendLogCategory())) printf("(%d bytes)  ", nSize);
         //for (int i = nPushPos+sizeof(CMessageHeader); i < min(vSend.size(), nPushPos+sizeof(CMessageHeader)+20U); i++)
         //    printf("%02x ", vSend[i] & 0xff);
-        if (LogAcceptsCategory("net")) printf("\n");
+        if (LogAcceptsCategory(SendLogCategory())) printf("\n");
 
         nPushPos = -1;
         LeaveCriticalSection(&cs_vSend);
diff --git a/src/nostr.cpp b/src/nostr.cpp
index e2d839c..f44dc08 100644
--- a/src/nostr.cpp
+++ b/src/nostr.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ string BtfActiveRelay()
 
 void BtfSetActiveRelay(const string& relay)
 {
+    // With /rvrelay set, the descriptor must never name anything but the pin.
+    // No caller can reach here with another relay today -- both registration
+    // paths draw their list from BtfAllRelays(), which returns the pin alone --
+    // but the descriptor is the one thing a miner obeys, so the invariant is
+    // enforced at the sink instead of being retrusted to every future caller.
+    if (fBtfRelayPinned &&
+        find(vBtfMeetingRelays.begin(), vBtfMeetingRelays.end(), relay) == vBtfMeetingRelays.end())
+    {
+        LogPrint("pool", "refusing to advertise meeting relay %s: /rvrelay pins %s\n",
+                 relay.c_str(),
+                 vBtfMeetingRelays.empty() ? "an empty list" : vBtfMeetingRelays[0].c_str());
+        return;
+    }
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_activeRelay)
         strBtfActiveRelay = relay;
 }
@@ -223,6 +236,18 @@ vector<string> BtfAllRelays()
     return all;
 }
 
+// Relays learned from Nostr, whether or not a pin is in force. Reporting only:
+// it exists so the pool can name what /rvrelay is excluding. Anything choosing
+// a relay to register or dial at must keep using BtfAllRelays().
+vector<string> BtfDiscoveredRelays()
+{
+    vector<string> out;
+    CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_discoveredRelays)
+        foreach(const string& r, g_discoveredRelays)
+            out.push_back(r);
+    return out;
+}
+
 
 //
 // Utilities
@@ -1440,7 +1465,7 @@ static bool SeedFromRelay(CNostrKey& key, const string& relay)
                         else if (createdAt > it->second)  it->second = createdAt; // refresh
                     }
                     if (fNew && fDebug)
-                        LogPrint("nostr", "Nostr: discovered .btf peer %s\n", peerAddr.c_str());
+                        LogPrint("nostrdiscovery", "Nostr: discovered .btf peer %s\n", peerAddr.c_str());
                     if (++nPeers > 500) break;
                 }
                 else if (type == "EOSE")
diff --git a/src/nostr.h b/src/nostr.h
index 6dbbe26..0dd919d 100644
--- a/src/nostr.h
+++ b/src/nostr.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ extern bool fBtfRelayPinned;
 bool LooksLikeRelay(const std::string& r);
 // Every relay to try: curated seeds + relays discovered from Nostr announcements.
 std::vector<std::string> BtfAllRelays();
+// Relays discovered from Nostr, ignoring the pin. For reporting what a pin
+// excludes -- never for choosing a relay to register or dial at.
+std::vector<std::string> BtfDiscoveredRelays();
 
 struct BtfPoolAnnouncement
 {
diff --git a/src/randomx_pow.cpp b/src/randomx_pow.cpp
index 1d058d4..9c59364 100644
--- a/src/randomx_pow.cpp
+++ b/src/randomx_pow.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <system_error>
 
 // Fixed key (seed) that determines the RandomX cache/dataset. Keeping it
 // constant avoids per-epoch "reseed" logic; for the CPU+RAM fairness goal
@@ -101,13 +102,28 @@ bool RandomXInitDataset(int nThreads)
 
     std::vector<std::thread> workers;
     unsigned long per = total / nThreads;
-    for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++)
+    try
     {
-        unsigned long start = i * per;
-        unsigned long count = (i == nThreads - 1) ? (total - start) : per;
-        workers.emplace_back([start, count]() {
-            randomx_init_dataset(g_dataset, g_cache, start, count);
-        });
+        for (int i = 0; i < nThreads; i++)
+        {
+            unsigned long start = i * per;
+            unsigned long count = (i == nThreads - 1) ? (total - start) : per;
+            workers.emplace_back([start, count]() {
+                randomx_init_dataset(g_dataset, g_cache, start, count);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        // Same refusal as the allocation failure above: light mode is slow
+        // but alive, std::terminate is neither. Join the workers that did
+        // start before releasing the dataset out from under them.
+        for (auto& w : workers) w.join();
+        randomx_release_dataset(g_dataset);
+        g_dataset = NULL;
+        printf("RandomX: cannot spawn dataset init threads (%s), staying in light mode\n",
+               e.what());
+        return false;
     }
     for (auto& w : workers) w.join();
 
diff --git a/src/readme.txt b/src/readme.txt
index 752be66..7490a9a 100644
--- a/src/readme.txt
+++ b/src/readme.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project.
 Differences from the original Bitcoin
 -------------------------------------
 - Own genesis block (22/Jul/2026 headline, independent chain)
-- Own magic bytes (0xbf 0x1a 0x5c 0xfd) and P2P port 8433
+- Own magic bytes (0xbf 0x20 0x5c 0xfd) and P2P port 8433
 - Addresses start with "B" (ADDRESSVERSION = 25)
 - Consensus fixes applied: value overflow (CVE-2010-5139), duplicate inputs,
   money range checks (MoneyRange)
diff --git a/src/rpc.cpp b/src/rpc.cpp
index a4b53ca..3827cd5 100644
--- a/src/rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc.cpp
@@ -115,15 +115,28 @@ static uint256 ShareTargetFromDifficulty(double difficulty)
 {
     if (difficulty <= 0.0) difficulty = 1.0;
     static const uint256 diff1 = CBigNum(bnProofOfWorkLimit).getuint256();
+    // Representability floor. shareTarget = diff1 / difficulty, and diff1 is
+    // ~uint256(0) >> 12, i.e. a hair under 2^244 -- so the true target stops
+    // fitting in a uint256 once difficulty reaches 2^-12 (= 1/4096), and the
+    // fixed-point divide below breaks even earlier in a second way: the
+    // (uint64)(difficulty * 65536.0) divisor truncates to zero for any
+    // difficulty under 2^-16. Both thresholds sit far below VARDIFF_MIN
+    // (0.001), so live operation never comes near this, but a caller that
+    // bypasses vardiff (or a future VARDIFF_MIN) must not divide by zero or
+    // hand back getuint256()'s low-256-bit truncation of an oversized
+    // quotient -- a wrapped target is not merely wrong, it is arbitrarily
+    // HARDER than difficulty 1. At these difficulties every hash is meant to
+    // be a share, so the honest answer is the easiest representable target.
+    // (This replaces a dead branch that read `if (t < diff1 && difficulty <
+    // 1.0)`: t = diff1/difficulty, so difficulty < 1.0 implies t > diff1 and
+    // the two conditions could never both hold.)
+    if (difficulty < 1.0 / 4096.0) return ~uint256(0);
     // shareTarget = diff1 / difficulty
     CBigNum bn; bn.setuint256(diff1);
     // Multiply by 2^16 to keep precision, divide, shift back
     bn <<= 16;
     bn /= (uint64)(difficulty * 65536.0);
-    uint256 t = bn.getuint256();
-    // Cap at all-ones (maximum, easiest possible)
-    if (t < diff1 && difficulty < 1.0) t = ~uint256(0);
-    return t;
+    return bn.getuint256();
 }
 
 // Expected number of hashes to find one share at a given Stratum difficulty,
@@ -223,6 +236,29 @@ static bool RebuildJob()
         // From the pool, so the template's payout key is in wallet.dat before
         // any miner is handed work against it.
         vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey = GetKeyFromPool();
+        if (vchPubKey.empty()) {
+            // Empty means the wallet could not produce a key: encrypted and
+            // locked, or key generation itself failed. Serialised, an empty
+            // vector is a zero-length push, so the coinbase would become
+            // `<empty> OP_CHECKSIG` -- a script nobody can satisfy. Every
+            // block mined against such a job burns its whole subsidy, while
+            // QueuePayouts still records the full obligation and the miners
+            // are then paid out of coin that block never contributed.
+            // BitcoinMiner refuses to mine in this state; refuse to hand the
+            // pool's miners work in it too. printf and not LogPrint for the
+            // reason given above the deaf-node refusal, and throttled the
+            // same way -- the no-job watchdog retries every few seconds for
+            // as long as the condition lasts.
+            static int64 nLastSaidNoKey = 0;
+            if (GetTime() - nLastSaidNoKey > 60) {
+                nLastSaidNoKey = GetTime();
+                printf("RebuildJob: no wallet key available for the coinbase "
+                       "(wallet locked, or key generation failed -- the "
+                       "GetKeyFromPool line above says which) -- not issuing "
+                       "jobs\n");
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
         static std::atomic<uint32_t> sExtra{0};
         uint32_t extraNonce = ++sExtra;
 
@@ -267,16 +303,29 @@ static bool RebuildJob()
                 map<uint256, CTxIndex> pool;
                 vector<char> vfAlreadyAdded(mapTransactions.size());
                 bool fFoundSomething = true;
-                unsigned int sz = 0;
-                // The cap is MAX_BLOCK_SIZE/2, not MAX_SIZE/2. MAX_SIZE is the
-                // 32 MB serialisation ceiling, so half of it is 16 MB -- this
-                // builder would happily assemble a template that its own
+                // The cap is MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN, not MAX_SIZE/2. MAX_SIZE is
+                // the 32 MB serialisation ceiling, so half of it is 16 MB --
+                // this builder would happily assemble a template that its own
                 // CheckBlock() rejects at the 1 MB consensus cap. This is the
                 // pool's job builder, so a block over the cap is not one
                 // wasted solve, it is every miner on the pool working a
-                // template the network will reject. The inner break bounds the
-                // overshoot to a single transaction within a pass.
-                while (fFoundSomething && sz < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE / 2)
+                // template the network will reject.
+                //
+                // The inner break used to bound the overshoot to one
+                // transaction per pass. One transaction is still too many:
+                // nothing caps how big a single transaction may be, so that
+                // bound was worth up to MAX_SIZE. Asking whether each one fits
+                // before appending it bounds the overshoot at zero instead.
+                //
+                // Seeded with the header, tx count and coinbase, because
+                // CheckBlock() weighs the whole serialized block.
+                unsigned int sz = ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_DISK);
+                // And the sigop budget, which CheckBlock() enforces and this
+                // builder never counted against. Same counting function
+                // CheckBlock() sums, seeded from the coinbase because it sums
+                // over all of vtx.
+                unsigned int nSigOps = block.vtx[0].GetSigOpCount();
+                while (fFoundSomething && sz < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN)
                 {
                     fFoundSomething = false;
                     unsigned int n = 0;
@@ -287,16 +336,26 @@ static bool RebuildJob()
                             continue;
                         CTransaction& tx = (*mi).second;
                         if (tx.IsCoinBase() || !tx.IsFinal()) continue;
+                        // Skip rather than stop: one transaction too big for
+                        // the room left does not mean the next is. Ordered
+                        // before ConnectInputs because ConnectInputs credits
+                        // nFees by reference on success, and a transaction we
+                        // then decline would leave the coinbase claiming a fee
+                        // this block does not collect.
+                        unsigned int nTxSize   = ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK);
+                        unsigned int nTxSigOps = tx.GetSigOpCount();
+                        if (!BlockTemplateFits(sz, nSigOps, nTxSize, nTxSigOps))
+                            continue;
                         map<uint256, CTxIndex> tmp(pool);
                         if (!tx.ConnectInputs(txdb, tmp, CDiskTxPos(1,1,1), 0, nFees,
                                               false, true, tx.GetMinFee(block.vtx.size() < 100)))
                             continue;
                         swap(pool, tmp);
                         block.vtx.push_back(tx);
-                        sz += ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK);
+                        sz      += nTxSize;
+                        nSigOps += nTxSigOps;
                         vfAlreadyAdded[n] = true;
                         fFoundSomething = true;
-                        if (sz > MAX_BLOCK_SIZE / 2) break;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -776,6 +835,29 @@ static void PublishPendingPayouts(const VersionedBlob& v)
                      gPayoutLedgerPublishedSeq, "pending payout ledger");
 }
 
+// Parse a persisted block-hash field, refusing to guess. SetHex() reads
+// whatever hex prefix it finds and stops at the first character it does not
+// recognise, so a corrupt value does not fail to parse -- it parses as a
+// DIFFERENT hash. Both shapes of that are wrong in a dangerous direction: a
+// value with a hex-looking prefix ("deadbeef...") becomes a hash no block
+// ever had, which PayoutBlockStillOnChain reads as an orphaned block and
+// FlushMaturePayouts then VOIDS the debt; a value with no hex prefix at all
+// becomes 0, which is grandfathered past the orphan check on the strength
+// of garbage. A field that is not the 64-digit hex string ToString() wrote
+// is corruption, and corruption is a load failure like any other parse
+// error -- the file is quarantined, not read around.
+static uint256 ParsePayoutBlockHash(const std::string& str)
+{
+    if (str.size() != 64 ||
+        str.find_first_not_of("0123456789abcdefABCDEF") != std::string::npos)
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            strprintf("blockHash \"%s\" is not a 64-digit hex string",
+                      str.c_str()));
+    uint256 h;
+    h.SetHex(str);
+    return h;
+}
+
 static void LoadPendingPayouts()
 {
     std::string path = PayoutFilePath();
@@ -797,7 +879,8 @@ static void LoadPendingPayouts()
             // field. Leave blockHash zero and they are grandfathered past the
             // orphan check rather than voided on a guess.
             if (obj.contains("blockHash") && obj["blockHash"].is_string())
-                pp.blockHash.SetHex(obj["blockHash"].get<std::string>());
+                pp.blockHash =
+                    ParsePayoutBlockHash(obj["blockHash"].get<std::string>());
             if (obj.contains("blockHeight") && obj["blockHeight"].is_number())
                 pp.blockHeight = obj["blockHeight"].get<int>();
             // Upstream's tolerance for an entry with no usable height, kept
@@ -976,7 +1059,8 @@ static void LoadPaying()
             r.amount         = obj["amount"].get<int64>();
             r.matureAtHeight = obj["matureAtHeight"].get<int>();
             if (obj.contains("blockHash") && obj["blockHash"].is_string())
-                r.blockHash.SetHex(obj["blockHash"].get<std::string>());
+                r.blockHash =
+                    ParsePayoutBlockHash(obj["blockHash"].get<std::string>());
             if (obj.contains("blockHeight") && obj["blockHeight"].is_number())
                 r.blockHeight = obj["blockHeight"].get<int>();
             if (obj.contains("retries") && obj["retries"].is_number())
@@ -1186,11 +1270,35 @@ static bool PayoutBlockStillOnChain(const uint256& blockHash)
     return false;
 }
 
-static std::string PayoutComment(int blockHeight)
+// The comment every pre-upgrade payout transaction carries, and therefore the
+// ONLY needle the legacy fallback in FindRecordedPoolPayout may search with.
+// This format is frozen: change it and every payment those builds made stops
+// matching, every one of those debts looks unpaid, and reconciliation pays
+// them all a second time.
+static std::string LegacyPayoutComment(int blockHeight)
 {
     return strprintf("Pool payout height %d", blockHeight);
 }
 
+// The comment written on new sends. It names the funding block, because the
+// height alone cannot: a height that is won, lost to a reorg, and won again
+// yields two rounds whose height-only comments are identical -- and identical
+// amounts too, whenever the same miner held both rounds. The structured
+// pool_payout_* metadata already keys the payment by hash for the code; this
+// puts the same fact where an operator reading the wallet can see it, and
+// makes a new transaction unmatchable by the legacy needle even if the
+// structured keys are ever lost.
+//
+// A zero hash keeps the legacy form: those records predate hash keying, and
+// there is no hash to name.
+static std::string PayoutComment(int blockHeight, const uint256& blockHash)
+{
+    if (blockHash == 0)
+        return LegacyPayoutComment(blockHeight);
+    return strprintf("Pool payout height %d block %s", blockHeight,
+                     blockHash.ToString().c_str());
+}
+
 // Startup reconciliation.
 //
 // This used to be the crash-recovery mechanism: it scanned the wallet with
@@ -1345,14 +1453,37 @@ static void MarkPoolRoundForfeited(const std::string& id,
     PublishPoolRounds(snap);
 }
 
+// Does this round have a published round proof?
+//
+// Existence answers a temporal question the legacy fallback below needs:
+// which builds could have paid this round. RecordPoolRound writes the proof
+// when the round is created, and structured payout metadata (upstream
+// cbdd06d) is an ancestor of round proofs (upstream 83ba822) -- no build
+// able to write a proof has ever sent a payment that only a comment can
+// identify. A round with a proof therefore cannot have a comment-only
+// payment; one that matches it is another round's, colliding on the height.
+static bool PoolRoundHasProof(const std::string& id)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(gPoolRoundsMutex);
+    for (const PoolRoundProof& r : gPoolRounds)
+        if (r.id == id)
+            return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
 // Which wallet transaction, if any, already paid this?
 //
 // Two kinds of evidence, in order of quality.
 //
-// Structured (pool_payout_id / pool_payout_address / pool_payout_amount) is
-// upstream's, and it is exact: the id is derived from the block hash, so it
-// names one round and one round only. Every transaction this build sends
-// carries it.
+// Structured (pool_payout_id / pool_payout_address / pool_payout_amount,
+// plus pool_payout_block since this series) is upstream's, extended. The id
+// is derived from the block hash, but only from the FIRST sixteen hex digits
+// of it -- and proof-of-work concentrates zeros exactly there, so the id can
+// name two same-height rounds identically. New sends therefore record the
+// full hash as pool_payout_block, and a structured match must agree with it
+// wherever both sides have one; a transaction without the key was sent
+// before it existed, and for those the id is the best evidence there is.
+// Every transaction this build sends carries all four keys.
 //
 // But NO transaction this pool has ever sent carries it. Every payout in the
 // existing wallet has only a "comment". So on the first boot after this
@@ -1375,11 +1506,22 @@ static void MarkPoolRoundForfeited(const std::string& id,
 //      (round, address) pair -- from the ledger's paidTxids, which is durable,
 //      and from what this process has already claimed. One legacy transaction
 //      can therefore settle at most one debt, so N transactions can never
-//      satisfy more than N obligations.
+//      satisfy more than N obligations;
 //
-// What is left unresolved by construction is two pre-upgrade rounds at the
-// SAME height paying the same address the same amount, since the comment
-// carries only the height. That needs a reorg.
+//   4. it is not consulted at all for a round that has a round proof
+//      (fAllowLegacy, decided by the caller from PoolRoundHasProof). Proofs
+//      are written when a round is created, and only by builds whose every
+//      payment names its round exactly -- so a comment-only transaction
+//      cannot be a payment for such a round, only a same-height collision
+//      from an older one, and skipping the fallback cannot hide a real
+//      payment: the structured probe above already found any that exist.
+//
+// What is left unresolved by construction is a comment-only transaction and
+// a PROOFLESS round at the same height paying the same address the same
+// amount: two grandfathered zero-hash twins, or a twin pair from the builds
+// that keyed the ledger by hash before any metadata reached the wallet. The
+// comment carries only the height, so nothing ties the transaction to one
+// twin rather than the other. That needs a reorg.
 //
 // This used to say the losing twin's ledger entry is voided by the orphan
 // check before it can be paid. That is wrong: PayoutBlockStillOnChain()
@@ -1413,8 +1555,10 @@ enum PayoutProbeResult {
 
 static PayoutProbeResult FindRecordedPoolPayout(const std::string& id,
                                                 int blockHeight,
+                                                const uint256& blockHash,
                                                 const std::string& address,
                                                 int64 amount,
+                                                bool fAllowLegacy,
                                                 const std::set<std::string>& excluded,
                                                 std::string& txidRet)
 {
@@ -1425,7 +1569,7 @@ static PayoutProbeResult FindRecordedPoolPayout(const std::string& id,
     CScript want;
     if (fHaveScript)
         want << OP_DUP << OP_HASH160 << h160 << OP_EQUALVERIFY << OP_CHECKSIG;
-    const std::string comment = PayoutComment(blockHeight);
+    const std::string comment = LegacyPayoutComment(blockHeight);
 
     // Candidate legacy matches, adjudicated after cs_mapWallet is released.
     //
@@ -1458,10 +1602,25 @@ static PayoutProbeResult FindRecordedPoolPayout(const std::string& id,
                 map<string, string>::const_iterator amtIt = wtx.mapValue.find("pool_payout_amount");
                 if (amtIt == wtx.mapValue.end() || amtIt->second != strprintf("%lld", amount))
                     continue;
+                // The id alone cannot tell twin rounds at one height apart
+                // (see above); the full hash can, where the transaction
+                // recorded one. Where it did not, the id decides, as it
+                // always has -- refusing those transactions would make every
+                // payment sent before the key existed look unpaid and pay it
+                // again.
+                if (blockHash != 0) {
+                    map<string, string>::const_iterator blkIt =
+                        wtx.mapValue.find("pool_payout_block");
+                    if (blkIt != wtx.mapValue.end()
+                        && blkIt->second != blockHash.ToString())
+                        continue;   // a twin round's payment, not this round's
+                }
                 txidRet = wtx.GetHash().GetHex();
                 return PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED;
             }
 
+            if (!fAllowLegacy)
+                continue;   // comment-only evidence is inadmissible: rule 4
             if (!fHaveScript)
                 continue;
             // The comment is written only by the payout path, so its presence
@@ -1732,7 +1891,9 @@ static void FlushMaturePayouts()
             }
             int64 total = 0;
             for (auto& kv : it->amounts) total += kv.second;
-            LogPrint("payout", "[payout] block %d (%s) was orphaned -- voiding %zu"
+            // Always: one line per voided entry, never a collapsed summary.
+            // A reorg voids these in a burst from this one source line.
+            LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] block %d (%s) was orphaned -- voiding %zu"
                      " payment(s) totalling %s\n",
                      it->blockHeight, it->blockHash.ToString().substr(0, 14).c_str(),
                      it->amounts.size(), FormatMoney(total).c_str());
@@ -1931,7 +2092,7 @@ static void RecordPayoutTxid(const PayingRecord& r, const std::string& txid)
 // disagreeing.
 static void ForfeitPayoutRecipient(const PayingRecord& r, const std::string& reason)
 {
-    LogPrint("payout", "[payout] writing off %s owed to %s for block %d: %s\n",
+    LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] writing off %s owed to %s for block %d: %s\n",
              FormatMoney(r.amount).c_str(), r.address.c_str(), r.blockHeight,
              reason.c_str());
     VersionedBlob blob;
@@ -2036,7 +2197,7 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
             // funding block can land at any point in that window. Upstream has
             // no equivalent -- it decides once, when the entry matures.
             if (!PayoutBlockStillOnChain(r.blockHash)) {
-                LogPrint("payout", "[payout] block %d (%s) orphaned while queued"
+                LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] block %d (%s) orphaned while queued"
                          " -- dropping %s to %s\n",
                          r.blockHeight, r.blockHash.ToString().substr(0, 14).c_str(),
                          FormatMoney(r.amount).c_str(), r.address.c_str());
@@ -2080,7 +2241,7 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
                 const std::string reason =
                     strprintf("'%s' is not a valid address, so no transaction"
                               " can pay it", r.address.c_str());
-                LogPrint("payout", "[payout] SKIPPED bad address '%s' --"
+                LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] SKIPPED bad address '%s' --"
                          " %s owed for block %d cannot be paid\n",
                          r.address.c_str(), FormatMoney(r.amount).c_str(),
                          r.blockHeight);
@@ -2099,9 +2260,15 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
                 std::set<std::string> excluded;
                 CollectForeignPayoutTxids(r.blockHeight, r.blockHash, r.address,
                                           claimKey, excluded);
+                // A round with a published proof was created by a build whose
+                // every payment names its round exactly, so only structured
+                // evidence can settle it -- a comment match would be another
+                // round's payment colliding on the height.
+                const bool fAllowLegacy = !PoolRoundHasProof(id);
                 r.fProbeWallet = false;
                 PayoutProbeResult probe = FindRecordedPoolPayout(
-                    id, r.blockHeight, r.address, r.amount, excluded, recovered);
+                    id, r.blockHeight, r.blockHash, r.address, r.amount,
+                    fAllowLegacy, excluded, recovered);
                 if (probe != PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE) {
                     if (probe == PAYOUT_PROBE_LEGACY) {
                         // Loud on purpose: this is the upgrade path, where the
@@ -2186,7 +2353,7 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
             }
 
