Merge pull request 'release v1.13.0: payments wallet mechanics + database point-in-time recovery' (#220) from development into master

The S3 endpoint is a host only; some providers publish a separate, non-443
port. Add an optional PGBACKREST_S3_PORT (default 443) alongside the endpoint
host, wired through the prod overlay, write-prod-env.sh and both prod workflows,
and clarify in the docs that the endpoint variable takes the host alone.

.gitea/workflows/prod-deploy.yaml

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           # The main-stack images via compose (reuses the build args, incl. VERSION);
           # the bot separately, since it is profiled out of the prod compose.
           docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml build
-          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml push backend gateway landing validator renderer
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml push postgres backend gateway landing validator renderer
           docker build -f ../platform/telegram/Dockerfile --target bot --build-arg VERSION="$TAG" -t "$REGISTRY/scrabble-telegram-bot:$TAG" ..
           docker push "$REGISTRY/scrabble-telegram-bot:$TAG"
 
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ jobs:
       DICT_VERSION: ${{ vars.DICT_VERSION }}
       POSTGRES_DB: ${{ vars.PROD_POSTGRES_DB }}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${{ vars.PROD_POSTGRES_USER }}
+      # Point-in-time recovery (pgBackRest -> S3), prod main host only. Endpoint/bucket/
+      # region + the archive-mode switch are variables; the S3 keys + the repository cipher
+      # passphrase are secrets. All empty/off until the operator arms archiving; flipping
+      # PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=on activates it (deploy/README.md, arming).
+      PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_PORT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_PORT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_REGION: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_REGION }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET }}
+      PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS }}
       # TELEGRAM_MINIAPP_URL and GRAFANA_ROOT_URL are derived from PUBLIC_BASE_URL in
       # deploy/write-prod-env.sh, not stored variables.
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/prod-rollback.yaml

@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ jobs:
       SERVICE_EMAIL: ${{ vars.PROD_SERVICE_EMAIL }}
       GRAFANA_SMTP_PORT: ${{ vars.GRAFANA_SMTP_PORT }}
       GF_SMTP_ENABLED: ${{ vars.PROD_GF_SMTP_ENABLED }}
+      # PITR archiving parity: a rollback must re-render the SAME env.sh, else it would
+      # silently disarm WAL archiving (PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE would fall back to off).
+      PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_PORT: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_PORT }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_REGION: ${{ vars.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_REGION }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY }}
+      PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET }}
+      PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS: ${{ secrets.PROD_PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS }}
       INPUT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.target_version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

PLAN.md

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 Technical, step-by-step implementation of the monetization domain. Business mechanics and
 the rationale for every rule live in [`docs/PAYMENTS.md`](docs/PAYMENTS.md) (RU mirror
-[`docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md)); this file is the *how*. Each stage is written
+[`docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md)); the frozen owner agreements they both derive
-to be self-sufficient: returning to it gives full context — goal, exact touch-points,
+from (the `D1`–`D41` decisions log) live in
-tests, done-criteria, and current status — without re-deriving decisions.
+[`docs/PAYMENTS_DECISIONS_ru.md`](docs/PAYMENTS_DECISIONS_ru.md) — the authority when a rule
+is disputed. This file is the *how*. Each stage is written to be self-sufficient: returning
+to it gives full context — goal, exact touch-points, tests, done-criteria, and current
+status — without re-deriving decisions.
 
 ## How to use this file
 
@@ -28,9 +31,9 @@ tests, done-criteria, and current status — without re-deriving decisions.
 |-------|-------|---------|--------|
 | E0 | Payments data foundation | 1 | DONE |
 | E1 | Trusted platform signal | 1 | DONE |
-| E2 | Currency + benefit core | 1 | TODO |
+| E2 | Currency + benefit core | 1 | DONE |
-| E3 | Wallet UI | 1 | TODO |
+| E3 | Wallet UI | 1 | DONE |
-| E4 | Durability (PITR) | 2 | TODO |
+| E4 | Durability (PITR) | 2 | WIP |
 | E5 | Payment intake | 2 | TODO |
 | E6 | Ads | 2 | TODO |
 | E7 | Admin & reports | 2 | TODO |
@@ -82,9 +85,21 @@ Read once; individual stages assume it.
   `registerRoutes` gated `if s.payments != nil`, admin section in `registerConsole` gated
   `if s.payments != nil`.
 - Game/other domains depend on payments only through a **narrow interface** (e.g.
-  `AdFree(ctx, account, platform) bool`, `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform) error`,
+  `AdFree(ctx, account, platform, present) bool`, `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform, present)
-  `Balances(ctx, account, platform) …`). Keep the surface small; this is the seam that lets
+  error`, `Balances(ctx, account, platform, present) …`), where `present` is the set of
-  payments become a separate process later without touching callers.
+  identity sources the account currently holds (`vk`→vk, `telegram`→telegram, `email`→direct;
+  `robot` ignored), computed by the caller from `account.Identities` — payments carries no
+  cross-schema identity knowledge, so unlink/re-link availability (D14) falls out live. Keep
+  the surface small; this is the seam that lets payments become a separate process later
+  without touching callers.
+- **Read model.** Hot reads (`AdFree`/`HintsAvailable`/`Balances` and the gate) are served
+  from an in-process, account-keyed, write-through cache inside the payments package
+  (mirroring `account/suspension.go`), invalidated on every payments mutation
+  (spend/grant/fund/refund/merge); the payments DB is touched only on a cache miss, so the
+  steady-state hot path issues no query to the `payments` schema. The D39 materialized
+  `balances`/`benefits` tables stay the in-transaction write target the cache fronts.
+  Single-instance, matching the deployment (a multi-instance backend would need a shared
+  cache).
 
 ### Migrations & codegen
 
@@ -283,33 +298,40 @@ Release 2). TG/direct subtype is not cryptographically trusted — E2 must keep
 
 ## E2 — Currency + benefit core
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: E0, E1 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §2–§6, §11.
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 1** · depends on: E0, E1 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §2–§6, §11.
 
 **Goal.** The full internal money mechanic, exercisable end-to-end **without real money**
 via `admin_grant`: chip balances, spend→benefit atomically, the compliance gate by context,
 benefit application (no-ads stacking, hints per-origin), the legacy migration, and the
 `SpendHint` rewrite. This is the heart.
 
-**Payments service (Go).**
+**Payments service (Go).** Every read/gate method also takes `present` (the account's live
+identity sources, see *Domain boundary*) and is served from the read cache.
 
-- `Balances(ctx, account, platform)` → the segments spendable in the platform's context
+- `Balances(ctx, account, platform, present)` → per-segment `{source, chips, spendable}` for
-  (VK→vk; TG→tg; direct→direct+vk+tg; VK-iOS→frozen/view; untrusted→none).
+  the context (VK→vk spendable, direct/tg hidden; TG→tg; direct→direct+vk+tg by priority;
-- `Spend(ctx, account, platform, productID)` → gate-checked purchase of a value with chips:
+  VK-iOS→vk shown as a **frozen** number, none spendable; untrusted→view-only, none spendable).
-  resolve spendable segments by context, draw by priority (direct→vk→tg on web), write a
+- `Spend(ctx, account, platform, present, productID)` → gate-checked purchase of a **value**
-  `spend` ledger row + decrement balance + apply benefit (extend `ads_paid_until[origin]`
+  (CHIP price, `method=NULL`; never a chip pack) with chips: resolve spendable segments by
-  from `max(now,end)` / set `ads_forever` / add hints) **in one tx**, stamping `origin` =
+  context, draw by priority direct→vk→tg, write a `spend` ledger row (+ a catalog **snapshot**
-  platform context. Refuse if untrusted (fail-closed) or funds insufficient.
+  of atoms+price) + decrement balance + apply benefit (extend `ads_paid_until[origin]` from
-- `Grant(ctx, account, origin, atoms)` → `admin_grant` ledger row (price 0, concrete values
+  `max(now,end)` / set `ads_forever` / add hints) **in one tx**, stamping `origin` = platform
-  only, never chips), same benefit application; origin chosen by the admin (E7 UI; here the
+  context. Refuse if untrusted (fail-closed) or funds insufficient.
-  service method + an internal/admin entrypoint).
+- `Grant(ctx, account, origin, atoms)` → a **0-price sale of a value**: an `admin_grant`
-- `AdFree(ctx, account, platform)` / `HintsAvailable(ctx, account, platform)` /
+  ledger row (`chips_delta=0`, + snapshot), same benefit application; concrete values only,
-  `SpendHint(ctx, account, platform)` → apply the one-directional origin rule: in context P,
+  never chips (no chips move — it neither requires nor touches a balance). Origin chosen by
-  usable origins = {P} plus, when P is web/native, {vk,tg} (relaxation outward); in VK only
+  the admin. In E2 this is the Go service method only, exercised by tests; the admin grant UI
-  vk; in TG only tg.
+  + catalog editor are E7.
-- `Merge` / `Unlink` hooks: extend `accountmerge` to merge segments+benefits by origin
+- `AdFree(ctx, account, platform, present)` / `HintsAvailable(…)` / `SpendHint(…)` → apply
-  (same-origin add, different coexist), and make segment availability follow identity
+  the one-directional origin rule: in context P, usable origins = {P} plus, when P is
-  presence (unlink → sleep, re-link → wake). Warn-before-unlink is a UI concern (surface the
+  web/native, {vk,tg} (relaxation outward); in VK only vk; in TG only tg. Hint consumption
-  balance via the interface).
+  draws by the same priority direct→vk→tg.
+- `Merge` / `Unlink` hooks: extend `accountmerge` to merge segments **and** benefits by origin
+  (same-origin add — chips sum, terms extend per origin; different origins coexist) in the
+  caller's tx (`MergeTx`), and make **both** segment *and* benefit availability follow
+  identity presence — unlink sleeps the balance *and* the benefit, re-link wakes them (D14),
+  resolved live from `present`. Warn-before-unlink surfaces the balance via the interface; the
+  warning UI itself is not E2.
 
 **Backend wiring & migration.**
 
@@ -328,18 +350,22 @@ methods, Connect methods + transcode + FBS. Admin grant is internal/admin (E7 UI
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- unit (Go): gate-by-context matrix (every row of PAYMENTS §4); priority draw; no-ads
+- unit (Go): gate-by-context matrix (every row of PAYMENTS §4, incl. VK-iOS frozen +
-  stacking (`+=` from max(now,end)) + forever override; per-origin hint applicability;
+  untrusted); priority draw; no-ads stacking (`+=` from max(now,end)) + forever override;
-  merge/unlink segment math.
+  per-origin hint applicability + direct→vk→tg draw; merge/unlink segment+benefit math;
+  catalog snapshotting; read-cache invalidation on each mutation.
 - integration: atomic spend (ledger+balance+benefit in one tx; failure rolls all back);
   admin_grant credits values not chips; legacy migration zeroes and flips reads; merge/
   unlink over Postgres.
 - UI: none new (E3 builds the screen); wallet DTO covered by codec unit tests.
 
-**Done-criteria.** With chips seeded via `admin_grant`, a user can buy no-ads/hints; the gate
+**Done-criteria.** `admin_grant` applies no-ads/hints directly (a 0-price sale of a value —
-blocks cross-context spend and cross-origin application; ads gate reads the new benefit;
+no chips involved); the player chip-spend path (`Spend`) is proven by unit/integration tests
-`SpendHint` uses segments; all layers green; **compliance regression** (a `direct` benefit
+(balance seeded in-test, since a legitimate chip source arrives only with Release 2); the gate
-never activates inside VK/TG) is a named test.
+blocks cross-context spend and cross-origin application; the ads gate reads the new benefit;
+`SpendHint` uses segments; the hot read paths hit the read cache, not the `payments` schema;
+all layers green; **compliance regression** (a `direct` benefit never activates inside VK/TG)
+is a named test.
 
 **Notes/risks.** This is the high-blast-radius core (money semantics + a live path
 `SpendHint`/`ads.Eligible`). Minimize surface, keep the interface narrow, no mixed-in
@@ -349,82 +375,128 @@ refactors. The legacy flip is expand-contract: reads move first, DROP much later
 
 ## E3 — Wallet UI
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 1** · depends on: E2 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §1, §7, §6, §13, §4.
+**Status:** DONE · **Release 1** · depends on: E2 · mechanics: PAYMENTS §1, §7, §6, §13, §4.
 
 **Goal.** The user-facing "Кошелёк" (Wallet) section: balances + active benefits + the
 catalog storefront, honouring guest-hidden, GP-stub, and the web-spend warning.
 
+**Backend + wire (catalog read — new).** E2 shipped `wallet.get` / `wallet.buy` (segments +
+benefits + a chip spend) but no way to *list* the catalog; the storefront needs one, so E3 adds a
+read path following the E2 shape:
+
+- `payments.Service.Catalog(ctx, cxt)` + `store.loadCatalog` (`internal/payments/{catalog,
+  store_catalog}.go`) read every **active** product with atoms and prices and project them to the
+  context (`projectCatalog`, pure + unit-tested): a **value** (no `chips` atom) carries its CHIP
+  price and shows everywhere; a **chip pack** (`chips` atom) carries the money price for the
+  context method (`cxt.Kind`: vk→VOTE, telegram→XTR, direct→RUB) and shows only where that method
+  is priced. Read **uncached** (the catalog is small and rarely edited — unlike the per-account
+  balances/benefits the read cache fronts).
+- REST `GET /api/v1/user/wallet/catalog` (`handleWalletCatalog`, gated by `walletGate`) →
+  `catalogDTO`; gateway op `wallet.catalog` (`transcode.go` + `encodeCatalog`), `backendclient.
+  Catalog`; FBS `Catalog`/`CatalogProduct`/`CatalogAtom` (`pkg/fbs/scrabble.fbs`), client
+  `decodeCatalog`.
+
 **UI (`ui/`).**
 
-- New `'wallet'` tab in `ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte` — `SettingsTab` union, tab
+- New `'wallet'` tab in `ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte` — `SettingsTab` union, tab button
-  button **between Friends (:65) and About (:66)**, body branch in the `:42-51` switch,
+  **between Friends and About** (guest-hidden like Friends, offline-disabled like Profile/Friends),
-  `'wallet'` route in `ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts` + `ui/src/App.svelte`. Reuse the hub's
+  body branch, `'wallet'` route in `ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts` + `ui/src/App.svelte`.
-  guest/offline gating.
+- `Wallet.svelte` screen: context-available chip balances + active benefits (no-ads until date /
-- `Wallet.svelte` screen: **minimal** — context-available chip balances + active benefits
+  forever, hints count). **No history feed** (PAYMENTS §11 — noise). Storefront: values priced in
-  (no-ads until date, hints count). **No history feed** (PAYMENTS §11 — noise). Storefront:
+  chips (buyable with `wallet.buy`), chip packs priced per method.
-  products from the configurable catalog, prices in chips (values) / per-method (chip packs).
 - **Guest:** section hidden entirely (durable-only).
-- **GP build:** purchase CTA replaced by a stub ("install the RuStore build to make
+- **GP build:** the chip-pack purchases are hidden behind a RuStore stub; spending earned chips on
-  purchases"); rewarded + spending earned chips still work. Detect the GP native build.
+  values still works (PAYMENTS §13). Detected by a build-time flag `VITE_GP_BUILD`
-- **Web-spend warning:** before spending vk/tg chips in a web/native (direct) context, show
+  (`ui/src/lib/distribution.ts`), forcible under the mock e2e with `?gp`.
-  an own `Modal` (not `showPopup` — that eats the user-activation gesture) warning the value
+- **Web-spend warning:** before a value spend that would draw vk/tg chips in a direct context, an
-  will be web/native-only.
+  own `Modal` (not `showPopup`) warns the benefit will be web/native-only. The context is inferred
-- Extract all logic into `ui/src/lib/*` (unit-testable); keep `.svelte` thin.
+  client-side (`executionContext` — VK/Telegram/direct); the server enforces the real gate on
+  `wallet.buy` (fail-closed), so no wallet-DTO change was needed.
+- Logic extracted to `ui/src/lib/{wallet,distribution}.ts` (unit-testable); `.svelte` stays thin.
+
+**Pack purchase is display-only in E3.** Buying a chip pack needs the money order flow, which is
+**E5**; here a pack card shows its price with a disabled **"Soon"** action. E5 replaces that with the
+launch/order CTA. Value spends are wired now (E2 `wallet.buy`), though a Release-1 durable account
+has 0 chips until funding exists (E5/E6), so a real value spend returns insufficient-funds until then.
 
 **Tests.**
 
-- unit (vitest): storefront/price formatting, context-available-segment selection, warning
+- unit (Go): `projectCatalog` context matrix (value everywhere; pack per context method; misconfig
-  trigger condition.
+  omitted). unit (vitest): money/price formatting, spendable-segment selection, warning trigger,
-- UI (Playwright mock, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet renders between Friends/About; guest hides
+  the GP flag; `decodeCatalog` codec round-trip (mock e2e bypasses the codec).
-  it; GP stub; warning modal on web vk/tg spend. Mock overlay must stay instant under
+- integration (`inttest`): `/wallet/catalog` returns active products with the context-correct price
-  `MODE==='mock'` (or it intercepts taps).
+  over Postgres; soft-deleted excluded.
+- UI (Playwright mock, Chromium+WebKit): Wallet renders between Friends/About; guest hides it
+  (`?guest` seam); GP stub (`?gp`); warning modal on a vk-drawing web spend, no warning on a
+  direct-covered spend. Mock overlay stays instant under `MODE==='mock'` (or it intercepts taps).
 
-**Done-criteria.** Owner can review the Wallet on the deployed test contour (visual sign-off
+**Done-criteria (met).** Balances/benefits/storefront render per context; guest/GP/warning paths
-is on the contour, not local); balances/benefits/storefront correct per context; guest/GP/
+verified by unit + integration + mock e2e on both engines. **A *populated* contour review depends
-warning paths verified. Release 1 is now demonstrable end-to-end via `admin_grant`.
+on later stages** (no products until the E7 catalog editor, no chip funding until E5/E6, no grant
+UI until E7): on the contour E3 shows the correct **empty** wallet/storefront states; the populated
+UI is proven by the mock e2e. (This replaces the earlier "demonstrable end-to-end via `admin_grant`"
+line — the grant UI is E7.)
 
-**Notes/risks.** No global `.btn`/`.ghost` in `ui/` — style per-component with scoped CSS +
+**Notes/risks.** No global `.btn`/`.ghost` in `ui/` — styled per-component with scoped CSS + tokens
-tokens (mirror NewGame `.invite` for a CTA). Svelte whitespace/`$state` naming gotchas
+(mirror NewGame `.invite`). Product titles are single-language catalog data (E0 `product.title`),
-apply. iOS WebView download/gesture caveats are irrelevant here (no file delivery).
+shown verbatim; currency/chip words are i18n, counts follow the app's label+number convention (no
+noun agreement). Svelte whitespace/`$state` naming gotchas apply.
 
 ---
 
 ## E4 — Durability (PITR)
 
-**Status:** TODO · **Release 2** · depends on: E0 (schema exists) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14.
+**Status:** WIP — repo artifacts landed; **prod arming pending** (owner-coordinated, before
+E5). · **Release 2** · depends on: E0 (schema exists) · mechanics: PAYMENTS §14 (D4).
 
 **Goal.** Continuous WAL archiving with point-in-time recovery, armed **before the first
 real money** is accepted (E5 prod). Protects both money and game data.
 
-**Work.**
+**Locked decisions (this stage).**
 
-- Add WAL archiving to the prod Postgres (pgBackRest or WAL-G): base backups + continuous
+- **Tool: pgBackRest.** **Destination: Selectel S3** object storage (encrypted AES-256-CBC,
-  WAL to a second host or object storage. Wire into `deploy/` (compose/prod overlay +
+  path-style addressing), **prod main host only** — the test contour never archives. (D4 left
-  ansible `deploy/ansible/`), config + secrets under the `PROD_` prefix.
+  the tool + destination open; resolved here. Warm replica stays deferred, per D4.)
-- Restore runbook in `deploy/README.md`: base + WAL replay to a timestamp; test the restore
+- **Retention 30 days**, **daily full base backup** (a systemd timer) + continuous WAL
-  on a scratch target.
+  (`archive_command`, a 5-minute forced switch bounds the recovery point). Assessment
-- Keep the existing migration-time `pg_dump` (`deploy/prod-deploy.sh`) as belt-and-braces.
+  (owner-reviewed prod gate): measured prod WAL **~0.77 MB/day**, DB **~9.6 MB** → archive
+  **< 1 ₽/month** on Selectel S3, **negligible** perf impact. Recorded in `deploy/README.md`.
+- **Archiving ships gated OFF** (`PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE` on the DB, `pitr_enabled` for the
+  timer — both default off), so the merged/redeployed artifact is inert until armed and an
+  un-armed prod deploy **cannot** pile WAL onto the disk.
 
-**Mandatory pre-prod assessment (owner-required, gates the Release 2 prod rollout).**
+**Work (landed in the artifacts PR into `development`).**
-Before the first money goes live, produce and record here:
 
-1. **Disk-storage cost estimate** for the WAL archive + base backups (retention window ×
+- pgBackRest in the DB image (`deploy/postgres/Dockerfile`); postgres becomes a built + pushed
-   WAL volume; account for both hosts / object-storage pricing). This can change hosting
+  image (prod overlay `image:` + `prod-deploy.yaml` build/push list).
-   sizing.
+- Repository config + `archive_mode` via `PGBACKREST_*` env on the prod-overlay postgres
-2. **PG performance-degradation assessment** from continuous archiving (write amplification,
+  service; secrets/vars rendered by `deploy/write-prod-env.sh` from the `PROD_PGBACKREST_*`
-   archive_command latency, backup I/O contention) on the prod-sized instance.
+  Gitea set; **parity added to `prod-rollback.yaml`** (a rollback must not disarm archiving).
+- Daily base-backup systemd timer (Ansible `main` role, gated by `pitr_enabled`).
+- Two Grafana alerts on the exporter's `pg_stat_archiver` metrics (failing / stalled),
+  absent/NaN-safe on the contour.
+- Belt-and-braces `pg_dump` fixed to dump the **whole DB** (`deploy/prod-deploy.sh` was
+  `-n backend`, silently excluding `payments`); manual-restore runbook updated.
+- Full PITR runbook + arming sequence + recorded assessment in `deploy/README.md`.
 
-Neither blocks building the plan, but both **must** be completed and reviewed before the
+**Prod arming (SEPARATE — owner-coordinated, before E5; NOT the artifacts PR).** Owner creates
-prod release — surface the numbers to the owner (they may change host settings).
+the Selectel S3 bucket + the `PROD_PGBACKREST_*` secrets/variables (incl. `ARCHIVE_MODE=on`);
+then promote `development → master` → `prod-deploy` (archive_mode on behind the maintenance
+window), `pgbackrest stanza-create` + first base backup + `check`, re-run Ansible with
+`-e pitr_enabled=true`, and run the restore drill on an isolated one-shot target. Exact steps:
+`deploy/README.md` (point-in-time recovery — arming).
 
-**Tests.** Restore drill on a scratch instance (base + WAL → target timestamp) documented
+**Tests.** Restore drill on an isolated one-shot instance (base + WAL → target timestamp),
-and passing. No app-level tests.
+recorded in `deploy/README.md`. No app-level tests. Local verification: `docker compose config`
+valid + the custom PG image builds (archiving inert on the contour).
 
-**Done-criteria.** WAL archiving live on prod PG; a timed restore verified; cost + perf
+**Done-criteria.** Artifacts merged with archiving inert. **Fully done** at arming: WAL
-assessment recorded and owner-reviewed; runbook in `deploy/README.md`.
+archiving live on prod PG; a timed restore verified; cost + perf assessment reviewed; runbook
+current in `deploy/README.md`.
 
-**Notes/risks.** The tg host is weak (1 vCPU) — if the archive lands there, watch
+**Notes/risks.** The repository **cipher passphrase is unrecoverable if lost** — stored apart
-contention. Migrations stay expand-contract so image rollback remains DB-safe alongside PITR.
+from the S3 keys. Enabling `archive_mode` restarts postgres (rides the prod-deploy maintenance
+window). Migrations stay expand-contract so image rollback remains DB-safe alongside PITR.
 
 ---
 
@@ -440,7 +512,9 @@ receipts, and refunds.
 
 - `POST /api/v1/user/wallet/order` → create `order(pending)` (account/platform/product/
   expected amount/origin), return the provider-specific launch payload with `order_id`
-  threaded in (Robokassa `InvId` / TG `invoice_payload` / VK `item`).
+  threaded in (Robokassa `InvId` / TG `invoice_payload` / VK `item`). The storefront's chip-pack
+  card wires its purchase CTA to this here, **replacing the disabled "Soon" placeholder E3 left**
+  (`ui/src/screens/Wallet.svelte`).
 - Robokassa + VK **public webhooks**: new edge routes (add to `deploy/caddy/Caddyfile`
   `@gateway` matcher — or they fall to the landing catch-all), signature/HMAC verified,
   proxied into a payments intake handler. Match by `order_id`, verify amount, credit

backend/README.md

@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ state, lobby enqueue, chat). The social/account/history operations under
 `/api/v1/user`: `friends/*` (request/respond/cancel/unfriend,
 list/incoming, the one-time `code` issue/redeem), `blocks/*`, `invitations/*`
 (create/accept/decline/cancel/list), `PUT profile`, `email/{request,confirm}`,
-`stats`, and `games/:id/gcg` (finished-only). The `internal/notify` hub feeds a
+`stats`, `games/:id/gcg` (finished-only), and the payments `wallet` /
+`wallet/catalog` (`GET` — the context-visible chip segments + benefits, and the
+storefront catalog) / `wallet/buy` (`POST` — a chip spend on a value), served by
+`internal/payments` behind the store-compliance gate. The `internal/notify` hub feeds a
 second listener — `internal/pushgrpc`, a gRPC server (`BACKEND_GRPC_ADDR`) streaming
 live events (your-turn, opponent-moved, chat, nudge, match-found, notify) to the
 gateway. The gateway-only `POST /api/v1/internal/push-target` (a user's

backend/cmd/backend/main.go

@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	emails.SetSendLimiter(account.NewSendLimiter(time.Minute, 5))
 	// Account linking & merge: the orchestrator over the account, merge and
 	// session layers. Wired to the /api/v1/user/link REST surface below.
-	links := link.NewService(emails, accounts, accountmerge.NewMerger(db), sessions)
+	merger := accountmerge.NewMerger(db)
+	links := link.NewService(emails, accounts, merger, sessions)
 	socialSvc := social.NewService(social.NewStore(db), accounts, games)
 	socialSvc.SetNotifier(hub)
 	socialSvc.SetMetrics(tel.MeterProvider().Meter("scrabble/backend/social"))
@@ -270,6 +271,12 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	}
 	logger.Info("payments domain ready")
 
+	// Wire the payments surface into the domains that consume it: the online-game hint wallet
+	// and the account-merge wallet fold. Done after the reachability check so a broken payments
+	// schema fails boot before anything depends on it.
+	games.SetHintWallet(paymentsSvc)
+	merger.SetPayments(paymentsSvc)
+
 	// The image-render sidecar client for the PNG export artifact; nil (PNG
 	// download answers 404) when BACKEND_RENDERER_URL is unset.
 	var renderer *render.Client

backend/internal/accountmerge/merge.go

@@ -51,8 +51,24 @@ var ErrSameAccount = errors.New("accountmerge: primary and secondary are the sam
 type Merger struct {
 	db  *sql.DB
 	now func() time.Time
+	// payments, when set, merges the two accounts' chip segments and benefits by origin inside
+	// the merge transaction (SetPayments). Nil leaves payments untouched (tests that do not
+	// exercise the wallet).
+	payments PaymentsMerger
 }
 
+// PaymentsMerger is the payments surface the account merge enlists: fold the secondary's
+// segments and benefits into the primary within the merge transaction, then invalidate the
+// affected read caches after the commit. *payments.Service satisfies it.
+type PaymentsMerger interface {
+	MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
+	Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID)
+}
+
+// SetPayments installs the payments merge hook. It must be called during startup wiring; the
+// default (nil) merges no wallet state.
+func (m *Merger) SetPayments(p PaymentsMerger) { m.payments = p }
+
 // NewMerger constructs a Merger over db.
 func NewMerger(db *sql.DB) *Merger {
 	return &Merger{db: db, now: func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() }}
@@ -67,7 +83,7 @@ func (m *Merger) Merge(ctx context.Context, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
 		return ErrSameAccount
 	}
 	now := m.now()
-	return withTx(ctx, m.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+	if err := withTx(ctx, m.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 		if err := guardActiveSharedGame(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -107,8 +123,21 @@ func (m *Merger) Merge(ctx context.Context, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error
 		if err := deleteEphemerals(ctx, tx, secondary); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if m.payments != nil {
+			if err := m.payments.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: payments: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
 		return tombstone(ctx, tx, primary, secondary, now)
-	})
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// The payments read cache is invalidated only after the merge commits, so a read racing the
+	// transaction cannot re-cache pre-merge state (both accounts' rows are moved or dropped).
+	if m.payments != nil {
+		m.payments.Invalidate(primary, secondary)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // guardActiveSharedGame returns ErrActiveGameConflict when primary and secondary
@@ -248,25 +277,16 @@ func mergeBestMoves(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUI
 	return nil
 }
 
-// mergeAccountFields adds secondary's hint wallet to primary and ORs the paid flag;
+// mergeAccountFields bumps the primary account's updated_at to reflect the merge. The former
-// all other profile fields stay the primary's.
+// hint-wallet and paid-flag merge moved to the payments domain, where segments and benefits
-func mergeAccountFields(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
+// merge by origin (see the payments MergeTx step and docs/PAYMENTS.md §6); the legacy
-	var sec model.Accounts
+// accounts.hint_balance / paid_account columns are deprecated and no longer read or written.
-	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Accounts.AllColumns).
+func mergeAccountFields(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, _ uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
-		FROM(table.Accounts).
+	upd := table.Accounts.UPDATE(table.Accounts.UpdatedAt).
-		WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(secondary))).
+		SET(postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
-		QueryContext(ctx, tx, &sec); err != nil {
+		WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(primary)))
-		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: load secondary account: %w", err)
-	}
-	upd := table.Accounts.UPDATE(
-		table.Accounts.HintBalance, table.Accounts.PaidAccount, table.Accounts.UpdatedAt,
-	).SET(
-		table.Accounts.HintBalance.ADD(postgres.Int(int64(sec.HintBalance))),
-		table.Accounts.PaidAccount.OR(postgres.Bool(sec.PaidAccount)),
-		postgres.TimestampzT(now),
-	).WHERE(table.Accounts.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(primary)))
 	if _, err := upd.ExecContext(ctx, tx); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: update primary account: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("accountmerge: touch primary account: %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

backend/internal/ads/ads.go

@@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ type ActiveCampaign struct {
 	OverrideDark *ColorSet
 }
 
-// Eligible reports whether an account should be shown the advertising banner: a
-// free account (not paid) with an empty hint wallet and without the no_banner
-// role. The no_banner role suppresses the banner unconditionally; buying a paid
-// account or any hints also removes it.
-func Eligible(paidAccount bool, hintBalance int, hasNoBanner bool) bool {
-	return !paidAccount && hintBalance <= 0 && !hasNoBanner
-}
-
 // computeActiveSet builds the resolved rotation feed from the enabled campaigns
 // at time now, in language lang, and reports whether the feed is an urgent one.
 // Campaigns outside their validity window, and campaigns with no messages, are

backend/internal/ads/ads_test.go

@@ -6,30 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestEligible(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		paidAccount bool
-		hintBalance int
-		hasNoBanner bool
-		want        bool
-	}{
-		{name: "free, empty wallet, no role", want: true},
-		{name: "paid", paidAccount: true, want: false},
-		{name: "has hints", hintBalance: 3, want: false},
-		{name: "no_banner role", hasNoBanner: true, want: false},
-		{name: "paid and has hints", paidAccount: true, hintBalance: 5, want: false},
-		{name: "no_banner overrides everything", hasNoBanner: true, want: false},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := Eligible(tt.paidAccount, tt.hintBalance, tt.hasNoBanner); got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("Eligible(%v,%d,%v) = %v, want %v", tt.paidAccount, tt.hintBalance, tt.hasNoBanner, got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestComputeActiveSet(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2026, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	past := now.Add(-24 * time.Hour)

backend/internal/game/service.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 )
 
 // Service is the game domain: it drives the engine over a single match, persists
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ type Service struct {
 	// its asynchronous TriggerMove); nil disables the fast path (the scan still covers
 	// these games). Kept as a func so the game package never imports the robot package.
 	aiTrigger func(gameID uuid.UUID)
+	// hintWallet is the payments surface the online-game hint path spends against (the
+	// segmented, context-aware hint balance). It is set by SetHintWallet during wiring; when
+	// nil, only the free per-game allowance is served (no purchased hints). vs_ai hints are
+	// wallet-free and never touch it.
+	hintWallet HintWallet
 	// clearNudges, when set, marks the actor's pending nudges in a game read once they
 	// have committed a move (a nudge answered by moving stops counting as unread). It is
 	// best-effort and kept as a func so the game package never imports the social package.
@@ -105,6 +112,39 @@ func (svc *Service) SetAITrigger(trigger func(gameID uuid.UUID)) {
 	svc.aiTrigger = trigger
 }
 
+// HintWallet is the payments surface the online-game hint path uses: the context-aware hint
+// balance (HintsAvailable) and a one-hint spend (SpendHint), both keyed by the trusted execution
+// context and the account's present identity sources. *payments.Service satisfies it.
+type HintWallet interface {
+	HintsAvailable(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) (int, error)
+	SpendHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) (bool, error)
+}
+
+// SetHintWallet installs the payments hint wallet the online-game hint path spends against. It
+// must be called during startup wiring; the default (nil) serves only the free per-game allowance.
+func (svc *Service) SetHintWallet(w HintWallet) {
+	svc.hintWallet = w
+}
+
+// walletContext resolves the payments gate inputs for an account on the current request: the
+// trusted execution context (from the session platform carried on ctx; absent ⇒ untrusted) and
+// the account's present identity sources (which chip/benefit segments are awake, §6).
+func (svc *Service) walletContext(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (payments.Context, []payments.Source, error) {
+	var cxt payments.Context
+	if p, ok := session.PlatformFromContext(ctx); ok {
+		cxt = payments.NewContext(p.Kind, p.Subtype)
+	}
+	ids, err := svc.accounts.Identities(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return payments.Context{}, nil, err
+	}
+	kinds := make([]string, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		kinds[i] = id.Kind
+	}
+	return cxt, payments.PresentSources(kinds), nil
+}
+
 // SetNudgeClearer installs the hook that marks a mover's pending nudges read after
 // their move commits. It must be called during startup wiring; the default (nil)
 // leaves nudges to be cleared only when the recipient opens the move history or chat.
@@ -1121,13 +1161,20 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		}
 		return HintResult{Move: move}, nil
 	}
-	acc, err := svc.accounts.GetByID(ctx, accountID)
+	cxt, present, err := svc.walletContext(ctx, accountID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return HintResult{}, err
 	}
+	wallet := 0
+	if svc.hintWallet != nil {
+		wallet, err = svc.hintWallet.HintsAvailable(ctx, accountID, cxt, present)
+		if err != nil {
+			return HintResult{}, err
+		}
+	}
 	used := pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed
 	fromAllowance := used < pre.HintsPerPlayer
-	if !fromAllowance && acc.HintBalance <= 0 {
+	if !fromAllowance && wallet <= 0 {
 		return HintResult{}, ErrNoHintsLeft
 	}
 
@@ -1142,9 +1189,9 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		return HintResult{}, ErrNoHintAvailable
 	}
 
-	walletAfter := acc.HintBalance
+	walletAfter := wallet
 	if !fromAllowance {
-		spent, err := svc.accounts.SpendHint(ctx, accountID)
+		spent, err := svc.hintWallet.SpendHint(ctx, accountID, cxt, present)
 		if err != nil {
 			return HintResult{}, err
 		}

backend/internal/inttest/banner_console_test.go

@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ import (
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/server"
 )
 
 // bannerServer assembles a console-capable server with the ads domain wired.
-func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service) {
+func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service, *payments.Service) {
 	t.Helper()
 	adsSvc := ads.NewService(ads.NewStore(testDB))
+	paySvc := newPaymentsService()
 	srv := server.New(":0", server.Deps{
 		Logger:   zap.NewNop(),
 		Accounts: account.NewStore(testDB),
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ func bannerServer(t *testing.T) (*server.Server, *ads.Service) {
 		Registry: testRegistry,
 		DictDir:  dictDir(),
 		Ads:      adsSvc,
+		Payments: paySvc,
 	})
-	return srv, adsSvc
+	return srv, adsSvc, paySvc
 }
 
 // findCampaign returns the id of the campaign with the given name, or fails.
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ func defaultCampaign(t *testing.T, svc *ads.Service) ads.Campaign {
 // reorder/delete.
 func TestBannerConsoleCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ func TestBannerConsoleCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 // unrelated campaign's URL must be refused.
 func TestBannerMessageOwnership(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -207,10 +210,11 @@ type profileBanner struct {
 // wallet each suppress it.
 func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, _ := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
 	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 
+	// getBanner fetches the profile banner with no platform header (an untrusted context).
 	getBanner := func() profileBanner {
 		t.Helper()
 		rec := userGet(t, srv, "/api/v1/user/profile", id)
@@ -223,10 +227,27 @@ func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return p
 	}
+	// getBannerTG fetches the profile banner in a trusted Telegram context — the account's
+	// telegram identity makes telegram the applicable origin for its benefits.
+	getBannerTG := func() profileBanner {
+		t.Helper()
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/user/profile", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("X-User-ID", id.String())
+		req.Header.Set("X-Platform", "telegram/android")
+		srv.Handler().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("profile = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
+		}
+		var p profileBanner
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &p); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decode profile: %v", err)
+		}
+		return p
+	}
 
-	// A free account with an empty hint wallet and no role is eligible.
+	// A free account with no role and no benefit is eligible.
-	p := getBanner()
+	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner == nil || len(p.Banner.Campaigns) == 0 || p.Banner.Timings.HoldMs <= 0 {
-	if p.Banner == nil || len(p.Banner.Campaigns) == 0 || p.Banner.Timings.HoldMs <= 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("eligible account: banner=%v", p.Banner)
 	}
 
@@ -241,19 +262,31 @@ func TestBannerProfileEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("revoke role: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// A non-empty hint wallet suppresses it.
+	// A hint wallet no longer suppresses the banner — hints and no-ads are distinct benefits now.
-	if _, err := accounts.GrantHints(ctx, id, 5); err != nil {
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceTelegram, 5, 0, false); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("grant hints: %v", err)
 	}
-	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner != nil {
+	if p := getBannerTG(); p.Banner == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a non-empty hint wallet still shows the banner")
+		t.Fatal("a hint wallet must NOT suppress the banner")
+	}
+
+	// An active no-ads benefit applicable in the context suppresses the banner.
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, id, payments.SourceTelegram, 0, 30, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant no-ads: %v", err)
+	}
+	if p := getBannerTG(); p.Banner != nil {
+		t.Fatal("an active no-ads benefit must suppress the banner")
+	}
+	// Fail-closed: without a trusted platform the same benefit does not apply, so the banner shows.
+	if p := getBanner(); p.Banner == nil {
+		t.Fatal("an untrusted context must not apply the no-ads benefit (banner should show)")
 	}
 }
 
 // TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate guards that a profile update (e.g. a language switch) returns the
 // banner block too, so the client's profile keeps the banner instead of losing it until reload.
 func TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate(t *testing.T) {
-	srv, _ := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, _, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 
 	body := `{"display_name":"Tester","preferred_language":"ru","time_zone":"UTC","away_start":"00:00",` +
@@ -283,7 +316,7 @@ func TestBannerSurvivesProfileUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 // default campaign stays plain (colours + urgent are ignored for it).
 func TestBannerConsoleColorsAndUrgent(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	h := srv.Handler()
 	base := "http://admin.test/_gm"
 	const origin = "http://admin.test"
@@ -351,7 +384,7 @@ func TestBannerConsoleColorsAndUrgent(t *testing.T) {
 // otherwise suppress the banner.
 func TestBannerUrgentBypassesEligibility(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	srv, adsSvc := bannerServer(t)
+	srv, adsSvc, _ := bannerServer(t)
 	accounts := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	id := provisionAccount(t)
 

backend/internal/inttest/game_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 )
 
 // TestListForAccount checks the lobby "my games" query: it returns exactly the
@@ -401,8 +403,13 @@ func gameStatus(t *testing.T, svc *game.Service, id uuid.UUID) (status, endReaso
 // TestHintPolicy exercises the per-game allowance, the profile wallet and the
 // disabled switch.
 func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	// A trusted platform context so the online hint wallet (payments) is reachable; a provisioned
+	// account carries a telegram identity, so the telegram origin is the applicable one here.
+	ctx := session.WithPlatform(context.Background(),
+		session.Platform{Kind: session.PlatformKindTelegram, Subtype: session.SubtypeAndroid})
 	svc := newGameService()
+	pay := newPaymentsService()
+	svc.SetHintWallet(pay) // share the handle so a grant invalidates the wallet the game reads
 	seats := []uuid.UUID{provisionAccount(t), provisionAccount(t)}
 	seed := openingSeed(t)
 	g, err := svc.Create(ctx, game.CreateParams{
@@ -428,7 +435,11 @@ func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := svc.Hint(ctx, g.ID, seats[0]); !errors.Is(err, game.ErrNoHintsLeft) {
 		t.Fatalf("second hint = %v, want ErrNoHintsLeft", err)
 	}
-	setHintBalance(t, seats[0], 2)
+	// Grant 2 hints on the telegram origin through the service so its read cache is invalidated
+	// (a raw insert would leave the cache warmed at zero by the allowance hint above).
+	if err := pay.Grant(ctx, seats[0], payments.SourceTelegram, 2, 0, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant hints: %v", err)
+	}
 	res, err := svc.Hint(ctx, g.ID, seats[0]) // spends the wallet
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("wallet hint: %v", err)
@@ -603,14 +614,6 @@ func setAway(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, tz, start, end string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setHintBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, n int) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
-		`UPDATE backend.accounts SET hint_balance = $1 WHERE account_id = $2`, n, id); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set hint balance: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func equalStrings(a, b []string) bool {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return false

backend/internal/inttest/helpers.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/robot"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 )
@@ -42,9 +43,42 @@ func newGameService() *game.Service {
 		zap.NewNop(),
 	)
 	svc.SetFirstMoveEntropy(seatZeroFirstMove)
+	svc.SetHintWallet(newPaymentsService())
 	return svc
 }
 