             CWalletTx wtx;
-            wtx.mapValue["comment"] = PayoutComment(r.blockHeight);
+            wtx.mapValue["comment"] = PayoutComment(r.blockHeight, r.blockHash);
             // Upstream's structured metadata. This is what makes the wallet
             // probe above possible at all -- the old comment-only form could
             // not distinguish two rounds paying the same address the same
@@ -2195,6 +2362,11 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
             wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_id"]      = id;
             wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_address"] = r.address;
             wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_amount"]  = strprintf("%lld", r.amount);
+            // The full hash, not only the id's sixteen-digit prefix: the
+            // prefix of a proof-of-work hash is where the zeros live, and
+            // the probe needs to tell twin rounds at one height apart.
+            if (r.blockHash != 0)
+                wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_block"] = r.blockHash.ToString();
 
             SendMoneyOutcome outcome;
             if (SendMoney(sc, r.amount, wtx, outcome)) {
@@ -2205,7 +2377,7 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
                 // described by at least one of them at every instant.
                 RecordPayoutTxid(r, wtx.GetHash().GetHex());
                 ForgetPayment(r);
-                LogPrint("payout", "[payout] paid %s to %s (tx %s)\n",
+                LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] paid %s to %s (tx %s)\n",
                          FormatMoney(r.amount).c_str(), r.address.c_str(),
                          wtx.GetHash().ToString().substr(0, 12).c_str());
             } else {
@@ -2263,7 +2435,7 @@ static void PayoutThreadFn(void*)
                     // going away must not turn the log into one line a minute
                     // forever, and must not go quiet either.
                     if (r.retries <= 5 || r.retries % 60 == 0)
-                        LogPrint("payout", "[payout] FAILED to pay %s to %s"
+                        LogPrintAlways("payout", "[payout] FAILED to pay %s to %s"
                                  " (%s spendable, wallet unlocked, block %d on"
                                  " the main chain) -- attempt %d, retrying in"
                                  " 60s; this debt stands until it is paid\n",
@@ -2471,6 +2643,31 @@ static const double VARDIFF_MAX               = 1e12;
 static const int64  VARDIFF_STALL_SECS        = 45;  // 3x share target -- reacts faster without false-triggering on normal variance
 static const double VARDIFF_STALL_CUT         = 4.0; // divide difficulty by this much
 
+// #7: m->hashRate is an EWMA sampled only when a share arrives, so a miner
+// that stops hashing keeps its last estimate forever and RefreshStats sums
+// it into the announced pool total for as long as the connection sits open
+// -- the published pool hashrate ran several times over ground truth
+// because of exactly this. MinerReportedHashRate() below applies the
+// policy: a miner gets a grace of HASHRATE_IDLE_MISSES expected share
+// intervals (expected interval = expected hashes per share at its
+// difficulty, divided by the estimate itself) with no share, after which
+// the figure we report falls off with a half-life of one more such
+// interval. The interval is clamped to [HASHRATE_MIN_INTERVAL,
+// HASHRATE_MAX_INTERVAL] so a fast miner at the vardiff floor (expected
+// interval of milliseconds) is not punished for ordinary share-delivery
+// jitter, and a very slow miner's grace does not stretch past the point
+// where its estimate means anything. At the vardiff target of one share
+// per 15s that is a minute of grace, half the rate reported 75s in, and
+// nothing reported after about seventeen minutes of silence.
+static const double HASHRATE_IDLE_MISSES  = 4.0;    // grace, in expected share intervals
+static const double HASHRATE_MIN_INTERVAL = 1.0;    // seconds; floor for the expected interval
+static const double HASHRATE_MAX_INTERVAL = 3600.0; // seconds; ceiling for the expected interval
+// Half-lives past the grace beyond which we report a flat zero. 2^-64 of the
+// original estimate is not a number anyone needs, and stopping here keeps
+// pow() from walking down into the denormals for a miner that has been quiet
+// for hours.
+static const double HASHRATE_DECAY_CUTOFF = 64.0;
+
 struct Miner {
     btf_socket_t fd;
     bool         authorised    = false;
@@ -2498,11 +2695,80 @@ struct Miner {
     int64        lastShareTime  = 0;     // GetTime() of the previous accepted share
     double       hashRate       = 0.0;   // smoothed H/s estimate
 
+    // Replay guard for mining.submit (#8): nonces already credited on this
+    // connection for the job it is currently working. Keyed to the job id in
+    // seenNoncesJob and cleared by SendJob whenever that id changes, so a
+    // resubmission under a NEW job is never turned away, while a replayed
+    // (job_id, nonce) pair under the same job is refused before it can be
+    // credited twice into roundShareCount -- the figure the payout split
+    // divides by.
+    std::set<uint32_t> seenNonces;
+    std::string        seenNoncesJob;
+
     explicit Miner(btf_socket_t f)
         : fd(f), connectTime(GetTime()),
           extranonce2(gNextExtranonce2.fetch_add(1)) {}
 };
 
+// What we publish as a miner's H/s: the last EWMA sample, faded out if shares
+// have stopped arriving (#7, policy at HASHRATE_IDLE_MISSES).
+//
+// This reads m->hashRate and never writes it. That is the whole design. The
+// first attempt decayed the stored estimate in place from the event loop's
+// sweep, which put a running accumulator behind a figure that is only ever
+// displayed, and the accumulator misbehaved in two ways:
+//
+//   - `expected` was recomputed from the already-decayed estimate on every
+//     pass, so each decay raised `expected`, which raised `grace`, which is
+//     the very thing gating the next decay. `grace` simply chased `silent`
+//     upward and the reported rate settled into a 1/t crawl instead of the
+//     half-life curve the comment above promises -- 291x too high at ten
+//     half-lives past the grace. Issue #7 is about the pool over-reporting;
+//     that under-corrected it for hours.
+//   - Once `expected` reached HASHRATE_MAX_INTERVAL it could not rise any
+//     further, the feedback that had been gating each pass was gone, and the
+//     decay began compounding once a second against the total elapsed
+//     silence -- taking a miner from 0.4% of its baseline to 1e-11 of it in
+//     the next hundred seconds, four hours in, for no reason a reader of
+//     either the code or the announced number could see.
+//
+// Computing the value instead of accumulating it removes the failure mode
+// rather than tuning it: with no stored decay state there is nothing for a
+// tick rate, a missed pass or a duplicated pass to perturb, and the answer
+// depends only on how long the miner has actually been quiet. It also keeps
+// the fade out of the estimator -- the EWMA on the share path still blends
+// against the value it last computed, not against a faded copy of it, so a
+// miner that resumes recovers on exactly the curve it would have without any
+// of this.
+//
+// `now` is a parameter rather than a GetTime() call so that one refresh fades
+// every miner to the same instant, and so the policy is directly testable.
+static double MinerReportedHashRate(const Miner* m, int64 now)
+{
+    // Nothing sampled yet: a fresh connection, or one that has found a single
+    // share and so has no interval to have been timed over. Nothing to fade,
+    // and nothing to divide by below.
+    if (m->hashRate <= 0.0 || m->lastShareTime <= 0) return m->hashRate;
+
+    double expected = ExpectedHashesForDifficulty(m->difficulty) / m->hashRate;
+    // Written so that a NaN would land on the floor rather than sail through:
+    // the clamp is what guarantees `expected` is finite and strictly positive
+    // below, whatever the division produced.
+    if (!(expected > HASHRATE_MIN_INTERVAL)) expected = HASHRATE_MIN_INTERVAL;
+    if (expected > HASHRATE_MAX_INTERVAL)    expected = HASHRATE_MAX_INTERVAL;
+
+    double silent = (double)(now - m->lastShareTime);
+    double grace  = HASHRATE_IDLE_MISSES * expected;
+    // grace is at least HASHRATE_IDLE_MISSES seconds, so a clock that has
+    // stepped backwards gives a negative `silent`, takes this branch, and
+    // reports the sample unchanged. Nothing here can scale an estimate up.
+    if (!(silent > grace)) return m->hashRate;
+
+    double halflives = (silent - grace) / expected;
+    if (halflives >= HASHRATE_DECAY_CUTOFF) return 0.0;
+    return m->hashRate * pow(0.5, halflives);
+}
+
 static std::vector<Miner*> gMiners;
 
 struct FoundBlock { int height; int64 ts; std::string addr; };
@@ -2553,6 +2819,18 @@ static void LocalAcceptFn(void*)
                 break;
             continue;
         }
+        // #6: let the OS probe a peer that has gone silent, so a half-open
+        // session eventually errors out of recv and lands in the event
+        // loop's existing reap path instead of sitting in gMiners forever.
+        // This is a backstop, not the mechanism: the default cadence before
+        // the first probe is hours on most stacks, so the idle timeout in
+        // PoolEventLoop fires long before keepalive does. Miners arriving
+        // via a relay ride a loopback socket pair whose remote transport is
+        // the rendezvous socket owned by the tunnel pump threads; keepalive
+        // cannot reach across that, which is part of why the idle timeout
+        // exists.
+        int keepalive = 1;
+        setsockopt(c, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, (char*)&keepalive, sizeof(keepalive));
         LogPrint("pool", "[pool] miner arrived via loopback -- pushing to event loop\n");
         PushReady((btf_socket_t)c);
     }
@@ -2596,6 +2874,16 @@ static const int64 POOL_ACTIVE_WINDOW     = 300; // a miner is "active" if it
 static const int64 POOL_UNAUTH_GRACE_SECS = 60;  // a connection still not
                                                  // authorized after this long is
                                                  // idle, not merely starting up
+// #6: a Miner used to leave gMiners only when RecvLine reported a clean
+// disconnect. A half-open session (miner host died, NAT state expired,
+// cable pulled) sends no FIN and reports no error, so it sat in the table
+// forever -- authorize outpaced disconnect 2:1 on the live pool, and the
+// table grew toward MAX_POOL_MINERS, past which real miners are refused.
+// lastSeen is stamped on every complete line received; a miner that has
+// said nothing for this long is gone in every way that matters. Ten
+// minutes is far beyond the vardiff target (a share every 15s) and the
+// stall watchdog (45s), so no miner that is actually hashing comes close.
+static const int64 POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS = 600;
 
 // Non-blocking recv: pull whatever bytes are available now into buf, then
 // return one complete line if one is ready. Three outcomes:
@@ -2680,6 +2968,17 @@ static json MakeNotifyParams(const StratumJob& job, const CBlock& b,
 static void SendJob(Miner* m, bool clean)
 {
     if (!gHaveJob) return;
+    // Every path that hands a miner a new job funnels through here, so this
+    // is the one place the replay guard needs to follow the job id: nonces
+    // credited under the previous job mean nothing under the new one. Keying
+    // the clear to the id (rather than clearing unconditionally) keeps a
+    // same-job re-notify -- the vardiff retarget and stall watchdog both
+    // re-send the CURRENT job -- from reopening the duplicate window it
+    // exists to close.
+    if (m->seenNoncesJob != gCurrentJob.jobId) {
+        m->seenNonces.clear();
+        m->seenNoncesJob = gCurrentJob.jobId;
+    }
     CBlock mb = BuildMinerBlock(gCurrentJob, m->extranonce2);
     // Use this miner's own shareTarget (set by vardiff) in the notify params.
     // The participant miner reads p[3] as its share target, and HandleLine
@@ -2938,6 +3237,22 @@ static bool HandleLine(Miner* m, const std::string& rawLine,
         }
         unsigned int nNonce; memcpy(&nNonce, nb.data(), 4);
 
+        // Reject a replayed (job, nonce) before it costs a rebuild and a
+        // RandomX hash: nothing about the work below distinguishes a second
+        // submission of a valid share from the first, so without this check
+        // it passes every test and is credited again -- and roundShareCount
+        // is what the payout split divides by, so each replay multiplies the
+        // address's cut of the round. The set is per-connection and cleared
+        // by SendJob on every job change, so only a same-job repeat is
+        // refused.
+        if (m->seenNonces.count(nNonce)) {
+            LogPrint("worker", "[worker->pool] duplicate share from %s"
+                     " nonce=%u job=%s -- already credited, not counting again\n",
+                     m->address.c_str(), nNonce, submitJobId.c_str());
+            reply(false, "Duplicate share");
+            return true;
+        }
+
         // Rebuild this miner's exact block (unique merkle via extranonce2)
         CBlock b = BuildMinerBlock(gCurrentJob, m->extranonce2);
         b.nNonce = nNonce;
@@ -2965,6 +3280,7 @@ static bool HandleLine(Miner* m, const std::string& rawLine,
         m->roundShares++;
         m->totalShares++;
         m->vardiffShares++;
+        m->seenNonces.insert(nNonce); // replay guard: credit each nonce once per job
         int64 shareTime = GetTime();
         m->lastSeen = shareTime;
         roundShareCount[m->address]++;
@@ -3261,7 +3577,8 @@ static std::string PayoutTestAddWalletTx(const std::string& comment,
                                          int64 amount,
                                          int nonce,
                                          const std::string& structuredId,
-                                         bool fConfirmed = true)
+                                         bool fConfirmed = true,
+                                         const std::string& structuredBlock = "")
 {
     CWalletTx wtx;
     wtx.vin.resize(1);
@@ -3276,6 +3593,8 @@ static std::string PayoutTestAddWalletTx(const std::string& comment,
         wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_id"]      = structuredId;
         wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_address"] = address;
         wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_amount"]  = strprintf("%lld", amount);
+        if (!structuredBlock.empty())
+            wtx.mapValue["pool_payout_block"] = structuredBlock;
     }
     uint256 hash = wtx.GetHash();
     if (fConfirmed) {
@@ -3825,34 +4144,37 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
         const int    height = 8080;
         const int64  amount = 7 * COIN;
         const std::string id = PayoutIdForBlock(height, 0);
-        const std::string comment = PayoutComment(height);
+        const std::string comment = LegacyPayoutComment(height);
         std::set<std::string> none;
         std::string found;
+        // No round proof exists for these rounds, so legacy evidence is
+        // admissible -- computed exactly as the payout thread computes it.
+        const bool fAllowLegacy = !PoolRoundHasProof(id);
 
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrA, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "an empty wallet is not evidence that anything was paid");
 
         const std::string legacyTxid =
             PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrA, amount, 1, "");
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrA, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_LEGACY && found == legacyTxid,
               "a payment carrying only a pre-upgrade comment is recognised as"
               " already paid");
 
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrB, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrB, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "the legacy match requires the output to pay THIS recipient");
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrA, amount + COIN, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrA, amount + COIN, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "the legacy match requires the output to pay exactly this amount");
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height + 1, addrA, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height + 1, 0, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "the legacy match requires the comment for this block height");
 
         std::set<std::string> spent;
         spent.insert(legacyTxid);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrA, amount, spent, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, spent, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "one legacy transaction cannot settle a second debt");
 
@@ -3861,7 +4183,7 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
         // exactly what the structured metadata exists to prevent.
         const std::string otherId = PayoutIdForBlock(height, 0) + "-other";
         PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrB, amount, 2, otherId);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrB, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrB, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "another round's structured payment is not legacy evidence for"
               " this one");
@@ -3869,7 +4191,7 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
         // The structured path still wins where it applies.
         const std::string structuredTxid =
             PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrB, amount, 3, id);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrB, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrB, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED && found == structuredTxid,
               "structured payout metadata is matched in preference to a comment");
 
@@ -3883,7 +4205,7 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
         PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
         const std::string addrC = PayoutTestAddress(0x33);
         PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrC, amount, 4, "", false);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrC, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrC, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
               "a pre-upgrade payout that never confirmed is not read as"
               " payment");
@@ -3893,7 +4215,7 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
             mapWallet.clear();
         const std::string confirmedTxid =
             PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrC, amount, 4, "", true);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrC, amount, none, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrC, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_LEGACY && found == confirmedTxid,
               "the same payout, confirmed, is");
 
@@ -3904,7 +4226,7 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
         PayoutTestAddWalletTx(comment, addrC, amount, 5, "", false);
         std::set<std::string> spentFirst;
         spentFirst.insert(confirmedTxid);
-        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, addrC, amount, spentFirst, found)
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(id, height, 0, addrC, amount, fAllowLegacy, spentFirst, found)
                   == PAYOUT_PROBE_LEGACY && found == alsoConfirmed,
               "an unconfirmed transaction does not hide a confirmed one behind"
               " it");
@@ -4419,6 +4741,248 @@ int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest()
     }
 #endif
 
+    // -- 14. The payout comment names the funding block ----------------------
+    //
+    // Same height, two hashes: the shape a reorg leaves when the pool wins a
+    // height, loses the block, and wins the height again. The legacy needle is
+    // frozen at the pre-upgrade format, so pre-upgrade payments keep matching;
+    // a new-format comment never matches it, so a new send can never be read
+    // as a pre-upgrade payment for a twin round.
+    {
+        PayoutTestResetState();
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+
+        const int   height = 9090;
+        const int64 amount = 3 * COIN;
+        uint256 hashA = 0, hashB = 0;
+        hashA.SetHex("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000aa");
+        hashB.SetHex("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000bb");
+
+        check(LegacyPayoutComment(height) ==
+                  strprintf("Pool payout height %d", height),
+              "the legacy needle is frozen at the format pre-upgrade builds"
+              " wrote");
+        check(PayoutComment(height, 0) == LegacyPayoutComment(height),
+              "a grandfathered zero-hash record still writes the legacy form");
+        check(PayoutComment(height, hashA) ==
+                  strprintf("Pool payout height %d block %s", height,
+                            hashA.ToString().c_str()),
+              "a hash-keyed record's comment names its funding block");
+        check(PayoutComment(height, hashA) != PayoutComment(height, hashB),
+              "twin rounds at one height carry distinguishable comments");
+
+        // A transaction wearing the NEW comment format and -- hypothetically
+        // -- no structured metadata must not be matched by the legacy needle:
+        // the fallback exists for pre-upgrade transactions, and the new format
+        // proves this is not one.
+        const std::string idA = PayoutIdForBlock(height, hashA);
+        const std::string idB = PayoutIdForBlock(height, hashB);
+        std::set<std::string> none;
+        std::string found;
+        // Neither twin has a round proof here (section 15 covers the gate),
+        // and their ids collide, so one answer serves both.
+        const bool fAllowLegacy = !PoolRoundHasProof(idA);
+        PayoutTestAddWalletTx(PayoutComment(height, hashA), addrA, amount, 1, "");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
+              "a new-format comment is never legacy evidence for a twin round");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idA, height, hashA, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
+              "nor a match channel for its own round -- structured metadata is");
+
+        // Round A's own payment, sent by this build, is found by its
+        // structured id.
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+        const std::string paidA =
+            PayoutTestAddWalletTx(PayoutComment(height, hashA), addrA, amount,
+                                  2, idA);
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idA, height, hashA, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED && found == paidA,
+              "the winning twin's own payment is found by its structured id");
+
+        // The id is derived from the FIRST sixteen hex digits of the hash --
+        // the end proof-of-work fills with zeros -- so twin hashes that agree
+        // there collide in id, and a payment carrying no pool_payout_block
+        // answers for either twin. That is the accepted trade for payments
+        // sent before the key existed, pinned here so it stays a decision.
+        check(idA == idB,
+              "twin hashes differing only past the sixteenth hex digit collide"
+              " in id -- the reason the full hash must decide");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED,
+              "a payment without the block key answers for a colliding twin --"
+              " the accepted residual for pre-key transactions");
+
+        // With the full hash recorded -- as every send now records it -- the
+        // twins are told apart and the re-won height is paid.
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+        const std::string keyedA =
+            PayoutTestAddWalletTx(PayoutComment(height, hashA), addrA, amount,
+                                  3, idA, true, hashA.ToString());
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idA, height, hashA, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED && found == keyedA,
+              "a payment carrying the full block hash settles its own round");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount, fAllowLegacy, none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
+              "and is no evidence for the twin, so the re-won height is paid");
+
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+    }
+
+    // -- 15. A proof-bearing round rejects comment-only evidence -------------
+    //
+    // The surviving half of the same-height collision: a pre-upgrade
+    // transaction carries only "Pool payout height H", so if H is won again
+    // after a reorg, it matches the new round's (height, address, amount)
+    // exactly and would settle a debt it never paid. The new round has a
+    // round proof -- written at creation, and only by builds whose payments
+    // all name their round -- so for it, comment-only evidence is
+    // inadmissible and the miner is paid. A round without a proof keeps
+    // today's bias: the evidence is admissible and doubt resolves to
+    // "already paid".
+    {
+        PayoutTestResetState();
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+        const std::string roundsPath = dir + "/pool_rounds_gate_selftest.json";
+        const std::string savedRoundsFile = strPoolRoundsFile;
+        strPoolRoundsFile = roundsPath;
+        remove(roundsPath.c_str());
+
+        const int   height = 7171;
+        const int64 amount = 4 * COIN;
+        uint256 hashB = 0;
+        hashB.SetHex("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cc");
+        const std::string idB = PayoutIdForBlock(height, hashB);
+        std::set<std::string> none;
+        std::string found;
+
+        // The colliding pre-upgrade payment: confirmed, comment-only, same
+        // height, same address, same amount -- the strongest wrong evidence
+        // there is.
+        PayoutTestAddWalletTx(LegacyPayoutComment(height), addrA, amount, 1, "");
+
+        check(!PoolRoundHasProof(idB),
+              "a round with no recorded proof does not claim one");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount,
+                                     !PoolRoundHasProof(idB), none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_LEGACY,
+              "without a proof the doubt is genuine and still resolves to"
+              " already-paid");
+
+        PoolRoundProof round;
+        round.id = idB;
+        round.blockHeight = height;
+        round.matureAtHeight = height + COINBASE_SPENDABLE_DEPTH;
+        round.payouts[addrA] = amount;
+        RecordPoolRound(round);
+        check(PoolRoundHasProof(idB),
+              "recording the round proof marks the round as this lineage's");
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount,
+                                     !PoolRoundHasProof(idB), none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_NONE,
+              "with a proof, a same-height comment-only transaction is not"
+              " evidence, and the re-won height is paid");
+
+        // Structured evidence still is: the round's own payment, recovered.
+        const std::string paidB =
+            PayoutTestAddWalletTx(PayoutComment(height, hashB), addrA, amount,
+                                  2, idB, true, hashB.ToString());
+        check(FindRecordedPoolPayout(idB, height, hashB, addrA, amount,
+                                     !PoolRoundHasProof(idB), none, found)
+                  == PAYOUT_PROBE_STRUCTURED && found == paidB,
+              "the gate does not blind the probe to the round's own structured"
+              " payment");
+
+        CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
+            mapWallet.clear();
+        PayoutTestClearBlockIndex();
+        remove(roundsPath.c_str());
+        remove((roundsPath + ".tmp").c_str());
+        strPoolRoundsFile = savedRoundsFile;
+    }
+
+    // -- 16. A malformed block hash is corruption, not a hash ----------------
+    //
+    // SetHex() parses whatever hex prefix it finds and stops, so a corrupt
+    // blockHash did not fail to load -- it loaded as a DIFFERENT hash.
+    // "deadbeef..." became 0xdeadbeef, a hash no block ever had, which the
+    // orphan check reads as an orphaned block and the next flush VOIDS the
+    // debt; a value with no hex prefix became 0, which is grandfathered past
+    // the orphan check instead. Either way a corrupt file silently changed
+    // what the pool owed. It is a load failure now, handled like every other
+    // parse error: quarantine, and never rewrite.
+    {
+        PayoutTestResetState();
+        remove(ledgerPath.c_str());
+        remove(payingPath.c_str());
+
+        const std::string badLedger = strprintf(
+            "[{\"amounts\":{\"%s\":100000000},"
+            "\"blockHash\":\"deadbeef oops, not a hash\","
+            "\"blockHeight\":10,\"matureAtHeight\":10}]", addrA.c_str());
+        check(PayoutTestWriteFile(ledgerPath, badLedger),
+              "wrote a ledger whose blockHash is not a 64-digit hex string");
+        LoadPendingPayouts();
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(gPayoutLedgerMutex);
+            check(gPendingPayouts.empty(),
+                  "no entry is loaded with a guessed hash");
+        }
+        std::string gone;
+        check(!PayoutTestReadFile(ledgerPath, gone),
+              "the ledger with the corrupt hash is quarantined");
+
+        const std::string badPaying = strprintf(
+            "[{\"address\":\"%s\",\"amount\":100000000,"
+            "\"blockHash\":\"00000000cafe\",\"blockHeight\":10,"
+            "\"matureAtHeight\":10}]", addrA.c_str());
+        check(PayoutTestWriteFile(payingPath, badPaying),
+              "wrote an in-flight list whose blockHash is truncated");
+        LoadPaying();
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(gPayoutExecMutex);
+            check(gPaying.empty(),
+                  "no in-flight record is loaded with a guessed hash");
+        }
+        check(!PayoutTestReadFile(payingPath, gone),
+              "the in-flight list with the corrupt hash is quarantined");
+
+        // The two spellings every real file uses still load: the 64-digit
+        // hash of a keyed round, and the 64 zeros this build writes for a
+        // grandfathered entry.
+        PayoutTestResetState();
+        remove(ledgerPath.c_str());
+        const std::string goodLedger = strprintf(
+            "[{\"amounts\":{\"%s\":100000000},"
+            "\"blockHash\":\"00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cd\","
+            "\"blockHeight\":10,\"matureAtHeight\":10},"
+            "{\"amounts\":{\"%s\":200000000},"
+            "\"blockHash\":\"%s\","
+            "\"blockHeight\":20,\"matureAtHeight\":20}]",
+            addrA.c_str(), addrB.c_str(), uint256(0).ToString().c_str());
+        check(PayoutTestWriteFile(ledgerPath, goodLedger),
+              "wrote a ledger in both real hash spellings");
+        LoadPendingPayouts();
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(gPayoutLedgerMutex);
+            check(gPendingPayouts.size() == 2 &&
+                  gPendingPayouts[0].blockHash != 0 &&
+                  gPendingPayouts[1].blockHash == 0,
+                  "a real hash and a serialised zero hash both still load");
+        }
+        remove(ledgerPath.c_str());
+    }
+
     // -- clean up ------------------------------------------------------------
     PayoutTestResetState();
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
@@ -4579,6 +5143,82 @@ int RunPoolStratumSelfTest()
     strPoolRoundsFile = savedRoundsFile;
     gPoolRounds = savedRounds;
 
+    // -- hashrate decay (#7) --------------------------------------------------
+    // The first version of this decayed m->hashRate in place from the event
+    // loop's sweep, which made the reported figure a function of how the loop
+    // happened to run rather than of how long the miner had been quiet. These
+    // pin the properties that fixes: sampling changes nothing, and the answer
+    // depends only on elapsed silence.
+    {
+        // A miner exactly on the vardiff target: 4096 hashes per share at
+        // difficulty 1.0, one share per 15s, so 4096/15 H/s. Its expected
+        // interval is 15s and its grace is 60s.
+        const double base = 4096.0 / 15.0;
+        const int64  t0   = 1766000000; // any plausible non-zero wall clock
+        Miner decayed(INVALID_SOCKET);
+        decayed.difficulty    = 1.0;
+        decayed.hashRate      = base;
+        decayed.lastShareTime = t0;
+
+        check(MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 60) == base,
+              "hashrate decay: a miner inside its grace period reports its full estimate");
+
+        // Sampling must not consume the estimate. Twenty passes is one second
+        // of the event loop's old sweep; a thousand is nearly a minute of it.
+        double once = MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 61);
+        bool idempotent = (decayed.hashRate == base);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000 && idempotent; i++)
+            idempotent = (MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 61) == once) &&
+                         (decayed.hashRate == base);
+        check(idempotent,
+              "hashrate decay: repeated sampling returns one value and leaves the estimate alone");
+
+        // One second past a 60s grace is 1/15th of a half-life: ~4.5% off, not
+        // the estimate gone. A miner at the vardiff target overshoots its grace
+        // roughly 1.8% of the time (e^-4) purely by share-timing variance, and
+        // must not be zeroed for it.
+        check(once > 0.94 * base && once < 0.96 * base,
+              "hashrate decay: one second past grace costs a few percent, not the estimate");
+        double three = MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 63);
+        check(three > 0.86 * base && three < 0.88 * base,
+              "hashrate decay: three seconds past grace costs ~13%");
+
+        // One half-life past the grace is exactly half.
+        double half = MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 75);
+        check(half > 0.499 * base && half < 0.501 * base,
+              "hashrate decay: one expected interval past grace halves the estimate");
+
+        // A miner that has genuinely stopped ends up reported as nothing --
+        // the whole point of #7. The old in-place version could not get here:
+        // its decay fed back into its own grace and settled into a 1/t crawl.
+        check(MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + 3600) == 0.0,
+              "hashrate decay: a miner silent for an hour is reported as zero");
+
+        // A clock that steps backwards must never inflate what we announce.
+        check(MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 - 3600) == base,
+              "hashrate decay: a backwards clock reports the estimate unchanged, never higher");
+
+        // Fresh connection, and a connection with one share and so no interval
+        // to have timed: both must report nothing rather than divide by zero.
+        Miner fresh(INVALID_SOCKET);
+        check(MinerReportedHashRate(&fresh, t0) == 0.0,
+              "hashrate decay: a miner that never submitted a share reports zero");
+        Miner single(INVALID_SOCKET);
+        single.lastShareTime = t0;
+        check(MinerReportedHashRate(&single, t0 + 86400) == 0.0,
+              "hashrate decay: a miner with no rate sample yet reports zero");
+
+        // Nothing in the swept range may produce a NaN, an infinity, a negative
+        // rate, or a rate above the estimate it started from.
+        bool finite = true;
+        for (int64 s = -100; s < 200000 && finite; s += 37) {
+            double v = MinerReportedHashRate(&decayed, t0 + s);
+            finite = !std::isnan(v) && !std::isinf(v) && v >= 0.0 && v <= base;
+        }
+        check(finite,
+              "hashrate decay: stays finite, non-negative and non-amplifying across a long silence");
+    }
+
     gCurrentJob = savedJob;
     gHaveJob = savedHaveJob;
 
@@ -4606,6 +5246,10 @@ static void RefreshStats(int blocksFoundThisSession, uint64 roundShareTotal)
             if (m->authorised) gStats.authorizedMiners++;
 
         gWorkerStats.clear();
+        // One timestamp for the whole sweep (#7): every miner is faded to the
+        // same instant, so the per-worker rows and the total they are summed
+        // into describe one moment rather than a smear across the loop.
+        int64 nowStats = GetTime();
         for (Miner* m : gMiners) {
             if (!m->authorised || m->lastSeen <= 0) continue;
             PoolWorkerStatView v;
@@ -4614,9 +5258,11 @@ static void RefreshStats(int blocksFoundThisSession, uint64 roundShareTotal)
             v.roundShares = m->roundShares;
             v.totalShares = m->totalShares;
             v.lastSeen    = m->lastSeen;
-            v.hashRate    = m->hashRate;
+            // Not m->hashRate: a miner that has stopped submitting shares must
+            // not keep contributing its last sample to the announced total.
+            v.hashRate    = MinerReportedHashRate(m, nowStats);
             gWorkerStats.push_back(v);
-            gStats.totalHashRate += m->hashRate;
+            gStats.totalHashRate += v.hashRate;
         }
         std::sort(gWorkerStats.begin(), gWorkerStats.end(),
             [](const PoolWorkerStatView& a, const PoolWorkerStatView& b) {
@@ -4849,6 +5495,35 @@ static void PoolEventLoop()
             }
         }
 
+        // 3.6. Idle reap (#6). Mirror the clean-disconnect path exactly --
+        // log, close, erase from gMiners via std::find, delete -- just with
+        // a different reason. Shares the miner already earned stay in
+        // roundShareCount, exactly as they do when a miner cleanly
+        // disconnects mid-round. connectTime stands in for lastSeen on a
+        // connection that never completed a line. Erasing inside the loop
+        // above would invalidate the iteration, so collect then reap.
+        {
+            int64 now = GetTime();
+            std::vector<Miner*> idle;
+            for (Miner* m : gMiners) {
+                int64 last = (m->lastSeen > 0) ? m->lastSeen : m->connectTime;
+                if (now - last > POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS)
+                    idle.push_back(m);
+            }
+            for (Miner* m : idle) {
+                LogPrint("worker", "[pool] dropping idle miner %s -- nothing"
+                         " received in over %llds (session shares: %llu,"
+                         " round shares: %llu)\n",
+                         m->worker.empty() ? "(never authorized)" : m->worker.c_str(),
+                         (long long)POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+                         (unsigned long long)m->sessionShares,
+                         (unsigned long long)m->roundShares);
+                sock_close(m->fd);
+                gMiners.erase(std::find(gMiners.begin(), gMiners.end(), m));
+                delete m;
+            }
+        }
+
         // 4. Select over miner sockets
         if (!gMiners.empty()) {
             fd_set fds; FD_ZERO(&fds);
@@ -4871,6 +5546,11 @@ static void PoolEventLoop()
                     // terminate the whole node -- not just the pool. Every
                     // line arrives from an unauthenticated socket.
                     while (RecvLine(m->fd, m->readBuf, line, disc)) {
+                        // Any complete line is proof of life (#6): authorize
+                        // and valid shares already stamp lastSeen themselves,
+                        // but a miner that only ever subscribes (or sends
+                        // unrecognised methods) must count as alive too.
+                        m->lastSeen = GetTime();
                         try {
                             HandleLine(m, line, roundShareCount,
                                        roundShareTotal, blocksFoundThisSession);
@@ -4947,13 +5627,19 @@ static void AcceptOneFn(void* arg)
     std::string host = relay.substr(0, colon);
     int         port = atoi(relay.substr(colon + 1).c_str());
 
-    LogPrint("pool", "[pool] accept thread started for relay %s\n", relay.c_str());
+    LogPrint("pool", "[pool] accept thread started for relay %s%s\n", relay.c_str(),
+             fBtfRelayPinned ? " (/rvrelay pin)" : "");
+
+    // Registration health for this relay. A pin has no fallback, so a pin that
+    // never registers means the pool is simply unreachable -- and that has to
+    // be loud. The 2026-07-30 incident went unnoticed because this loop logged
+    // failures at one flat line and success not at all, so "which relay is this
+    // pool actually registered at" could not be answered from the log.
+    int   nConsecFail     = 0;
+    int64 nFirstFail      = 0;
+    bool  fEverRegistered = false;
 
     while (!fShutdown && gPoolRunning) {
-        // Advertise this relay as the pool's meeting node BEFORE registering,
-        // so that miners which resolve our descriptor find a relay where the
-        // pool (not the node's peer-accept) holds the registration.
-        BtfSetActiveRelay(relay);
         // Returns as soon as the relay lists us -- registered, not yet paired.
         btf::RvSocket rv = btf::RvServiceRegister(host.c_str(), (unsigned short)port, pk);
 
@@ -4962,12 +5648,36 @@ static void AcceptOneFn(void* arg)
             break;
         }
         if (rv == btf::RV_INVALID) {
-            LogPrint("pool", "[pool] relay %s: RvServiceRegister failed"
-                     " -- backing off 30s before retry\n", relay.c_str());
+            nConsecFail++;
+            if (nFirstFail == 0) nFirstFail = GetTime();
+            LogPrint("pool", "[pool] relay %s: registration failed (attempt %d,"
+                     " failing for %llds) -- backing off 30s before retry\n",
+                     relay.c_str(), nConsecFail, (long long)(GetTime() - nFirstFail));
+            if (fBtfRelayPinned && (nConsecFail == 3 || nConsecFail % 10 == 0))
+                LogPrint("pool", "[pool] WARNING: pinned relay %s refused registration"
+                         " %d times running (%llds); /rvrelay leaves no fallback, so"
+                         " miners cannot reach this pool%s\n",
+                         relay.c_str(), nConsecFail, (long long)(GetTime() - nFirstFail),
+                         fEverRegistered ? "" : " -- it has never registered once");
             for (int i = 0; i < 30 && !fShutdown && gPoolRunning; i++) Sleep(1000);
             continue;
         }
 
+        // Advertise THIS relay only now. Setting it before the call published a
+        // meeting node we were not yet listed at, so a miner resolving the
+        // descriptor inside that window burned its dial on a relay holding no
+        // registration for us. net.cpp's peer-accept has always ordered it this
+        // way round; the pool had not.
+        BtfSetActiveRelay(relay);
+        if (!fEverRegistered || nConsecFail > 0)
+            LogPrint("pool", "[pool] registered at relay %s%s%s -- advertising it as"
+                     " the pool's meeting node\n", relay.c_str(),
+                     fBtfRelayPinned ? " (/rvrelay pin)" : "",
+                     nConsecFail > 0 ? ", recovered" : "");
+        fEverRegistered = true;
+        nConsecFail     = 0;
+        nFirstFail      = 0;
+
         // Block for a miner to actually arrive. RvServiceRegister used to do
         // this itself and returned with the relay's 0x01 pairing byte already
         // consumed; it no longer does. Without waiting here, BtfServiceWrap
@@ -5022,9 +5732,21 @@ static void AcceptLoopFn(void*)
     LogPrint("pool", "[pool] .btf identity ready after %ds\n", waitSecs * 2);
 
     std::set<std::string> spawned; // relays we've already started a thread for
+    std::set<std::string> skipped; // discovered relays the pin excluded, logged once each
 
     while (!fShutdown && gPoolRunning) {
+        // BtfAllRelays() already honours the pin: with /rvrelay set it returns
+        // vBtfMeetingRelays alone, so no thread is ever spawned for a
+        // discovered relay. Name the ones it drops -- a pool registering at a
+        // stranger's relay is exactly the thing that should not be silent.
         vector<string> relays = BtfAllRelays();
+        if (fBtfRelayPinned) {
+            for (const string& r : BtfDiscoveredRelays())
+                if (std::find(relays.begin(), relays.end(), r) == relays.end() &&
+                    skipped.insert(r).second)
+                    LogPrint("pool", "[pool] not registering at discovered relay %s"
+                             " -- /rvrelay pins the relay list\n", r.c_str());
+        }
         if (relays.empty()) {
             LogPrint("pool", "[pool] no relays available -- miners cannot connect yet\n");
         } else {
@@ -5040,8 +5762,9 @@ static void AcceptLoopFn(void*)
                              relay.c_str());
                 } else {
                     spawned.insert(relay);
-                    LogPrint("pool", "[pool] accept thread spawned for relay %s"
-                             " (%zu total)\n", relay.c_str(), spawned.size());
+                    LogPrint("pool", "[pool] accept thread spawned for relay %s%s"
+                             " (%zu total)\n", relay.c_str(),
+                             fBtfRelayPinned ? " (/rvrelay pin)" : "", spawned.size());
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -5077,10 +5800,17 @@ void ThreadRPCServer(void*)
     // armed for its one wallet probe before it is allowed to send.
     ReconcilePayouts();
 
-    _beginthread(AcceptLoopFn, 0, NULL);
-    _beginthread(LocalAcceptFn, 0, NULL);
-    _beginthread(ThreadBtfPoolAnnouncer, 0, NULL);
-    _beginthread(PayoutThreadFn, 0, NULL);
+    // _beginthread cannot throw (it reports -1), but an unchecked failure
+    // leaves the pool running deaf: nobody accepts, announces, or pays, and
+    // nothing in the log says why.
+    if (_beginthread(AcceptLoopFn, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+        LogPrint("pool", "[pool] FATAL: accept loop thread failed to spawn -- miners cannot connect\n");
+    if (_beginthread(LocalAcceptFn, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+        LogPrint("pool", "[pool] local accept thread failed to spawn\n");
+    if (_beginthread(ThreadBtfPoolAnnouncer, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+        LogPrint("pool", "[pool] announcer thread failed to spawn -- pool will not be advertised\n");
+    if (_beginthread(PayoutThreadFn, 0, NULL) == (uintptr_t)-1)
+        LogPrint("pool", "[pool] FATAL: payout thread failed to spawn -- no one gets paid\n");
 
     PoolEventLoop(); // blocks until gPoolRunning = false or fShutdown
 
diff --git a/src/selftest.cpp b/src/selftest.cpp
index 9f7106f..65f215b 100644
--- a/src/selftest.cpp
+++ b/src/selftest.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
 #include "bip32.h"
 #include "proxy.h"
 #include "selftest.h"
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <sys/wait.h>   // WIFEXITED/WEXITSTATUS for the child-process helper
+#endif
 #include "sockcount.h"
 #include "tor.h"
 #include "walletcmd.h"
+#include "wallet_sqlite.h"
 
 extern int RunPoolStratumSelfTest();
 extern int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest();
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ extern int RunPayoutLedgerSelfTest();
 #undef printf
 
 #include <mutex>
+#include <cerrno>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <thread>
 
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ static std::string HexStrLocal(const std::vector<unsigned char>& v)
     return out;
 }
 