+// newPaymentsService builds a payments service over the shared pool (its own in-process read
+// cache), for wiring the game hint wallet and the account-merge fold in the integration suite.
+func newPaymentsService() *payments.Service {
+	return payments.NewService(payments.NewStore(testDB))
+}
+
+// seedBenefit writes a payments benefit row for an account+origin directly (bypassing the
+// service), used to stand up wallet state a test then spends or merges. A non-zero hints count
+// and/or the forever flag are set; a caller wanting a no-ads term sets it via seedBenefitUntil.
+func seedBenefit(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string, hints int, forever bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin, hints, ads_forever) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, origin) DO UPDATE SET hints = EXCLUDED.hints, ads_forever = EXCLUDED.ads_forever`,
+		id, origin, hints, forever); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed benefit: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// readBenefit reads an account's benefit row for an origin: the hint count and the forever flag
+// (both zero/false when the row is absent).
+func readBenefit(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string) (hints int, forever bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT hints, ads_forever FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id=$1 AND origin=$2`, id, origin).
+		Scan(&hints, &forever)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read benefit: %v", err)
+	}
+	return hints, forever
+}
+
 // seatZeroFirstMove is a first-move-draw entropy factory that always elects the first
 // listed account as the leader, keeping the integration suite's turn order stable
 // despite the real draw's randomness: the first contender draws a blank — the best

backend/internal/inttest/merge_test.go

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ func bestMoveCount(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID) int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func setWallet(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, hints int, paid bool) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
-		`UPDATE backend.accounts SET hint_balance=$2, paid_account=$3 WHERE account_id=$1`, id, hints, paid); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set wallet: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func bindEmailIdentity(t *testing.T, acc uuid.UUID, email string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
@@ -131,6 +123,7 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	store := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	merger := accountmerge.NewMerger(testDB)
+	merger.SetPayments(newPaymentsService())
 
 	primary := provisionAccount(t)
 	secondary := provisionAccount(t)
@@ -140,8 +133,8 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 	setStats(t, secondary, 3, 1, 2, 400, 80)
 	setStatsCounts(t, primary, 100, 5)
 	setStatsCounts(t, secondary, 50, 8)
-	setWallet(t, primary, 2, false)
+	seedBenefit(t, primary, "telegram", 2, false)
-	setWallet(t, secondary, 5, true)
+	seedBenefit(t, secondary, "telegram", 5, true) // hints sum, forever OR-s on merge
 	// Best moves: secondary's scrabble_en (80) beats primary's (50) and is kept; secondary's
 	// scrabble_ru (30) is new to primary and carried over.
 	setBestMove(t, primary, "scrabble_en", 50)
@@ -165,15 +158,13 @@ func TestAccountMergeCore(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("secondary stats row should be deleted after merge")
 	}
 
-	acc, err := store.GetByID(ctx, primary)
+	// The payments wallet merged by origin: hints sum (2+5) and the forever flag OR-s; the
-	if err != nil {
+	// deprecated accounts.hint_balance / paid_account columns are no longer touched by a merge.
-		t.Fatalf("get primary: %v", err)
+	if hints, forever := readBenefit(t, primary, "telegram"); hints != 7 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("merged telegram benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 7/true", hints, forever)
 	}
-	if acc.HintBalance != 7 {
+	if hints, _ := readBenefit(t, secondary, "telegram"); hints != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("hint balance = %d, want 7", acc.HintBalance)
+		t.Errorf("secondary benefit should be cleared after merge, got hints %d", hints)
-	}
-	if !acc.PaidAccount {
-		t.Error("paid_account should be true (ORed from secondary)")
 	}
 
 	if owner, ok, _ := store.AccountIDByIdentity(ctx, account.KindEmail, email); !ok || owner != primary {

backend/internal/inttest/payments_catalog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// methodPrice is one per-method money price for a seeded chip pack.
+type methodPrice struct {
+	method   string
+	currency string
+	amount   int64
+}
+
+// seedPackProduct creates an active chip pack: a product carrying the chips atom and a money price
+// per method. It returns the product id.
+func seedPackProduct(t *testing.T, chips int, prices ...methodPrice) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	prod := uuid.New()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product (product_id, title, active) VALUES ($1,'test pack',true)`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed pack product: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'chips',$2)`, prod, chips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed chips item: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, p := range prices {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_price (product_id, method, currency, amount) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4)`,
+			prod, p.method, p.currency, p.amount); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed pack price %s: %v", p.method, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return prod
+}
+
+// findCatalogProduct returns the projected storefront product for id in the context (the catalog
+// is global, so tests assert by id rather than count — testDB is shared).
+func findCatalogProduct(t *testing.T, svc *payments.Service, cxt payments.Context, id uuid.UUID) (payments.CatalogProduct, bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	view, err := svc.Catalog(context.Background(), cxt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("catalog: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, p := range view.Products {
+		if p.ProductID == id.String() {
+			return p, true
+		}
+	}
+	return payments.CatalogProduct{}, false
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsCatalogByContext verifies the storefront projects a value at its chip price in every
+// context and a chip pack at the context method's money price, over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsCatalogByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	value := seedValueProduct(t, 500, 250, 0)
+	pack := seedPackProduct(t, 100,
+		methodPrice{"vk", "VOTE", 20},
+		methodPrice{"telegram", "XTR", 25},
+		methodPrice{"direct", "RUB", 14900},
+	)
+
+	for _, kind := range []string{"vk", "telegram", "direct"} {
+		v, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext(kind, "web"), value)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("value missing in %s context", kind)
+		}
+		if v.Kind != "value" || v.Chips != 500 || v.MoneyCurrency != "" {
+			t.Errorf("value in %s = %+v, want kind=value chips=500 no money", kind, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		kind     string
+		amount   int64
+		currency string
+	}{
+		{"vk", 20, "VOTE"},
+		{"telegram", 25, "XTR"},
+		{"direct", 14900, "RUB"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		p, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext(tc.kind, "web"), pack)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("pack missing in %s context", tc.kind)
+		}
+		if p.Kind != "pack" || p.Chips != 0 || p.MoneyAmount != tc.amount || p.MoneyCurrency != tc.currency {
+			t.Errorf("pack in %s = %+v, want kind=pack amount=%d currency=%s", tc.kind, p, tc.amount, tc.currency)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsCatalogExcludesDeactivated verifies a soft-deleted product drops out of the storefront.
+func TestPaymentsCatalogExcludesDeactivated(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 100, 10, 0)
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`UPDATE payments.product SET active=false WHERE product_id=$1`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("deactivate: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, ok := findCatalogProduct(t, svc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), prod); ok {
+		t.Error("deactivated product must not appear in the storefront")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/payments_wallet_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// seedBalance writes a chip balance for an account+source directly (payments has no FK to
+// accounts, so a bare uuid is a valid account id here).
+func seedBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, source string, chips int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(context.Background(),
+		`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips) VALUES ($1,$2,$3)
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE SET chips = EXCLUDED.chips`,
+		id, source, chips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed balance: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// readBalance reads an account's chip balance for a source (0 when the row is absent).
+func readBalance(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, source string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	var chips int
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT chips FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id=$1 AND source=$2`, id, source).Scan(&chips)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read balance: %v", err)
+	}
+	return chips
+}
+
+// benefitUntil reads an account's no-ads term end for an origin (nil when none).
+func benefitUntil(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, origin string) *time.Time {
+	t.Helper()
+	var until *time.Time
+	err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT ads_paid_until FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id=$1 AND origin=$2`, id, origin).Scan(&until)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		t.Fatalf("read benefit until: %v", err)
+	}
+	return until
+}
+
+// ledgerRows counts an account's ledger rows of a given kind.
+func ledgerRows(t *testing.T, id uuid.UUID, kind string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	var n int
+	if err := testDB.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`SELECT count(*) FROM payments.ledger WHERE account_id=$1 AND kind=$2`, id, kind).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ledger count: %v", err)
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+// seedValueProduct creates an active chip-priced value: a product with a CHIP price (method
+// NULL) and the given hint / no-ads-day atoms. It returns the product id.
+func seedValueProduct(t *testing.T, priceChips, hints, noAdsDays int) uuid.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	prod := uuid.New()
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product (product_id, title, active) VALUES ($1,'test value',true)`, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed product: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.product_price (product_id, method, currency, amount) VALUES ($1, NULL, 'CHIP', $2)`,
+		prod, priceChips); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed price: %v", err)
+	}
+	if hints > 0 {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'hints',$2)`, prod, hints); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed hints item: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if noAdsDays > 0 {
+		if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.product_item (product_id, atom_type, quantity) VALUES ($1,'noads_days',$2)`, prod, noAdsDays); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("seed noads item: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return prod
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendAppliesAtomically verifies a chip spend writes the ledger row, decrements the
+// balance and applies the benefit together over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsSpendAppliesAtomically(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 100)
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 30)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("spend: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 40 {
+		t.Errorf("balance after spend = %d, want 40", got)
+	}
+	if hints, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); hints != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("hints after spend = %d, want 3", hints)
+	}
+	if benefitUntil(t, acc, "direct") == nil {
+		t.Error("no-ads term not applied by the spend")
+	}
+	if n := ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend"); n != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("spend ledger rows = %d, want 1", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendInsufficientNoWrite verifies an under-funded spend is refused and writes
+// nothing (the balance, benefit and ledger are untouched).
+func TestPaymentsSpendInsufficientNoWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 10)
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 0)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}, prod); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips) {
+		t.Fatalf("spend = %v, want ErrInsufficientChips", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("balance changed to %d, want 10 (no write)", got)
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("benefit applied on a refused spend: hints %d", h)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 {
+		t.Error("spend ledger row written on a refused spend")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendGuardRollsBack forces the in-transaction guard to bite: with a stale read
+// cache the draw plan looks affordable, but the guarded decrement matches no row and the whole
+// transaction rolls back — no ledger row, no benefit, balance unchanged.
+func TestPaymentsSpendGuardRollsBack(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, acc, "direct", 100)
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect}
+	cxt := payments.NewContext("direct", "web")
+	if _, err := svc.Wallet(ctx, acc, cxt, present); err != nil { // warm the cache at 100
+		t.Fatalf("warm: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Drain the real balance behind the cache's back (no invalidation), so the plan over-commits.
+	if _, err := testDB.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE payments.balances SET chips = 10 WHERE account_id=$1 AND source='direct'`, acc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("drain: %v", err)
+	}
+	prod := seedValueProduct(t, 60, 3, 0)
+
+	if err := svc.Spend(ctx, acc, cxt, present, prod); !errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips) {
+		t.Fatalf("spend = %v, want ErrInsufficientChips", err)
+	}
+	if got := readBalance(t, acc, "direct"); got != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("balance = %d, want 10 (rolled back)", got)
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 {
+		t.Error("spend ledger row written despite the rollback")
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 0 {
+		t.Error("benefit applied despite the rollback")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsGrantCreditsValuesNotChips verifies admin_grant applies a benefit at price 0
+// without ever crediting chips (D16).
+func TestPaymentsGrantCreditsValuesNotChips(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+
+	if err := svc.Grant(ctx, acc, payments.SourceDirect, 5, 0, true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+	if hints, forever := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); hints != 5 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("granted benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 5/true", hints, forever)
+	}
+	if readBalance(t, acc, "direct") != 0 {
+		t.Error("a grant must not credit chips")
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "admin_grant") != 1 {
+		t.Error("admin_grant ledger row missing")
+	}
+	if ledgerRows(t, acc, "spend") != 0 || ledgerRows(t, acc, "fund") != 0 {
+		t.Error("a grant wrote a non-grant ledger row")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsSpendHintByContext verifies a hint is drawn from an applicable origin, and that a
+// direct-origin hint is not usable inside a VK context (the compliance wall for hints).
+func TestPaymentsSpendHintByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	seedBenefit(t, acc, "direct", 2, false)
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect, payments.SourceVK}
+
+	if spent, err := svc.SpendHint(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), present); err != nil || !spent {
+		t.Fatalf("web spend hint = %v (err %v), want true", spent, err)
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("hints after spend = %d, want 1", h)
+	}
+	// Inside VK the applicable origins are {vk} only, so the direct-origin hint is untouched.
+	if spent, _ := svc.SpendHint(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("vk", "android"), present); spent {
+		t.Error("direct-origin hint spent inside VK — compliance wall breached")
+	}
+	if h, _ := readBenefit(t, acc, "direct"); h != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("direct hints changed inside VK = %d, want 1 (untouched)", h)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsComplianceGateOverPostgres is the named compliance regression at the integration
+// layer: a direct-origin no-ads benefit applies on the web but never inside a store wrapper.
+func TestPaymentsComplianceGateOverPostgres(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	acc := uuid.New()
+	if err := svc.Grant(ctx, acc, payments.SourceDirect, 0, 30, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("grant: %v", err)
+	}
+	present := []payments.Source{payments.SourceDirect, payments.SourceVK}
+
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("direct", "web"), present); !adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads should apply on web")
+	}
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("vk", "android"), present); adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads must NOT apply inside VK (compliance wall)")
+	}
+	if adFree, _ := svc.AdFree(ctx, acc, payments.NewContext("telegram", "web"), present); adFree {
+		t.Error("direct no-ads must NOT apply inside Telegram (compliance wall)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPaymentsMergeFoldsSegmentsAndBenefits verifies the merge folds chip segments (sum) and
+// benefits (hints sum, forever OR) by origin, and clears the secondary's rows, over Postgres.
+func TestPaymentsMergeFoldsSegmentsAndBenefits(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc := newPaymentsService()
+	primary, secondary := uuid.New(), uuid.New()
+	seedBalance(t, primary, "vk", 10)
+	seedBalance(t, secondary, "vk", 25)
+	seedBenefit(t, primary, "vk", 1, false)
+	seedBenefit(t, secondary, "vk", 4, true)
+
+	tx, err := testDB.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("begin: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := svc.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary); err != nil {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+		t.Fatalf("merge: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("commit: %v", err)
+	}
+	svc.Invalidate(primary, secondary)
+
+	if got := readBalance(t, primary, "vk"); got != 35 {
+		t.Errorf("merged chips = %d, want 35", got)
+	}
+	if h, forever := readBenefit(t, primary, "vk"); h != 5 || !forever {
+		t.Errorf("merged benefit = hints %d forever %v, want 5/true", h, forever)
+	}
+	if readBalance(t, secondary, "vk") != 0 {
+		t.Error("secondary balance not cleared after merge")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// benefitState is an account's benefit row for one origin: the no-ads term end (nil = none),
+// the perpetual forever flag, and the hint count. It is the context-independent stored form;
+// the read paths aggregate it over the origins applicable in a context.
+type benefitState struct {
+	adsPaidUntil *time.Time
+	adsForever   bool
+	hints        int
+}
+
+// walletState is an account's full payments state: chip balances by source and benefits by
+// origin. It is the raw, context-independent data every read path filters per execution
+// context — the value the cache holds and the store recomputes from the materialized tables.
+type walletState struct {
+	chips    map[Source]int
+	benefits map[Source]benefitState
+}
+
+// chipsOf returns the chip balance for a source, zero when the segment has no row (an absent
+// segment reads as zero, §2).
+func (w walletState) chipsOf(s Source) int { return w.chips[s] }
+
+// benefitOf returns the benefit for an origin, the zero benefit when the origin has no row.
+func (w walletState) benefitOf(o Source) benefitState { return w.benefits[o] }
+
+// walletCache is the payments read model: each account's chip/benefit state, keyed by account
+// id, read on every ad-eligibility / hint / wallet / gate request and invalidated on every
+// payments mutation (spend, grant, fund, refund, merge). It is a write-through cache in front
+// of the materialized balances/benefits tables — the same pattern the account-suspension gate
+// uses (backend/internal/account/suspension.go) — so the steady-state hot path issues no query
+// to the payments schema. It is single-instance, matching the deployment (one shared Store); a
+// multi-instance backend would need a shared cache.
+type walletCache struct {
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+	m  map[uuid.UUID]walletState
+}
+
+// newWalletCache constructs an empty cache.
+func newWalletCache() *walletCache {
+	return &walletCache{m: make(map[uuid.UUID]walletState)}
+}
+
+// get returns the cached state for an account and whether it was present.
+func (c *walletCache) get(id uuid.UUID) (walletState, bool) {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
+	s, ok := c.m[id]
+	return s, ok
+}
+
+// put stores an account's state.
+func (c *walletCache) put(id uuid.UUID, s walletState) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.m[id] = s
+}
+
+// invalidate drops an account's entry so the next read reloads it from the materialized tables.
+// Called after every mutation once its transaction has committed.
+func (c *walletCache) invalidate(id uuid.UUID) {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	delete(c.m, id)
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog.go

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+package payments
+
+// AtomQty is one atom line of a catalog product in the read model: the base value type it grants
+// (chips / hints / no-ads days / tournament) and how many of it the product carries.
+type AtomQty struct {
+	AtomType string
+	Quantity int
+}
+
+// CatalogProduct is one storefront product projected for the execution context. A value is
+// bought with chips, so it carries Chips (its uniform chip price) and no money price. A chip pack
+// funds chips with money, so it carries MoneyAmount (minor units) and MoneyCurrency for the
+// context's payment method and no chip price. Atoms lists what the product grants.
+type CatalogProduct struct {
+	Kind          string // "value" (bought with chips) or "pack" (funds chips with money)
+	ProductID     string
+	Title         string
+	Chips         int    // a value's uniform chip price; 0 for a pack
+	MoneyAmount   int64  // a pack's price in the context currency's minor units; 0 for a value
+	MoneyCurrency string // a pack's currency for the context method; empty for a value
+	Atoms         []AtomQty
+}
+
+// CatalogView is the storefront read model for one execution context: the products a player sees
+// and can buy there — every chip-priced value plus the chip packs priced in the context's method.
+type CatalogView struct {
+	Products []CatalogProduct
+}
+
+// atomChips is the atom type that marks a product as a chip pack (it funds chips) rather than a
+// value (bought with chips). A value never carries it.
+const atomChips = "chips"
+
+// projectCatalog turns the raw active catalog into the storefront for the context. A value (no
+// chips atom) is shown everywhere at its CHIP price. A chip pack is shown only when it carries a
+// price for the context's payment method (cxt.Kind: vk / telegram / direct), priced in that
+// method's currency. A value missing its CHIP price and a pack missing a price for the context
+// method are omitted (misconfigured or unavailable there). An untrusted context (empty Kind) has
+// no method, so only values show; buying is gated server-side regardless.
+func projectCatalog(entries []catalogEntry, cxt Context) CatalogView {
+	var out CatalogView
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		isPack := false
+		atoms := make([]AtomQty, 0, len(e.atoms))
+		for _, a := range e.atoms {
+			atoms = append(atoms, AtomQty{AtomType: a.atomType, Quantity: a.quantity})
+			if a.atomType == atomChips {
+				isPack = true
+			}
+		}
+		p := CatalogProduct{ProductID: e.id.String(), Title: e.title, Atoms: atoms}
+		if isPack {
+			pr, ok := findPrice(e.prices, string(cxt.Kind))
+			if !ok {
+				continue // no price for this context's method — not purchasable here
+			}
+			p.Kind = "pack"
+			p.MoneyAmount = pr.amount
+			p.MoneyCurrency = string(pr.currency)
+		} else {
+			pr, ok := findPrice(e.prices, "")
+			if !ok {
+				continue // a value must carry a CHIP price
+			}
+			p.Kind = "value"
+			p.Chips = int(pr.amount)
+		}
+		out.Products = append(out.Products, p)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// findPrice returns the price row for the given payment method — the empty string selects a
+// value's CHIP price row (stored with a NULL method).
+func findPrice(prices []priceRow, method string) (priceRow, bool) {
+	for _, pr := range prices {
+		if pr.method == method {
+			return pr, true
+		}
+	}
+	return priceRow{}, false
+}