+static vector<unsigned char> DataStreamBytes(const CDataStream& ss)
+{
+    return vector<unsigned char>(ss.begin(), ss.end());
+}
+
 static bool MakeTempDir(std::string& out)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -736,6 +746,1017 @@ static int RunWalletFormatSelfTest()
     return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
+static bool FileContainsText(const string& strPath, const string& strNeedle);
+static bool MakeDirLocal(const string& strPath);
+static int RunBitflashChild(const string& strExe,
+                            const vector<string>& vArgs,
+                            const string* pStdinFile,
+                            const string* pOutputFile);
+
+class CWalletStorageSanityRawDB : public CWalletDB
+{
+public:
+    CWalletStorageSanityRawDB(const char* pszMode="r+")
+        : CWalletDB(pszMode) { }
+
+    bool WriteUnknownRecord()
+    {
+        return Write(string("storage-sanity-unknown"), 1);
+    }
+
+    bool WriteMalformedKeyRecord()
+    {
+        if (!pdb)
+            return false;
+        unsigned char chKey = 0xff;
+        unsigned char chValue = 0x01;
+        Dbt datKey(&chKey, 1);
+        Dbt datValue(&chValue, 1);
+        return pdb->put(GetTxn(), &datKey, &datValue, 0) == 0;
+    }
+
+    bool MakePlainHDSeedIncomplete()
+    {
+        return Erase(string("hdchaincode"));
+    }
+
+    bool AddEncryptedMarkerToPlainWallet()
+    {
+        CWalletMasterKey kMasterKey;
+        kMasterKey.vchCryptedKey.resize(48);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < kMasterKey.vchCryptedKey.size(); i++)
+            kMasterKey.vchCryptedKey[i] = (unsigned char)(0x80 + (i & 0x3f));
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < kMasterKey.vchSalt.size(); i++)
+            kMasterKey.vchSalt[i] = (unsigned char)(0x40 + i);
+        return WriteWalletMinVersion(WALLET_FORMAT_ENCRYPTED) &&
+               WriteMasterKey(1, kMasterKey);
+    }
+};
+
+static const char* SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER =
+    ".bitflash-selftest-wallet-mutate-ok";
+static const char* SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER_TEXT =
+    "bitflash destructive wallet storage self-test\n";
+
+static string SelfTestMutationMarkerPath()
+{
+    return GetAppDir() + "/" + SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER;
+}
+
+static bool WriteSelfTestMutationMarker(const string& strDir)
+{
+    string strPath = strDir + "/" + SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER;
+    FILE* pf = fopen(strPath.c_str(), "wb");
+    if (!pf)
+        return false;
+    bool fOk = fwrite(SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER_TEXT, 1,
+                      strlen(SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER_TEXT), pf) ==
+               strlen(SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER_TEXT);
+    if (fclose(pf) != 0)
+        fOk = false;
+    return fOk;
+}
+
+int RunSelfTestMutateWallet(const std::string& name)
+{
+    if (!FileContainsText(SelfTestMutationMarkerPath(),
+                          SELFTEST_MUTATE_WALLET_MARKER_TEXT))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Refusing destructive wallet storage mutation outside "
+                        "a marked self-test datadir.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    bool fOk = false;
+    try
+    {
+        CWalletStorageSanityRawDB walletdb;
+        if (name == "unknown-record")
+            fOk = walletdb.WriteUnknownRecord();
+        else if (name == "malformed-key")
+            fOk = walletdb.WriteMalformedKeyRecord();
+        else if (name == "incomplete-plain-hd")
+            fOk = walletdb.MakePlainHDSeedIncomplete();
+        else if (name == "encrypted-marker-with-plain-keys")
+            fOk = walletdb.AddEncryptedMarkerToPlainWallet();
+        else
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Unknown wallet storage mutation '%s'\n", name.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot mutate wallet storage: %s\n", e.what());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot mutate wallet storage: unknown exception\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    DBFlush(true);
+    return fOk ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+static int RunWalletStorageSanitySelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-storage-sanity self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    std::string cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not read current directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    printf("  temp root: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+    try
+    {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+        string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+
+        struct StorageScenario
+        {
+            const char* pszName;
+            const char* pszExpectedFailure;
+        };
+
+        StorageScenario scenarios[] = {
+            { "unknown-record", "wallet.dat contains unknown records" },
+            { "malformed-key", "wallet.dat contains malformed records" },
+            { "incomplete-plain-hd", "plain HD seed is incomplete" },
+            { "encrypted-marker-with-plain-keys",
+              "encrypted wallet still contains plain private key records" },
+        };
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(scenarios)/sizeof(scenarios[0]); i++)
+        {
+            string strScenarioDir = tmp + "/" + scenarios[i].pszName;
+            nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strScenarioDir),
+                           "scenario datadir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            string strCreateOut = tmp + "/" + scenarios[i].pszName + "-create.txt";
+            vector<string> vCreateArgs;
+            vCreateArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strScenarioDir);
+            vCreateArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+            vCreateArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+            vCreateArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=bdb");   // this suite is about wallet.dat
+            vCreateArgs.push_back("-newphrase");
+            int nCreateRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vCreateArgs, NULL, &strCreateOut);
+            nFail += Check(nCreateRet == 0 &&
+                           FileContainsText(strCreateOut, "Write these twelve words down"),
+                           "scenario phrase wallet can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            if (i == 0)
+            {
+                string strBlockedOut = tmp + "/" + scenarios[i].pszName + "-blocked-mutate.txt";
+                vector<string> vBlockedArgs;
+                vBlockedArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strScenarioDir);
+                vBlockedArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+                vBlockedArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+                vBlockedArgs.push_back("-selftestmutatewallet=" + string(scenarios[i].pszName));
+                int nBlockedRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBlockedArgs, NULL, &strBlockedOut);
+                nFail += Check(nBlockedRet != 0 &&
+                               FileContainsText(strBlockedOut, "Refusing destructive wallet storage mutation"),
+                               "wallet mutation helper is blocked without marker") ? 0 : 1;
+            }
+
+            nFail += Check(WriteSelfTestMutationMarker(strScenarioDir),
+                           "scenario mutation marker can be written") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            string strMutateOut = tmp + "/" + scenarios[i].pszName + "-mutate.txt";
+            vector<string> vMutateArgs;
+            vMutateArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strScenarioDir);
+            vMutateArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+            vMutateArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+            vMutateArgs.push_back("-selftestmutatewallet=" + string(scenarios[i].pszName));
+            int nMutateRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vMutateArgs, NULL, &strMutateOut);
+            nFail += Check(nMutateRet == 0, scenarios[i].pszName) ? 0 : 1;
+
+            string strCheckOut = tmp + "/" + scenarios[i].pszName + "-check.txt";
+            vector<string> vCheckArgs;
+            vCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strScenarioDir);
+            vCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+            vCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+            vCheckArgs.push_back("-walletstoragecheck");
+            int nCheckRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vCheckArgs, NULL, &strCheckOut);
+            nFail += Check(nCheckRet == 2 &&
+                           FileContainsText(strCheckOut, "storage sanity:            failed") &&
+                           FileContainsText(strCheckOut, scenarios[i].pszExpectedFailure),
+                           scenarios[i].pszExpectedFailure) ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+static int RunDbEnvReopenSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("db-env-reopen self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    std::string strOldDataDir = strSetDataDir;
+    strSetDataDir = tmp;
+    printf("  temp datadir: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+    try
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+        {
+            int64 nValue = 1000 + i;
+            {
+                CWalletDB walletdb("cr+");
+                nFail += Check(walletdb.WriteSetting("db-env-reopen-cycle", nValue),
+                               "wallet setting can be written before shutdown") ? 0 : 1;
+            }
+
+            DBFlush(true);
+
+            int64 nRead = 0;
+            {
+                CWalletDB walletdb("r");
+                nFail += Check(walletdb.ReadSetting("db-env-reopen-cycle", nRead),
+                               "wallet setting can be read after env reopen") ? 0 : 1;
+            }
+            nFail += Check(nRead == nValue,
+                           "reopened environment reads the last committed value") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            DBFlush(true);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    DBFlush(true);
+    strSetDataDir = strOldDataDir;
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+static int RunWalletSQLiteSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-sqlite self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    string strPath = tmp + "/wallet.sqlite";
+    string strError;
+    string strOldRuntimeDataDir;
+    bool fRestoreRuntimeDataDir = false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKeySetting(SER_DISK);
+        ssKeySetting << make_pair(string("setting"), string("sqlite-roundtrip"));
+        CDataStream ssValueSetting(SER_DISK);
+        ssValueSetting << (int64)424242;
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+        vchPubKey.push_back(0x04);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
+            vchPubKey.push_back((unsigned char)i);
+        CDataStream ssKeyDefault(SER_DISK);
+        ssKeyDefault << string("defaultkey");
+        CDataStream ssValueDefault(SER_DISK);
+        ssValueDefault << vchPubKey;
+
+        {
+            CWalletDBSQLite db;
+            nFail += Check(db.Open(strPath, strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet opens and creates schema") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(db.BeginTransaction(strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet begins a write transaction") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(db.WriteRecord(DataStreamBytes(ssKeySetting),
+                                          DataStreamBytes(ssValueSetting),
+                                          strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet writes a serialized setting record") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(db.WriteRecord(DataStreamBytes(ssKeyDefault),
+                                          DataStreamBytes(ssValueDefault),
+                                          strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet writes a serialized defaultkey record") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(db.CommitTransaction(strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet commits a write transaction") ? 0 : 1;
+            int nCount = 0;
+            nFail += Check(db.CountRecords(nCount, strError) && nCount == 2,
+                           "SQLite wallet counts raw records") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+
+        {
+            CWalletDBSQLite db;
+            nFail += Check(db.Open(strPath, strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet reopens") ? 0 : 1;
+            vector<unsigned char> vchRead;
+            nFail += Check(db.ReadRecord(DataStreamBytes(ssKeySetting),
+                                         vchRead,
+                                         strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet reads a serialized setting record") ? 0 : 1;
+            int64 nReadValue = 0;
+            CDataStream ssRead(vchRead, SER_DISK);
+            ssRead >> nReadValue;
+            nFail += Check(!ssRead.fail() && nReadValue == 424242,
+                           "SQLite wallet preserves serialized values byte-for-byte") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            vchRead.clear();
+            nFail += Check(db.ReadRecord(DataStreamBytes(ssKeyDefault),
+                                         vchRead,
+                                         strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet reads a serialized defaultkey record") ? 0 : 1;
+            vector<unsigned char> vchReadPubKey;
+            CDataStream ssReadDefault(vchRead, SER_DISK);
+            ssReadDefault >> vchReadPubKey;
+            nFail += Check(!ssReadDefault.fail() && vchReadPubKey == vchPubKey,
+                           "SQLite wallet preserves public key blobs") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+
+        {
+            CWalletDBSQLite db;
+            nFail += Check(db.Open(strPath, strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet reopens for typed records") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nFail += Check(db.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                         string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                               (int64)777, strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet writes a typed setting record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            int64 nTypedRead = 0;
+            nFail += Check(db.ReadTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                        string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                              nTypedRead, strError) &&
+                           nTypedRead == 777,
+                           "SQLite wallet reads a typed setting record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nFail += Check(!db.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                          string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                                (int64)888, strError, false),
+                           "SQLite wallet refuses typed overwrite when asked") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nTypedRead = 0;
+            nFail += Check(db.ReadTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                        string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                              nTypedRead, strError) &&
+                           nTypedRead == 777,
+                           "SQLite wallet preserves the old typed value after overwrite refusal") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nFail += Check(db.EraseTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                         string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                               strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet erases a typed record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nTypedRead = 0;
+            nFail += Check(!db.ReadTypedRecord(make_pair(string("setting"),
+                                                         string("sqlite-typed")),
+                                               nTypedRead, strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet typed erase removes the record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            nFail += Check(db.WriteTypedRecord(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey,
+                                               strError),
+                           "SQLite wallet writes a typed defaultkey record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            vector<unsigned char> vchTypedPubKey;
+            nFail += Check(db.ReadTypedRecord(string("defaultkey"), vchTypedPubKey,
+                                              strError) &&
+                           vchTypedPubKey == vchPubKey,
+                           "SQLite wallet reads a typed defaultkey record") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+
+        {
+            string strRuntimePath = tmp + "/runtime-wallet.sqlite";
+            string strRuntimeDir = tmp + "/runtime-datadir";
+            nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strRuntimeDir),
+                           "SQLite runtime datadir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            {
+                CWalletDBSQLite db;
+                nFail += Check(db.Open(strRuntimePath, strError),
+                               "SQLite runtime wallet file can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+            }
+
+            string strOldDataDir = strSetDataDir;
+            strSetDataDir = strRuntimeDir;
+            strOldRuntimeDataDir = strOldDataDir;
+            fRestoreRuntimeDataDir = true;
+            bool fRuntimeOpened = WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(strRuntimePath, strError);
+            nFail += Check(fRuntimeOpened,
+                           "SQLite runtime wallet can be activated") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            if (fRuntimeOpened)
+            {
+                CKey key;
+                key.MakeNewKey();
+                vector<unsigned char> vchRuntimePubKey = key.GetPubKey();
+                CPrivKey vchRuntimePrivKey = key.GetPrivKey();
+                string strRuntimeAddress = PubKeyToAddress(vchRuntimePubKey);
+
+                nFail += Check(CWalletDB().WriteSetting("runtime-sqlite-setting",
+                                                        (int64)909090) &&
+                               CWalletDB().WriteDefaultKey(vchRuntimePubKey) &&
+                               CWalletDB().WriteKey(vchRuntimePubKey,
+                                                    vchRuntimePrivKey) &&
+                               CWalletDB().WriteName(strRuntimeAddress,
+                                                     "SQLite Runtime Address"),
+                               "CWalletDB writes route to active SQLite runtime") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                int64 nRuntimeSetting = 0;
+                vector<unsigned char> vchRuntimeDefaultKey;
+                CPrivKey vchRuntimeReadPrivKey;
+                string strRuntimeName;
+                nFail += Check(CWalletDB("r").ReadSetting("runtime-sqlite-setting",
+                                                          nRuntimeSetting) &&
+                               nRuntimeSetting == 909090 &&
+                               CWalletDB("r").ReadDefaultKey(vchRuntimeDefaultKey) &&
+                               vchRuntimeDefaultKey == vchRuntimePubKey &&
+                               CWalletDB("r").ReadKey(vchRuntimePubKey,
+                                                      vchRuntimeReadPrivKey) &&
+                               vchRuntimeReadPrivKey == vchRuntimePrivKey &&
+                               CWalletDB("r").ReadName(strRuntimeAddress,
+                                                       strRuntimeName) &&
+                               strRuntimeName == "SQLite Runtime Address",
+                               "CWalletDB reads route to active SQLite runtime") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                nFail += Check(CWalletDB().EraseName(strRuntimeAddress) &&
+                               !CWalletDB("r").ReadName(strRuntimeAddress,
+                                                        strRuntimeName),
+                               "CWalletDB erases route to active SQLite runtime") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                nFail += Check(!FileExists((strRuntimeDir + "/wallet.dat").c_str()),
+                               "active SQLite runtime does not create wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                // Transaction bracket: a rolled-back group leaves nothing, a
+                // committed group persists. This is the all-or-nothing that
+                // WriteHDMaster relies on so a half-written seed cannot survive
+                // a failure between its two records.
+                bool fTxnBegan = WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn();
+                bool fTxnWrote = fTxnBegan &&
+                    CWalletDB().WriteSetting("runtime-txn-rollback", (int64)111);
+                if (fTxnBegan)
+                    WalletSQLiteRuntimeRollbackTxn();
+                nFail += Check(fTxnBegan && fTxnWrote,
+                               "a SQLite runtime transaction opens and rolls back") ? 0 : 1;
+                int64 nRolledBack = 0;
+                nFail += Check(!CWalletDB("r").ReadSetting("runtime-txn-rollback",
+                                                           nRolledBack),
+                               "a rolled-back SQLite runtime write leaves no record") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                bool fCommitOk = WalletSQLiteRuntimeBeginTxn() &&
+                    CWalletDB().WriteSetting("runtime-txn-commit", (int64)222) &&
+                    WalletSQLiteRuntimeCommitTxn();
+                int64 nCommitted = 0;
+                nFail += Check(fCommitOk &&
+                               CWalletDB("r").ReadSetting("runtime-txn-commit",
+                                                          nCommitted) &&
+                               nCommitted == 222,
+                               "a committed SQLite runtime write persists") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                // WriteHDMaster brackets its two records in that transaction;
+                // both halves of the seed must land.
+                vector<unsigned char> vchTxnMaster(32, 0x5a);
+                vector<unsigned char> vchTxnChainCode(32, 0xa5);
+                vector<unsigned char> vchReadMaster, vchReadChainCode;
+                nFail += Check(CWalletDB().WriteHDMaster(vchTxnMaster, vchTxnChainCode) &&
+                               CWalletDB("r").ReadHDMaster(vchReadMaster, vchReadChainCode) &&
+                               vchReadMaster == vchTxnMaster &&
+                               vchReadChainCode == vchTxnChainCode,
+                               "WriteHDMaster commits both halves of the seed under SQLite") ? 0 : 1;
+
+                // Durability: close the backend (checkpoints the WAL), reopen
+                // the same file, and confirm what CWalletDB wrote is still
+                // there. This is the write-survives-a-restart property the real
+                // -walletbackend=sqlite node depends on.
+                WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+                bool fReopened =
+                    WalletSQLiteRuntimeOpen(strRuntimePath, strError);
+                nFail += Check(fReopened,
+                               "SQLite runtime wallet reopens after close") ? 0 : 1;
+                if (fReopened)
+                {
+                    int64 nPersisted = 0;
+                    CPrivKey vchPersistedPrivKey;
+                    vector<unsigned char> vchPersistedDefaultKey;
+                    nFail += Check(CWalletDB("r").ReadSetting("runtime-sqlite-setting",
+                                                              nPersisted) &&
+                                   nPersisted == 909090 &&
+                                   CWalletDB("r").ReadDefaultKey(vchPersistedDefaultKey) &&
+                                   vchPersistedDefaultKey == vchRuntimePubKey &&
+                                   CWalletDB("r").ReadKey(vchRuntimePubKey,
+                                                          vchPersistedPrivKey) &&
+                                   vchPersistedPrivKey == vchRuntimePrivKey,
+                                   "SQLite runtime writes persist across a close and reopen") ? 0 : 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+            strSetDataDir = strOldDataDir;
+            fRestoreRuntimeDataDir = false;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        if (fRestoreRuntimeDataDir)
+            strSetDataDir = strOldRuntimeDataDir;
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        WalletSQLiteRuntimeClose();
+        if (fRestoreRuntimeDataDir)
+            strSetDataDir = strOldRuntimeDataDir;
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class CWalletRecordMapVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >& mapRecords;
+
+    explicit CWalletRecordMapVisitor(
+        std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >& mapRecordsIn)
+        : mapRecords(mapRecordsIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey = DataStreamBytes(ssKey);
+        if (mapRecords.count(vchKey))
+        {
+            strErrorRet = "duplicate serialized wallet key";
+            return false;
+        }
+        mapRecords[vchKey] = DataStreamBytes(ssValue);
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+static bool CreateSQLiteWalletWithEmptyKey(const string& strPath)
+{
+    sqlite3* pdb = NULL;
+    int ret = sqlite3_open_v2(strPath.c_str(), &pdb,
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE |
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE |
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX,
+                              NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK || !pdb)
+    {
+        if (pdb)
+            sqlite3_close(pdb);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    char* pszErr = NULL;
+    bool fOk =
+        sqlite3_exec(pdb,
+                     "CREATE TABLE wallet_records ("
+                     "key BLOB PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,"
+                     "value BLOB NOT NULL"
+                     ");",
+                     NULL, NULL, &pszErr) == SQLITE_OK &&
+        sqlite3_exec(pdb,
+                     "INSERT INTO wallet_records(key, value) "
+                     "VALUES(x'', x'01');",
+                     NULL, NULL, &pszErr) == SQLITE_OK;
+    if (pszErr)
+        sqlite3_free(pszErr);
+    sqlite3_close(pdb);
+    return fOk;
+}
+
+static bool CreateSQLiteWalletWithFutureMinVersion(const string& strPath)
+{
+    string strError;
+    CWalletDBSQLite db;
+    CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+    ssKey << string("walletminversion");
+    CDataStream ssValue(SER_DISK);
+    ssValue << (WALLET_FORMAT_SUPPORTED + 1);
+
+    if (!db.Open(strPath, strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.BeginTransaction(strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.WriteRecord(DataStreamBytes(ssKey), DataStreamBytes(ssValue), strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.CommitTransaction(strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.Checkpoint(strError))
+        return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool CreateTypedSQLiteWallet(const string& strPath)
+{
+    string strError;
+    CWalletDBSQLite db;
+    CKey key;
+    key.MakeNewKey();
+
+    vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey = key.GetPubKey();
+    CPrivKey vchPrivKey = key.GetPrivKey();
+    string strAddress = PubKeyToAddress(vchPubKey);
+
+    if (!db.Open(strPath, strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.BeginTransaction(strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("key"), vchPubKey),
+                             vchPrivKey, strError, false))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.WriteTypedRecord(string("defaultkey"), vchPubKey, strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.WriteTypedRecord(make_pair(string("name"), strAddress),
+                             string("Typed SQLite Address"), strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.CommitTransaction(strError))
+        return false;
+    if (!db.Checkpoint(strError))
+        return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+static int RunWalletSQLiteMigrationSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-sqlite-migration self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    std::string cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not read current directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    printf("  temp root: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+    try
+    {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+        string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+        string strWalletDir = tmp + "/wallet";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strWalletDir),
+                       "temporary wallet directory can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strCreateOut = tmp + "/create.txt";
+        vector<string> vCreateArgs;
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=bdb");   // migrate FROM a Berkeley DB wallet.dat
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-newphrase");
+        int nCreateRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vCreateArgs, NULL, &strCreateOut);
+        nFail += Check(nCreateRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strCreateOut, "Write these twelve words down"),
+                       "a phrase wallet can be created for SQLite export") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strSQLite = tmp + "/wallet.sqlite";
+        string strExportOut = tmp + "/sqlite-export.txt";
+        vector<string> vExportArgs;
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteexport=" + strSQLite);
+        int nExportRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vExportArgs, NULL, &strExportOut);
+        nFail += Check(nExportRet == 0 &&
+                       FileExists(strSQLite.c_str()) &&
+                       FileContainsText(strExportOut, "SQLite wallet export written"),
+                       "wallet.dat can be exported to SQLite") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strVerifyOut = tmp + "/sqlite-verify.txt";
+        vector<string> vVerifyArgs;
+        vVerifyArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vVerifyArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vVerifyArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vVerifyArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteverify=" + strSQLite);
+        int nVerifyRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vVerifyArgs, NULL, &strVerifyOut);
+        nFail += Check(nVerifyRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strVerifyOut, "verification:              ok"),
+                       "SQLite wallet export verifies against wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strLoadCheckOut = tmp + "/sqlite-loadcheck.txt";
+        vector<string> vLoadCheckArgs;
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteloadcheck=" + strSQLite);
+        int nLoadCheckRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vLoadCheckArgs, NULL, &strLoadCheckOut);
+        nFail += Check(nLoadCheckRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strLoadCheckOut,
+                                        "load check:                ok"),
+                       "SQLite wallet export passes the loader compatibility check") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strRuntimeOut = tmp + "/sqlite-runtime.txt";
+        vector<string> vRuntimeArgs;
+        vRuntimeArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vRuntimeArgs.push_back("-walletsqlite=" + strSQLite);
+        int nRuntimeRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vRuntimeArgs, NULL, &strRuntimeOut);
+        nFail += Check(nRuntimeRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strRuntimeOut,
+                                        "SQLite wallet loaded: read-only staging backend"),
+                       "SQLite wallet export loads through the runtime startup path") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strTypedSQLite = tmp + "/typed-wallet.sqlite";
+        nFail += Check(CreateTypedSQLiteWallet(strTypedSQLite),
+                       "typed SQLite wallet can be created without Berkeley DB") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strTypedLoadCheckOut = tmp + "/sqlite-typed-loadcheck.txt";
+        vector<string> vTypedLoadCheckArgs;
+        vTypedLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vTypedLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vTypedLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vTypedLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteloadcheck=" + strTypedSQLite);
+        int nTypedLoadCheckRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vTypedLoadCheckArgs, NULL,
+                             &strTypedLoadCheckOut);
+        nFail += Check(nTypedLoadCheckRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strTypedLoadCheckOut,
+                                        "load check:                ok"),
+                       "typed SQLite wallet passes the loader compatibility check") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strTypedRuntimeDir = tmp + "/typed-runtime-wallet";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strTypedRuntimeDir),
+                       "typed SQLite runtime directory can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strTypedRuntimeOut = tmp + "/sqlite-typed-runtime.txt";
+        vector<string> vTypedRuntimeArgs;
+        vTypedRuntimeArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strTypedRuntimeDir);
+        vTypedRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vTypedRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vTypedRuntimeArgs.push_back("-walletsqlite=" + strTypedSQLite);
+        int nTypedRuntimeRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vTypedRuntimeArgs, NULL,
+                             &strTypedRuntimeOut);
+        nFail += Check(nTypedRuntimeRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strTypedRuntimeOut,
+                                        "SQLite wallet loaded: read-only staging backend") &&
+                       !FileExists((strTypedRuntimeDir + "/wallet.dat").c_str()),
+                       "typed SQLite wallet loads through runtime without creating wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strRestoredDir = tmp + "/restored-wallet";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strRestoredDir),
+                       "restored wallet directory can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strRestoreOut = tmp + "/sqlite-restore.txt";
+        vector<string> vRestoreArgs;
+        vRestoreArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strRestoredDir);
+        vRestoreArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vRestoreArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vRestoreArgs.push_back("-walletsqliterestore=" + strSQLite);
+        int nRestoreRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vRestoreArgs, NULL, &strRestoreOut);
+        nFail += Check(nRestoreRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strRestoreOut, "records restored:"),
+                       "SQLite wallet export restores into a fresh wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strVerifyRestoredOut = tmp + "/sqlite-verify-restored.txt";
+        vector<string> vVerifyRestoredArgs;
+        vVerifyRestoredArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strRestoredDir);
+        vVerifyRestoredArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vVerifyRestoredArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vVerifyRestoredArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteverify=" + strSQLite);
+        int nVerifyRestoredRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vVerifyRestoredArgs, NULL, &strVerifyRestoredOut);
+        nFail += Check(nVerifyRestoredRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strVerifyRestoredOut,
+                                        "verification:              ok"),
+                       "restored wallet.dat verifies against the SQLite export") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strRestoreOverwriteOut = tmp + "/sqlite-restore-overwrite.txt";
+        int nRestoreOverwriteRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vRestoreArgs, NULL, &strRestoreOverwriteOut);
+        nFail += Check(nRestoreOverwriteRet == 1 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strRestoreOverwriteOut,
+                                        "Refusing to overwrite existing wallet.dat"),
+                       "SQLite wallet restore refuses to overwrite wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strBadSQLite = tmp + "/bad-empty-key.sqlite";
+        nFail += Check(CreateSQLiteWalletWithEmptyKey(strBadSQLite),
+                       "bad SQLite export with an empty key can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strBadRestoreDir = tmp + "/bad-restore-wallet";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strBadRestoreDir),
+                       "bad restore wallet directory can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strBadRestoreOut = tmp + "/sqlite-restore-bad.txt";
+        vector<string> vBadRestoreArgs;
+        vBadRestoreArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strBadRestoreDir);
+        vBadRestoreArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vBadRestoreArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vBadRestoreArgs.push_back("-walletsqliterestore=" + strBadSQLite);
+        int nBadRestoreRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBadRestoreArgs, NULL, &strBadRestoreOut);
+        nFail += Check(nBadRestoreRet == 1 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strBadRestoreOut,
+                                        "Cannot restore SQLite wallet export") &&
+                       !FileExists((strBadRestoreDir + "/wallet.dat").c_str()),
+                       "failed SQLite wallet restore removes incomplete wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strFutureSQLite = tmp + "/future-wallet.sqlite";
+        nFail += Check(CreateSQLiteWalletWithFutureMinVersion(strFutureSQLite),
+                       "SQLite export with a future wallet format can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strFutureLoadCheckOut = tmp + "/sqlite-loadcheck-future.txt";
+        vector<string> vFutureLoadCheckArgs;
+        vFutureLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vFutureLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vFutureLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vFutureLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteloadcheck=" + strFutureSQLite);
+        int nFutureLoadCheckRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vFutureLoadCheckArgs, NULL,
+                             &strFutureLoadCheckOut);
+        nFail += Check(nFutureLoadCheckRet == 2 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strFutureLoadCheckOut,
+                                        "unsupported future wallet format") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strFutureLoadCheckOut,
+                                        "load check:                failed"),
+                       "SQLite wallet load check rejects future wallet formats") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strFutureRuntimeOut = tmp + "/sqlite-runtime-future.txt";
+        vector<string> vFutureRuntimeArgs;
+        vFutureRuntimeArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strWalletDir);
+        vFutureRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vFutureRuntimeArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vFutureRuntimeArgs.push_back("-walletsqlite=" + strFutureSQLite);
+        int nFutureRuntimeRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vFutureRuntimeArgs, NULL,
+                             &strFutureRuntimeOut);
+        nFail += Check(nFutureRuntimeRet == 1 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strFutureRuntimeOut,
+                                        "Cannot open SQLite wallet export") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strFutureRuntimeOut,
+                                        "newer version of Bitflash"),
+                       "SQLite runtime startup rejects future wallet formats") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strOverwriteOut = tmp + "/sqlite-export-overwrite.txt";
+        int nOverwriteRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vExportArgs, NULL, &strOverwriteOut);
+        nFail += Check(nOverwriteRet != 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOverwriteOut,
+                                        "Refusing to overwrite existing SQLite wallet export"),
+                       "SQLite wallet export refuses to overwrite") ? 0 : 1;
+        remove((strSQLite + "-wal").c_str());
+        remove((strSQLite + "-shm").c_str());
+
+        std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > mapBDB;
+        string strOldDataDir = strSetDataDir;
+        string strScanError;
+        strSetDataDir = strWalletDir;
+        CWalletRecordMapVisitor visitor(mapBDB);
+        bool fScanOk = ScanWalletRecords(visitor, strScanError);
+        DBFlush(true);
+        strSetDataDir = strOldDataDir;
+        nFail += Check(fScanOk && !mapBDB.empty(),
+                       "wallet.dat records can be scanned for comparison") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        CWalletDBSQLite db;
+        string strError;
+        nFail += Check(db.Open(strSQLite, strError),
+                       "exported SQLite wallet opens") ? 0 : 1;
+        int nSQLiteRecords = 0;
+        nFail += Check(db.CountRecords(nSQLiteRecords, strError) &&
+                       nSQLiteRecords == (int)mapBDB.size(),
+                       "SQLite export has the same record count as wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        bool fAllMatch = true;
+        for (std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >::const_iterator it =
+                 mapBDB.begin(); it != mapBDB.end(); ++it)
+        {
+            vector<unsigned char> vchSQLiteValue;
+            if (!db.ReadRecord(it->first, vchSQLiteValue, strError) ||
+                vchSQLiteValue != it->second)
+            {
+                fAllMatch = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        nFail += Check(fAllMatch,
+                       "SQLite export preserves every wallet.dat key/value byte-for-byte") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > mapSQLite;
+        CWalletRecordMapVisitor sqliteVisitor(mapSQLite);
+        nFail += Check(db.ScanRecords(sqliteVisitor, strError) &&
+                       mapSQLite == mapBDB,
+                       "SQLite wallet scanner streams every exported record byte-for-byte") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        db.Close();
+        CWalletDBSQLite dbCorrupt;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchBadValue;
+        vchBadValue.push_back(0xba);
+        vchBadValue.push_back(0xad);
+        nFail += Check(!mapBDB.empty() &&
+                       dbCorrupt.Open(strSQLite, strError) &&
+                       dbCorrupt.BeginTransaction(strError) &&
+                       dbCorrupt.WriteRecord(mapBDB.begin()->first,
+                                             vchBadValue,
+                                             strError) &&
+                       dbCorrupt.CommitTransaction(strError) &&
+                       dbCorrupt.Checkpoint(strError),
+                       "SQLite export can be deliberately corrupted for verifier test") ? 0 : 1;
+        dbCorrupt.Close();
+
+        string strVerifyBadOut = tmp + "/sqlite-verify-bad.txt";
+        int nVerifyBadRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vVerifyArgs, NULL, &strVerifyBadOut);
+        nFail += Check(nVerifyBadRet == 2 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strVerifyBadOut,
+                                        "record value mismatches:   1") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strVerifyBadOut,
+                                        "verification:              failed"),
+                       "SQLite wallet verifier detects a mismatched record value") ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
 static void ClearWalletRuntimeForTest()
 {
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapKeys)
@@ -926,6 +1947,90 @@ static bool WriteTextFile(const string& strPath, const string& strText)
     return fOk;
 }
 