backend/internal/payments/catalog_test.go

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+package payments
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// catalog fixtures: a chip-priced value (hints), a multi-method chip pack, a VK-only chip pack, a
+// value with no CHIP price (misconfigured), and a pack whose only method is telegram.
+func fixtureCatalog() []catalogEntry {
+	value := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"),
+		title: "250 hints",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "hints", quantity: 250}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "", currency: CurrencyChip, amount: 500},
+		},
+	}
+	pack := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"),
+		title: "100 chips",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "chips", quantity: 100}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "vk", currency: CurrencyVote, amount: 20},
+			{method: "telegram", currency: CurrencyStar, amount: 25},
+			{method: "direct", currency: CurrencyRUB, amount: 14900},
+		},
+	}
+	vkOnlyPack := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"),
+		title: "VK-only chips",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "chips", quantity: 50}},
+		prices: []priceRow{
+			{method: "vk", currency: CurrencyVote, amount: 10},
+		},
+	}
+	brokenValue := catalogEntry{
+		id:    uuid.MustParse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"),
+		title: "no chip price",
+		atoms: []atomQty{{atomType: "noads_days", quantity: 30}},
+		// no CHIP price row — misconfigured, must be omitted
+	}
+	return []catalogEntry{value, pack, vkOnlyPack, brokenValue}
+}
+
+// byID indexes a projected storefront by product id for assertions.
+func byID(v CatalogView) map[string]CatalogProduct {
+	m := make(map[string]CatalogProduct, len(v.Products))
+	for _, p := range v.Products {
+		m[p.ProductID] = p
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func TestProjectCatalog_ContextMatrix(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		valueID  = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
+		packID   = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
+		vkPackID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
+		brokenID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"
+	)
+	entries := fixtureCatalog()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		cxt         Context
+		wantPackAmt int64
+		wantPackCur Currency
+		wantVKPack  bool // the vk-only pack visible?
+	}{
+		{"vk", Context{Kind: SourceVK}, 20, CurrencyVote, true},
+		{"vk-ios frozen still lists vk price", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, 20, CurrencyVote, true},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, 25, CurrencyStar, false},
+		{"direct", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, 14900, CurrencyRUB, false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := byID(projectCatalog(entries, tc.cxt))
+
+			// The value shows everywhere at its uniform chip price, never a money price.
+			v, ok := got[valueID]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("value missing from %s storefront", tc.name)
+			}
+			if v.Kind != "value" || v.Chips != 500 || v.MoneyCurrency != "" || v.MoneyAmount != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("value = %+v, want kind=value chips=500 no money", v)
+			}
+			if len(v.Atoms) != 1 || v.Atoms[0].AtomType != "hints" || v.Atoms[0].Quantity != 250 {
+				t.Errorf("value atoms = %+v, want [hints:250]", v.Atoms)
+			}
+
+			// The multi-method pack shows the context method's price, in that currency, no chips.
+			p, ok := got[packID]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("pack missing from %s storefront", tc.name)
+			}
+			if p.Kind != "pack" || p.Chips != 0 || p.MoneyAmount != tc.wantPackAmt || p.MoneyCurrency != string(tc.wantPackCur) {
+				t.Errorf("pack = %+v, want kind=pack amount=%d currency=%s", p, tc.wantPackAmt, tc.wantPackCur)
+			}
+
+			// The vk-only pack shows only where a vk price exists.
+			if _, ok := got[vkPackID]; ok != tc.wantVKPack {
+				t.Errorf("vk-only pack present=%v, want %v (%s)", ok, tc.wantVKPack, tc.name)
+			}
+
+			// The misconfigured value (no CHIP price) is never shown.
+			if _, ok := got[brokenID]; ok {
+				t.Errorf("misconfigured value must be omitted (%s)", tc.name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// An untrusted context (empty Kind) has no payment method, so it shows values only — no packs.
+func TestProjectCatalog_UntrustedShowsValuesOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	got := byID(projectCatalog(fixtureCatalog(), Context{}))
+	if _, ok := got["00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"]; !ok {
+		t.Error("untrusted context should still list the chip-priced value")
+	}
+	for _, id := range []string{
+		"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
+		"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
+	} {
+		if _, ok := got[id]; ok {
+			t.Errorf("untrusted context must not list pack %s", id)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// An empty catalog projects to an empty storefront (no products seeded yet — the Release-1 state).
+func TestProjectCatalog_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := projectCatalog(nil, Context{Kind: SourceDirect}); len(got.Products) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("empty catalog projected %d products, want 0", len(got.Products))
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/gate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Source is the platform axis a chip balance is segmented by (where it was funded) and a
+// benefit is stamped with (where it was bought — its origin). The two roles share this value
+// set but mean different things (see docs/PAYMENTS.md §3); Source names the axis for both.
+type Source string
+
+const (
+	// SourceVK is the VK platform: Votes purchases and VK rewarded ads fund here.
+	SourceVK Source = "vk"
+	// SourceTelegram is the Telegram platform: Stars purchases fund here.
+	SourceTelegram Source = "telegram"
+	// SourceDirect is the open web / native context: Robokassa purchases fund here.
+	SourceDirect Source = "direct"
+)
+
+// Valid reports whether s is one of the three known platform sources.
+func (s Source) Valid() bool {
+	switch s {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram, SourceDirect:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// SubtypeIOS is the one device subtype the gate keys on: VK on iOS is frozen for spending
+// (Apple forbids spending virtual currency on digital goods outside IAP). It is trusted only
+// for VK, where it rides inside the signed launch parameters.
+const SubtypeIOS = "ios"
+
+// SourceForIdentityKind maps a backend identity kind to the payments source whose segment that
+// identity makes available: a vk/telegram identity to its own source, a durable email identity
+// to the direct source (the web/native recovery anchor). A robot identity — or any unknown
+// kind — maps to no source (second return false). Callers use it to build the present set the
+// payments interface takes, since payments cannot read the account schema.
+func SourceForIdentityKind(kind string) (Source, bool) {
+	switch kind {
+	case "vk":
+		return SourceVK, true
+	case "telegram":
+		return SourceTelegram, true
+	case "email":
+		return SourceDirect, true
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+}
+
+// PresentSources maps an account's identity kinds to the payments sources they make available
+// (§6), de-duplicated: vk→vk, telegram→telegram, email→direct; a robot or unknown kind maps to
+// nothing. Callers pass the kinds from account.Identities so the gate — which holds no
+// cross-schema identity knowledge — can resolve which segments are awake.
+func PresentSources(kinds []string) []Source {
+	var out []Source
+	for _, k := range kinds {
+		if s, ok := SourceForIdentityKind(k); ok && !has(out, s) {
+			out = append(out, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Context is the trusted execution context the store-compliance gate keys on: the platform
+// Kind (the source the wrapper enforces) plus, for VK, the trusted Subtype (only the VK-iOS
+// freeze depends on it). The zero Context (empty Kind) is an untrusted platform — the gate is
+// fail-closed there: no spend, no purchase, no foreign-origin benefit, view only.
+type Context struct {
+	Kind    Source
+	Subtype string
+}
+
+// NewContext builds a Context from the session platform's kind and subtype strings (as carried
+// on the trusted X-Platform signal). An unrecognised or empty kind yields an untrusted Context.
+func NewContext(kind, subtype string) Context {
+	k := Source(kind)
+	if !k.Valid() {
+		return Context{}
+	}
+	return Context{Kind: k, Subtype: subtype}
+}
+
+// Trusted reports whether the platform is trusted (a known kind). An untrusted context denies
+// every spend/purchase and the application of any foreign origin.
+func (c Context) Trusted() bool { return c.Kind.Valid() }
+
+// vkFrozen reports whether this is the VK-iOS spend freeze: VK context on the trusted iOS
+// subtype. A previously bought benefit still applies there, but no spend or purchase is possible.
+func (c Context) vkFrozen() bool { return c.Kind == SourceVK && c.Subtype == SubtypeIOS }
+
+// spendPriority is the fixed draw order when several segments are spendable in one context
+// (D7): the "home" direct segment first, the store-funded segments after.
+var spendPriority = []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}
+
+// has reports whether present contains s.
+func has(present []Source, s Source) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(present, s)
+}
+
+// spendableSources returns the chip segments that may be SPENT in the context, in draw-priority
+// order, restricted to the sources the account actually has (present). It is empty when the
+// platform is untrusted (fail-closed) or VK-iOS (frozen): inside VK/TG only the same-named
+// segment is spendable; on web/native all attached segments are, drained direct→vk→tg.
+func spendableSources(c Context, present []Source) []Source {
+	if !c.Trusted() || c.vkFrozen() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		if has(present, c.Kind) {
+			return []Source{c.Kind}
+		}
+		return nil
+	default: // direct (web/native)
+		var out []Source
+		for _, s := range spendPriority {
+			if has(present, s) {
+				out = append(out, s)
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+}
+
+// applicableOrigins returns the benefit origins that APPLY in the context, in draw-priority
+// order, restricted to present sources. It differs from spendableSources in one way: VK-iOS is
+// NOT excluded — a benefit bought earlier still applies while spending is frozen. Inside VK/TG
+// only the same-named origin applies (a foreign, e.g. direct, origin never activates inside a
+// store — the compliance wall); on web/native direct+vk+tg all apply, drained direct→vk→tg.
+func applicableOrigins(c Context, present []Source) []Source {
+	if !c.Trusted() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		if has(present, c.Kind) {
+			return []Source{c.Kind}
+		}
+		return nil
+	default: // direct (web/native)
+		var out []Source
+		for _, s := range spendPriority {
+			if has(present, s) {
+				out = append(out, s)
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+}
+
+// visibleSources returns the segments the wallet shows in the context, regardless of whether
+// they are spendable: inside a store only the same-named segment (the others are invisible
+// there); on web/native or an untrusted context all three (untrusted shows them view-only).
+func visibleSources(c Context) []Source {
+	switch c.Kind {
+	case SourceVK, SourceTelegram:
+		return []Source{c.Kind}
+	default:
+		return spendPriority
+	}
+}
+
+// Segment is one chip balance the wallet shows: the source, its chip count, and whether it can
+// be spent in the current context (false for a frozen VK-iOS balance or an untrusted platform).
+type Segment struct {
+	Source    Source
+	Chips     int
+	Spendable bool
+}
+
+// BenefitView is the benefit state applicable in the current context: whether ads are off (and
+// until when, or forever) and how many hints are available. It aggregates over the origins
+// applicable in the context (§5).
+type BenefitView struct {
+	AdsForever   bool
+	AdsPaidUntil *time.Time
+	Hints        int
+}
+
+// WalletView is the read model returned to the wallet: the visible segments plus the
+// context-applicable benefits.
+type WalletView struct {
+	Segments []Segment
+	Benefits BenefitView
+}
+
+// benefitDelta is the benefit change a spend or grant applies to one origin: hints added, a
+// no-ads term in whole days (stacked from max(now, current end)), and the perpetual forever
+// flag (which overrides terms).
+type benefitDelta struct {
+	hintsAdd  int
+	noAdsDays int
+	forever   bool
+}
+
+// zero reports whether the delta changes nothing.
+func (d benefitDelta) zero() bool { return d.hintsAdd == 0 && d.noAdsDays == 0 && !d.forever }

backend/internal/payments/gate_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// allPresent is an account attached to every source (the maximal present set).
+var allPresent = []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}
+
+func TestSpendableSources(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		ctx     Context
+		present []Source
+		want    []Source
+	}{
+		{"vk android, vk present", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"vk ios frozen", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, allPresent, nil},
+		{"vk android, vk absent", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, []Source{SourceDirect}, nil},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram, Subtype: "web"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceTelegram}},
+		{"telegram, tg absent", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, []Source{SourceVK}, nil},
+		{"direct all present, priority", Context{Kind: SourceDirect, Subtype: "web"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct, only vk+tg attached", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, []Source{SourceTelegram, SourceVK}, []Source{SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct, nothing attached", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, nil, nil},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", Context{}, allPresent, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := spendableSources(tc.ctx, tc.present); !slices.Equal(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("spendableSources(%+v, %v) = %v, want %v", tc.ctx, tc.present, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplicableOrigins(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		ctx     Context
+		present []Source
+		want    []Source
+	}{
+		// A benefit still APPLIES on VK-iOS while spending is frozen.
+		{"vk ios still applies", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"vk android", Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: "android"}, allPresent, []Source{SourceVK}},
+		{"telegram", Context{Kind: SourceTelegram}, allPresent, []Source{SourceTelegram}},
+		{"direct all, priority", Context{Kind: SourceDirect}, allPresent, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", Context{}, allPresent, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := applicableOrigins(tc.ctx, tc.present); !slices.Equal(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("applicableOrigins(%+v, %v) = %v, want %v", tc.ctx, tc.present, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestComplianceWall is the named unit-level compliance regression: a direct origin (externally
+// paid, outside any store cash desk) must NEVER be applicable inside a VK or TG wrapper, and no
+// segment is ever spendable there beyond the same-named one. The dangerous direction stays shut.
+func TestComplianceWall(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, kind := range []Source{SourceVK, SourceTelegram} {
+		for _, sub := range []string{"android", "ios", "web"} {
+			ctx := Context{Kind: kind, Subtype: sub}
+			if slices.Contains(applicableOrigins(ctx, allPresent), SourceDirect) {
+				t.Errorf("direct origin applies inside %s/%s — compliance wall breached", kind, sub)
+			}
+			for _, s := range spendableSources(ctx, allPresent) {
+				if s != kind {
+					t.Errorf("foreign segment %s spendable inside %s/%s", s, kind, sub)
+				}
+			}
+			// The opposite store's origin must not leak in either (vk⊥tg).
+			other := SourceVK
+			if kind == SourceVK {
+				other = SourceTelegram
+			}
+			if slices.Contains(applicableOrigins(ctx, allPresent), other) {
+				t.Errorf("%s origin applies inside %s — cross-store leak", other, kind)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVisibleSources(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{Kind: SourceVK, Subtype: SubtypeIOS}); !slices.Equal(got, []Source{SourceVK}) {
+		t.Errorf("VK visible = %v, want [vk] (direct/tg hidden in a store)", got)
+	}
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{Kind: SourceDirect}); !slices.Equal(got, allPresent) {
+		t.Errorf("direct visible = %v, want all three", got)
+	}
+	if got := visibleSources(Context{}); !slices.Equal(got, allPresent) {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted visible = %v, want all three (view-only)", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSourceForIdentityKind(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		kind string
+		want Source
+		ok   bool
+	}{
+		{"vk", SourceVK, true},
+		{"telegram", SourceTelegram, true},
+		{"email", SourceDirect, true},
+		{"robot", "", false},
+		{"unknown", "", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		got, ok := SourceForIdentityKind(tc.kind)
+		if got != tc.want || ok != tc.ok {
+			t.Errorf("SourceForIdentityKind(%q) = %q,%v want %q,%v", tc.kind, got, ok, tc.want, tc.ok)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewContextTrusted(t *testing.T) {
+	if c := NewContext("vk", "ios"); !c.Trusted() || !c.vkFrozen() {
+		t.Errorf("vk/ios: trusted=%v frozen=%v, want true/true", c.Trusted(), c.vkFrozen())
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("bogus", "web"); c.Trusted() {
+		t.Errorf("bogus kind should be untrusted")
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("", ""); c.Trusted() {
+		t.Errorf("empty kind should be untrusted")
+	}
+	if c := NewContext("direct", "web"); c.vkFrozen() {
+		t.Errorf("direct is never frozen")
+	}
+}

backend/internal/payments/service.go

@@ -1,17 +1,246 @@
 package payments
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
-// Service is the payments domain's application layer — the narrow surface other
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
-// domains depend on, keeping the schema reachable through one seam. The
+)
-// data-foundation layer exposes only a health check; the wallet, benefit and
+
-// store-compliance operations arrive with the currency mechanics.
+// Service is the payments domain's application layer — the narrow surface other domains depend
+// on, keeping the schema reachable through one seam. Every read/gate method takes the trusted
+// execution Context and the account's present identity sources (which segments are awake, §6);
+// payments holds no cross-schema identity knowledge, so the caller supplies present. Reads are
+// served from the store's in-process cache, so the steady-state hot path issues no query to the
+// payments schema.
 type Service struct {
 	store *Store
+	clock func() time.Time
 }
 
-// NewService constructs a Service over store.
+// NewService constructs a Service over store with a wall-clock time source.
-func NewService(store *Store) *Service { return &Service{store: store} }
+func NewService(store *Store) *Service {
+	return &Service{store: store, clock: func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() }}
+}
 
 // Ping reports whether the payments schema is reachable.
 func (s *Service) Ping(ctx context.Context) error { return s.store.Ping(ctx) }
+
+// Wallet returns the read model for the account in the execution context: the segments visible
+// there (each with its chip count and whether it is spendable) plus the context-applicable
+// benefits. In a store context only the same-named segment is shown; on web/native or an
+// untrusted platform all attached segments are shown, spendable only when the gate allows.
+func (s *Service) Wallet(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (WalletView, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return WalletView{}, err
+	}
+	now := s.clock()
+	view := WalletView{Benefits: benefitView(st, cxt, present, now)}
+	spendable := spendableSources(cxt, present)
+	for _, src := range visibleSources(cxt) {
+		if !has(present, src) {
+			continue // only the account's own (attached) segments are shown
+		}
+		view.Segments = append(view.Segments, Segment{
+			Source:    src,
+			Chips:     st.chipsOf(src),
+			Spendable: has(spendable, src),
+		})
+	}
+	return view, nil
+}
+
+// Catalog returns the storefront for the execution context: every chip-priced value (shown in
+// every context) plus the chip packs priced in the context's payment method. It is read straight
+// from the catalog tables — small and rarely edited, so uncached. An untrusted context has no
+// method and so shows values only; buying is gate-checked on Spend regardless (fail-closed).
+func (s *Service) Catalog(ctx context.Context, cxt Context) (CatalogView, error) {
+	entries, err := s.store.loadCatalog(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return CatalogView{}, err
+	}
+	return projectCatalog(entries, cxt), nil
+}
+
+// AdFree reports whether ads are suppressed for the account in the context: some origin
+// applicable there has an active no-ads term or the forever flag. Fail-closed on an untrusted
+// platform (no origin applies).
+func (s *Service) AdFree(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (bool, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	now := s.clock()
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		b := st.benefitOf(o)
+		if b.adsForever || (b.adsPaidUntil != nil && b.adsPaidUntil.After(now)) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// HintsAvailable returns how many hints the account can use in the context — the sum over the
+// applicable origins. Zero on an untrusted platform.
+func (s *Service) HintsAvailable(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (int, error) {
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	total := 0
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		total += st.benefitOf(o).hints
+	}
+	return total, nil
+}
+
+// SpendHint consumes one hint from the first applicable origin that has one (priority
+// direct→vk→tg), returning whether a hint was spent. It spends nothing when no origin is
+// applicable (untrusted platform or no attached segment).
+func (s *Service) SpendHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source) (bool, error) {
+	origins := applicableOrigins(cxt, present)
+	if len(origins) == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return s.store.consumeHint(ctx, accountID, origins, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Spend buys a chip-priced value: it gate-checks the context, draws the price across the
+// spendable segments by priority direct→vk→tg, and applies the benefit — atomically. The
+// benefit's origin is the purchase context. It fails closed on an untrusted or frozen platform
+// (ErrUntrusted) and on insufficient chips (ErrInsufficientChips).
+func (s *Service) Spend(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, cxt Context, present []Source, productID uuid.UUID) error {
+	spendable := spendableSources(cxt, present)
+	if len(spendable) == 0 {
+		return ErrUntrusted // untrusted, frozen, or no attached segment — no spend
+	}
+	prod, err := s.store.loadProduct(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	st, err := s.store.state(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	draws, ok := planDraws(st, spendable, prod.priceChips)
+	if !ok {
+		return ErrInsufficientChips
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalSnapshot(prod)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.spend(ctx, accountID, draws, cxt.Kind, productID, prod.delta, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Grant applies a benefit to an origin as a zero-price sale — an admin_grant ledger row and the
+// benefit (hints, a no-ads term in whole days, or the forever flag). It never grants chips (no
+// balance is touched — D16), so its signature has no chip amount. The origin is the admin's
+// compliance choice.
+func (s *Service) Grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, hints, noAdsDays int, forever bool) error {
+	if !origin.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: invalid grant origin %q", origin)
+	}
+	d := benefitDelta{hintsAdd: hints, noAdsDays: noAdsDays, forever: forever}
+	if d.zero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: empty grant")
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalGrant(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.grant(ctx, accountID, origin, d, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
+// MergeTx merges the secondary account's segments and benefits into the primary inside the
+// caller's transaction (the account-merge flow). The caller invalidates the affected caches
+// after committing (Invalidate).
+func (s *Service) MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID) error {
+	return s.store.MergeTx(ctx, tx, primary, secondary, s.clock())
+}
+
+// Invalidate drops the cached state of the listed accounts (called after a merge commit).
+func (s *Service) Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID) { s.store.Invalidate(ids...) }
+
+// benefitView aggregates the benefits applicable in the context into the wallet view: ads-off
+// forever if any applicable origin is perpetual, else the latest active term end, plus the total
+// available hints.
+func benefitView(st walletState, cxt Context, present []Source, now time.Time) BenefitView {
+	var v BenefitView
+	for _, o := range applicableOrigins(cxt, present) {
+		b := st.benefitOf(o)
+		if b.adsForever {
+			v.AdsForever = true
+		}
+		if b.adsPaidUntil != nil && b.adsPaidUntil.After(now) {
+			if v.AdsPaidUntil == nil || b.adsPaidUntil.After(*v.AdsPaidUntil) {
+				v.AdsPaidUntil = b.adsPaidUntil
+			}
+		}
+		v.Hints += b.hints
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+// planDraws greedily allocates price across the spendable segments in priority order, draining
+// each before moving on. It returns the per-segment draws and whether the segments together held
+// enough.
+func planDraws(st walletState, spendable []Source, price int) ([]sourceAmount, bool) {
+	remaining := price
+	var draws []sourceAmount
+	for _, src := range spendable {
+		if remaining <= 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		avail := st.chipsOf(src)
+		if avail <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		take := min(avail, remaining)
+		draws = append(draws, sourceAmount{source: src, amount: take})
+		remaining -= take
+	}
+	if remaining > 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return draws, true
+}
+
+// purchaseSnapshot is the catalog snapshot stored on a spend/grant ledger row, so history and
+// receipts stay independent of later catalog edits (§7/D34).
+type purchaseSnapshot struct {
+	ProductID  string         `json:"product_id,omitempty"`
+	Title      string         `json:"title,omitempty"`
+	Atoms      map[string]int `json:"atoms,omitempty"`
+	PriceChips int            `json:"price_chips"`
+	Forever    bool           `json:"forever,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// marshalSnapshot builds the snapshot for a chip spend.
+func marshalSnapshot(p catalogProduct) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{ProductID: p.id.String(), Title: p.title, Atoms: p.atoms, PriceChips: p.priceChips})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// marshalGrant builds the snapshot for an admin grant (price 0).
+func marshalGrant(d benefitDelta) ([]byte, error) {
+	atoms := map[string]int{}
+	if d.hintsAdd > 0 {
+		atoms["hints"] = d.hintsAdd
+	}
+	if d.noAdsDays > 0 {
+		atoms["noads_days"] = d.noAdsDays
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{Atoms: atoms, PriceChips: 0, Forever: d.forever})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal grant snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/store.go