+static bool MakeDirLocal(const string& strPath)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    return CreateDirectoryA(strPath.c_str(), NULL) || GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS;
+#else
+    return mkdir(strPath.c_str(), 0700) == 0 || errno == EEXIST;
+#endif
+}
+
+static bool CopyFileLocal(const string& strSrc, const string& strDst)
+{
+    FILE* in = fopen(strSrc.c_str(), "rb");
+    if (!in)
+        return false;
+    FILE* out = fopen(strDst.c_str(), "wb");
+    if (!out)
+    {
+        fclose(in);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool fOk = true;
+    char buf[65536];
+    size_t n = 0;
+    while ((n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), in)) > 0)
+    {
+        if (fwrite(buf, 1, n, out) != n)
+        {
+            fOk = false;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (ferror(in))
+        fOk = false;
+    if (fclose(out) != 0)
+        fOk = false;
+    fclose(in);
+    return fOk;
+}
+
+static bool DirectoryHasFileWithPrefix(const string& strDir, const string& strPrefix)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    WIN32_FIND_DATAA findData;
+    string pattern = strDir + "\\*";
+    HANDLE hFind = FindFirstFileA(pattern.c_str(), &findData);
+    if (hFind == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        return false;
+    bool fFound = false;
+    do
+    {
+        if (!(findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
+        {
+            string name = findData.cFileName;
+            if (name.compare(0, strPrefix.size(), strPrefix) == 0)
+            {
+                fFound = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    while (FindNextFileA(hFind, &findData));
+    FindClose(hFind);
+    return fFound;
+#else
+    DIR* dir = opendir(strDir.c_str());
+    if (!dir)
+        return false;
+    bool fFound = false;
+    struct dirent* ent;
+    while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
+    {
+        string name = ent->d_name;
+        if (name.compare(0, strPrefix.size(), strPrefix) == 0)
+        {
+            fFound = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    closedir(dir);
+    return fFound;
+#endif
+}
+
 static string QuoteCommandArg(const string& str)
 {
     string out = "\"";
@@ -942,7 +2047,8 @@ static string QuoteCommandArg(const string& str)
 
 static int RunBitflashChild(const string& strExe,
                             const vector<string>& vArgs,
-                            const string* pStdinFile = NULL)
+                            const string* pStdinFile = NULL,
+                            const string* pOutputFile = NULL)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     vector<char*> argv;
@@ -955,8 +2061,16 @@ static int RunBitflashChild(const string& strExe,
     int nOldErr = _dup(2);
     int nOldIn = _dup(0);
     int nNull = _open("NUL", _O_WRONLY);
+    int nOut = -1;
     int nIn = -1;
-    if (nNull >= 0)
+    if (pOutputFile)
+        nOut = _open(pOutputFile->c_str(), _O_WRONLY|_O_CREAT|_O_TRUNC|_O_BINARY, _S_IREAD|_S_IWRITE);
+    if (nOut >= 0)
+    {
+        _dup2(nOut, 1);
+        _dup2(nOut, 2);
+    }
+    else if (nNull >= 0)
     {
         _dup2(nNull, 1);
         _dup2(nNull, 2);
@@ -970,6 +2084,8 @@ static int RunBitflashChild(const string& strExe,
     int nRet = _spawnv(_P_WAIT, strExe.c_str(), &argv[0]);
     if (nIn >= 0)
         _close(nIn);
+    if (nOut >= 0)
+        _close(nOut);
     if (nNull >= 0)
         _close(nNull);
     if (nOldIn >= 0)
@@ -994,8 +2110,17 @@ static int RunBitflashChild(const string& strExe,
         strCmd += " " + QuoteCommandArg(vArgs[i]);
     if (pStdinFile)
         strCmd += " < " + QuoteCommandArg(*pStdinFile);
-    strCmd += " > /dev/null 2>&1";
-    return system(strCmd.c_str());
+    if (pOutputFile)
+        strCmd += " > " + QuoteCommandArg(*pOutputFile) + " 2>&1";
+    else
+        strCmd += " > /dev/null 2>&1";
+    // system() returns a wait status, not the exit code; unwrap it so callers
+    // see the same value the Windows _spawnv path returns (e.g. exit code 2 is
+    // 2, not 512). Without this every "== 2" assertion fails only on Linux.
+    int nSysRet = system(strCmd.c_str());
+    if (nSysRet != -1 && WIFEXITED(nSysRet))
+        return WEXITSTATUS(nSysRet);
+    return nSysRet;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1036,6 +2161,13 @@ static int RunWalletEncryptSelfTest()
         TopUpKeyPool();
 
         vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultPubKey = keyUser.GetPubKey();
+        CKey publicLabelKey;
+        publicLabelKey.MakeNewKey();
+        string strPublicLabelAddress = PubKeyToAddress(publicLabelKey.GetPubKey());
+        nFail += Check(CWalletDB().WriteName(strPublicLabelAddress, "rewrite-public-name") &&
+                       CWalletDB().WriteSetting("rewrite-public-setting", (int64)424242),
+                       "public wallet records can be written before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
+
         CPrivKey vchDefaultPrivKey;
         nFail += Check(GetWalletPrivKey(vchDefaultPubKey, vchDefaultPrivKey, strError),
                        "the default private key is readable before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
@@ -1063,16 +2195,31 @@ static int RunWalletEncryptSelfTest()
 #else
         string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
 #endif
+        string strStorageAudit = tmp + "/encrypted-storage-audit.txt";
         string strWrongDump = tmp + "/wrong-pass-dump.txt";
         string strRightDump = tmp + "/right-pass-dump.txt";
         string strLiteralDump = tmp + "/literal-pass-dump.txt";
         string strStdinDump = tmp + "/stdin-pass-dump.txt";
+        string strLockedAudit = tmp + "/locked-recovery-audit.txt";
+        string strUnlockedAudit = tmp + "/unlocked-recovery-audit.txt";
         string strWrongPassFile = tmp + "/wrong-pass.txt";
         string strRightPassFile = tmp + "/right-pass.txt";
         nFail += Check(WriteTextFile(strWrongPassFile, "wrong-passphrase\n") &&
                        WriteTextFile(strRightPassFile, "btf-test-passphrase\n"),
                        "passphrase files can be written for restarted commands") ? 0 : 1;
 
+        vector<string> vStorageAuditArgs;
+        vStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-walletstorageaudit");
+        vStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nStorageAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vStorageAuditArgs, NULL, &strStorageAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nStorageAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strStorageAudit, "address book labels:       3"),
+                       "the encrypted rewrite keeps address-book records") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(nStorageAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strStorageAudit, "settings:                  1"),
+                       "the encrypted rewrite keeps wallet setting records") ? 0 : 1;
+
         vector<string> vWrongArgs;
         vWrongArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
         vWrongArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=@" + strWrongPassFile);
@@ -1082,6 +2229,17 @@ static int RunWalletEncryptSelfTest()
         nFail += Check(nWrongRet != 0 && !FileExists(strWrongDump.c_str()),
                        "a restarted wallet rejects the wrong-passphrase") ? 0 : 1;
 
+        vector<string> vLockedAuditArgs;
+        vLockedAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vLockedAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        vLockedAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nLockedAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vLockedAuditArgs, NULL, &strLockedAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nLockedAuditRet == 2 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strLockedAudit, "recovery phrase: encrypted, unlock wallet to audit") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strLockedAudit, "recovery coverage:            unavailable while wallet is locked") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strLockedAudit, "Unlock the wallet with /walletpassphrase"),
+                       "a locked encrypted wallet reports that phrase coverage needs unlock") ? 0 : 1;
+
         vector<string> vLiteralArgs;
         vLiteralArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
         vLiteralArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=btf-test-passphrase");
@@ -1102,6 +2260,17 @@ static int RunWalletEncryptSelfTest()
         nFail += Check(FileContainsText(strRightDump, HexStrLocal(vchDefaultPrivBytes)),
                        "the restarted wallet can decrypt and dump the original key") ? 0 : 1;
 
+        vector<string> vUnlockedAuditArgs;
+        vUnlockedAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vUnlockedAuditArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=@" + strRightPassFile);
+        vUnlockedAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        vUnlockedAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nUnlockedAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vUnlockedAuditArgs, NULL, &strUnlockedAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nUnlockedAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strUnlockedAudit, "recovery phrase: present") &&
+                       !FileContainsText(strUnlockedAudit, "recovery phrase: not installed"),
+                       "an unlocked encrypted wallet audits the installed recovery phrase") ? 0 : 1;
+
         vector<string> vStdinArgs;
         vStdinArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
         vStdinArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase");
@@ -1132,6 +2301,737 @@ static int RunWalletEncryptSelfTest()
     return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
+// Encrypting a wallet while it runs on the SQLite backend. Unlike the Berkeley
+// DB encrypt test above, this drives the real command-line path end to end in
+// child processes: build a Berkeley DB wallet, export it to SQLite, then run
+// -walletbackend=sqlite -encryptwallet and prove the SQLite wallet came out
+// encrypted, unlockable, and with wallet.dat left untouched.
+static int RunWalletSQLiteEncryptSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-sqlite-encrypt self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    std::string cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd) || !SetCurrentDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not move into the temporary data directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    strSetDataDir = tmp;
+    printf("  temp datadir: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+    try
+    {
+        // Build a normal Berkeley DB wallet with a recovery phrase, a key pool,
+        // and a couple of public records, then release it. Everything after this
+        // runs the real command-line paths in child processes.
+        if (!LoadWallet())
+            throw std::runtime_error("LoadWallet failed");
+
+        string strError;
+        const string strMnemonic =
+            "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon about";
+        nFail += Check(SetHDSeedFromMnemonic(strMnemonic, strError),
+                       "a phrase can be installed before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
+        TopUpKeyPool();
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultPubKey = keyUser.GetPubKey();
+        CKey publicLabelKey;
+        publicLabelKey.MakeNewKey();
+        string strPublicLabelAddress = PubKeyToAddress(publicLabelKey.GetPubKey());
+        nFail += Check(CWalletDB().WriteName(strPublicLabelAddress, "rewrite-public-name") &&
+                       CWalletDB().WriteSetting("rewrite-public-setting", (int64)424242),
+                       "public wallet records can be written before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        CPrivKey vchDefaultPrivKey;
+        nFail += Check(GetWalletPrivKey(vchDefaultPubKey, vchDefaultPrivKey, strError),
+                       "the default private key is readable before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultPrivBytes(vchDefaultPrivKey.begin(), vchDefaultPrivKey.end());
+        vector<unsigned char> vchPlainHDMaster = vchHDMaster;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchPlainHDChainCode = vchHDChainCode;
+
+        // Release wallet.dat so a child process can read it for the export.
+        DBFlush(true);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+        string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+        string strSQLitePath = tmp + "/wallet.sqlite";
+        string strWalletDatPath = tmp + "/wallet.dat";
+        string strRightPassFile = tmp + "/right-pass.txt";
+        string strWrongPassFile = tmp + "/wrong-pass.txt";
+        nFail += Check(WriteTextFile(strRightPassFile, "btf-test-passphrase\n") &&
+                       WriteTextFile(strWrongPassFile, "wrong-passphrase\n"),
+                       "passphrase files can be written for restarted commands") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // Step 1: export the Berkeley DB wallet to SQLite.
+        vector<string> vExportArgs;
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteexport=" + strSQLitePath);
+        vExportArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nExportRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vExportArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nExportRet == 0 && FileExists(strSQLitePath.c_str()),
+                       "the wallet exports to a SQLite file") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsBytes(strSQLitePath, vchDefaultPrivBytes),
+                       "the exported SQLite wallet holds the plaintext key before encryption") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // Step 2: encrypt through the real SQLite backend command path.
+        string strEncryptOut = tmp + "/sqlite-encrypt-out.txt";
+        vector<string> vEncryptArgs;
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-encryptwallet=@" + strRightPassFile);
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nEncryptRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vEncryptArgs, NULL, &strEncryptOut);
+        nFail += Check(nEncryptRet == 0,
+                       "the SQLite wallet can be encrypted through -walletbackend=sqlite") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsText(strEncryptOut, "Wallet backend: SQLite"),
+                       "encryption took the SQLite persistence path") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsText(strEncryptOut, "wallet.sqlite.before-encrypt"),
+                       "the plaintext SQLite wallet is preserved as an explicit backup") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The encrypted SQLite wallet must no longer hold the plaintext secrets.
+        nFail += Check(!FileContainsBytes(strSQLitePath, vchDefaultPrivBytes),
+                       "the encrypted SQLite wallet no longer contains the default private key bytes") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(!FileContainsBytes(strSQLitePath, vchPlainHDMaster),
+                       "the encrypted SQLite wallet no longer contains the HD master key bytes") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(!FileContainsBytes(strSQLitePath, vchPlainHDChainCode),
+                       "the encrypted SQLite wallet no longer contains the HD chain-code bytes") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The Berkeley DB wallet.dat is a separate file: the SQLite encrypt path
+        // must never touch it, so its plaintext key is still exactly there.
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsBytes(strWalletDatPath, vchDefaultPrivBytes),
+                       "the original Berkeley DB wallet.dat is left untouched by the SQLite encrypt") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // Step 3: a locked encrypted SQLite wallet reports that phrase coverage
+        // needs an unlock, exactly as the Berkeley DB path does (exit code 2).
+        string strLockedAudit = tmp + "/locked-recovery-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vLockedArgs;
+        vLockedArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vLockedArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vLockedArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        vLockedArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nLockedRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vLockedArgs, NULL, &strLockedAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nLockedRet == 2 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strLockedAudit, "recovery phrase: encrypted, unlock wallet to audit"),
+                       "a locked encrypted SQLite wallet reports that phrase coverage needs unlock") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The wrong passphrase is rejected and reveals nothing.
+        string strWrongDump = tmp + "/wrong-dump.txt";
+        vector<string> vWrongArgs;
+        vWrongArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vWrongArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vWrongArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=@" + strWrongPassFile);
+        vWrongArgs.push_back("-dumpwallet=" + strWrongDump);
+        vWrongArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nWrongRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vWrongArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nWrongRet != 0 && !FileExists(strWrongDump.c_str()),
+                       "a restarted SQLite wallet rejects the wrong passphrase") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The right passphrase unlocks and can dump the original key.
+        string strRightDump = tmp + "/right-dump.txt";
+        vector<string> vRightArgs;
+        vRightArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vRightArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vRightArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=@" + strRightPassFile);
+        vRightArgs.push_back("-dumpwallet=" + strRightDump);
+        vRightArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nRightRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vRightArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nRightRet == 0 && FileExists(strRightDump.c_str()),
+                       "a restarted SQLite wallet unlocks with the right passphrase") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsText(strRightDump, HexStrLocal(vchDefaultPrivBytes)),
+                       "the unlocked SQLite wallet decrypts and dumps the original key") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The recovery phrase survives the encryption.
+        string strAudit = tmp + "/recovery-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vAuditArgs;
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-walletpassphrase=@" + strRightPassFile);
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vAuditArgs, NULL, &strAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strAudit, "recovery phrase: present"),
+                       "the encrypted SQLite wallet still has its recovery phrase") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // One-shot storage commands honour -walletbackend. The SQLite wallet is
+        // encrypted; the wallet.dat beside it is still plaintext. Same datadir,
+        // opposite answers -> the flag routes the diagnostic to the right file.
+        string strSqliteAuditJson = tmp + "/sqlite-audit.json";
+        vector<string> vSqliteAuditArgs;
+        vSqliteAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vSqliteAuditArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vSqliteAuditArgs.push_back("-walletstorageauditjson=" + strSqliteAuditJson);
+        vSqliteAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nSqliteAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vSqliteAuditArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nSqliteAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strSqliteAuditJson, "\"encrypted_hd_seed\": \"complete\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strSqliteAuditJson, "\"plain_hd_seed\": \"none\""),
+                       "-walletstorageaudit under SQLite reads the encrypted wallet.sqlite") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strBdbAuditJson = tmp + "/bdb-audit.json";
+        vector<string> vBdbAuditArgs;
+        vBdbAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vBdbAuditArgs.push_back("-walletstorageauditjson=" + strBdbAuditJson);
+        vBdbAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nBdbAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBdbAuditArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nBdbAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strBdbAuditJson, "\"plain_hd_seed\": \"complete\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strBdbAuditJson, "\"encrypted_hd_seed\": \"none\""),
+                       "-walletstorageaudit without the flag still reads the plaintext wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strSqliteCheckOut = tmp + "/sqlite-check.txt";
+        vector<string> vSqliteCheckArgs;
+        vSqliteCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vSqliteCheckArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vSqliteCheckArgs.push_back("-walletstoragecheck");
+        vSqliteCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nSqliteCheckRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vSqliteCheckArgs, NULL, &strSqliteCheckOut);
+        nFail += Check(nSqliteCheckRet == 0,
+                       "-walletstoragecheck under SQLite passes on the encrypted wallet.sqlite") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // Backup under SQLite copies wallet.sqlite, not the plaintext wallet.dat.
+        // The copy is a standalone SQLite wallet (loadcheck accepts it) and holds
+        // none of the plaintext key that wallet.dat still contains.
+        string strBackupDest = tmp + "/backup.sqlite";
+        vector<string> vBackupArgs;
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=sqlite");
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-backupwallet=" + strBackupDest);
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nBackupRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBackupArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nBackupRet == 0 && FileExists(strBackupDest.c_str()),
+                       "-backupwallet under SQLite writes a backup file") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(!FileContainsBytes(strBackupDest, vchDefaultPrivBytes),
+                       "the SQLite backup holds no plaintext key (it copied wallet.sqlite, not wallet.dat)") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strBackupLoadCheck = tmp + "/backup-loadcheck.txt";
+        vector<string> vLoadCheckArgs;
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-walletsqliteloadcheck=" + strBackupDest);
+        vLoadCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        int nBackupLoadRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vLoadCheckArgs, NULL, &strBackupLoadCheck);
+        nFail += Check(nBackupLoadRet == 0,
+                       "the SQLite backup is a valid standalone SQLite wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    DBFlush(true);
+    SetCurrentDir(cwd);
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+// Backend resolution when no -walletbackend flag is given: a fresh install
+// starts on SQLite (the new default), an existing wallet.dat stays on Berkeley
+// DB, the persistent marker overrides the default, and an explicit flag
+// overrides everything. Each scenario runs a real child process.
+static int RunWalletBackendDefaultSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-backend-default self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp, cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd) || !SetCurrentDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not move into the temporary data directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    strSetDataDir = tmp;
+    printf("  temp datadir: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+    string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+
+    try
+    {
+        // 1. Fresh datadir, no flag -> this fork refuses, where upstream creates.
+        //    An empty datadir on a headless node is far more often a mount or
+        //    backup fault than a first run, and creating a wallet also pins the
+        //    backend marker, after which restoring the real wallet is a no-op.
+        //    Nothing may be left behind: no wallet of either kind, no marker.
+        string d1 = tmp + "/fresh";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(d1), "fresh scenario dir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<string> a1;
+        a1.push_back("-datadir=" + d1);
+        a1.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        a1.push_back("-nogui");
+        a1.push_back("-newaddress");
+        int r0 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a1);
+        nFail += Check(r0 != 0 &&
+                       !FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d1 + "/wallet-backend").c_str()),
+                       "a flagless headless start refuses to create a wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // 1a. -createwallet says it was meant: new wallet.sqlite, marker
+        //     "sqlite", no wallet.dat.
+        vector<string> a1c = a1;
+        a1c.push_back("-createwallet");
+        int r1 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a1c);
+        nFail += Check(r1 == 0 &&
+                       FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+                       FileContainsText(d1 + "/wallet-backend", "sqlite"),
+                       "-createwallet starts a fresh install on SQLite and records the marker") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // 1b. Second run reuses it without the flag -- the refusal only guards
+        //     creation, so an existing wallet still starts flagless.
+        int r1b = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a1);
+        nFail += Check(r1b == 0 &&
+                       FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d1 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()),
+                       "the recorded SQLite choice survives a flagless restart") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // 2. Existing wallet.dat, no flag -> stays on Berkeley DB.
+        string d2 = tmp + "/existing-bdb";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(d2), "existing-bdb scenario dir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<string> a2c;
+        a2c.push_back("-datadir=" + d2);
+        a2c.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        a2c.push_back("-nogui");
+        a2c.push_back("-walletbackend=bdb");
+        a2c.push_back("-newphrase");
+        RunBitflashChild(strExe, a2c);
+        vector<string> a2;
+        a2.push_back("-datadir=" + d2);
+        a2.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        a2.push_back("-nogui");
+        a2.push_back("-newaddress");
+        int r2 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a2);
+        nFail += Check(r2 == 0 &&
+                       FileExists((d2 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d2 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()),
+                       "an existing wallet.dat keeps a flagless start on Berkeley DB") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // 3. Marker "bdb" forces Berkeley DB even on a fresh datadir.
+        string d3 = tmp + "/marker-bdb";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(d3), "marker-bdb scenario dir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(WriteTextFile(d3 + "/wallet-backend", "bdb\n"),
+                       "a bdb marker can be written") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<string> a3;
+        a3.push_back("-datadir=" + d3);
+        a3.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        a3.push_back("-nogui");
+        a3.push_back("-newaddress");
+        int r3 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a3);
+        nFail += Check(r3 == 0 &&
+                       FileExists((d3 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d3 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()),
+                       "a bdb marker forces Berkeley DB on a fresh datadir") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // 4. Explicit -walletbackend=bdb on a fresh datadir -> wallet.dat.
+        string d4 = tmp + "/explicit-bdb";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(d4), "explicit-bdb scenario dir can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<string> a4;
+        a4.push_back("-datadir=" + d4);
+        a4.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        a4.push_back("-nogui");
+        a4.push_back("-walletbackend=bdb");
+        a4.push_back("-newaddress");
+        int r4 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, a4);
+        nFail += Check(r4 == 0 &&
+                       FileExists((d4 + "/wallet.dat").c_str()) &&
+                       !FileExists((d4 + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()),
+                       "an explicit -walletbackend=bdb creates wallet.dat on a fresh datadir") ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    DBFlush(true);
+    SetCurrentDir(cwd);
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+// The wizard's conversion action, headless: build a Berkeley DB wallet, run
+// DoConvertWalletToSQLite() (what the GUI button calls), and prove it produced a
+// usable wallet.sqlite + backend marker while leaving wallet.dat untouched, then
+// that a flagless restart opens the converted SQLite wallet.
+static int RunWalletConvertSelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-convert self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp, cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd) || !SetCurrentDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not move into the temporary data directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    strSetDataDir = tmp;
+    printf("  temp datadir: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+    string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+
+    try
+    {
+        if (!LoadWallet())
+            throw std::runtime_error("LoadWallet failed");
+
+        string strError;
+        nFail += Check(SetHDSeedFromMnemonic(
+                           "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon "
+                           "abandon abandon abandon abandon about", strError),
+                       "a phrase can be installed before conversion") ? 0 : 1;
+        TopUpKeyPool();
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultPubKey = keyUser.GetPubKey();
+        CPrivKey vchDefaultPrivKey;
+        nFail += Check(GetWalletPrivKey(vchDefaultPubKey, vchDefaultPrivKey, strError),
+                       "the default private key is readable before conversion") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchDefaultPrivBytes(vchDefaultPrivKey.begin(),
+                                                  vchDefaultPrivKey.end());
+
+        // The conversion action the GUI button invokes.
+        int nCopied = 0;
+        string strConvertError;
+        bool fConverted = DoConvertWalletToSQLite(nCopied, strConvertError);
+        nFail += Check(fConverted && nCopied > 0,
+                       "DoConvertWalletToSQLite exports the wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileExists((tmp + "/wallet.sqlite").c_str()) &&
+                       FileContainsText(tmp + "/wallet-backend", "sqlite"),
+                       "conversion writes wallet.sqlite and records the sqlite marker") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(FileContainsBytes(tmp + "/wallet.dat", vchDefaultPrivBytes),
+                       "wallet.dat is left untouched by the conversion") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // Idempotence guard: a second conversion refuses rather than overwrite.
+        int nCopied2 = 0;
+        string strSecondError;
+        nFail += Check(!DoConvertWalletToSQLite(nCopied2, strSecondError),
+                       "a second conversion refuses to overwrite wallet.sqlite") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        DBFlush(true);
+
+        // A flagless restart now opens the converted SQLite wallet (the marker
+        // routes it) and finds the same recovery phrase.
+        string strAudit = tmp + "/converted-recovery-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vAuditArgs;
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + tmp);
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        int nAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vAuditArgs, NULL, &strAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strAudit, "recovery phrase: present"),
+                       "a flagless restart opens the converted SQLite wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    DBFlush(true);
+    SetCurrentDir(cwd);
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+static int RunWalletPortabilitySelfTest()
+{
+    fflush(stdout);
+    printf("wallet-portability self-test\n");
+
+    std::string tmp;
+    std::string cwd;
+    if (!MakeTempDir(tmp))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not create a temporary data directory\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!GetCurrentDir(cwd))
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL could not read current directory\n");
+        RemoveTree(tmp);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nFail = 0;
+    printf("  temp root: %s\n", tmp.c_str());
+
+    try
+    {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        string strExe = cwd + "\\bitflash.exe";
+#else
+        string strExe = cwd + "/bitflash-node";
+#endif
+        string strOriginal = tmp + "/original";
+        string strRawCopy = tmp + "/raw-copy";
+        string strBackupCopy = tmp + "/backup-copy";
+        nFail += Check(MakeDirLocal(strOriginal) &&
+                       MakeDirLocal(strRawCopy) &&
+                       MakeDirLocal(strBackupCopy),
+                       "temporary wallet directories can be created") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strCreateOut = tmp + "/create.txt";
+        vector<string> vCreateArgs;
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-walletbackend=bdb");   // this suite is about wallet.dat portability
+        vCreateArgs.push_back("-newphrase");
+        int nCreateRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vCreateArgs, NULL, &strCreateOut);
+        nFail += Check(nCreateRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strCreateOut, "Write these twelve words down"),
+                       "a phrase wallet can be created in a fresh datadir") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strOriginalAudit = tmp + "/original-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vOriginalAuditArgs;
+        vOriginalAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vOriginalAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vOriginalAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vOriginalAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        int nOriginalAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vOriginalAuditArgs, NULL, &strOriginalAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nOriginalAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalAudit, "recovery phrase: present") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalAudit, "SLIP-0044 BITFLASH"),
+                       "the original wallet reports its recovery phrase") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strOriginalStorageAudit = tmp + "/original-storage-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vOriginalStorageAuditArgs;
+        vOriginalStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vOriginalStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vOriginalStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vOriginalStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-walletstorageaudit");
+        int nOriginalStorageAuditRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vOriginalStorageAuditArgs, NULL, &strOriginalStorageAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nOriginalStorageAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAudit, "Wallet storage audit") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAudit, "plain HD seed:             complete") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAudit, "encrypted HD seed:         none") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAudit, "malformed records:         0"),
+                       "the storage audit recognizes a plaintext phrase wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strOriginalStorageCheck = tmp + "/original-storage-check.txt";
+        vector<string> vOriginalStorageCheckArgs;
+        vOriginalStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vOriginalStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vOriginalStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vOriginalStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-walletstoragecheck");
+        int nOriginalStorageCheckRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vOriginalStorageCheckArgs, NULL, &strOriginalStorageCheck);
+        nFail += Check(nOriginalStorageCheckRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageCheck, "storage sanity:            ok") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageCheck, "plain HD seed:             complete"),
+                       "the storage sanity check accepts a plaintext phrase wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strOriginalStorageAuditJson = tmp + "/original-storage-audit.json";
+        vector<string> vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs;
+        vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-walletstorageauditjson=" +
+                                                strOriginalStorageAuditJson);
+        int nOriginalStorageAuditJsonRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vOriginalStorageAuditJsonArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nOriginalStorageAuditJsonRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"format\": \"bitflash-wallet-storage-audit-v1\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"plain_hd_seed\": \"complete\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strOriginalStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"encrypted_hd_seed\": \"none\""),
+                       "the storage audit can write plaintext-wallet JSON") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strPortableWallet = tmp + "/portable-wallet.dat";
+        string strBackupOut = tmp + "/backupwallet.txt";
+        vector<string> vBackupArgs;
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vBackupArgs.push_back("-backupwallet=" + strPortableWallet);
+        int nBackupRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBackupArgs, NULL, &strBackupOut);
+        nFail += Check(nBackupRet == 0 && FileExists(strPortableWallet.c_str()),
+                       "/backupwallet writes a portable wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strBackupOut2 = tmp + "/backupwallet-overwrite.txt";
+        int nBackupRet2 = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBackupArgs, NULL, &strBackupOut2);
+        nFail += Check(nBackupRet2 == 0 && FileExists(strPortableWallet.c_str()) &&
+                       !DirectoryHasFileWithPrefix(tmp, "portable-wallet.dat.tmp.") &&
+                       !DirectoryHasFileWithPrefix(tmp, "portable-wallet.dat.old."),
+                       "/backupwallet replaces an existing backup without leaving temp files") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        nFail += Check(CopyFileLocal(strOriginal + "/wallet.dat",
+                                     strRawCopy + "/wallet.dat"),
+                       "a raw wallet.dat can be copied without database logs") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strRawAudit = tmp + "/raw-copy-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vRawAuditArgs;
+        vRawAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strRawCopy);
+        vRawAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vRawAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vRawAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        int nRawAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vRawAuditArgs, NULL, &strRawAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nRawAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strRawAudit, "recovery phrase: present") &&
+                       !FileContainsText(strRawAudit, "Cannot open wallet.dat"),
+                       "a raw wallet.dat copy opens in a new datadir") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        nFail += Check(CopyFileLocal(strPortableWallet,
+                                     strBackupCopy + "/wallet.dat"),
+                       "the portable backup can be installed as wallet.dat") ? 0 : 1;
+        string strBackupAudit = tmp + "/backup-copy-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vBackupAuditArgs;
+        vBackupAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strBackupCopy);
+        vBackupAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vBackupAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vBackupAuditArgs.push_back("-recoveryaudit");
+        int nBackupAuditRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vBackupAuditArgs, NULL, &strBackupAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nBackupAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strBackupAudit, "recovery phrase: present") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strBackupAudit, "SLIP-0044 BITFLASH"),
+                       "a /backupwallet copy opens in a new datadir") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strPassFile = tmp + "/encrypt-pass.txt";
+        string strEncryptOut = tmp + "/encryptwallet.txt";
+        nFail += Check(WriteTextFile(strPassFile, "portable-test-passphrase\n"),
+                       "an encryption passphrase file can be written") ? 0 : 1;
+        vector<string> vEncryptArgs;
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vEncryptArgs.push_back("-encryptwallet=@" + strPassFile);
+        int nEncryptRet = RunBitflashChild(strExe, vEncryptArgs, NULL, &strEncryptOut);
+        nFail += Check(nEncryptRet == 0 &&
+                       !DirectoryHasFileWithPrefix(strOriginal + "/database", "log."),
+                       "the encryptwallet command purges Berkeley DB environment logs") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strEncryptedStorageAudit = tmp + "/encrypted-storage-audit.txt";
+        vector<string> vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs;
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs.push_back("-walletstorageaudit");
+        int nEncryptedStorageAuditRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vEncryptedStorageAuditArgs, NULL, &strEncryptedStorageAudit);
+        nFail += Check(nEncryptedStorageAuditRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "plain private keys:        0") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "encrypted private keys:") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "plain HD seed:             none") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "encrypted HD seed:         complete") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "wallet minimum version:    present") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAudit, "malformed records:         0"),
+                       "the storage audit recognizes an encrypted wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strEncryptedStorageCheck = tmp + "/encrypted-storage-check.txt";
+        vector<string> vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs;
+        vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs.push_back("-walletstoragecheck");
+        int nEncryptedStorageCheckRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vEncryptedStorageCheckArgs, NULL, &strEncryptedStorageCheck);
+        nFail += Check(nEncryptedStorageCheckRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageCheck, "storage sanity:            ok") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageCheck, "plain private keys:        0") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageCheck, "encrypted HD seed:         complete"),
+                       "the storage sanity check accepts an encrypted wallet") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        string strEncryptedStorageAuditJson = tmp + "/encrypted-storage-audit.json";
+        vector<string> vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs;
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-datadir=" + strOriginal);
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-nomanagedtor");
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-nogui");
+        vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs.push_back("-walletstorageauditjson=" +
+                                                 strEncryptedStorageAuditJson);
+        int nEncryptedStorageAuditJsonRet =
+            RunBitflashChild(strExe, vEncryptedStorageAuditJsonArgs);
+        nFail += Check(nEncryptedStorageAuditJsonRet == 0 &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"plain_private_keys\": 0") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"plain_hd_seed\": \"none\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"encrypted_hd_seed\": \"complete\"") &&
+                       FileContainsText(strEncryptedStorageAuditJson,
+                                        "\"wallet_minimum_version\": \"present\""),
+                       "the storage audit can write encrypted-wallet JSON") ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL exception: %s\n", e.what());
+        nFail++;
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+        printf("  FAIL unknown exception\n");
+        nFail++;
+    }
+
+    RemoveTree(tmp);
+    printf("%s (%d failure%s)\n", nFail == 0 ? "ALL TESTS PASSED" : "TESTS FAILED",
+           nFail, nFail == 1 ? "" : "s");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return nFail == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
 static int RunNetMessageSelfTest()
 {
     fflush(stdout);
@@ -1235,6 +3135,74 @@ static CBlock MakeSizedConsensusBlock(size_t nScriptBytes)
     return block;
 }
 
+// A distinct transaction of a chosen weight and verification cost. nUnique
+// only keeps the txids apart, so a mempool built from these is not a pile of
+// duplicates a block could never carry anyway.
+static CTransaction MakeSizedTx(size_t nPadBytes, unsigned int nSigOps, int nUnique)
+{
+    CTransaction tx;
+    tx.vin.push_back(CTxIn(COutPoint(), CScript() << (int64)nUnique << 1));
+    tx.vout.push_back(CTxOut(0, CScript()));
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nSigOps; i++)
+        tx.vout[0].scriptPubKey << OP_CHECKSIG;
+    tx.vout[0].scriptPubKey.insert(tx.vout[0].scriptPubKey.end(), nPadBytes, 0);
+    return tx;
+}
+
+static CBlock MakeCoinbaseOnlyTemplate()
+{
+    CTransaction txNew;
+    txNew.vin.resize(1);
+    txNew.vin[0].prevout.SetNull();
+    txNew.vin[0].scriptSig << 1 << 1 << 1;
+    txNew.vout.resize(1);
+    txNew.vout[0].scriptPubKey << OP_CHECKSIG;
+
+    CBlock block;
+    block.vtx.push_back(txNew);
+    block.nVersion = 1;
+    block.nTime = GetAdjustedTime();
+    block.nBits = bnProofOfWorkLimit.GetCompact();
+    block.nNonce = 0;
+    return block;
+}
+
+// The sum CheckBlock() takes, spelled the same way.
+static unsigned int BlockSigOpCount(const CBlock& block)
+{
+    unsigned int n = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < (int)block.vtx.size(); i++)
+        n += block.vtx[i].GetSigOpCount();
+    return n;
+}
+
+// Drive the selection rule the way both assemblers drive it: ask
+// BlockTemplateFits before appending, skip what does not fit, never stop early
+// on one that does not.
+//
+// This mirrors the loops in BitcoinMiner() and RebuildJob() rather than calling
+// them -- one needs a CTxDB, a wallet key and cs_main, the other is static in
+// rpc.cpp, so neither is reachable from here. What that leaves proven is the
+// rule the two of them share and the property it is meant to guarantee, which
+// is where the defect actually lived: the budget was right and the enforcement
+// was not.
+static void SelectIntoTemplate(CBlock& block, const vector<CTransaction>& vMempool)
+{
+    unsigned int nBlockSize   = ::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_DISK);
+    unsigned int nBlockSigOps = block.vtx[0].GetSigOpCount();
+    for (int i = 0; i < (int)vMempool.size(); i++)
+    {
+        const CTransaction& tx = vMempool[i];
+        unsigned int nTxSize   = ::GetSerializeSize(tx, SER_NETWORK);
+        unsigned int nTxSigOps = tx.GetSigOpCount();
+        if (!BlockTemplateFits(nBlockSize, nBlockSigOps, nTxSize, nTxSigOps))
+            continue;
+        block.vtx.push_back(tx);
+        nBlockSize   += nTxSize;
+        nBlockSigOps += nTxSigOps;
+    }
+}
+
 static int RunConsensusLimitsSelfTest()
 {
     fflush(stdout);
@@ -1258,6 +3226,95 @@ static int RunConsensusLimitsSelfTest()
                        "the test block sits between 1 MB and the old 32 MB cap") ? 0 : 1;
         nFail += Check(!oversized.CheckSizeLimits(),
                        "a block above 1 MB is outside the consensus size limit") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The other half of the cap. Everything above asks what validation
+        // refuses; nothing asked what assembly produces, which is why a miner
+        // that could overshoot the cap by an entire mempool went unnoticed.
+        nFail += Check(MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE,
+                       "the assembly budget stays under the consensus cap") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // The rule itself, at its edges. The sigop comparison has to match
+        // CheckBlock(), which fails on `> MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS` and so accepts a
+        // block sitting exactly on the limit.
+        nFail += Check(BlockTemplateFits(MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN - 100, 0, 100, 0),
+                       "a transaction that exactly fills the size budget fits") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(!BlockTemplateFits(MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN - 100, 0, 101, 0),
+                       "one byte past the size budget does not fit") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(BlockTemplateFits(0, 0, 0, MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS),
+                       "sigops exactly on the limit fit, as CheckBlock() allows") ? 0 : 1;
+        nFail += Check(!BlockTemplateFits(0, 0, 0, MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS + 1),
+                       "one sigop past the limit does not fit") ? 0 : 1;
+
+        // A mempool several times the consensus cap, in ordinary-sized
+        // transactions. The old miner tested its budget only on the outer
+        // loop, so a single pass appended all of this.
+        {
+            CBlock block = MakeCoinbaseOnlyTemplate();
+            vector<CTransaction> vMempool;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 300; i++)
+                vMempool.push_back(MakeSizedTx(10000, 1, i));
+            SelectIntoTemplate(block, vMempool);
+            block.hashMerkleRoot = block.BuildMerkleTree();
+
+            nFail += Check(block.vtx.size() > 1,
+                           "a full mempool still fills a template") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_DISK) <= MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN,
+                           "a template built from a 3 MB mempool respects the budget") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(block.CheckSizeLimits(),
+                           "that template is one CheckBlock() would accept on size") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+
+        // One transaction too big for the budget. Nothing on the path into the
+        // mempool caps transaction size, so this is a transaction a peer can
+        // simply send. It must be skipped and the rest still taken -- skipped,
+        // not stopped on.
+        {
+            CBlock block = MakeCoinbaseOnlyTemplate();
+            vector<CTransaction> vMempool;
+            vMempool.push_back(MakeSizedTx(1500000, 1, 9999));
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+                vMempool.push_back(MakeSizedTx(1000, 1, i));
+
+            unsigned int nHugeSize = ::GetSerializeSize(vMempool[0], SER_NETWORK);
+            nFail += Check(nHugeSize > MAX_BLOCK_SIZE && nHugeSize <= MAX_SIZE,
+                           "the outsized transaction is one the mempool would hold") ? 0 : 1;
+
+            SelectIntoTemplate(block, vMempool);
+            block.hashMerkleRoot = block.BuildMerkleTree();
+
+            bool fTookHuge = false;
+            for (int i = 0; i < (int)block.vtx.size(); i++)
+                if (block.vtx[i].GetHash() == vMempool[0].GetHash())
+                    fTookHuge = true;
+
+            nFail += Check(!fTookHuge,
+                           "a transaction larger than the budget is left out") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(block.vtx.size() == 11,
+                           "the ten that do fit are taken anyway") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(block.CheckSizeLimits(),
+                           "one outsized transaction cannot invalidate a template") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+
+        // Transactions that are cheap in bytes and expensive to verify. Size
+        // alone does not bound what a block costs, and CheckBlock() refuses on
+        // the count regardless of how small the block is.
+        {
+            CBlock block = MakeCoinbaseOnlyTemplate();
+            vector<CTransaction> vMempool;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+                vMempool.push_back(MakeSizedTx(0, 1000, i));
+            SelectIntoTemplate(block, vMempool);
+            block.hashMerkleRoot = block.BuildMerkleTree();
+
+            nFail += Check(block.vtx.size() > 1,
+                           "sigop-heavy transactions are still selected") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(BlockSigOpCount(block) <= MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS,
+                           "selection stops at the sigop cap CheckBlock() enforces") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(::GetSerializeSize(block, SER_DISK) < MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_GEN,
+                           "and stops on sigops while still well inside the size budget") ? 0 : 1;
+            nFail += Check(block.CheckSizeLimits(),
+                           "the sigop-bounded template is within the size limit too") ? 0 : 1;
+        }
     }
     catch (const std::exception& e)
     {
@@ -1637,10 +3694,26 @@ int RunSelfTest(const std::string& name)
         return RunWalletHDSelfTest();
     if (name == "wallet-format")
         return RunWalletFormatSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-storage-sanity")
+        return RunWalletStorageSanitySelfTest();
+    if (name == "db-env-reopen")
+        return RunDbEnvReopenSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-sqlite")
+        return RunWalletSQLiteSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-sqlite-migration")
+        return RunWalletSQLiteMigrationSelfTest();
     if (name == "wallet-crypto")
         return RunWalletCryptoSelfTest();
     if (name == "wallet-encrypt")
         return RunWalletEncryptSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-sqlite-encrypt")
+        return RunWalletSQLiteEncryptSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-backend-default")
+        return RunWalletBackendDefaultSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-convert")
+        return RunWalletConvertSelfTest();
+    if (name == "wallet-portability")
+        return RunWalletPortabilitySelfTest();
     if (name == "net-message")
         return RunNetMessageSelfTest();
     if (name == "consensus-limits")
@@ -1657,6 +3730,6 @@ int RunSelfTest(const std::string& name)
         return RunManagedTorSelfTest();
 
     printf("Unknown self-test '%s'\n", name.c_str());
-    printf("Known self-tests: wallet-keypool, wallet-hd, wallet-format, wallet-crypto, wallet-encrypt, net-message, consensus-limits, pool-stratum, payout-ledger, parse-money, socks5-proxy, managed-tor\n");
+    printf("Known self-tests: wallet-keypool, wallet-hd, wallet-format, wallet-storage-sanity, db-env-reopen, wallet-sqlite, wallet-sqlite-migration, wallet-crypto, wallet-encrypt, wallet-sqlite-encrypt, wallet-backend-default, wallet-convert, wallet-portability, net-message, consensus-limits, pool-stratum, payout-ledger, parse-money, socks5-proxy, managed-tor\n");
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/selftest.h b/src/selftest.h
index d3699c6..0ffe232 100644
--- a/src/selftest.h
+++ b/src/selftest.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 int RunSelfTest(const std::string& name);
+int RunSelfTestMutateWallet(const std::string& name);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 0cd0133..ab29178 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 
 
 bool fDebug = false;
+bool fDebugRelay = false;
+
+// In-process cap for debug.log, in bytes. Default matches the 1G trigger of
+// the shipped logrotate policy so a long-running node stays bounded even
+// without it; -maxdebugfilesize=N (MB) tunes it, 0 disables.
+int64 nMaxDebugFileSize = 1024 * 1024 * (int64)1024;
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Categorized, burst-collapsing logging -- see the LogPrint doc comment in
@@ -26,10 +32,22 @@ static bool LogCategoryDefaultOn(const char* category)
            strcmp(category, "payout") == 0;
 }
 
+// Categories so noisy they drown out everything else even under -debug:
+// per-message send traces, wallet relay rebroadcasts, raw CBlock dumps and
+// per-address discovery lines made up ~90% of a 13-hour production capture
+// (issue #35). They need /debugrelay, not merely /debug.
+static bool LogCategoryVerboseOnly(const char* category)
+{
+    return strcmp(category, "relay")          == 0 ||
+           strcmp(category, "nostrdiscovery") == 0;
+}
+
 bool LogAcceptsCategory(const char* category)
 {
     if (LogCategoryDefaultOn(category))
         return true;
+    if (LogCategoryVerboseOnly(category))
+        return fDebugRelay;
     return fDebug;
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +65,61 @@ struct LogDedupState {
 static std::map<std::string, LogDedupState> g_logDedup;
 static CCriticalSection cs_logDedup;
 
+// A pending "(N similar)" summary, lifted out of the table while the lock is
+// held and written after it is released.
+struct LogDedupFlush {
+    std::string category;
+    int         suppressed;
+    int64       elapsed;      // how long the window that counted them ran
+    std::string lastMsg;
+};
+
+static int64 g_logDedupLastSweep = 0;
+
+static void EmitDedupSummary(const LogDedupFlush& f)
+{
+    OutputDebugStringF("[%s] (%d similar in %llds, last: %s)\n",
+                       f.category.c_str(), f.suppressed,
+                       (long long)f.elapsed, f.lastMsg.c_str());
+}
+
+// A window is otherwise only closed out when its own call site fires again, so
+// a burst that simply stops -- 100 ledger entries voided in one pass and then
+// silence -- leaves its count sitting in the table and the summary is never
+// written at all. That is how 99 of 100 voids went unreported, with no "(N
+// similar)" line to say anything was missing (issue #3). Sweep every expired
+// window instead, so a finished burst is summarised as soon as anything at all
+// is logged.
+//
+// Expired entries are erased rather than reopened: the window is over, so there
+// is no state left worth keeping, and the next call from that site then takes
+// the "first time" path and prints directly -- exactly what the rollover branch
+// below would have done. It also stops the table growing without bound.
+//
+// Caller holds cs_logDedup; the summaries are written after it is released.
+static void SweepExpiredWindowsLocked(int64 now, std::vector<LogDedupFlush>& out)
+{
+    for (std::map<std::string, LogDedupState>::iterator it = g_logDedup.begin();
+         it != g_logDedup.end(); )
+    {
+        if (now - it->second.windowStart < DEDUP_WINDOW_SECS)
+        {
+            ++it;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (it->second.suppressed > 0)
+        {
+            LogDedupFlush f;
+            f.category   = it->first.substr(0, it->first.find('|'));
+            f.suppressed = it->second.suppressed;
+            f.elapsed    = now - it->second.windowStart;
+            f.lastMsg    = it->second.lastMsg;
+            out.push_back(f);
+        }
+        g_logDedup.erase(it++);
+    }
+}
+
 void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::string& msgIn)
 {
     // Call sites follow the existing printf() convention of ending their
@@ -61,11 +134,19 @@ void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::
 
     int64 now = GetTime();
     bool  fEmitNow = false;
-    int   suppressedToFlush = 0;
-    std::string flushedMsg;
+    std::vector<LogDedupFlush> flushes;
 
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_logDedup)
     {
+        // At most once a second. The table holds one entry per call site that
+        // has fired in the last few seconds, so the walk is short, but it must
+        // not run once per line of a burst.
+        if (now != g_logDedupLastSweep)
+        {
+            g_logDedupLastSweep = now;
+            SweepExpiredWindowsLocked(now, flushes);
+        }
+
         std::map<std::string, LogDedupState>::iterator it = g_logDedup.find(key);
         if (it == g_logDedup.end())
         {
@@ -76,10 +157,18 @@ void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::
         }
         else if (now - it->second.windowStart >= DEDUP_WINDOW_SECS)
         {
-            // Window rolled over: flush what was suppressed during it (if
-            // anything), then start a new window with this call printed.
-            suppressedToFlush = it->second.suppressed;
-            flushedMsg = it->second.lastMsg;
+            // Window rolled over within the same second as the last sweep:
+            // flush what was suppressed during it (if anything), then start a
+            // new window with this call printed.
+            if (it->second.suppressed > 0)
+            {
+                LogDedupFlush f;
+                f.category   = category;
+                f.suppressed = it->second.suppressed;
+                f.elapsed    = now - it->second.windowStart;
+                f.lastMsg    = it->second.lastMsg;
+                flushes.push_back(f);
+            }
             it->second.windowStart = now;
             it->second.suppressed  = 0;
             it->second.lastMsg     = msg;
@@ -94,13 +183,23 @@ void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::
         }
     }
 
-    if (suppressedToFlush > 0)
-        OutputDebugStringF("[%s] (%d similar in %llds, last: %s)\n",
-                            category, suppressedToFlush, (long long)DEDUP_WINDOW_SECS, flushedMsg.c_str());
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < flushes.size(); i++)
+        EmitDedupSummary(flushes[i]);
     if (fEmitNow)
         OutputDebugStringF("[%s] %s\n", category, msg.c_str());
 }
 
+// LogPrintAlways() -- see the doc comment in util.h. No window, no counting,
+// no table entry: every call writes its own line.
+void LogPrintNoCollapse(const char* category, const std::string& msgIn)
+{
+    std::string msg = msgIn;
+    while (!msg.empty() && (msg.back() == '\n' || msg.back() == '\r'))
+        msg.pop_back();
+
+    OutputDebugStringF("[%s] %s\n", category, msg.c_str());
+}
+
 
 
 
@@ -397,13 +496,37 @@ bool FileExists(const char* psz)
 #endif
 }
 
-int GetFilesize(FILE* file)
+#ifndef _WIN32
+// If off_t is 32 bits wide, ftello() truncates exactly like the int this
+// function used to return. Fail the build rather than ship the silent
+// version of the bug (32-bit hosts need -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64).
+static_assert(sizeof(off_t) >= 8, "GetFilesize needs a 64-bit off_t");
+#endif
+
+// Returns the file's size in bytes, or -1 if it cannot be determined.
+//
+// This used to hold ftell()'s long in an int, so a file of 2 GiB or more came
+// back negative. Its only caller is the debug.log roll in util.h, which skips
+// the roll on a negative size -- i.e. rotation switched itself off for good at
+// exactly the size the roll exists to prevent, and any cap of 2048 MB or more
+// could never be exceeded at all. Both failures were silent.
+int64 GetFilesize(FILE* file)
 {
-    int nSavePos = ftell(file);
-    int nFilesize = -1;
-    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) == 0)
-        nFilesize = ftell(file);
-    fseek(file, nSavePos, SEEK_SET);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    __int64 nSavePos = _ftelli64(file);
+    int64 nFilesize = -1;
+    if (nSavePos >= 0 && _fseeki64(file, 0, SEEK_END) == 0)
+        nFilesize = _ftelli64(file);
+    if (nSavePos >= 0)
+        _fseeki64(file, nSavePos, SEEK_SET);
+#else
+    off_t nSavePos = ftello(file);
+    int64 nFilesize = -1;
+    if (nSavePos >= 0 && fseeko(file, 0, SEEK_END) == 0)
+        nFilesize = ftello(file);
+    if (nSavePos >= 0)
+        fseeko(file, nSavePos, SEEK_SET);
+#endif
     return nFilesize;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d72518b..dfe7511 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ inline T& REF(const T& val)
 
 extern bool fDebug;
 