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ import (
 // Store is the Postgres-backed query surface for the payments schema. It is the
 // only place in the backend that issues SQL against payments.* (an
 // import-boundary test enforces it), so the domain stays extractable into its
-// own database.
+// own database. It fronts the materialized balances/benefits tables with an
+// in-process write-through cache (see cache.go) so hot reads issue no query on
+// the steady-state path.
 type Store struct {
-	db *sql.DB
+	db    *sql.DB
+	cache *walletCache
 }
 
-// NewStore constructs a Store wrapping db.
+// NewStore constructs a Store wrapping db, with an empty read cache.
-func NewStore(db *sql.DB) *Store { return &Store{db: db} }
+func NewStore(db *sql.DB) *Store { return &Store{db: db, cache: newWalletCache()} }
 
 // Ping verifies the payments schema is reachable by reading the singleton config
 // row. It is the data-foundation health check; the wallet query surface arrives

backend/internal/payments/store_catalog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// atomQty is one atom line of a product as loaded from the catalog: the atom type and quantity.
+type atomQty struct {
+	atomType string
+	quantity int
+}
+
+// priceRow is one price of a product as loaded from the catalog: the payment method (empty for a
+// value's CHIP price, stored with a NULL method) and the amount in that currency's minor units.
+type priceRow struct {
+	method   string
+	currency Currency
+	amount   int64
+}
+
+// catalogEntry is a raw active product loaded for the storefront: its atom composition and every
+// price row. [projectCatalog] turns it into the context-visible [CatalogProduct].
+type catalogEntry struct {
+	id     uuid.UUID
+	title  string
+	atoms  []atomQty
+	prices []priceRow
+}
+
+// loadCatalog reads every active product with its atoms and prices, ordered by creation, straight
+// from the catalog tables. The catalog is small and rarely edited (admin console only), so it is
+// read uncached — unlike the per-account balances/benefits the read cache fronts.
+func (s *Store) loadCatalog(ctx context.Context) ([]catalogEntry, error) {
+	var prods []model.Product
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.Active.IS_TRUE()).
+		ORDER_BY(table.Product.CreatedAt.ASC()).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prods); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog products: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(prods) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	entries := make([]catalogEntry, len(prods))
+	index := make(map[uuid.UUID]int, len(prods))
+	for i, p := range prods {
+		entries[i] = catalogEntry{id: p.ProductID, title: p.Title}
+		index[p.ProductID] = i
+	}
+
+	var items []model.ProductItem
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &items); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog items: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		if i, ok := index[it.ProductID]; ok {
+			entries[i].atoms = append(entries[i].atoms, atomQty{atomType: it.AtomType, quantity: int(it.Quantity)})
+		}
+	}
+
+	var prices []model.ProductPrice
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &prices); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: load catalog prices: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, pr := range prices {
+		i, ok := index[pr.ProductID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue // a price for a deactivated product — not in the storefront
+		}
+		method := ""
+		if pr.Method != nil {
+			method = *pr.Method
+		}
+		entries[i].prices = append(entries[i].prices, priceRow{method: method, currency: Currency(pr.Currency), amount: pr.Amount})
+	}
+	return entries, nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_wallet.go

@@ -0,0 +1,421 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/model"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/postgres/jet/payments/table"
+)
+
+// Domain errors surfaced by the payments store and service.
+var (
+	// ErrInsufficientChips means the spendable segments held fewer chips than the price.
+	ErrInsufficientChips = errors.New("payments: insufficient chips")
+	// ErrUntrusted means the platform context is untrusted, so the gate is fail-closed.
+	ErrUntrusted = errors.New("payments: untrusted platform")
+	// ErrProductNotFound means the product is absent or deactivated.
+	ErrProductNotFound = errors.New("payments: product not found")
+	// ErrNotAValue means the product has no chip price (it is a chip pack or unpriced), so it
+	// cannot be bought with chips.
+	ErrNotAValue = errors.New("payments: product is not a chip-priced value")
+)
+
+// withTx runs fn inside a transaction on db, rolling back on error or panic.
+func withTx(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, fn func(*sql.Tx) error) (err error) {
+	tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: begin tx: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if p := recover(); p != nil {
+			_ = tx.Rollback()
+			panic(p)
+		}
+	}()
+	if err := fn(tx); err != nil {
+		_ = tx.Rollback()
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: commit tx: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sourceAmount is one chip draw from a single segment during a spend.
+type sourceAmount struct {
+	source Source
+	amount int
+}
+
+// catalogProduct is a product resolved for a chip spend: its chip price, the benefit its atoms
+// fold into, and the raw atom composition for the purchase snapshot.
+type catalogProduct struct {
+	id         uuid.UUID
+	title      string
+	priceChips int
+	delta      benefitDelta
+	atoms      map[string]int
+}
+
+// loadState reads an account's balances and benefits straight from the materialized tables.
+func (s *Store) loadState(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (walletState, error) {
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{}, benefits: map[Source]benefitState{}}
+	var brows []model.Balances
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Balances.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Balances).
+		WHERE(table.Balances.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &brows); err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load balances %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range brows {
+		st.chips[Source(r.Source)] = int(r.Chips)
+	}
+	var frows []model.Benefits
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.Benefits.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Benefits).
+		WHERE(table.Benefits.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &frows); err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load benefits %s: %w", accountID, err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range frows {
+		st.benefits[Source(r.Origin)] = benefitState{adsPaidUntil: r.AdsPaidUntil, adsForever: r.AdsForever, hints: int(r.Hints)}
+	}
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+// state returns an account's payments state, served from the read cache when warm, otherwise
+// loaded from the materialized tables and cached. The returned maps are read-only.
+func (s *Store) state(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (walletState, error) {
+	if st, ok := s.cache.get(accountID); ok {
+		return st, nil
+	}
+	st, err := s.loadState(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return walletState{}, err
+	}
+	s.cache.put(accountID, st)
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+// Invalidate drops the cached state of every listed account so the next read reloads it. It is
+// called after a committed mutation whose transaction the payments package does not own — the
+// account-merge flow (after its own commit) and, later, external fund/refund intake.
+func (s *Store) Invalidate(ids ...uuid.UUID) {
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		s.cache.invalidate(id)
+	}
+}
+
+// loadProduct resolves a chip-priced value: an active product with a CHIP price row
+// (method NULL) whose atoms are benefits (hints / no-ads days). It rejects a missing or
+// deactivated product (ErrProductNotFound), a product with no chip price (ErrNotAValue), and a
+// product carrying the chips atom (a chip pack is funded, never bought with chips — ErrNotAValue).
+func (s *Store) loadProduct(ctx context.Context, productID uuid.UUID) (catalogProduct, error) {
+	var p model.Product
+	err := postgres.SELECT(table.Product.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.Product).
+		WHERE(table.Product.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &p)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) || (err == nil && !p.Active) {
+		return catalogProduct{}, ErrProductNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load product %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	var price model.ProductPrice
+	err = postgres.SELECT(table.ProductPrice.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductPrice).
+		WHERE(table.ProductPrice.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID)).
+			AND(table.ProductPrice.Method.IS_NULL()).
+			AND(table.ProductPrice.Currency.EQ(postgres.String(string(CurrencyChip))))).
+		LIMIT(1).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &price)
+	if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+		return catalogProduct{}, ErrNotAValue
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load price %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	var items []model.ProductItem
+	if err := postgres.SELECT(table.ProductItem.AllColumns).
+		FROM(table.ProductItem).
+		WHERE(table.ProductItem.ProductID.EQ(postgres.UUID(productID))).
+		QueryContext(ctx, s.db, &items); err != nil {
+		return catalogProduct{}, fmt.Errorf("payments: load items %s: %w", productID, err)
+	}
+
+	cp := catalogProduct{id: productID, title: p.Title, priceChips: int(price.Amount), atoms: map[string]int{}}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		cp.atoms[it.AtomType] = int(it.Quantity)
+		switch it.AtomType {
+		case "hints":
+			cp.delta.hintsAdd += int(it.Quantity)
+		case "noads_days":
+			cp.delta.noAdsDays += int(it.Quantity)
+		case "chips":
+			return catalogProduct{}, ErrNotAValue // a value never grants chips
+		}
+	}
+	return cp, nil
+}
+
+// stackNoAds returns the new no-ads term end after adding addDays whole days from
+// max(now, current end) — terms add up, the remainder is never lost (§5/D33). A non-positive
+// addDays leaves the term unchanged; a nil current means no term yet.
+func stackNoAds(current *time.Time, addDays int, now time.Time) *time.Time {
+	if addDays <= 0 {
+		return current
+	}
+	base := now
+	if current != nil && current.After(now) {
+		base = *current
+	}
+	end := base.Add(time.Duration(addDays) * 24 * time.Hour)
+	return &end
+}
+
+// combineNoAds folds secondary's remaining no-ads term onto primary's during a merge: the
+// remaining duration of each is preserved (§6/D15 "terms extend per origin").
+func combineNoAds(primary, secondary *time.Time, now time.Time) *time.Time {
+	if secondary == nil || !secondary.After(now) {
+		return primary
+	}
+	base := now
+	if primary != nil && primary.After(now) {
+		base = *primary
+	}
+	end := base.Add(secondary.Sub(now))
+	return &end
+}
+
+// applyBenefitTx applies a benefit delta to one origin inside tx, stacking the no-ads term,
+// OR-ing the forever flag and adding hints. It ensures the (account, origin) row exists, locks
+// it, then writes the recomputed values — so concurrent applies serialise on the row lock.
+func applyBenefitTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, d benefitDelta, now time.Time) error {
+	if d.zero() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+		accountID, string(origin)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: ensure benefit row %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	var untilCur *time.Time
+	var foreverCur bool
+	var hintsCur int32
+	if err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits
+		 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2 FOR UPDATE`, accountID, string(origin)).
+		Scan(&untilCur, &foreverCur, &hintsCur); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: lock benefit %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE payments.benefits SET ads_paid_until = $3, ads_forever = $4, hints = $5, updated_at = now()
+		 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2`,
+		accountID, string(origin), stackNoAds(untilCur, d.noAdsDays, now), foreverCur || d.forever, int(hintsCur)+d.hintsAdd); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: apply benefit %s: %w", origin, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// insertLedgerTx appends one append-only ledger row inside tx.
+func insertLedgerTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, accountID uuid.UUID, kind string, source, origin *Source, chipsDelta int, productID *uuid.UUID, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	id, err := uuid.NewV7()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: ledger id: %w", err)
+	}
+	// The snapshot is a bare value, not a postgres.String literal: a jsonb column infers its
+	// type from an untyped parameter (the game-moves payload idiom), whereas a text-typed
+	// literal is rejected against jsonb.
+	var snap any = postgres.NULL
+	if snapshot != nil {
+		snap = string(snapshot)
+	}
+	stmt := table.Ledger.INSERT(
+		table.Ledger.LedgerID, table.Ledger.AccountID, table.Ledger.Kind,
+		table.Ledger.Source, table.Ledger.Origin, table.Ledger.ChipsDelta,
+		table.Ledger.ProductID, table.Ledger.Snapshot, table.Ledger.CreatedAt,
+	).VALUES(
+		id, accountID, kind,
+		sourceOrNull(source), sourceOrNull(origin), int32(chipsDelta),
+		uuidOrNull(productID), snap, now,
+	)
+	if _, err := stmt.ExecContext(ctx, tx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: insert %s ledger: %w", kind, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// spend draws the chips across the given segments, appends a spend ledger row per draw (carrying
+// the purchase snapshot), and applies the benefit — all in one transaction. It fails closed on
+// an insufficient balance (a guarded decrement), rolling everything back.
+func (s *Store) spend(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, draws []sourceAmount, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		for _, dr := range draws {
+			res, err := table.Balances.
+				UPDATE(table.Balances.Chips, table.Balances.UpdatedAt).
+				SET(table.Balances.Chips.SUB(postgres.Int(int64(dr.amount))), postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
+				WHERE(table.Balances.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID)).
+					AND(table.Balances.Source.EQ(postgres.String(string(dr.source)))).
+					AND(table.Balances.Chips.GT_EQ(postgres.Int(int64(dr.amount))))).
+				ExecContext(ctx, tx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("payments: decrement %s: %w", dr.source, err)
+			}
+			if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n == 0 {
+				return ErrInsufficientChips
+			}
+			src := dr.source
+			if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "spend", &src, &origin, -dr.amount, &productID, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// grant records an admin_grant ledger row (price 0, no chips) and applies the granted benefit to
+// the chosen origin, in one transaction — a zero-price sale of a value.
+func (s *Store) grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "admin_grant", nil, &origin, 0, nil, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// consumeHint decrements one hint from the first applicable origin (in the given priority order)
+// that has one, with a guarded update. It returns whether a hint was spent.
+func (s *Store) consumeHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origins []Source, now time.Time) (bool, error) {
+	for _, o := range origins {
+		res, err := table.Benefits.
+			UPDATE(table.Benefits.Hints, table.Benefits.UpdatedAt).
+			SET(table.Benefits.Hints.SUB(postgres.Int(1)), postgres.TimestampzT(now)).
+			WHERE(table.Benefits.AccountID.EQ(postgres.UUID(accountID)).
+				AND(table.Benefits.Origin.EQ(postgres.String(string(o)))).
+				AND(table.Benefits.Hints.GT(postgres.Int(0)))).
+			ExecContext(ctx, s.db)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("payments: consume hint %s: %w", o, err)
+		}
+		if n, _ := res.RowsAffected(); n > 0 {
+			s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// MergeTx folds the secondary account's segments and benefits into the primary, by source and by
+// origin, inside the caller's transaction (the account-merge flow): chips sum, no-ads terms
+// extend per origin, forever OR-s, hints add. The secondary's payments rows are removed. The
+// caller invalidates the primary's cache after its own commit (Invalidate). It does not touch
+// the account schema — the JET import boundary stays intact, only the shared connection is used.
+func (s *Store) MergeTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, primary, secondary uuid.UUID, now time.Time) error {
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO payments.balances (account_id, source, chips, updated_at)
+		 SELECT $1, source, chips, now() FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id = $2
+		 ON CONFLICT (account_id, source) DO UPDATE
+		   SET chips = payments.balances.chips + EXCLUDED.chips, updated_at = now()`,
+		primary, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: merge balances: %w", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.balances WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear secondary balances: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := tx.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT origin, ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: read secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	type secBenefit struct {
+		origin  Source
+		until   *time.Time
+		forever bool
+		hints   int
+	}
+	var secs []secBenefit
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var b secBenefit
+		var o string
+		var h int32
+		if err := rows.Scan(&o, &b.until, &b.forever, &h); err != nil {
+			rows.Close()
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: scan secondary benefit: %w", err)
+		}
+		b.origin, b.hints = Source(o), int(h)
+		secs = append(secs, b)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		rows.Close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: iterate secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	rows.Close()
+
+	for _, b := range secs {
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`INSERT INTO payments.benefits (account_id, origin) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+			primary, string(b.origin)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: ensure primary benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+		var untilCur *time.Time
+		var foreverCur bool
+		var hintsCur int32
+		if err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx,
+			`SELECT ads_paid_until, ads_forever, hints FROM payments.benefits
+			 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2 FOR UPDATE`, primary, string(b.origin)).
+			Scan(&untilCur, &foreverCur, &hintsCur); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: lock primary benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx,
+			`UPDATE payments.benefits SET ads_paid_until = $3, ads_forever = $4, hints = $5, updated_at = now()
+			 WHERE account_id = $1 AND origin = $2`,
+			primary, string(b.origin), combineNoAds(untilCur, b.until, now), foreverCur || b.forever, int(hintsCur)+b.hints); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("payments: merge benefit %s: %w", b.origin, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM payments.benefits WHERE account_id = $1`, secondary); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: clear secondary benefits: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// sourceOrNull renders an optional source as a SQL string or NULL.
+func sourceOrNull(s *Source) postgres.Expression {
+	if s == nil {
+		return postgres.NULL
+	}
+	return postgres.String(string(*s))
+}
+
+// uuidOrNull renders an optional id as a SQL uuid or NULL.
+func uuidOrNull(id *uuid.UUID) postgres.Expression {
+	if id == nil {
+		return postgres.NULL
+	}
+	return postgres.UUID(*id)
+}

backend/internal/payments/wallet_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+package payments
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// base is a fixed clock instant for the deterministic tests.
+var base = time.Date(2026, 7, 8, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+// seededService builds a Service whose read cache already holds st for id, so the read methods
+// resolve without a database (the store's db is nil). The clock is pinned to base.
+func seededService(id uuid.UUID, st walletState) *Service {
+	store := NewStore(nil)
+	store.cache.put(id, st)
+	return &Service{store: store, clock: func() time.Time { return base }}
+}
+
+func TestStackNoAds(t *testing.T) {
+	future := base.Add(48 * time.Hour)
+	past := base.Add(-time.Hour)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		current *time.Time
+		addDays int
+		want    *time.Time
+	}{
+		{"fresh term", nil, 3, new(base.Add(72 * time.Hour))},
+		{"stack onto future", new(future), 2, new(future.Add(48 * time.Hour))},
+		{"lapsed term restarts from now", new(past), 1, new(base.Add(24 * time.Hour))},
+		{"zero days unchanged", new(future), 0, new(future)},
+		{"zero days, nil stays nil", nil, 0, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := stackNoAds(tc.current, tc.addDays, base)
+			if (got == nil) != (tc.want == nil) || (got != nil && !got.Equal(*tc.want)) {
+				t.Errorf("stackNoAds = %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCombineNoAds(t *testing.T) {
+	pFuture := base.Add(24 * time.Hour)
+	sFuture := base.Add(72 * time.Hour) // 3 days remaining
+	// primary future + secondary future: primary end + secondary's remaining (72h).
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), new(sFuture), base); !got.Equal(pFuture.Add(72 * time.Hour)) {
+		t.Errorf("combine both future = %v, want %v", got, pFuture.Add(72*time.Hour))
+	}
+	// primary nil + secondary future: now + secondary's remaining.
+	if got := combineNoAds(nil, new(sFuture), base); !got.Equal(base.Add(72 * time.Hour)) {
+		t.Errorf("combine nil primary = %v, want %v", got, base.Add(72*time.Hour))
+	}
+	// secondary lapsed: primary unchanged.
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), new(base.Add(-time.Hour)), base); !got.Equal(pFuture) {
+		t.Errorf("combine lapsed secondary = %v, want %v", got, pFuture)
+	}
+	// secondary nil: primary unchanged.
+	if got := combineNoAds(new(pFuture), nil, base); !got.Equal(pFuture) {
+		t.Errorf("combine nil secondary = %v, want %v", got, pFuture)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlanDraws(t *testing.T) {
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{SourceDirect: 30, SourceVK: 50, SourceTelegram: 5}}
+	// price met entirely by the first (direct) segment.
+	if draws, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}, 20); !ok || len(draws) != 1 || draws[0] != (sourceAmount{SourceDirect, 20}) {
+		t.Errorf("single-segment draw = %v ok=%v", draws, ok)
+	}
+	// price spills from direct into vk by priority.
+	draws, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}, 60)
+	want := []sourceAmount{{SourceDirect, 30}, {SourceVK, 30}}
+	if !ok || len(draws) != 2 || draws[0] != want[0] || draws[1] != want[1] {
+		t.Errorf("priority spill draw = %v ok=%v, want %v", draws, ok, want)
+	}
+	// insufficient total.
+	if _, ok := planDraws(st, []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK, SourceTelegram}, 200); ok {
+		t.Error("expected insufficient")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWalletSegments(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	st := walletState{chips: map[Source]int{SourceDirect: 100, SourceVK: 50}}
+	svc := seededService(id, st)
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+
+	// Web/native: both attached segments shown, both spendable.
+	got, err := svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("direct", "web"), present)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got.Segments) != 2 || !got.Segments[0].Spendable || got.Segments[0].Source != SourceDirect {
+		t.Errorf("direct wallet segments = %+v", got.Segments)
+	}
+	// VK Android: only vk shown, spendable.
+	got, _ = svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present)
+	if len(got.Segments) != 1 || got.Segments[0].Source != SourceVK || !got.Segments[0].Spendable {
+		t.Errorf("vk-android wallet = %+v", got.Segments)
+	}
+	// VK iOS: only vk shown, frozen (not spendable) but the balance is visible.
+	got, _ = svc.Wallet(context.Background(), id, NewContext("vk", "ios"), present)
+	if len(got.Segments) != 1 || got.Segments[0].Chips != 50 || got.Segments[0].Spendable {
+		t.Errorf("vk-ios wallet = %+v (want vk 50 frozen)", got.Segments)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdFreeByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	future := base.Add(48 * time.Hour)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// A vk-origin no-ads term applies inside VK and out on web, but a direct-origin term never
+	// applies inside VK (the compliance wall).
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{
+		SourceVK:     {adsPaidUntil: new(future)},
+		SourceDirect: {adsPaidUntil: new(future)},
+	}})
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		cxt  Context
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"vk term inside vk", NewContext("vk", "android"), true},
+		{"vk term inside vk-ios (applies while frozen)", NewContext("vk", "ios"), true},
+		{"terms on web", NewContext("direct", "web"), true},
+		{"untrusted fail-closed", NewContext("", ""), false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := svc.AdFree(ctx, id, tc.cxt, present)
+			if err != nil || got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("AdFree = %v (err %v), want %v", got, err, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Compliance: ONLY a direct-origin term, checked inside VK, must not suppress ads.
+	svc2 := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{SourceDirect: {adsPaidUntil: new(future)}}})
+	if got, _ := svc2.AdFree(ctx, id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present); got {
+		t.Error("direct-origin no-ads must NOT apply inside VK (compliance wall)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHintsAvailableByContext(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{
+		SourceDirect: {hints: 3},
+		SourceVK:     {hints: 2},
+	}})
+	present := []Source{SourceDirect, SourceVK}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Web: both applicable origins summed.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("direct", "web"), present); n != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("web hints = %d, want 5", n)
+	}
+	// VK: only vk-origin hints.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("vk", "android"), present); n != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("vk hints = %d, want 2", n)
+	}
+	// Untrusted: none.
+	if n, _ := svc.HintsAvailable(ctx, id, NewContext("", ""), present); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted hints = %d, want 0", n)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpendHintUntrustedNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	id := uuid.New()
+	svc := seededService(id, walletState{benefits: map[Source]benefitState{SourceDirect: {hints: 3}}})
+	// Untrusted context: no applicable origin, so nothing is spent and the DB (nil) is never hit.
+	spent, err := svc.SpendHint(context.Background(), id, NewContext("", ""), []Source{SourceDirect})
+	if err != nil || spent {
+		t.Errorf("untrusted SpendHint = %v (err %v), want false", spent, err)
+	}
+}

backend/internal/server/banner.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/ads"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/engine"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/notify"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 )
 
 // bannerDTO is the advertising-banner block attached to an eligible viewer's
@@ -55,7 +56,21 @@ type bannerTimingsDTO struct {
 // a language switch).
 func (s *Server) profileResponse(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) profileResponse {
 	r := profileResponseFor(acc)
-	r.Banner = s.bannerFor(ctx, acc)
+	// Resolve the payments gate once (execution context + present sources) and feed it to both
+	// the hint count and the banner. The profile hint balance now comes from the payments benefit
+	// (context-aware), not the deprecated accounts.hint_balance column; on any failure the legacy
+	// value from profileResponseFor (zeroed in production) stands.
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, acc.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("profile: wallet gate failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+	} else if s.payments != nil {
+		if hints, herr := s.payments.HintsAvailable(ctx, acc.ID, cxt, present); herr == nil {
+			r.HintBalance = hints
+		} else {
+			s.log.Warn("profile: hint balance read failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(herr))
+		}
+	}
+	r.Banner = s.bannerFor(ctx, acc, cxt, present)
 	s.fillLinkedIdentities(ctx, &r, acc.ID)
 	r.DictVersions = s.currentDictVersions()
 	return r
@@ -115,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *Server) fillLinkedIdentities(ctx context.Context, r *profileResponse, a
 // language, falling back to its interface language and then English. A failure
 // reading roles or campaigns is logged and treated as "no banner" so the profile
 // response still succeeds.
-func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) *bannerDTO {
+func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account, cxt payments.Context, present []payments.Source) *bannerDTO {
 	if s.ads == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -124,16 +139,24 @@ func (s *Server) bannerFor(ctx context.Context, acc account.Account) *bannerDTO
 		s.log.Warn("banner: active set failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
 		return nil
 	}
-	// An urgent campaign is shown to every viewer; otherwise the normal eligibility
+	// An urgent campaign is shown to every viewer; otherwise the banner is suppressed by the
-	// gate applies (a paid account, a non-empty hint wallet or the no_banner role
+	// no_banner role or by an active no-ads benefit applicable in the viewer's context (the
-	// hides the banner).
+	// payments gate — a hint balance no longer suppresses the banner). An untrusted platform is
+	// fail-closed by the gate, so it does not suppress the banner.
 	if !urgent {
 		hasNoBanner, err := s.accounts.HasRole(ctx, acc.ID, account.RoleNoBanner)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.log.Warn("banner: role check failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
 			return nil
 		}
-		if !ads.Eligible(acc.PaidAccount, acc.HintBalance, hasNoBanner) {
+		adFree := false
+		if s.payments != nil {
+			if adFree, err = s.payments.AdFree(ctx, acc.ID, cxt, present); err != nil {
+				s.log.Warn("banner: ad-free check failed", zap.String("account", acc.ID.String()), zap.Error(err))
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		if hasNoBanner || adFree {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}

backend/internal/server/handlers.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/feedback"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/game"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/lobby"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/social"
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ func (s *Server) registerRoutes() {
 		// client may still reach, to fetch the block's expiry and reason for the blocked screen.
 		u.GET("/block-status", s.handleBlockStatus)
 	}
+	if s.payments != nil {
+		// The wallet: the context-visible chip segments + benefits, the storefront catalog, and a
+		// chip spend on a value.
+		u.GET("/wallet", s.handleWallet)
+		u.GET("/wallet/catalog", s.handleWalletCatalog)
+		u.POST("/wallet/buy", s.handleWalletBuy)
+	}
 	if s.links != nil {
 		// Account linking & merge. The request step always mails a code;
 		// a required merge is revealed only after the code is verified, and the
@@ -250,6 +258,14 @@ func statusForError(err error) (int, string) {
 		return http.StatusConflict, "last_identity"
 	case errors.Is(err, accountmerge.ErrActiveGameConflict):
 		return http.StatusConflict, "merge_active_game_conflict"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrUntrusted):
+		return http.StatusForbidden, "payments_untrusted"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrInsufficientChips):
+		return http.StatusConflict, "insufficient_chips"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrProductNotFound):
+		return http.StatusNotFound, "product_not_found"
+	case errors.Is(err, payments.ErrNotAValue):
+		return http.StatusBadRequest, "not_a_value"
 	case errors.Is(err, account.ErrInvalidEmail):
 		return http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid_email"
 	case errors.Is(err, account.ErrCodeMismatch), errors.Is(err, account.ErrCodeExpired),

backend/internal/server/handlers_wallet.go

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// walletSegmentDTO is one chip balance in the wallet view: the funding source, the chip count,
+// and whether it can be spent in the current execution context (false for a frozen VK-iOS
+// balance or an untrusted platform).
+type walletSegmentDTO struct {
+	Source    string `json:"source"`
+	Chips     int    `json:"chips"`
+	Spendable bool   `json:"spendable"`
+}
+
+// walletDTO is the user-facing wallet: the context-visible chip segments and the
+// context-applicable benefits (the no-ads term or forever flag, and the available hints).
+type walletDTO struct {
+	Segments     []walletSegmentDTO `json:"segments"`
+	AdsForever   bool               `json:"ads_forever"`
+	AdsPaidUntil int64              `json:"ads_paid_until_ms"` // unix millis; 0 = no active term
+	Hints        int                `json:"hints"`
+}
+
+// walletBuyRequest is the POST body of a chip spend: the product to buy with chips.
+type walletBuyRequest struct {
+	ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+}
+
+// walletDTOFrom projects a payments wallet view into the wire DTO.
+func walletDTOFrom(v payments.WalletView) walletDTO {
+	out := walletDTO{AdsForever: v.Benefits.AdsForever, Hints: v.Benefits.Hints}
+	if v.Benefits.AdsPaidUntil != nil {
+		out.AdsPaidUntil = v.Benefits.AdsPaidUntil.UnixMilli()
+	}
+	out.Segments = make([]walletSegmentDTO, 0, len(v.Segments))
+	for _, seg := range v.Segments {
+		out.Segments = append(out.Segments, walletSegmentDTO{Source: string(seg.Source), Chips: seg.Chips, Spendable: seg.Spendable})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// catalogAtomDTO is one atom line of a storefront product: the base value type it grants and how
+// many of it the product carries.
+type catalogAtomDTO struct {
+	AtomType string `json:"atom_type"`
+	Quantity int    `json:"quantity"`
+}
+
+// catalogProductDTO is one storefront product for the caller's context: a chip-priced value
+// (chips set, no money price) or a chip pack priced in the context's payment method
+// (money_amount minor units + money_currency, no chips), plus what it grants.
+type catalogProductDTO struct {
+	Kind          string           `json:"kind"`
+	ProductID     string           `json:"product_id"`
+	Title         string           `json:"title"`
+	Chips         int              `json:"chips"`
+	MoneyAmount   int64            `json:"money_amount"`
+	MoneyCurrency string           `json:"money_currency"`
+	Atoms         []catalogAtomDTO `json:"atoms"`
+}
+
+// catalogDTO is the storefront: the products visible and purchasable in the caller's context.
+type catalogDTO struct {
+	Products []catalogProductDTO `json:"products"`
+}
+
+// catalogDTOFrom projects a payments catalog view into the wire DTO.
+func catalogDTOFrom(v payments.CatalogView) catalogDTO {
+	out := catalogDTO{Products: make([]catalogProductDTO, 0, len(v.Products))}
+	for _, p := range v.Products {
+		atoms := make([]catalogAtomDTO, 0, len(p.Atoms))
+		for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+			atoms = append(atoms, catalogAtomDTO{AtomType: a.AtomType, Quantity: a.Quantity})
+		}
+		out.Products = append(out.Products, catalogProductDTO{
+			Kind: p.Kind, ProductID: p.ProductID, Title: p.Title,
+			Chips: p.Chips, MoneyAmount: p.MoneyAmount, MoneyCurrency: p.MoneyCurrency, Atoms: atoms,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// handleWalletCatalog returns the storefront for the caller's trusted execution context: the
+// chip-priced values and the chip packs priced in the context's payment method.
+func (s *Server) handleWalletCatalog(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, _, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Catalog(ctx, cxt)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, catalogDTOFrom(view))
+}
+
+// handleWallet returns the caller's wallet — the segments and benefits visible in the current
+// trusted execution context.
+func (s *Server) handleWallet(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Wallet(ctx, uid, cxt, present)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletDTOFrom(view))
+}
+
+// handleWalletBuy spends chips on a chip-priced value and returns the updated wallet. It is
+// fail-closed: an untrusted or frozen context, or an insufficient balance, is refused.
+func (s *Server) handleWalletBuy(c *gin.Context) {
+	uid, ok := userID(c)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	var req walletBuyRequest
+	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&req); err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid request body"}})
+		return
+	}
+	productID, err := uuid.Parse(req.ProductID)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, errorResponse{Error: errorBody{Code: "invalid_request", Message: "invalid product id"}})
+		return
+	}
+	ctx := c.Request.Context()
+	cxt, present, err := s.walletGate(ctx, uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.payments.Spend(ctx, uid, cxt, present, productID); err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	view, err := s.payments.Wallet(ctx, uid, cxt, present)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.abortErr(c, err)
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, walletDTOFrom(view))
+}

backend/internal/server/payments_gate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/session"
+)
+
+// walletGate resolves the payments gate inputs for an account on the current request: the
+// trusted execution context (the session platform carried on ctx by the platformContext
+// middleware; absent ⇒ untrusted, fail-closed) and the account's present identity sources
+// (which chip/benefit segments are awake, §6). The payments domain holds no cross-schema
+// identity knowledge, so the server supplies present from account.Identities.
+func (s *Server) walletGate(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID) (payments.Context, []payments.Source, error) {
+	var cxt payments.Context
+	if p, ok := session.PlatformFromContext(ctx); ok {
+		cxt = payments.NewContext(p.Kind, p.Subtype)
+	}
+	ids, err := s.accounts.Identities(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return payments.Context{}, nil, err
+	}
+	kinds := make([]string, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		kinds[i] = id.Kind
+	}
+	return cxt, payments.PresentSources(kinds), nil
+}

deploy/.env.example

@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ POSTGRES_DB=scrabble
 POSTGRES_USER=scrabble
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change-me            # required
 
+# --- Point-in-time recovery (pgBackRest -> S3; PROD main host only) ----------
+# Continuous WAL archiving for PITR. PROD-ONLY: the test contour never archives (these
+# stay unset there and archive_mode stays off). The artifact ships DISARMED —
+# PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE defaults off; arm it only after setting up the S3 repository +
+# secrets and creating the stanza, then flip it on (deploy/README.md, point-in-time
+# recovery). Gitea: PROD_PGBACKREST_* — endpoint/bucket/region/archive-mode are variables,
+# the two S3 keys + the cipher passphrase are secrets.
+PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=off            # on = archiving active (arm only after the stanza exists)
+PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT=                # S3 HOST ONLY — no https://, no port, no bucket (e.g. s3.ru-1.storage.selcloud.ru); path-style addressing
+PGBACKREST_S3_PORT=                    # optional; default 443 — set only if the provider uses a non-standard S3 port
+PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET=                  # bucket name; lowercase, no dots/underscores
+PGBACKREST_S3_REGION=                  # e.g. ru-1
+PGBACKREST_S3_KEY=                     # secret: S3 access key id
+PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET=              # secret: S3 secret access key
+PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS=                # secret: repo encryption passphrase — KEEP SAFE, stored apart from the S3 keys (losing it makes the archive unrecoverable)
+
 # --- Dictionary -------------------------------------------------------------
 # scrabble-dictionary release tag baked into the image as the SEED dictionary for a
 # FRESH volume (image build-arg; also labels the resident seed version). After first

deploy/README.md

@@ -220,10 +220,89 @@ release tag, so any prior release is reachable.
 **Migrations** must be **expand-contract** (backward-compatible; goose is forward-only):
 the automatic rollback is image-only and never restores the DB. A deploy that changes
 `backend/internal/postgres/migrations/` opens a maintenance window — the backend (sole
-writer) is stopped for a consistent `pg_dump` into `/opt/scrabble/dumps` before the new
+writer) is stopped for a consistent **whole-database** `pg_dump` into `/opt/scrabble/dumps`
-backend migrates. **Manual DB restore** (only if a migration was destructive):
+(it covers `backend` **and** `payments`) before the new backend migrates. **Manual DB
-`docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c 'DROP SCHEMA backend CASCADE'`,
+restore** (only if a migration was destructive): drop the app schemas in the same instance
-then pipe the dump into the same `psql`, and redeploy the matching old tag.
+and pipe the dump back —
+`docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble -c 'DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS backend CASCADE; DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS payments CASCADE;'`,
+then `docker exec -i scrabble-postgres psql -U scrabble -d scrabble < the-dump.sql`, and
+redeploy the matching old tag. This dump is a belt-and-braces net for a bad migration;
+**point-in-time recovery** (below) is the primary recovery path once armed, and the only one
+that survives losing the host.
+
+## Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
+
+The main host archives Postgres continuously with **pgBackRest** to **Selectel S3**
+(encrypted at rest, path-style addressing) so the database can be restored to any moment —
+protecting the money ledger and the game state against corruption or host loss. It is the
+primary recovery path; the migration-window `pg_dump` above is the secondary net.
+
+**Shape.** A daily full **base backup** (a systemd timer on the main host, `04:00`) plus
+**continuous WAL** archived by Postgres `archive_command` (a segment is forced at least every
+5 minutes, so the recovery point is never more than a few minutes behind). Retention is **30
+days** (`repo1-retention-full=30`); the repository is AES-256-CBC encrypted. This is main-host
+only — the test contour never archives.
+
+**Wiring.** pgBackRest ships inside the DB image (`deploy/postgres/Dockerfile`); the
+repository + S3 credentials + cipher are the `PGBACKREST_*` environment on the postgres
+service in `docker-compose.prod.yml`, rendered from the `PROD_` Gitea set by
+`write-prod-env.sh`. Archiving is gated by **`PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE` (default `off`)**, so
+shipping or redeploying this stack does **not** start archiving — the artifact is inert until
+armed, which is why an un-armed prod deploy can never pile WAL onto the disk. The base-backup
+timer is provisioned by the Ansible `main` role behind `pitr_enabled` (also default off). Two
+Grafana alerts watch health: `WAL archiving failing` (`pg_stat_archiver_failed_count` rising)
+and `WAL archiving stalled` (`pg_stat_archiver_last_archive_age` over 30 min) — both
+absent/NaN-safe, so they stay quiet until archiving is armed.
+
+**Assessment (owner-reviewed; the gate before the first real money).** Measured on prod
+`pg_stat_wal`: WAL is generated at **~0.77 MB/day** and the database is **~9.6 MB**. At
+30-day retention on Selectel S3 (~2 ₽/GB·month) the archive is **under ~0.3 GB → well under
+1 ₽/month** (compression halves it again); request volume is trivial. Performance impact is
+**negligible**: archive-push moves tiny compressed segments, and the daily full base backup
+is a ~10 MB, sub-second job on the 2 vCPU host. Revisit both if traffic grows ~100× (watch
+`node_exporter` during a base backup).
+
+**Arming (owner-coordinated, once, before real payments).** Ships disarmed; to turn it on:
+
+1. **Owner (Selectel + Gitea):** create an S3 bucket (name **lowercase, no dots/underscores**)
+   and an S3 access key/secret; pick a repository **cipher passphrase** and store it **apart
+   from the S3 keys** (losing it makes the archive unrecoverable). Set the Gitea `PROD_` set —
+   variables `PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT` (the S3 **host only** — no `https://`, no port, no
+   bucket) / `_S3_BUCKET` / `_S3_REGION`, an optional `_S3_PORT` (default 443, set only for a
+   non-standard provider port), and `PROD_PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE=on`; secrets
+   `PROD_PGBACKREST_S3_KEY` (the S3 **access key**) / `_S3_KEY_SECRET` (its paired **secret
+   key**, shown once at creation) / `_CIPHER_PASS` (a fresh repository passphrase, e.g.
+   `openssl rand -base64 48`).
+2. Promote `development → master`, tag, and run **prod-deploy**. The roll recreates postgres
+   with `archive_mode=on` behind the maintenance page. (Archive pushes fail harmlessly for the
+   minute until step 3 creates the repository — the WAL is retained, not lost.)
+3. On the main host, create the repository, take the first base backup, and verify:
+   ```sh
+   docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble stanza-create
+   docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --type=full backup
+   docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble check
+   ```
+4. Enable the daily timer: `ansible-playbook site.yml -e pitr_enabled=true` (installs + starts
+   `pgbackrest-backup.timer` on the main host).
+5. Confirm in Grafana that the two archiving alerts are green (`last_archive_age` now tracks a
+   real number, `failed_count` flat).
+
+**Restore drill (proves recoverability; re-run after arming and after any major change).** On
+an **isolated, one-shot** target (a throwaway VM or a container with no ingress), pgBackRest,
+the matching Postgres major, an empty `PGDATA`, and the same `PGBACKREST_*` environment:
+
+```sh
+pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --type=time "--target=YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS+00" --delta restore
+# start Postgres; it replays WAL to the target; then verify a known row / the ledger tail
+```
+
+The target holds **real money + personal data** while it exists — keep it network-isolated and
+**destroy it (wipe `PGDATA` + the instance) afterwards**. Record each drill (date, target
+timestamp, outcome) here:
+
+| Date | Target timestamp | Result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| _pending first arming_ | — | — |
 
 **bot-link cert rotation:** regenerate (`deploy/gen-certs.sh /tmp/c --force`), reset the
 five `PROD_BOTLINK_*` secrets from `/tmp/c`, and re-run the workflow — both hosts redeploy
@@ -249,14 +328,17 @@ VITE_VK_APP_LINK, VITE_VK_APP_ID`. **Derived from `PUBLIC_BASE_URL` at deploy**
 `PROD_{POSTGRES_PASSWORD, GM_BASICAUTH_HASH, GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD, TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN,
 TELEGRAM_PROMO_BOT_TOKEN, EXPORT_SIGN_KEY, GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN, REGISTRY_PASSWORD, SSH_KEY,
 SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS, BOTLINK_CA, BOTLINK_GATEWAY_CERT, BOTLINK_GATEWAY_KEY, BOTLINK_BOT_CERT,
-BOTLINK_BOT_KEY}`; variables:
+BOTLINK_BOT_KEY, PGBACKREST_S3_KEY, PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET, PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS}`;
+variables:
 `PROD_{REGISTRY_USER, MAIN_HOST, TG_HOST, CADDY_SITE_ADDRESS, GM_BASICAUTH_USER, LOG_LEVEL,
 TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_ID, TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_SUPPORT_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_BOT_USERNAME,
 VITE_TELEGRAM_BOT_ID, VITE_TELEGRAM_LINK, VITE_TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_NAME, SMTP_RELAY_FROM,
 PUBLIC_BASE_URL, SMTP_RELAY_ADMIN_FROM, ADMIN_EMAIL, SMTP_RELAY_SERVICE_FROM, SERVICE_EMAIL,
-GF_SMTP_ENABLED}`. The test contour uses the same names under `TEST_`, minus the prod-only
+GF_SMTP_ENABLED, PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT, PGBACKREST_S3_PORT, PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET,
-infra (`MAIN_HOST`/`TG_HOST`/`REGISTRY_*`/`SSH_*`/`BOTLINK_*`, which the test deploy generates
+PGBACKREST_S3_REGION, PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE}`. The test contour uses the same names under `TEST_`, minus the
-or runs locally) and plus `TEST_AWG_CONF` (the bot's VPN egress).
+prod-only infra (`MAIN_HOST`/`TG_HOST`/`REGISTRY_*`/`SSH_*`/`BOTLINK_*` and the `PGBACKREST_*`
+PITR set, which is prod-only — the test contour never archives) and plus `TEST_AWG_CONF` (the
+bot's VPN egress).
 