+// /debugrelay: the per-message firehose ("relay" and "nostrdiscovery"
+// categories) that even -debug keeps off. See LogAcceptsCategory().
+extern bool fDebugRelay;
+
+// debug.log is rolled to debug.log.old once it grows past this many bytes
+// (set from -maxdebugfilesize, in MB; 0 disables the check). See the roll
+// site in OutputDebugStringF() below.
+extern int64 nMaxDebugFileSize;
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Categorized, burst-collapsing logging
 //
@@ -106,15 +115,29 @@ extern bool fDebug;
 //   2. Burst collapse: repeated LogPrint() calls from the *same source line*
 //      only emit one line per DEDUP_WINDOW_SECS; if more calls land inside
 //      that window they're counted instead of reprinted, and the count is
-//      flushed as a single "(xN similar in Ws)" line the moment the window
-//      rolls over. A loop discovering 500 peers by address now produces a
-//      small, bounded number of lines instead of 500 -- log growth is capped
-//      by elapsed time, not by how many similar events happen to fire.
+//      flushed as a single "(xN similar in Ws)" line once the window expires
+//      -- whether or not that call site ever fires again. A loop discovering
+//      500 peers by address now produces a small, bounded number of lines
+//      instead of 500 -- log growth is capped by elapsed time, not by how
+//      many similar events happen to fire.
+//
+// Use LogPrintAlways() instead for anything that reports an irreversible
+// change to money: an obligation voided, a payment sent, a payment that
+// failed. One line standing in for an unknown number of identical events is
+// a tidy report of peer chatter and a false report of a ledger. A reorg
+// voiding 100 entries hits one source line 100 times inside one window;
+// under LogPrint() that read as a single block losing a single 49.49 BTF
+// payment, while 4,950 BTF of obligations were actually destroyed, and the
+// discrepancy was only found by counting entries in pending_payouts.json
+// (issue #3). Bounded log growth is not worth that ambiguity here.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool LogAcceptsCategory(const char* category);
 void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::string& msg);
+void LogPrintNoCollapse(const char* category, const std::string& msg);
 #define LogPrint(category, ...) \
     do { if (LogAcceptsCategory(category)) LogPrintDedup((category), __FILE__, __LINE__, strprintf(__VA_ARGS__)); } while (0)
+#define LogPrintAlways(category, ...) \
+    do { if (LogAcceptsCategory(category)) LogPrintNoCollapse((category), strprintf(__VA_ARGS__)); } while (0)
 
 // Every format string in this project goes through one of the four functions
 // below -- `printf` itself is remapped to OutputDebugStringF just above, and
@@ -145,7 +168,7 @@ void ParseString(const string& str, char c, vector<string>& v);
 string FormatMoney(int64 n, bool fPlus=false);
 bool ParseMoney(const char* pszIn, int64& nRet);
 bool FileExists(const char* psz);
-int GetFilesize(FILE* file);
+int64 GetFilesize(FILE* file);
 uint64 GetRand(uint64 nMax);
 int64 GetTime();
 int64 GetAdjustedTime();
@@ -199,7 +222,7 @@ protected:
 public:
     char* pszFile;
     int nLine;
-    explicit CCriticalSection() { InitializeCriticalSection(&cs); }
+    explicit CCriticalSection() : pszFile(NULL), nLine(0) { InitializeCriticalSection(&cs); }
     ~CCriticalSection() { DeleteCriticalSection(&cs); }
     void Enter() { EnterCriticalSection(&cs); }
     void Leave() { LeaveCriticalSection(&cs); }
@@ -390,7 +413,65 @@ inline int OutputDebugStringF(const char* pszFormat, ...)
             else
                 strDebugFile = "debug.log";
         }
+        // Latched by a failed rename in the roll below, which cannot be
+        // retried usefully and must not be retried endlessly.
+        static bool fRollDisabled = false;
         FILE* fileout = fopen(strDebugFile.c_str(), "a");
+        if (fileout && nMaxDebugFileSize > 0 && !fRollDisabled)
+        {
+            // Roll an overgrown debug.log before adding to it. Nothing in the
+            // tree shrinks this file once the process is running (there is no
+            // ShrinkDebugFile, and even Bitcoin's only ran at startup), so a
+            // node that stays up for months grows the log without bound --
+            // production hit ~2 GiB. The file is opened and closed per line,
+            // so a rename is safe here: the next line simply reopens the
+            // path. One generation is kept as debug.log.old; logrotate
+            // (contrib/logrotate/) handles anything longer-term.
+            int64 nSize = GetFilesize(fileout);
+            if (nSize >= 0 && nSize > nMaxDebugFileSize)
+            {
+                fclose(fileout);
+                string strOldFile = strDebugFile + ".old";
+                remove(strOldFile.c_str()); // rename() won't clobber on Windows
+                bool fRolled = (rename(strDebugFile.c_str(), strOldFile.c_str()) == 0);
+                int nRenameErrno = errno; // before fopen() can overwrite it
+                fileout = fopen(strDebugFile.c_str(), "a");
+                if (fRolled)
+                {
+                    if (fileout)
+                        fprintf(fileout,
+                            "debug.log grew past %lld MB; previous contents moved to debug.log.old (-maxdebugfilesize)\n",
+                            (long long)(nMaxDebugFileSize / 1024 / 1024));
+                }
+                else if (nRenameErrno == ENOENT)
+                {
+                    // The file went away between the size check and the
+                    // rename, so an external rotator (logrotate) got there
+                    // first. Nothing left to roll and nothing wrong: the
+                    // fopen above has already recreated it. Latching on this
+                    // would let a benign race with logrotate switch the cap
+                    // off for the rest of the run.
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // The file is still over the cap, so this branch would be
+                    // reached again on the next line and every line after it.
+                    // Unlatched, the complaint about failing to roll becomes
+                    // the runaway growth the roll exists to prevent. Say it
+                    // once and stop trying -- on stderr too, because whatever
+                    // blocked the rename (read-only mount, permissions, EXDEV
+                    // across a bind mount) may equally block the log write.
+                    fRollDisabled = true;
+                    fprintf(stderr,
+                        "cannot roll %s (rename to .old failed: %s); -maxdebugfilesize disabled for this run\n",
+                        strDebugFile.c_str(), strerror(nRenameErrno));
+                    if (fileout)
+                        fprintf(fileout,
+                            "cannot roll debug.log (rename to .old failed: %s); -maxdebugfilesize disabled for this run\n",
+                            strerror(nRenameErrno));
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (fileout)
         {
             va_list arg_ptr;
diff --git a/src/wallet_sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet_sqlite.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4b4b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet_sqlite.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Bitflash developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license.
+
+#include "headers.h"
+#include "wallet_sqlite.h"
+
+static void SetSQLiteError(sqlite3* pdb, const string& strContext,
+                           string& strError)
+{
+    if (pdb)
+        strError = strContext + ": " + sqlite3_errmsg(pdb);
+    else
+        strError = strContext;
+}
+
+CWalletDBSQLite::CWalletDBSQLite() : pdb(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+CWalletDBSQLite::~CWalletDBSQLite()
+{
+    Close();
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::Open(const string& strPath, string& strError)
+{
+    Close();
+
+    int ret = sqlite3_open_v2(strPath.c_str(), &pdb,
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE |
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE |
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX,
+                              NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot open SQLite wallet", strError);
+        Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_busy_timeout(pdb, 5000);
+
+    if (!Exec("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL;", strError))
+    {
+        Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!Exec("PRAGMA synchronous=FULL;", strError))
+    {
+        Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!InitSchema(strError))
+    {
+        Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::OpenReadOnly(const string& strPath, string& strError)
+{
+    Close();
+
+    int ret = sqlite3_open_v2(strPath.c_str(), &pdb,
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY |
+                              SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX,
+                              NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot open SQLite wallet read-only", strError);
+        Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_busy_timeout(pdb, 5000);
+    return true;
+}
+
+void CWalletDBSQLite::Close()
+{
+    if (pdb)
+    {
+        sqlite3_close(pdb);
+        pdb = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::BeginTransaction(string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return Exec("BEGIN IMMEDIATE;", strError);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::CommitTransaction(string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return Exec("COMMIT;", strError);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::RollbackTransaction(string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return Exec("ROLLBACK;", strError);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::Checkpoint(string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return Exec("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);", strError);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::Exec(const char* pszSql, string& strError)
+{
+    char* pszErr = NULL;
+    int ret = sqlite3_exec(pdb, pszSql, NULL, NULL, &pszErr);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        if (pszErr)
+        {
+            strError = pszErr;
+            sqlite3_free(pszErr);
+        }
+        else
+            SetSQLiteError(pdb, "SQLite exec failed", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::InitSchema(string& strError)
+{
+    return Exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS wallet_records ("
+                "key BLOB PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,"
+                "value BLOB NOT NULL"
+                ");",
+                strError) &&
+           Exec("PRAGMA user_version=1;", strError);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::WriteRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                  const vector<unsigned char>& vchValue,
+                                  string& strError,
+                                  bool fOverwrite)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (vchKey.empty())
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet record key is empty";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt = NULL;
+    const char* pszSql = fOverwrite
+        ? "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO wallet_records(key, value) VALUES(?, ?);"
+        : "INSERT INTO wallet_records(key, value) VALUES(?, ?);";
+    int ret = sqlite3_prepare_v2(pdb, pszSql, -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot prepare SQLite wallet write", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = sqlite3_bind_blob(stmt, 1, &vchKey[0], (int)vchKey.size(),
+                            SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+    if (ret == SQLITE_OK)
+        ret = sqlite3_bind_blob(stmt, 2,
+                                vchValue.empty() ? NULL : &vchValue[0],
+                                (int)vchValue.size(),
+                                SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+    if (ret == SQLITE_OK)
+        ret = sqlite3_step(stmt);
+
+    bool fOk = (ret == SQLITE_DONE);
+    if (!fOk)
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot write SQLite wallet record", strError);
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+    return fOk;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::ReadRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                 vector<unsigned char>& vchValueRet,
+                                 string& strError)
+{
+    vchValueRet.clear();
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (vchKey.empty())
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet record key is empty";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt = NULL;
+    const char* pszSql = "SELECT value FROM wallet_records WHERE key = ?;";
+    int ret = sqlite3_prepare_v2(pdb, pszSql, -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot prepare SQLite wallet read", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = sqlite3_bind_blob(stmt, 1, &vchKey[0], (int)vchKey.size(),
+                            SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot bind SQLite wallet key", strError);
+        sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = sqlite3_step(stmt);
+    if (ret == SQLITE_ROW)
+    {
+        const unsigned char* pch =
+            (const unsigned char*)sqlite3_column_blob(stmt, 0);
+        int nBytes = sqlite3_column_bytes(stmt, 0);
+        if (nBytes > 0 && pch)
+            vchValueRet.assign(pch, pch + nBytes);
+        sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (ret == SQLITE_DONE)
+        strError = "SQLite wallet record not found";
+    else
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot read SQLite wallet record", strError);
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::EraseRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                                  string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (vchKey.empty())
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet record key is empty";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt = NULL;
+    const char* pszSql = "DELETE FROM wallet_records WHERE key = ?;";
+    int ret = sqlite3_prepare_v2(pdb, pszSql, -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot prepare SQLite wallet erase", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = sqlite3_bind_blob(stmt, 1, &vchKey[0], (int)vchKey.size(),
+                            SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+    if (ret == SQLITE_OK)
+        ret = sqlite3_step(stmt);
+
+    bool fOk = (ret == SQLITE_DONE);
+    if (!fOk)
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot erase SQLite wallet record", strError);
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+    return fOk;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::ScanRecords(CWalletRecordVisitor& visitor,
+                                  string& strError)
+{
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt = NULL;
+    const char* pszSql = "SELECT key, value FROM wallet_records ORDER BY rowid;";
+    int ret = sqlite3_prepare_v2(pdb, pszSql, -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot prepare SQLite wallet scan", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    while ((ret = sqlite3_step(stmt)) == SQLITE_ROW)
+    {
+        const unsigned char* pchKey =
+            (const unsigned char*)sqlite3_column_blob(stmt, 0);
+        int nKeyBytes = sqlite3_column_bytes(stmt, 0);
+        const unsigned char* pchValue =
+            (const unsigned char*)sqlite3_column_blob(stmt, 1);
+        int nValueBytes = sqlite3_column_bytes(stmt, 1);
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue;
+        if (nKeyBytes > 0 && pchKey)
+            vchKey.assign(pchKey, pchKey + nKeyBytes);
+        if (nValueBytes > 0 && pchValue)
+            vchValue.assign(pchValue, pchValue + nValueBytes);
+
+        CDataStream ssKey(vchKey, SER_DISK);
+        CDataStream ssValue(vchValue, SER_DISK);
+        if (!visitor.VisitWalletRecord(ssKey, ssValue, strError))
+        {
+            sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ret != SQLITE_DONE)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot scan SQLite wallet records", strError);
+        sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CWalletDBSQLite::CountRecords(int& nRecordsRet, string& strError)
+{
+    nRecordsRet = 0;
+    if (!pdb)
+    {
+        strError = "SQLite wallet is not open";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_stmt* stmt = NULL;
+    int ret = sqlite3_prepare_v2(pdb,
+                                 "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM wallet_records;",
+                                 -1, &stmt, NULL);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot prepare SQLite wallet count", strError);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = sqlite3_step(stmt);
+    if (ret != SQLITE_ROW)
+    {
+        SetSQLiteError(pdb, "cannot count SQLite wallet records", strError);
+        sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    nRecordsRet = sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 0);
+    sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/wallet_sqlite.h b/src/wallet_sqlite.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d27e13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet_sqlite.h
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Bitflash developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license.
+
+#ifndef BITFLASH_WALLET_SQLITE_H
+#define BITFLASH_WALLET_SQLITE_H
+
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
+class CWalletRecordVisitor;
+
+class CWalletDBSQLite
+{
+public:
+    CWalletDBSQLite();
+    ~CWalletDBSQLite();
+
+    bool Open(const string& strPath, string& strError);
+    bool OpenReadOnly(const string& strPath, string& strError);
+    void Close();
+
+    bool BeginTransaction(string& strError);
+    bool CommitTransaction(string& strError);
+    bool RollbackTransaction(string& strError);
+    bool Checkpoint(string& strError);
+
+    bool WriteRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                     const vector<unsigned char>& vchValue,
+                     string& strError,
+                     bool fOverwrite=true);
+    bool ReadRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                    vector<unsigned char>& vchValueRet,
+                    string& strError);
+    bool EraseRecord(const vector<unsigned char>& vchKey,
+                     string& strError);
+    bool ScanRecords(CWalletRecordVisitor& visitor, string& strError);
+    bool CountRecords(int& nRecordsRet, string& strError);
+
+    template<typename K, typename T>
+    bool WriteTypedRecord(const K& key, const T& value, string& strError,
+                          bool fOverwrite=true)
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+
+        CDataStream ssValue(SER_DISK);
+        ssValue.reserve(10000);
+        ssValue << value;
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue(ssValue.begin(), ssValue.end());
+        bool fOk = WriteRecord(vchKey, vchValue, strError, fOverwrite);
+
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!vchValue.empty())
+            memset(&vchValue[0], 0, vchValue.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        if (!ssValue.empty())
+            memset(&ssValue[0], 0, ssValue.size());
+        return fOk;
+    }
+
+    template<typename K, typename T>
+    bool ReadTypedRecord(const K& key, T& valueRet, string& strError)
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+
+        vector<unsigned char> vchValue;
+        bool fOk = ReadRecord(vchKey, vchValue, strError);
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        if (!fOk)
+            return false;
+
+        CDataStream ssValue(vchValue, SER_DISK);
+        ssValue >> valueRet;
+        bool fReadOk = !ssValue.fail();
+        if (!vchValue.empty())
+            memset(&vchValue[0], 0, vchValue.size());
+        if (!ssValue.empty())
+            memset(&ssValue[0], 0, ssValue.size());
+        if (!fReadOk)
+            strError = "SQLite wallet record could not be deserialized";
+        return fReadOk;
+    }
+
+    template<typename K>
+    bool EraseTypedRecord(const K& key, string& strError)
+    {
+        CDataStream ssKey(SER_DISK);
+        ssKey.reserve(1000);
+        ssKey << key;
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey(ssKey.begin(), ssKey.end());
+
+        bool fOk = EraseRecord(vchKey, strError);
+        if (!vchKey.empty())
+            memset(&vchKey[0], 0, vchKey.size());
+        if (!ssKey.empty())
+            memset(&ssKey[0], 0, ssKey.size());
+        return fOk;
+    }
+
+private:
+    sqlite3* pdb;
+
+    bool Exec(const char* pszSql, string& strError);
+    bool InitSchema(string& strError);
+
+    CWalletDBSQLite(const CWalletDBSQLite&);
+    void operator=(const CWalletDBSQLite&);
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/walletcmd.cpp b/src/walletcmd.cpp
index e8ac4bf..f59fc0c 100644
--- a/src/walletcmd.cpp
+++ b/src/walletcmd.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "headers_core.h"
 #include "bip32.h"
 #include "walletcmd.h"
+#include "wallet_sqlite.h"
 
 #undef printf
 
@@ -400,7 +401,12 @@ int CmdRecoveryAudit()
     int64 nImmatureTotal = audit.nRecoverableImmatureCredit + audit.nLegacyImmatureCredit;
 
     printf("Wallet recovery audit\n");
-    printf("  recovery phrase: %s\n", audit.fHaveSeed ? "present" : "not installed");
+    if (audit.fHaveSeed)
+        printf("  recovery phrase: present\n");
+    else if (audit.fSeedEncryptedLocked)
+        printf("  recovery phrase: encrypted, unlock wallet to audit\n");
+    else
+        printf("  recovery phrase: not installed\n");
     if (audit.fHaveSeed)
     {
         printf("  derivation schema: %s\n", HDKeySchemaName(audit.nSchema).c_str());
@@ -412,15 +418,24 @@ int CmdRecoveryAudit()
     if (!audit.fDeriveComplete)
         printf("  derivation warning: %s\n", audit.strDeriveError.c_str());
     printf("  total spendable balance:      %s BTF\n", FormatMoney(nTotal).c_str());
+    if (audit.fSeedEncryptedLocked)
+    {
+        printf("  recovery coverage:            unavailable while wallet is locked\n");
+        printf("  immature mining rewards:      %s BTF\n", FormatMoney(nImmatureTotal).c_str());
+        printf("\n");
+        printf("Unlock the wallet with /walletpassphrase or /walletpassphrase=@FILE to audit phrase coverage.\n");
+        fflush(stdout);
+        return 2;
+    }
     printf("  covered by recovery phrase:   %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
            FormatMoney(audit.nRecoverableCredit).c_str(), audit.nRecoverableTx);
-    printf("  wallet.dat-only balance:      %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
+    printf("  not phrase-backed balance:    %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
            FormatMoney(audit.nLegacyCredit).c_str(), audit.nLegacyTx);
     printf("  immature mining rewards:      %s BTF\n", FormatMoney(nImmatureTotal).c_str());
     printf("    phrase-backed immature:     %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
            FormatMoney(audit.nRecoverableImmatureCredit).c_str(),
            audit.nRecoverableImmatureTx);
-    printf("    wallet.dat-only immature:   %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
+    printf("    not phrase-backed immature: %s BTF (%d transaction(s))\n",
            FormatMoney(audit.nLegacyImmatureCredit).c_str(),
            audit.nLegacyImmatureTx);
 
@@ -442,7 +457,7 @@ int CmdRecoveryAudit()
     {
         printf("\n");
         printf("Warning: some coins are on keys the phrase does not reproduce.\n");
-        printf("Keep wallet.dat backups until that balance has been moved to a phrase-backed address.\n");
+        printf("Keep a file backup of this wallet until that balance has been moved to a phrase-backed address.\n");
         fflush(stdout);
         return 2;
     }
@@ -456,10 +471,952 @@ int CmdRecoveryAudit()
     return 0;
 }
 