 ## Host-side setup (outside this repo)
 

deploy/ansible/README.md

@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ safe (idempotent) and survives a host resize.
   10m×3 log rotation), `deploy` user (docker group, no sudo), key-only sshd,
   `ufw` default-deny incoming + allow SSH, fail2ban sshd jail, unattended
   upgrades, chrony, `/opt/scrabble/{config,certs,dumps,images}`.
-- **main**: `ufw` opens 80/443/9443; the external `edge` docker network.
+- **main**: `ufw` opens 80/443/9443; the external `edge` docker network; the pgBackRest
+  daily base-backup systemd timer — installed only when `pitr_enabled=true` (off by default;
+  turned on as part of arming point-in-time recovery, see [`../README.md`](../README.md)).
 - **tg**: verifies direct `api.telegram.org` egress (the no-VPN assumption).

deploy/ansible/group_vars/all.yml

@@ -27,3 +27,12 @@ docker_log_max_file: "3"
 # path (a slow service beats a killed one). Set swap_size to "0" to skip provisioning.
 swap_size: "1G"
 swap_swappiness: 10
+
+# Point-in-time recovery (pgBackRest). The base-backup systemd timer on the main host is
+# gated by pitr_enabled so provisioning stays inert until archiving is armed — the timer
+# would fail nightly if it ran before the S3 repository + stanza exist. Arm it as part of
+# the PITR rollout (deploy/README.md): flip it on with `-e pitr_enabled=true` (or a main
+# host_var) once the stanza is created. Only the `main` role reads these.
+pitr_enabled: false
+# systemd OnCalendar for the daily full base backup — a low-traffic hour on the main host.
+pitr_backup_oncalendar: "*-*-* 04:00:00"

deploy/ansible/roles/main/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,3 +16,30 @@
   community.docker.docker_network:
     name: edge
     state: present
+
+# --- pgBackRest base-backup schedule (point-in-time recovery) ------------------
+# A daily full base backup via a systemd timer that runs pgBackRest inside the postgres
+# container; archive_command handles the continuous WAL between backups. Gated by
+# pitr_enabled so the schedule stays inert until archiving is armed (the S3 repository +
+# stanza must exist first, or the run fails nightly). Arm per deploy/README.md.
+- name: Install the pgBackRest base-backup service
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: pgbackrest-backup.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/pgbackrest-backup.service
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: pitr_enabled | default(false) | bool
+
+- name: Install the pgBackRest base-backup timer
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: pgbackrest-backup.timer.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/pgbackrest-backup.timer
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: pitr_enabled | default(false) | bool
+
+- name: Enable and start the pgBackRest base-backup timer
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: pgbackrest-backup.timer
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when: pitr_enabled | default(false) | bool

deploy/ansible/roles/main/templates/pgbackrest-backup.service.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Managed by Ansible (deploy/ansible).
+# Daily full pgBackRest base backup for the payments/game database. Runs pgBackRest
+# inside the postgres container (where the repository configuration and PGDATA live);
+# the continuous WAL between base backups is handled by the container's archive_command.
+# Installed only when pitr_enabled is set (see deploy/ansible/group_vars/all.yml).
+[Unit]
+Description=pgBackRest full base backup (scrabble)
+After=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+# docker exec runs as the image's postgres user and inherits the container's PGBACKREST_*
+# environment (the S3 repository + cipher), so no repository config is needed on the host.
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble --type=full backup

deploy/ansible/roles/main/templates/pgbackrest-backup.timer.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Managed by Ansible (deploy/ansible).
+# Fires the daily full base backup. Persistent=true catches up a run missed while the
+# host was down. Installed only when pitr_enabled is set.
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily pgBackRest full base backup (scrabble)
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{ pitr_backup_oncalendar }}
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target

deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,43 @@ services:
           memory: 384M
 
   postgres:
+    image: ${REGISTRY:?set REGISTRY}/scrabble-postgres:${TAG:?set TAG}
+    # Continuous WAL archiving to S3 via pgBackRest (point-in-time recovery), on the prod
+    # main host only. archive_mode is gated by PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE (default "off"), so
+    # merging/redeploying this stack does NOT start archiving until the operator arms it:
+    # archiving stays inert — and cannot pile WAL onto the disk — until the S3 repository is
+    # set up, the stanza is created and the switch is flipped on. See deploy/README.md
+    # (point-in-time recovery — arming). Non-secret settings are inline; the endpoint,
+    # bucket, region, S3 keys and repository cipher passphrase come from the prod env.sh
+    # (deploy/write-prod-env.sh, PROD_ secrets/variables).
+    environment:
+      PGBACKREST_STANZA: scrabble
+      PGBACKREST_PG1_PATH: /var/lib/postgresql/data
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_TYPE: s3
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_PATH: /pgbackrest
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_URI_STYLE: path
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_ENDPOINT: ${PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_PORT: ${PGBACKREST_S3_PORT:-443}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_BUCKET: ${PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_REGION: ${PGBACKREST_S3_REGION:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_KEY: ${PGBACKREST_S3_KEY:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_S3_KEY_SECRET: ${PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_CIPHER_TYPE: aes-256-cbc
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_CIPHER_PASS: ${PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS:-}
+      PGBACKREST_REPO1_RETENTION_FULL: "30"
+      PGBACKREST_COMPRESS_TYPE: zst
+      PGBACKREST_LOG_LEVEL_CONSOLE: info
+      PGBACKREST_LOG_LEVEL_FILE: "off"
+    # archive_command is inert while archive_mode is off, so it is always present and only
+    # the mode switches. A forced 5-minute segment switch bounds the recovery point.
+    command:
+      - postgres
+      - -c
+      - archive_mode=${PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE:-off}
+      - -c
+      - "archive_command=pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble archive-push %p"
+      - -c
+      - archive_timeout=300
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:

deploy/docker-compose.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ x-logging: &default-logging
 services:
   postgres:
     container_name: scrabble-postgres
-    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    # Built from postgres:17-alpine + pgBackRest (deploy/postgres/Dockerfile) so the prod
+    # main host can archive WAL for point-in-time recovery. Archiving is switched on only by
+    # the prod overlay (docker-compose.prod.yml); on this contour the extra binary is present
+    # but idle and this is a plain postgres. See deploy/README.md (point-in-time recovery).
+    image: scrabble-postgres:latest
+    build:
+      context: postgres
     restart: unless-stopped
     logging: *default-logging
     environment:

deploy/grafana/provisioning/alerting/rules.yaml

@@ -212,3 +212,62 @@ groups:
                 - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0.8] }
         labels: { severity: warning }
         annotations: { summary: 'Postgres using over 80% of max_connections.' }
+
+  # Continuous WAL archiving health (pgBackRest -> S3, point-in-time recovery). Both rules
+  # read the postgres_exporter's built-in pg_stat_archiver metrics and are absent/NaN-safe:
+  # on the test contour (and any host before archiving is armed) archive_mode is off, so
+  # failed_count stays 0 and last_archive_age is NaN — neither threshold trips.
+  - orgId: 1
+    name: scrabble-backup
+    folder: Alerts
+    interval: 1m
+    rules:
+      - uid: pg_archive_failing
+        title: WAL archiving failing
+        condition: C
+        for: 15m
+        noDataState: OK
+        execErrState: OK
+        data:
+          - refId: A
+            relativeTimeRange: { from: 900, to: 0 }
+            datasourceUid: prometheus
+            model:
+              refId: A
+              expr: increase(pg_stat_archiver_failed_count[15m])
+              instant: true
+          - refId: C
+            datasourceUid: __expr__
+            model:
+              refId: C
+              type: threshold
+              expression: A
+              conditions:
+                - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [0] }
+        labels: { severity: critical }
+        annotations: { summary: 'pgBackRest archive_command is failing — PITR is degrading and pg_wal can fill the disk. Run `docker exec scrabble-postgres pgbackrest --stanza=scrabble check`.' }
+
+      - uid: pg_archive_stalled
+        title: WAL archiving stalled
+        condition: C
+        for: 15m
+        noDataState: OK
+        execErrState: OK
+        data:
+          - refId: A
+            relativeTimeRange: { from: 300, to: 0 }
+            datasourceUid: prometheus
+            model:
+              refId: A
+              expr: pg_stat_archiver_last_archive_age
+              instant: true
+          - refId: C
+            datasourceUid: __expr__
+            model:
+              refId: C
+              type: threshold
+              expression: A
+              conditions:
+                - evaluator: { type: gt, params: [1800] }
+        labels: { severity: critical }
+        annotations: { summary: 'No WAL segment archived for over 30 minutes (archive_timeout is 5m) — archiving is stalled; the PITR recovery point is frozen and pg_wal may grow.' }

deploy/postgres/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Postgres for the Scrabble contour, extended with pgBackRest for continuous WAL
+# archiving and point-in-time recovery. pgBackRest must live in the database container
+# because Postgres runs archive_command in-process; the scheduled base backups and the
+# manual restore drills invoke the same binary through `docker exec`, inheriting the
+# repository configuration from the container environment.
+#
+# Archiving is enabled only on the production main host, where the prod overlay
+# (docker-compose.prod.yml) sets archive_mode and supplies the S3 repository. On the test
+# contour this image behaves exactly as a plain postgres:17-alpine. See deploy/README.md
+# (point-in-time recovery).
+FROM postgres:17-alpine
+RUN apk add --no-cache pgbackrest

deploy/prod-deploy.sh

@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ if [ "$MIGRATION" = 1 ]; then
   echo "migration deploy: opening maintenance window (stopping the backend = the only writer)"
   dc stop backend
   dump="$DUMP_DIR/pre-$TAG-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).sql"
-  if ! docker exec scrabble-postgres pg_dump -U "$PG_USER" -d "$PG_DB" -n backend > "$dump"; then
+  # Dump the WHOLE database (no -n): the payments schema — and any schema added later —
+  # must be in the belt-and-braces snapshot, not just backend. Restored manually into the
+  # same instance only if a migration turned out destructive (see deploy/README.md).
+  if ! docker exec scrabble-postgres pg_dump -U "$PG_USER" -d "$PG_DB" > "$dump"; then
     echo "pg_dump failed; restarting the old backend and aborting"
     dc start backend
     exit 1

deploy/write-prod-env.sh

@@ -73,4 +73,16 @@ export GF_SMTP_ENABLED='$GF_SMTP_ENABLED'
 export PUBLIC_BASE_URL='$PUBLIC_BASE_URL'
 export GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN='$GATEWAY_HONEYTOKEN'
 export GATEWAY_ABUSE_BAN_ENABLED='true'
+# Continuous WAL archiving (pgBackRest -> S3) for point-in-time recovery. The artifact
+# ships disarmed: PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE defaults off, so archiving stays inert until the
+# operator sets the S3 repository values + secrets, creates the stanza and flips the switch
+# on (deploy/README.md). Empty repository values are harmless while the mode is off.
+export PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE='${PGBACKREST_ARCHIVE_MODE:-off}'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT='$PGBACKREST_S3_ENDPOINT'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_PORT='${PGBACKREST_S3_PORT:-443}'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET='$PGBACKREST_S3_BUCKET'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_REGION='$PGBACKREST_S3_REGION'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_KEY='$PGBACKREST_S3_KEY'
+export PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET='$PGBACKREST_S3_KEY_SECRET'
+export PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS='$PGBACKREST_CIPHER_PASS'
 EOF

docs/FUNCTIONAL.md

@@ -522,6 +522,25 @@ stops only feedback submission). Roles are listed and granted/revoked on the use
 message does not mark it read — only the explicit actions do; message bodies and attachments are
 shown defensively (text escaped, attachments downloaded rather than rendered).
 
+### Wallet
+
+Durable players have a **Wallet** — a tab in the Settings hub, between Friends and About; guests have
+none. It shows their **chips** (the in-game currency, split by where they were funded — VK, Telegram
+or the web), their **active benefits** (ads off until a date or forever, and the available hint
+count), and a **store**. What is visible and spendable depends on **where the app runs**, by the
+store-compliance rules in [`PAYMENTS.md`](PAYMENTS.md): inside a store only that store's chips are
+usable; on the open web all attached chips are, drawn web → VK → Telegram; on VK-iOS the balance is
+shown but frozen for spending.
+
+The **store** lists **values** bought with chips (extra hints, days without ads) at a fixed chip
+price shown in every context, and **chip packs** bought with real money, priced in the running
+context's currency (VK Votes, Telegram Stars, or roubles on the web). Buying a value applies its
+benefit at once. Before a web purchase that would draw VK/Telegram chips, the app **warns** that the
+benefit will then work only on the web and in the app — a store rule — and asks the player to confirm.
+On the **Google Play** build the money purchases are hidden behind a note pointing to the RuStore
+build (Google's in-app-currency rule); spending already-earned chips still works. The wallet keeps
+**no purchase history** — only the current balances, benefits and store.
+
 ### Advertising banner
 
 A one-line banner under the nav shows short promotional or operational messages to **free

docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md

@@ -535,6 +535,25 @@ high-rate флага. С карточки пользователя операт
 сообщения и вложения показываются защищённо (текст экранируется, вложения отдаются на скачивание, а не
 рендерятся).
 
+### Кошелёк
+
+У постоянных (не гостевых) игроков есть **Кошелёк** — вкладка в разделе настроек, между «Друзьями» и
+«О программе»; у гостей его нет. Он показывает **фишки** (внутриигровую валюту, разделённую по тому,
+где она была пополнена — VK, Telegram или веб), **активные блага** (реклама выключена до даты или
+навсегда, и число доступных подсказок) и **магазин**. Что видно и что можно потратить, зависит от
+того, **где запущено приложение**, по правилам соответствия магазинам из [`PAYMENTS.md`](PAYMENTS.md):
+внутри магазина доступны только его фишки; в открытом вебе — все привязанные, списываются в порядке
+веб → VK → Telegram; на VK-iOS баланс показан, но трата заморожена.
+
+**Магазин** перечисляет **ценности**, покупаемые за фишки (дополнительные подсказки, дни без рекламы),
+по фиксированной цене в фишках, одинаковой во всех контекстах, и **наборы фишек**, покупаемые за
+настоящие деньги, в валюте текущего контекста (голоса VK, звёзды Telegram или рубли в вебе). Покупка
+ценности сразу применяет её благо. Перед покупкой в вебе, которая списала бы фишки VK/Telegram,
+приложение **предупреждает**, что благо будет работать только в вебе и в приложении — это правило
+магазинов — и просит подтверждения. В сборке для **Google Play** покупки за деньги скрыты за подсказкой
+установить сборку из RuStore (правило Google о внутриигровой валюте); трата уже заработанных фишек
+по-прежнему работает. Кошелёк **не хранит историю покупок** — только текущие балансы, блага и магазин.
+
 ### Рекламный баннер
 
 Однострочный баннер под навбаром показывает короткие рекламные или служебные сообщения **бесплатным

docs/PAYMENTS.md

@@ -273,6 +273,16 @@ the **origin benefit applicable in the current context** rather than one global
 `(account, origin)` are a fast **materialized** cache, updated **in the same transaction** as
 the ledger write, and recomputable from the ledger for reconciliation.
 
+**In-process read cache.** On top of the materialized tables, the payments package keeps an
+in-process, account-keyed, write-through cache of each account's segments and benefits, so the
+hot read paths — the ad-eligibility check, hint availability, the wallet view, the spend gate
+— issue **no** query to the `payments` schema on the steady-state path. It is invalidated on
+every payments mutation (spend / grant / fund / refund / merge) and re-read from the
+materialized tables on a miss (the same write-through pattern the account-suspension gate
+uses). Single-instance, matching the deployment; a multi-instance backend would need a shared
+cache. Identity-presence (which segments are awake, §6) is supplied by the caller, not cached
+here, so unlink/re-link takes effect immediately.
+
 **Admin rewards.** An admin grants **concrete values only** (no-ads / hints) — **never
 chips** (a gifted currency balance = a store cash-desk bypass). The admin **picks the
 origin** at grant time (compliance is on them: `origin=vk` point-wise/low-volume = low risk,