+struct WalletStorageAuditCounts
+{
+    unsigned int nTotal = 0;
+    unsigned int nMalformed = 0;
+    unsigned int nUnknown = 0;
+    unsigned int nVersion = 0;
+    unsigned int nNames = 0;
+    unsigned int nTransactions = 0;
+    unsigned int nPlainKeys = 0;
+    unsigned int nEncryptedKeys = 0;
+    unsigned int nMasterKeys = 0;
+    unsigned int nDefaultKey = 0;
+    unsigned int nPlainHDMaster = 0;
+    unsigned int nPlainHDChainCode = 0;
+    unsigned int nCryptedHDMaster = 0;
+    unsigned int nCryptedHDChainCode = 0;
+    unsigned int nWalletMinVersion = 0;
+    unsigned int nPool = 0;
+    unsigned int nSettings = 0;
+    unsigned int nHDNext = 0;
+    unsigned int nHDSchema = 0;
+    unsigned int nHDCoinType = 0;
+    unsigned int nHDReceiveNext = 0;
+    unsigned int nHDChangeNext = 0;
+};
+
+static std::string HDSeedStorageState(unsigned int nMaster, unsigned int nChain)
+{
+    if (nMaster == 0 && nChain == 0)
+        return "none";
+    if (nMaster > 0 && nChain > 0)
+        return "complete";
+    return "incomplete";
+}
+
+static void CountWalletStorageType(const std::string& strType,
+                                   WalletStorageAuditCounts& c)
+{
+    if (strType == "version")
+        c.nVersion++;
+    else if (strType == "name")
+        c.nNames++;
+    else if (strType == "tx")
+        c.nTransactions++;
+    else if (strType == "key")
+        c.nPlainKeys++;
+    else if (strType == "ckey")
+        c.nEncryptedKeys++;
+    else if (strType == "mkey")
+        c.nMasterKeys++;
+    else if (strType == "defaultkey")
+        c.nDefaultKey++;
+    else if (strType == "hdmaster")
+        c.nPlainHDMaster++;
+    else if (strType == "hdchaincode")
+        c.nPlainHDChainCode++;
+    else if (strType == "cryptedhdmaster")
+        c.nCryptedHDMaster++;
+    else if (strType == "cryptedhdchaincode")
+        c.nCryptedHDChainCode++;
+    else if (strType == "walletminversion")
+        c.nWalletMinVersion++;
+    else if (strType == "pool")
+        c.nPool++;
+    else if (strType == "setting")
+        c.nSettings++;
+    else if (strType == "hdnext")
+        c.nHDNext++;
+    else if (strType == "hdschema")
+        c.nHDSchema++;
+    else if (strType == "hdcointype")
+        c.nHDCoinType++;
+    else if (strType == "hdreceivenext")
+        c.nHDReceiveNext++;
+    else if (strType == "hdchangenext")
+        c.nHDChangeNext++;
+    else
+        c.nUnknown++;
+}
+
+static bool ReadWalletStorageCounts(WalletStorageAuditCounts& counts,
+                                    std::string& strError)
+{
+    class CWalletStorageCountVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+    {
+    public:
+        WalletStorageAuditCounts& counts;
+
+        explicit CWalletStorageCountVisitor(WalletStorageAuditCounts& countsIn)
+            : counts(countsIn) { }
+
+        bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKeyIn,
+                               const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                               std::string& strErrorRet)
+        {
+            (void)ssValue;
+            (void)strErrorRet;
+            counts.nTotal++;
+            try
+            {
+                CDataStream ssKey = ssKeyIn;
+                std::string strType;
+                ssKey >> strType;
+                if (ssKey.fail())
+                {
+                    counts.nMalformed++;
+                    return true;
+                }
+                CountWalletStorageType(strType, counts);
+            }
+            catch (...)
+            {
+                counts.nMalformed++;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+
+    CWalletStorageCountVisitor visitor(counts);
+    return ScanWalletRecords(visitor, strError);
+}
+
+static std::string WalletStorageAuditJson(const WalletStorageAuditCounts& counts)
+{
+    std::string strJson;
+    strJson += "{\n";
+    strJson += "  \"format\": \"bitflash-wallet-storage-audit-v1\",\n";
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"records_total\": %u,\n", counts.nTotal);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"malformed_records\": %u,\n", counts.nMalformed);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"unknown_records\": %u,\n", counts.nUnknown);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"plain_private_keys\": %u,\n", counts.nPlainKeys);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"encrypted_private_keys\": %u,\n", counts.nEncryptedKeys);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"encryption_master_keys\": %u,\n", counts.nMasterKeys);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"default_public_key\": \"%s\",\n",
+                          counts.nDefaultKey ? "present" : "none");
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"plain_hd_seed\": \"%s\",\n",
+                          HDSeedStorageState(counts.nPlainHDMaster,
+                                             counts.nPlainHDChainCode).c_str());
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"encrypted_hd_seed\": \"%s\",\n",
+                          HDSeedStorageState(counts.nCryptedHDMaster,
+                                             counts.nCryptedHDChainCode).c_str());
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"wallet_minimum_version\": \"%s\",\n",
+                          counts.nWalletMinVersion ? "present" : "none");
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"keypool_entries\": %u,\n", counts.nPool);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"wallet_transactions\": %u,\n", counts.nTransactions);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"address_book_labels\": %u,\n", counts.nNames);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"settings\": %u,\n", counts.nSettings);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"hd_metadata_records\": %u,\n",
+                          counts.nHDNext + counts.nHDSchema + counts.nHDCoinType +
+                          counts.nHDReceiveNext + counts.nHDChangeNext);
+    strJson += strprintf("  \"database_version_records\": %u\n", counts.nVersion);
+    strJson += "}\n";
+    return strJson;
+}
+
+static bool WriteAuditTextFile(const std::string& strPath,
+                               const std::string& strText,
+                               std::string& strError)
+{
+    FILE* pf = fopen(strPath.c_str(), "wb");
+    if (!pf)
+    {
+        strError = "cannot open output file";
+        return false;
+    }
+    size_t nWritten = fwrite(strText.data(), 1, strText.size(), pf);
+    bool fCloseOk = fclose(pf) == 0;
+    if (nWritten != strText.size() || !fCloseOk)
+    {
+        strError = "could not write the complete output file";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void AddWalletStorageFailure(std::vector<std::string>& vFailures,
+                                    const std::string& strFailure)
+{
+    vFailures.push_back(strFailure);
+}
+
+static void BuildWalletStorageSanityFailures(const WalletStorageAuditCounts& counts,
+                                             std::vector<std::string>& vFailures)
+{
+    bool fPlainHD = counts.nPlainHDMaster > 0 || counts.nPlainHDChainCode > 0;
+    bool fCryptedHD = counts.nCryptedHDMaster > 0 || counts.nCryptedHDChainCode > 0;
+    bool fEncryptedRecords = counts.nEncryptedKeys > 0 ||
+                             counts.nMasterKeys > 0 ||
+                             fCryptedHD;
+
+    if (counts.nMalformed > 0)
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "wallet.dat contains malformed records");
+    if (counts.nUnknown > 0)
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "wallet.dat contains unknown records");
+    if ((counts.nPlainHDMaster > 0) != (counts.nPlainHDChainCode > 0))
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "plain HD seed is incomplete");
+    if ((counts.nCryptedHDMaster > 0) != (counts.nCryptedHDChainCode > 0))
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "encrypted HD seed is incomplete");
+    if (fPlainHD && fCryptedHD)
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "wallet.dat contains both plain and encrypted HD seed records");
+    if (counts.nDefaultKey > 1)
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "wallet.dat contains more than one default public key record");
+    if (counts.nWalletMinVersion > 1)
+        AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "wallet.dat contains more than one minimum-version record");
+
+    if (fEncryptedRecords)
+    {
+        if (counts.nPlainKeys > 0)
+            AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "encrypted wallet still contains plain private key records");
+        if (fPlainHD)
+            AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "encrypted wallet still contains plain HD seed records");
+        if (counts.nMasterKeys == 0)
+            AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "encrypted wallet has no encryption master key record");
+        if (counts.nWalletMinVersion == 0)
+            AddWalletStorageFailure(vFailures, "encrypted wallet has no minimum-version record");
+    }
+}
+
+int CmdWalletStorageCheck()
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    WalletStorageAuditCounts counts;
+    std::string strError;
+    if (!ReadWalletStorageCounts(counts, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot check wallet storage: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> vFailures;
+    BuildWalletStorageSanityFailures(counts, vFailures);
+
+    printf("Wallet storage sanity check\n");
+    printf("  records total:             %u\n", counts.nTotal);
+    printf("  encrypted records:         %s\n",
+           (counts.nEncryptedKeys || counts.nMasterKeys ||
+            counts.nCryptedHDMaster || counts.nCryptedHDChainCode) ? "yes" : "no");
+    printf("  plain private keys:        %u\n", counts.nPlainKeys);
+    printf("  encrypted private keys:    %u\n", counts.nEncryptedKeys);
+    printf("  plain HD seed:             %s\n",
+           HDSeedStorageState(counts.nPlainHDMaster,
+                              counts.nPlainHDChainCode).c_str());
+    printf("  encrypted HD seed:         %s\n",
+           HDSeedStorageState(counts.nCryptedHDMaster,
+                              counts.nCryptedHDChainCode).c_str());
+    if (vFailures.empty())
+    {
+        printf("  storage sanity:            ok\n");
+        fflush(stdout);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("  storage sanity:            failed\n");
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = vFailures.begin();
+         it != vFailures.end(); ++it)
+        printf("  failure:                   %s\n", it->c_str());
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 2;
+}
+
+int CmdWalletStorageAudit(const std::string& strJsonOut)
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    WalletStorageAuditCounts counts;
+    std::string strError;
+    if (!ReadWalletStorageCounts(counts, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot audit wallet storage: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (!strJsonOut.empty())
+    {
+        std::string strWriteError;
+        if (!WriteAuditTextFile(strJsonOut,
+                                WalletStorageAuditJson(counts),
+                                strWriteError))
+        {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot write wallet storage audit JSON: %s\n",
+                    strWriteError.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+        printf("Wallet storage audit written to %s\n", strJsonOut.c_str());
+        fflush(stdout);
+        return counts.nMalformed > 0 ? 2 : 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("Wallet storage audit\n");
+    printf("  records total:             %u\n", counts.nTotal);
+    printf("  malformed records:         %u\n", counts.nMalformed);
+    printf("  unknown records:           %u\n", counts.nUnknown);
+    printf("  plain private keys:        %u\n", counts.nPlainKeys);
+    printf("  encrypted private keys:    %u\n", counts.nEncryptedKeys);
+    printf("  encryption master keys:    %u\n", counts.nMasterKeys);
+    printf("  default public key:        %s\n", counts.nDefaultKey ? "present" : "none");
+    printf("  plain HD seed:             %s\n",
+           HDSeedStorageState(counts.nPlainHDMaster,
+                              counts.nPlainHDChainCode).c_str());
+    printf("  encrypted HD seed:         %s\n",
+           HDSeedStorageState(counts.nCryptedHDMaster,
+                              counts.nCryptedHDChainCode).c_str());
+    printf("  wallet minimum version:    %s\n",
+           counts.nWalletMinVersion ? "present" : "none");
+    printf("  keypool entries:           %u\n", counts.nPool);
+    printf("  wallet transactions:       %u\n", counts.nTransactions);
+    printf("  address book labels:       %u\n", counts.nNames);
+    printf("  settings:                  %u\n", counts.nSettings);
+    printf("  HD metadata records:       %u\n",
+           counts.nHDNext + counts.nHDSchema + counts.nHDCoinType +
+           counts.nHDReceiveNext + counts.nHDChangeNext);
+    printf("  database version records:  %u\n", counts.nVersion);
+    fflush(stdout);
+
+    if (counts.nMalformed > 0)
+        return 2;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static vector<unsigned char> DataStreamBytesLocal(const CDataStream& ss)
+{
+    return vector<unsigned char>(ss.begin(), ss.end());
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+static void RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(const string& strPath)
+{
+    remove(strPath.c_str());
+    remove((strPath + "-wal").c_str());
+    remove((strPath + "-shm").c_str());
+}
+
+static void RemoveFailedRestoreWallet(const string& strWalletPath)
+{
+    DBFlush(true);
+    remove(strWalletPath.c_str());
+}
+
+class CWalletSQLiteExportVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    CWalletDBSQLite& db;
+    int& nCopied;
+
+    CWalletSQLiteExportVisitor(CWalletDBSQLite& dbIn, int& nCopiedIn)
+        : db(dbIn), nCopied(nCopiedIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        if (!db.WriteRecord(DataStreamBytesLocal(ssKey),
+                            DataStreamBytesLocal(ssValue),
+                            strErrorRet))
+            return false;
+        nCopied++;
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+class CWalletRecordMapVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >& mapRecords;
+
+    explicit CWalletRecordMapVisitor(
+        std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >& mapRecordsIn)
+        : mapRecords(mapRecordsIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        vector<unsigned char> vchKey = DataStreamBytesLocal(ssKey);
+        if (mapRecords.count(vchKey))
+        {
+            strErrorRet = "duplicate serialized wallet key";
+            return false;
+        }
+        mapRecords[vchKey] = DataStreamBytesLocal(ssValue);
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+class CWalletRawRestoreDB : public CWalletDB
+{
+public:
+    CWalletRawRestoreDB(const char* pszMode="cr+", bool fTxn=true)
+        : CWalletDB(pszMode, fTxn) { }
+
+    bool WriteRaw(CDataStream ssKey, CDataStream ssValue)
+    {
+        if (!pdb || ssKey.empty())
+            return false;
+
+        Dbt datKey((void*)&ssKey[0], ssKey.size());
+        Dbt datValue(ssValue.empty() ? NULL : (void*)&ssValue[0],
+                     ssValue.size());
+        int ret = pdb->put(GetTxn(), &datKey, &datValue, 0);
+
+        memset(datKey.get_data(), 0, datKey.get_size());
+        if (datValue.get_data())
+            memset(datValue.get_data(), 0, datValue.get_size());
+        return ret == 0;
+    }
+};
+
+class CWalletSQLiteRestoreVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    CWalletRawRestoreDB& db;
+    int& nCopied;
+
+    CWalletSQLiteRestoreVisitor(CWalletRawRestoreDB& dbIn, int& nCopiedIn)
+        : db(dbIn), nCopied(nCopiedIn) { }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKey,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValue,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        if (!db.WriteRaw(ssKey, ssValue))
+        {
+            strErrorRet = "could not write raw wallet record";
+            return false;
+        }
+        nCopied++;
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+class CWalletSQLiteLoadCheckVisitor : public CWalletRecordVisitor
+{
+public:
+    int nRecords;
+    int nUnknown;
+    string strFailure;
+
+    CWalletSQLiteLoadCheckVisitor() : nRecords(0), nUnknown(0) { }
+
+    bool Fail(const string& strMessage, string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        strFailure = strMessage;
+        strErrorRet = strMessage;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool VisitWalletRecord(const CDataStream& ssKeyIn,
+                           const CDataStream& ssValueIn,
+                           string& strErrorRet)
+    {
+        nRecords++;
+        try
+        {
+            CDataStream ssKey = ssKeyIn;
+            CDataStream ssValue = ssValueIn;
+            string strType;
+            ssKey >> strType;
+            if (ssKey.fail())
+                return Fail("malformed wallet record key", strErrorRet);
+
+            if (strType == "name")
+            {
+                string strAddress;
+                string strName;
+                ssKey >> strAddress;
+                ssValue >> strName;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "tx")
+            {
+                uint256 hash;
+                CWalletTx wtx;
+                ssKey >> hash;
+                ssValue >> wtx;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "key")
+            {
+                vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+                CPrivKey vchPrivKey;
+                ssKey >> vchPubKey;
+                ssValue >> vchPrivKey;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "mkey")
+            {
+                unsigned int nID = 0;
+                CWalletMasterKey kMasterKey;
+                ssKey >> nID;
+                ssValue >> kMasterKey;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "ckey")
+            {
+                vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+                vector<unsigned char> vchCryptedSecret;
+                ssKey >> vchPubKey;
+                ssValue >> vchCryptedSecret;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "defaultkey" ||
+                     strType == "hdmaster" ||
+                     strType == "hdchaincode" ||
+                     strType == "cryptedhdmaster" ||
+                     strType == "cryptedhdchaincode")
+            {
+                vector<unsigned char> vch;
+                ssValue >> vch;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "hdnext" ||
+                     strType == "hdreceivenext" ||
+                     strType == "hdchangenext" ||
+                     strType == "hdcointype")
+            {
+                unsigned int nValue = 0;
+                ssValue >> nValue;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "hdschema")
+            {
+                int nSchema = 0;
+                ssValue >> nSchema;
+                if (!ssValue.fail() &&
+                    nSchema != HD_SCHEMA_NONE &&
+                    nSchema != HD_SCHEMA_LEGACY &&
+                    nSchema != HD_SCHEMA_BIP44)
+                    return Fail("unsupported deterministic wallet schema",
+                                strErrorRet);
+            }
+            else if (strType == "walletminversion")
+            {
+                int nMinVersion = 0;
+                ssValue >> nMinVersion;
+                if (!ssValue.fail() && nMinVersion > WALLET_FORMAT_SUPPORTED)
+                    return Fail("unsupported future wallet format", strErrorRet);
+            }
+            else if (strType == "pool")
+            {
+                int64 nIndex = 0;
+                vector<unsigned char> vchPubKey;
+                ssKey >> nIndex;
+                ssValue >> vchPubKey;
+            }
+            else if (strType == "setting")
+            {
+                string strKey;
+                ssKey >> strKey;
+                if (strKey == "nTransactionFee")
+                {
+                    int64 nValue = 0;
+                    ssValue >> nValue;
+                }
+                else if (strKey == "addrIncoming")
+                {
+                    CAddress addr;
+                    ssValue >> addr;
+                }
+                else if (strKey == "nMineMode")
+                {
+                    int nValue = 0;
+                    ssValue >> nValue;
+                }
+                else if (strKey == "fGenerateBitcoins")
+                {
+                    int fValue = 0;
+                    ssValue >> fValue;
+                }
+                else if (strKey == "strParticipantPool")
+                {
+                    string strValue;
+                    ssValue >> strValue;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (strType == "version")
+            {
+                int nVersion = 0;
+                ssValue >> nVersion;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                nUnknown++;
+            }
+
+            if (ssKey.fail())
+                return Fail("malformed wallet record key", strErrorRet);
+            if (ssValue.fail())
+                return Fail("malformed wallet record value", strErrorRet);
+        }
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
+        {
+            return Fail(strprintf("wallet record parse exception: %s", e.what()),
+                        strErrorRet);
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            return Fail("wallet record parse exception", strErrorRet);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+// Export the currently-loaded wallet to a SQLite file. Shared by the
+// -walletsqliteexport command and the GUI conversion wizard: opens the
+// destination, copies every record inside one transaction, checkpoints, and
+// verifies the stored count matches. Returns false with strErrorRet set on any
+// failure and leaves no partial file behind; the source wallet is only read.
+bool ExportActiveWalletToSQLite(const std::string& strDest, int& nCopiedRet,
+                                std::string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    nCopiedRet = 0;
+    if (strDest.empty())
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "no SQLite export path was given";
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (FileExists(strDest.c_str()))
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("refusing to overwrite existing file: %s", strDest.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    CWalletDBSQLite db;
+    if (!db.Open(strDest, strErrorRet))
+    {
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!db.BeginTransaction(strErrorRet))
+    {
+        db.Close();
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    CWalletSQLiteExportVisitor visitor(db, nCopiedRet);
+    if (!ScanWalletRecords(visitor, strErrorRet))
+    {
+        string strRollbackError;
+        db.RollbackTransaction(strRollbackError);
+        db.Close();
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!db.CommitTransaction(strErrorRet) || !db.Checkpoint(strErrorRet))
+    {
+        db.Close();
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    int nCount = 0;
+    if (!db.CountRecords(nCount, strErrorRet))
+    {
+        db.Close();
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (nCount != nCopiedRet)
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("export count mismatch: copied %d, stored %d",
+                                nCopiedRet, nCount);
+        db.Close();
+        RemoveSQLiteExportFiles(strDest);
+        return false;
+    }
+    db.Close();
+    return true;
+}
+
+// Convert the running Berkeley DB wallet to SQLite for the GUI wizard: export
+// wallet.dat to <datadir>/wallet.sqlite, then record the backend marker so the
+// next start opens SQLite. wallet.dat is never modified -- it stays as the
+// fallback. Refuses if already on SQLite or if a wallet.sqlite already exists.
+bool DoConvertWalletToSQLite(int& nCopiedRet, std::string& strErrorRet)
+{
+    nCopiedRet = 0;
+    if (WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive())
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "this wallet is already on the SQLite backend";
+        return false;
+    }
+    string strDest = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.sqlite";
+    if (FileExists(strDest.c_str()))
+    {
+        strErrorRet = strprintf("a SQLite wallet already exists at %s", strDest.c_str());
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!ExportActiveWalletToSQLite(strDest, nCopiedRet, strErrorRet))
+        return false;
+    if (!WriteWalletBackendMarker("sqlite"))
+    {
+        strErrorRet = "the wallet was exported but the backend choice could not be saved";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+int CmdWalletSQLiteExport(const std::string& strDest)
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    // Keep the command's own specific messages for the two conditions the
+    // shared helper folds into a generic error, so scripts and the tests that
+    // read this output see the same wording as before.
+    if (strDest.empty())
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Missing SQLite wallet export path.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (FileExists(strDest.c_str()))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Refusing to overwrite existing SQLite wallet export: %s\n",
+                strDest.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nCopied = 0;
+    string strError;
+    if (!ExportActiveWalletToSQLite(strDest, nCopied, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot export wallet to SQLite: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    printf("SQLite wallet export written to %s\n", strDest.c_str());
+    printf("  records copied:            %d\n", nCopied);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int CmdWalletSQLiteVerify(const std::string& strPath)
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    if (strPath.empty())
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Missing SQLite wallet export path.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet export does not exist: %s\n",
+                strPath.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > mapBDB;
+    std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> > mapSQLite;
+    string strError;
+
+    CWalletRecordMapVisitor bdbVisitor(mapBDB);
+    if (!ScanWalletRecords(bdbVisitor, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot scan wallet.dat records: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    CWalletDBSQLite db;
+    if (!db.Open(strPath, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open SQLite wallet export: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    CWalletRecordMapVisitor sqliteVisitor(mapSQLite);
+    if (!db.ScanRecords(sqliteVisitor, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot scan SQLite wallet export: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nMissing = 0;
+    int nMismatched = 0;
+    for (std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >::const_iterator it =
+             mapBDB.begin(); it != mapBDB.end(); ++it)
+    {
+        std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >::const_iterator sit =
+            mapSQLite.find(it->first);
+        if (sit == mapSQLite.end())
+            nMissing++;
+        else if (sit->second != it->second)
+            nMismatched++;
+    }
+
+    int nExtra = 0;
+    for (std::map<vector<unsigned char>, vector<unsigned char> >::const_iterator it =
+             mapSQLite.begin(); it != mapSQLite.end(); ++it)
+    {
+        if (!mapBDB.count(it->first))
+            nExtra++;
+    }
+
+    printf("SQLite wallet export verification\n");
+    printf("  wallet.dat records:        %u\n", (unsigned int)mapBDB.size());
+    printf("  SQLite records:            %u\n", (unsigned int)mapSQLite.size());
+    printf("  missing records:           %d\n", nMissing);
+    printf("  extra records:             %d\n", nExtra);
+    printf("  record value mismatches:   %d\n", nMismatched);
+    if (nMissing == 0 && nExtra == 0 && nMismatched == 0)
+    {
+        printf("  verification:              ok\n");
+        fflush(stdout);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("  verification:              failed\n");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 2;
+}
+
+int CmdWalletSQLiteRestore(const std::string& strPath)
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    if (strPath.empty())
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Missing SQLite wallet export path.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet export does not exist: %s\n",
+                strPath.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    string strWalletPath = GetAppDir() + "/wallet.dat";
+    if (FileExists(strWalletPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Refusing to overwrite existing wallet.dat: %s\n",
+                strWalletPath.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    string strError;
+    CWalletDBSQLite sqlite;
+    if (!sqlite.Open(strPath, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open SQLite wallet export: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nSQLiteRecords = 0;
+    if (!sqlite.CountRecords(nSQLiteRecords, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot count SQLite wallet export records: %s\n",
+                strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (nSQLiteRecords <= 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet export contains no records.\n");
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    CWalletRawRestoreDB bdb("cr+", true);
+    if (!bdb.TxnBegin())
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot begin Berkeley DB restore transaction.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int nCopied = 0;
+    CWalletSQLiteRestoreVisitor visitor(bdb, nCopied);
+    if (!sqlite.ScanRecords(visitor, strError))
+    {
+        bdb.TxnAbort();
+        bdb.Close();
+        RemoveFailedRestoreWallet(strWalletPath);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot restore SQLite wallet export: %s\n",
+                strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (nCopied != nSQLiteRecords)
+    {
+        bdb.TxnAbort();
+        bdb.Close();
+        RemoveFailedRestoreWallet(strWalletPath);
+        fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet restore copied %d records, expected %d.\n",
+                nCopied, nSQLiteRecords);
+        return 2;
+    }
+    if (!bdb.TxnCommit())
+    {
+        bdb.Close();
+        RemoveFailedRestoreWallet(strWalletPath);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot commit Berkeley DB restore transaction.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    printf("SQLite wallet export restored to wallet.dat\n");
+    printf("  records restored:          %d\n", nCopied);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int CmdWalletSQLiteLoadCheck(const std::string& strPath)
+{
+    AttachTerminal();
+
+    if (strPath.empty())
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Missing SQLite wallet export path.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!FileExists(strPath.c_str()))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SQLite wallet export does not exist: %s\n",
+                strPath.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    string strError;
+    CWalletDBSQLite sqlite;
+    if (!sqlite.Open(strPath, strError))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open SQLite wallet export: %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    CWalletSQLiteLoadCheckVisitor visitor;
+    if (!sqlite.ScanRecords(visitor, strError))
+    {
+        printf("SQLite wallet load check\n");
+        printf("  records checked:           %d\n", visitor.nRecords);
+        printf("  unknown records:           %d\n", visitor.nUnknown);
+        printf("  load check:                failed\n");
+        printf("  failure:                   %s\n", strError.c_str());
+        fflush(stdout);
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    printf("SQLite wallet load check\n");
+    printf("  records checked:           %d\n", visitor.nRecords);
+    printf("  unknown records:           %d\n", visitor.nUnknown);
+    printf("  load check:                ok\n");
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int CmdEncryptWallet(const std::string& strPassphrase)
 {
     AttachTerminal();
 
+    // Capture the backend now: under SQLite, EncryptWallet() closes the runtime
+    // store to swap the file, so WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive() reads false by the
+    // time we would decide whether to purge Berkeley DB logs below.
+    bool fSQLiteBackend = WalletSQLiteRuntimeActive();
+
     string strBackup;
     string strError;
     if (!EncryptWallet(strPassphrase, strBackup, strError))
@@ -470,6 +1427,8 @@ int CmdEncryptWallet(const std::string& strPassphrase)
     }
 
     printf("Wallet encrypted.\n");
+    if (fSQLiteBackend)
+        printf("Wallet backend: SQLite (wallet.sqlite).\n");
     printf("The old unencrypted wallet was moved to:\n");
     printf("  %s\n", strBackup.c_str());
     printf("That backup still contains private keys in plain text. Move it offline or\n");
@@ -482,7 +1441,13 @@ int CmdEncryptWallet(const std::string& strPassphrase)
     // them. Closing the environment and dropping the logs is the last step of
     // encrypting, not an optimisation -- our own backup advice is to copy the
     // whole directory, and following it otherwise carries the keys along.
-    PurgeDbEnvironmentLogs();
+    //
+    // The SQLite backend has no Berkeley DB environment behind the wallet, and
+    // EncryptWallet() already closed and swapped the SQLite store; there is
+    // nothing to purge, and calling into the environment here would only open
+    // one needlessly.
+    if (!fSQLiteBackend)
+        PurgeDbEnvironmentLogs();
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/walletcmd.h b/src/walletcmd.h
index 007b8b5..7013d44 100644
--- a/src/walletcmd.h
+++ b/src/walletcmd.h
@@ -62,6 +62,40 @@ int CmdShowDerived(int nCount);
 // by the installed recovery phrase or still depends on wallet.dat-only keys.
 int CmdRecoveryAudit();
 
+// Diagnostic: count wallet.dat record types without printing keys,
+// addresses, transaction ids, labels, or other wallet values.
+int CmdWalletStorageAudit(const std::string& strJsonOut = "");
+
+// Diagnostic: fail closed when wallet.dat contains an internally inconsistent
+// or migration-unsafe mix of storage records.
+int CmdWalletStorageCheck();
+
+// Copy every raw wallet.dat record into a SQLite key/value store, preserving
+// serialized bytes. A migration/scripting tool; it does not change which backend
+// the runtime wallet opens.
+int CmdWalletSQLiteExport(const std::string& strDest);
+
+// Export the currently-loaded wallet to a SQLite file (shared by the command
+// above and the GUI wizard). Returns false with an error on any failure.
+bool ExportActiveWalletToSQLite(const std::string& strDest, int& nCopiedRet,
+                                std::string& strErrorRet);
+
+// Convert the running Berkeley DB wallet to SQLite and record the backend
+// marker so the next start opens it. wallet.dat is left untouched as fallback.
+bool DoConvertWalletToSQLite(int& nCopiedRet, std::string& strErrorRet);
+
+// Diagnostic/migration staging: compare a SQLite wallet export with the current
+// wallet.dat raw records. Prints counts only, never record keys or values.
+int CmdWalletSQLiteVerify(const std::string& strPath);
+
+// Diagnostic/migration staging: rebuild wallet.dat from a SQLite export in an
+// empty data directory. Refuses to overwrite an existing wallet.dat.
+int CmdWalletSQLiteRestore(const std::string& strPath);
+
+// Diagnostic/migration staging: parse a SQLite wallet export as the runtime
+// wallet loader would. Prints counts only, never record keys or values.
+int CmdWalletSQLiteLoadCheck(const std::string& strPath);
+
 // Rewrite wallet.dat so private keys and the HD seed are encrypted with the
 // given passphrase. Returns 0 on success and exits without starting the node.
 int CmdEncryptWallet(const std::string& strPassphrase);