docs/PAYMENTS_DECISIONS_ru.md

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+# Монетизация scrabble-game — проектирование и внедрение
+
+## Context
+
+Игра в проде (`erudit-game.ru`), мультиплатформенная (VK / Telegram Mini App /
+web+PWA / native Android+iOS через Capacitor). Владелец (самозанятый, НПД) хочет
+ввести монетизацию: игровая валюта «Фишка», раздельные кошельки по платформам,
+покупка бенефитов (без рекламы, подсказки, будущий турнирный взнос), rewarded-реклама
+как канал пополнения, строгий транзакционный лог и админ-отчёты.
+
+Отправная точка — `monetization-prerequisites.md` (пожелания владельца). Цель этого
+процесса: (1) через интервью выстроить чёткую модель, (2) оформить и поддерживать
+`PAYMENTS.md` (механики + договорённости), (3) составить `PLAN.md` (поэтапное
+внедрение от основ к интеграциям).
+
+### Что уже есть в коде (переиспользуем)
+
+- `accounts.hint_balance int` (`CHECK >= 0`) + атомарный `SpendHint` / `GrantHints`
+  (`backend/internal/account/account.go:551-595`) — существующий «кошелёк подсказок»,
+  но пополняется только админом, покупки нет.
+- `accounts.paid_account bool` — пожизненный флаг «без рекламы», уже читается в
+  `ads.Eligible(...)` (`backend/internal/ads/ads.go:107`); «no purchase flow yet».
+- Реклама сейчас = внутренний server-driven **текст-баннер** (`ads` домен + UI
+  `AdBanner.svelte`), гасится `paid_account` / `hint_balance>0` / роль `no_banner`.
+  Rewarded-видео нет нигде.
+- Подсказки — фича готова end-to-end (кнопка, 30-мин gate, vs_ai безлимит).
+- Settings — таб-хаб (`ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte`), вставка «Кошелёк» между
+  «Друзья» и «Инфо» чистая.
+- Админка `/_gm` — per-user карточка уже показывает `PaidAccount`+`HintBalance`;
+  прецедент денежного действия — `POST /_gm/users/:id/grant-hints`.
+- Один аккаунт держит VK+TG+email identity **разом** (kind∈telegram/vk/email/robot);
+  мерж сейчас **складывает** `hint_balance` и OR-ит `paid_account`.
+- Прецедент изолированного сервиса: connector (gRPC), renderer (HTTP-sidecar),
+  platform/telegram. Прецедент public HMAC-подписанного роута (экспорт партии) —
+  образец для приёмника вебхуков.
+
+### Greenfield
+
+Валюта «Фишка», реальные рельсы (Stars / Голоса / Robokassa), rewarded-видео,
+раздельные кошельки, транзакционный леджер, PITR/репликация, серверное знание
+платформы.
+
+## Зафиксированные решения (Decisions Log)
+
+- **D1. Модель валюты — двухуровневая.** Деньги (Голоса/Stars/руб) и rewarded-реклама
+  пополняют баланс «Фишек»; за Фишки покупаются ценности (без рекламы, подсказки,
+  турнир). Витрина ценностей — в Фишках.
+- **D2. Фишка единая (1 = 1 везде).** Разница по методам оплаты сидит **в курсе
+  покупки Фишек** (пакет стоит X Голосов / Y Stars / Z руб, курс учитывает комиссии
+  сторов). Цена ценностей — фиксирована в Фишках, одинакова для всех методов.
+- **D3. Изоляция — схема `payments` в общем инстансе Postgres** + доменная граница
+  (свой store/service/интерфейс) + отдельный DB-роль (права только на `payments`).
+  Атомарность «Фишки↔бенефит» с `backend.accounts` сохраняется (cross-schema tx в
+  одном инстансе). Отдельный процесс/БД отвергнуты: ломают атомарность выдачи бенефита
+  (бенефиты живут на `accounts`), цена распределённых транзакций не окупается. Вынос в
+  отдельный сервис оставлен как возможность на потом (граница уже чистая).
+- **D4. Сохранность — PITR** (непрерывный WAL-архив, pgBackRest/WAL-G на 2-й хост или
+  объектное хранилище). Тёплая реплика — опция на потом. Durability решается этим, а не
+  топологией БД.
+- **D5. Сегмент кошелька — по source (vk / telegram / direct) на аккаунте.** Баланс =
+  (account_id, source), ровно 3 сегмента. Не per-identity.
+- **D6. Комплаенс-гейт — логический, аккаунт единый.** email/direct физически привязан
+  (мерж, единый профиль/друзья/статистика), но в VK/TG-контексте сервер активирует
+  только одноимённый сегмент; чужое (в первую очередь direct) внутри VK/TG невидимо и
+  не тратится. Гейт держится на **доверенном сигнале платформы** (проставляет гейтвей
+  из подписанного контекста, не тело запроса — клиенту не верим).
+- **D7. Три операции разведены:** (1) пополнение Фишек по контексту; (2) трата Фишек =
+  покупка бенефита, по контексту с гейтом (в VK только vk; в вебе direct+vk+tg по
+  приоритету direct→vk→tg); (3) применение бенефита во времени.
+- **D8. origin бенефита = контекст ПОКУПКИ** (не «чем оплачено»). Правило послабления:
+  origin∈{vk,tg} → действует **везде** (в сторе и наружу в web/native);
+  origin=direct → **только** web/native (внутрь VK/TG нельзя = бан). Срок «без рекламы»
+  хранится **per-origin** (`paid_until` на origin, покупки одного origin складываются/
+  сдвигают дату); «реклама выключена в контексте P» = есть применимый в P origin с
+  `paid_until > now` (в вебе берём максимум direct/vk/tg, в VK — только vk, в TG — tg).
+- **D9. «Без рекламы» гасит** верхний баннер + fullscreen-ролик после хода. Добровольный
+  **rewarded** (за Фишки) не трогаем.
+- **D10. UX-требование:** при трате tg/vk-Фишек **в вебе** — предупредить юзера ДО
+  покупки, что купленная механика будет доступна только здесь (web/native), т.к.
+  ограничения VK/TG.
+- **D11. Три сущности разведены:** Фишки (валюта, сегмент по **source** = где
+  пополнено), Подсказки (расходник, сегмент по **origin** = где куплено), «Без рекламы»
+  (срок, сегмент по **origin**). source и origin — одна ось значений {vk,tg,direct},
+  но разная семантика; в вебе source и origin расходятся (vk-Фишки → direct-покупка).
+- **D12. Подсказки — по origin с обратным послаблением** (vk/tg→везде, direct→только
+  web/native), как «без рекламы». Списание в онлайн-игре = из origin, применимого в
+  контексте; переписать `SpendHint` (`game/service.go:1147`) на контекст-аварное
+  списание. vs_ai подсказки остаются бесплатными/безлимитными (не в счёт).
+- **D13. `accounts.hint_balance` выводим** expand-contract (сначала игнор, потом DROP);
+  legacy-баланс **обнуляем** (в проде даров не было).
+- **D14. Unlink vk/tg — разрешён, сегмент усыпляется.** Сегмент доступен ⟺ на аккаунте
+  есть identity этого source (direct ⟺ есть устойчивый identity/email). Отвязка не
+  сжигает баланс/бенефит — усыпляет; re-link будит. Перед отвязкой — предупреждение
+  «N Фишек станут недоступны до повторной привязки». Последнюю identity отвязать нельзя
+  (существующий `ErrLastIdentity`).
+- **D15. Мерж — слияние по origin:** одноимённые сегменты складываются (Фишки sum,
+  сроки бенефита продлеваются per-origin), разные сосуществуют. Прямое расширение
+  текущего `hint_balance +=` / `paid_account OR=`; origin сохраняется, ничего не
+  протекает между платформами.
+- **D16. Админ-награждение:** админ начисляет **только конкретные ценности** (без
+  рекламы / подсказки), **никогда не Фишки** (подаренный баланс валюты = обход кассы
+  стора). Админ **выбирает origin** при выдаче (ответственность за комплаенс на нём:
+  origin=vk точечно/малый объём = низкий риск, origin=direct = безопасно). Грант =
+  транзакция типа `admin_grant` в едином леджере, цена 0 Фишек — полный аудит наград.
+- **D17. Доверенная платформа = свойство сессии,** переподтверждается свежей подписью
+  (VK sign / TG `initData`) при **каждом холодном старте** (не однократно при входе —
+  обёртка всё равно шлёт подпись каждое открытие). `direct` фиксируется фактом создания
+  веб/native-сессии (внешней подписи нет и не нужно — доступ к vk/tg-сегментам в direct
+  всё равно требует реальной привязки, D14). Backend получает `platform` при резолве
+  сессии. Платформа несёт **kind** (vk/tg/direct) **+ подтип** (ios/android/web) —
+  подтип обязателен (VK iOS заморожен). TG `initData`-валидатор уже есть
+  (`platform/telegram/internal/initdata`).
+- **D18. Fail-closed:** недоверенная/неподтверждённая платформа (VK/TG-сессия без
+  валидной подписи на старте; старая сессия без записанной платформы) → запрет
+  трат/покупок/применения чужого origin, только просмотр.
+- **D19. Дистрибуция native Android:** RuStore (Robokassa разрешён, чистый direct) +
+  Google Play (**direct-покупки скрыты** — на «Кошельке» заглушка «установите версию из
+  RuStore для покупок»; rewarded-реклама и трата уже накопленных Фишек работают). Перед
+  GP-релизом свериться с актуальными правилами Google по внутренней валюте.
+- **D20. Приём оплаты — только серверный колбэк провайдера.** Фишки начисляются лишь по
+  проверенному (подпись/HMAC) серверному уведомлению: Robokassa webhook / TG
+  `successful_payment` / VK callback. Клиентское «я оплатил» игнорируется.
+- **D21. Единый payments-домен — единственный писатель леджера.** Публичные вебхуки
+  (Robokassa/VK) терминируются на edge (Caddy/gateway) и проксируются в payments;
+  TG `successful_payment` → бот → payments. Один источник начисления/идемпотентности.
+- **D22. Order-flow с предзаказом.** Сервер создаёт `order(pending)` с account/
+  платформой/пакетом/ожидаемой суммой/origin; `order_id` прокидывается провайдеру
+  (Robokassa `InvId` / TG `invoice_payload` / VK `item` — точную форму VK уточнить при
+  интеграции). Колбэк матчится по `order_id` (не по сумме → коллизия сумм невозможна),
+  сверяет сумму, начисляет, помечает `paid`. **Идемпотентность** — дедуп по (провайдер,
+  `provider_payment_id`).
+- **D23. Pending невидим юзеру;** авто-expiry по таймауту (~30 мин — гигиена БД). Но
+  **валидный колбэк исполняется ВСЕГДА**, даже на истёкшем order (`expired` ≠ отмена —
+  деньги реальны, обязаны выдать). Юзер видит только успешные покупки.
+- **D24. Экран «Кошелёк» — минимальный:** балансы Фишек (доступные в контексте) +
+  активные бенефиты (без рекламы до даты, счётчик подсказок). **Без ленты истории**
+  (шумит, отвлекает от игры). Полная история — только в админке.
+- **D25. TG-бот outbox — SQLite на диске бота.** Store-and-forward: получил
+  `successful_payment` → сохранил в SQLite → подтвердил апдейт Telegram → форвардит в
+  payments (идемпотентно, дедуп по `telegram_payment_charge_id`) → ack → `forwarded`.
+  Ретраи с backoff, дореталивание при рестарте. At-least-once доставка + идемпотентный
+  приём = начисление ровно один раз.
+- **D26. Событийный слой `payment_events`** (succeeded/failed/refunded) + диспетчер по
+  каналам: live gRPC-стрим (если юзер в аппе), иначе `botlink`/email-relay
+  (существующие). «Оплата не прошла» = **активный отказ провайдера** (не брошенный
+  pending) — доводится до юзера. «Оплата прошла» — хук (письмо/сообщение в бота).
+- **D27. Возвраты.** ToS «невозвратно» — юзеру возврат не предлагаем. **Админ может
+  сделать ручной возврат** (исключение: юзер требует вскоре после оплаты / закрывает
+  аккаунт — связать с `accountdelete`, где уже правило «сообщения не трогаем»).
+  **Внешние возвраты** (чарджбек / решение стора / TG / VK) — система принимает событие
+  `refunded`, **по возможности** отзывает бенефит (в минус НЕ уходим; если Фишки
+  потрачены — фиксируем убыток + флаг защиты от злоупотреблений), пишет в журнал.
+  Журнал операций **проектируем экспортопригодным** (будущая налоговая отчётность +
+  авто-сверка с Robokassa) — реализацию сверки пока не делаем, схему закладываем
+  совместимой.
+- **D28. Стартовый охват видео-рекламы — только VK** (рублёвый доход, ОРД автоматом,
+  API готов). web/native/TG — существующий текст-баннер. Рекламный провайдер
+  закладываем **абстракцией** (будущая крутилка для других платформ встроится без
+  переделки). Крипто-провайдеры (AdsGram/AdMob) отвергнуты — нет легального рублёвого
+  дохода самозанятому (санкции + НПД не учитывает крипту).
+- **D29. Rewarded (добровольный ролик за Фишки)** начисляет Фишки через payments по
+  **серверному verify-колбэку** рекламной сети (клиенту не верим, как платёж). Не
+  гасится «без рекламы». Сколько Фишек за просмотр — в блоке экономики.
+- **D30. Частота навязанного interstitial** (конфигурируемые серверные значения):
+  глобальный кулдаун **на юзера сквозь все партии**, дефолт **5 мин**; **vs_ai — 30 мин**
+  (соосно кулдауну подсказок). Применение **подсказки** триггерит ролик после хода
+  **независимо** от основного кулдауна, со своим кулдауном **1 мин**. Оффлайн — только
+  баннер. Уважать собственные лимиты частоты VK.
+- **D31. `paid_account` тоже deprecated** → удаление из схемы (как `hint_balance`), в
+  пользу per-origin бенефитов «без рекламы». Существующий `ads.Eligible`
+  (`backend/internal/ads/ads.go:107`) расширяется: баннер гасится по origin-бенефиту,
+  **применимому в текущем контексте**, а не по одному глобальному флагу. Legacy
+  `paid_account`/`hint_balance` в проде никем не выставлены (потока покупки не было) →
+  обнуляем/игнорируем, после релиза платежей дропаем.
+- **D32. Каталог — конфигурируемый (БД + админка).** Базовые ценности (атомы
+  начисления): Фишки, подсказки, дни-без-рекламы, участие-в-турнире. **Продукт = набор
+  атомов + цена** (по одной ценности или комбо). «Пакет Фишек» — цена **per-метод**
+  (мультивалютная: Голоса/Stars/руб — один продукт, D2). «Ценность за Фишки» — цена в
+  Фишках (единая). Курсы покупки Фишек и Фишки за rewarded — тоже в каталоге.
+- **D33. Стекинг «без рекламы»:** `paid_until[origin] += срок` от `max(now, текущий
+  конец)` (остаток не теряется, «плюсуются» как в документе). «Навсегда» — отдельный
+  вечный флаг (перекрывает сроки). Бонусы «(+50)» — маркетинговая пометка владельца;
+  юзеру показываем финальную цифру, в модели просто количество.
+- **D34. Деактивация, не удаление.** Продукты soft-delete (деактивация). Покупка хранит
+  **снимок проданного** (состав атомов + цена на момент) → архив. Для истории, чеков,
+  налоговой — покупка не зависит от дальнейших правок/деактивации каталога.
+- **D35. Антифрод rewarded — только серверный verify провайдера** на старте (без своего
+  дневного потолка). Провайдер-абстракция позволит добавить лимиты позже.
+- **D36. Email/direct.** У гостей раздел «Кошелёк» **скрыт полностью**; баланс и
+  покупки — **только у durable-аккаунтов**. В direct email обязателен **перед первой
+  покупкой** (якорь восстановления доступа; в VK/TG якорь — сама vk/tg-привязка). Флоу
+  email уже есть (запрос кода → подтверждение → `ClearGuest` → durable).
+- **D37. Reaper — гостей чистит свободно:** у гостя баланса нет by design (Кошелёк
+  скрыт, покупок нет, direct-rewarded нет). Спец-защита не нужна.
+- **D38. Гостевые ограничения — ОТДЕЛЬНЫЙ этап монетизации** (воронка к регистрации).
+  Набор: макс **1 активная игра со случайным + 1 vs_ai**; **серверный** guest-гейт на
+  friend-request / redeem-code / invitation-create. Находка: сейчас гейт **только в UI**
+  — `social/friends.go:50` (`SendFriendRequest`), `robotfriends.go:41` (`RequestInGame`),
+  `friendcodes.go:67` (`RedeemFriendCode`), `lobby/invitations.go:208`
+  (`CreateInvitation`) **не проверяют `is_guest`**. Это изменение поведения игры → свой
+  этап со своими тестами.
+- **D39. Хранение — неизменяемый журнал + материализованный баланс.** Журнал операций
+  **append-only** (только INSERT, никогда UPDATE/DELETE — полный аудит, №3). Баланс
+  сегмента `(account, source)` и бенефиты `(account, origin)` — быстрый материализованный
+  кэш, обновляется **в той же транзакции**, что и запись журнала; пересчитывается из
+  журнала для сверки.
+- **D40. Финансовый отчёт per-user в `/_gm`** — балансы сегментов, платежи, траты,
+  гранты, возвраты, полная история — расширение существующей карточки
+  (`UserDetailView`, `handlers_admin_console.go:343`). Плюс экспорт журнала (D27).
+- **D41. Налоги/чеки — авто через провайдера.** **Robokassa** (direct) — авточек НПД
+  (режим самозанятого). **VK** — сам процессит Голоса через налоговую (владельцу делать
+  нечего). **TG Stars** — налоговой стороны нет (для РФ-самозанятого невыводимы легально
+  = не доход по НПД; принимаем, чек не формируем). ОРД по VK-рекламе — на стороне VK.
+  *(Не юридическая консультация — точную схему НПД владелец сверяет с налоговой стороной.)*
+
+## Заметки к оформлению документов
+
+- **Язык документов (решено).** `PAYMENTS.md` — **на английском**, терминами как в коде
+  и общепринятыми (`ledger`, `refund`, `idempotency`, `order`, …). Рядом
+  `PAYMENTS_ru.md` — перевод на простой русский владельца. Паттерн `FUNCTIONAL.md` +
+  `FUNCTIONAL_ru.md`, уже принятый в репозитории; мирроринг правок — в том же PR.
+- **Язык диалога** с владельцем — по-русски, без калек-англицизмов
+  («леджер»→«журнал операций»). Сохранить как feedback-память после выхода из plan mode.
+- **Формат интервью (владелец флагнул дважды).** ВСЕ вопросы владельцу — только через
+  интерактивное интервью (AskUserQuestion). НИКОГДА не выносить вопросы в текст ответа,
+  даже «мелкие» или «да/нет»: смешение текстовых и интерактивных вопросов раздражает и
+  ведёт к пропускам. Текст — только для фиксации решённого и пояснений. Усилить
+  feedback-память `prefer-interview-mode` после plan mode.
+
+## Все развилки закрыты (D1-D41)
+
+Интервью завершено. Дальше — оформление документов и реализация по релизам.
+
+## План внедрения (черновик PLAN.md — «слоями»)
+
+Владелец выбрал слоёную стратегию: сначала вся механика без реальных денег (обкатка
+через `admin_grant`), затем монетизация (все рельсы + реклама вместе).
+
+### Релиз 1 — механика без денег (обкатка через `admin_grant`)
+
+- **E0. Фундамент данных `payments`.** Схема + DB-роль + jetgen-таргет + миграции.
+  Таблицы: журнал операций (append-only, D39), балансы сегментов `(account, source)`,
+  бенефиты `(account, origin)` (paid_until/forever + подсказки count), каталог продуктов
+  (D32, soft-delete D34), заказы `orders` (D22), `payment_events` (D26). Доменный пакет с
+  жёсткой границей (D3). Старт deprecate `hint_balance`/`paid_account` (expand).
+- **E1. Доверенный сигнал платформы.** Platform в сессии (kind+подтип), переподтверждение
+  на холодном старте (VK sign / TG `initData`), fail-closed (D17-D18); gateway прокидывает
+  `platform` в backend.
+- **E2. Ядро валюты + бенефитов.** Баланс Фишек; трата Фишек → бенефит атомарно (D7);
+  гейт по контексту (D6-D8); применение per-origin (без рекламы стекинг D33, подсказки
+  D12); переписать `SpendHint` на контекст-аварное списание; миграция/обнуление legacy
+  (D13, D31). Обкатка начислений через `admin_grant` (D16).
+- **E3. Кошелёк UI.** Раздел в `SettingsHub` (между Друзья/Инфо), балансы + бенефиты
+  (минимальный, D24), витрина каталога, скрыт у гостей (D36), GP-заглушка (D19),
+  предупреждение при трате vk/tg в вебе (D10).
+
+### Релиз 2 — монетизация (рельсы + реклама вместе)
+
+- **E4. Durability (PITR).** WAL-архив (pgBackRest/WAL-G, D4) — ДО первого реального
+  приёма денег.
+- **E5. Приём платежей.** Order-flow (D22); единый payments-домен принимает колбэки
+  (D21); Robokassa + VK + TG (бот-outbox на SQLite, D25); идемпотентность; `payment_events`
+  + диспетчер уведомлений (D26); чеки НПД (D41); внешние + ручные возвраты (D27).
+- **E6. Реклама.** VK interstitial (частота-конфиг D30) + VK rewarded (verify→Фишки D29,
+  D35); `ads.Eligible` расширение per-origin (D31). Провайдер-абстракция (D28).
+- **E7. Админка / отчёты.** Финансовый отчёт per-user в `/_gm` (D40); UI ручного
+  возврата; экспорт журнала (D27).
+
+### Отдельный этап (изменение поведения игры)
+
+- **E8. Гостевые ограничения.** Серверный guest-гейт друзей/приглашений + лимиты игр
+  (1 случайная + 1 vs_ai, D38). Свои тесты; можно вести параллельно.
+
+### Будущее
+
+- **E9. Турнирный взнос.** Тип-ценность заложен в E0; механика позже.
+
+## Финальные артефакты
+
+1. `PAYMENTS.md` (англ) + `PAYMENTS_ru.md` (рус) — **первыми**, из Decisions Log D1-D41;
+   поддерживать далее (мирроринг в том же PR, как FUNCTIONAL).
+2. `PLAN.md` — из раздела «План внедрения» выше, с критериями готовности на этап.
+3. Реализация по релизам, начиная с E0.
+
+## Verification
+
+Каждый этап — своим слоем (`docs/TESTING.md`): **unit** (гейт по контексту, стекинг
+сроков, курсы, идемпотентность-ключи); **integration** (Postgres-backed атомарные
+транзакции «Фишки↔бенефит», идемпотентность колбэков, бот-outbox доставка); **UI**
+(Кошелёк, предупреждения, гость-скрыт, GP-заглушка); контурный прогон на `development`
+перед промоушеном. Локальная полная проверка перед пушем (интеграция + UI + codegen).
+Прод: expand-contract миграции (rollback-safe), PITR армирован до первого приёма денег.
+Комплаенс-гейт — обязательная регрессия (direct-бенефит не активируется в VK/TG).

docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md

@@ -275,6 +275,16 @@ INSERT** (никогда UPDATE/DELETE — полный аудит). Балан
 бенефиты `(account, origin)` — быстрый **материализованный** кэш, обновляется **в той же
 транзакции**, что и запись журнала, и пересчитывается из журнала для сверки.
 
+**In-process кэш чтения.** Поверх материализованных таблиц пакет payments держит
+in-process кэш сегментов и бенефитов по ключу-аккаунту (write-through), чтобы горячие пути
+чтения — проверка показа рекламы, доступность подсказок, экран кошелька, гейт траты — на
+устоявшемся пути **не** делали ни одного запроса к схеме `payments`. Кэш инвалидируется на
+каждой изменяющей операции payments (трата / грант / пополнение / возврат / мерж) и
+перечитывается из материализованных таблиц при промахе (тот же write-through-паттерн, что и у
+гейта блокировок аккаунта). Один инстанс — под текущий деплой; многоинстансный backend
+потребовал бы общего кэша. Присутствие identity (какие сегменты «не спят», §6) передаёт
+вызывающий, здесь не кэшируется, поэтому отвязка/повторная привязка действует сразу.
+
 **Награждение админом.** Админ начисляет **только конкретные ценности** (без рекламы /
 подсказки) — **никогда не Фишки** (подаренный баланс валюты = обход кассы стора). Админ
 **выбирает origin** при выдаче (ответственность за комплаенс на нём: `origin=vk`

gateway/internal/backendclient/api.go

@@ -360,6 +360,72 @@ func (c *Client) Profile(ctx context.Context, userID string) (ProfileResp, error
 	return out, err
 }
 
+// WalletSegmentResp is one chip balance in the wallet: the funding source, the chip count, and
+// whether it is spendable in the caller's current context.
+type WalletSegmentResp struct {
+	Source    string `json:"source"`
+	Chips     int    `json:"chips"`
+	Spendable bool   `json:"spendable"`
+}
+
+// WalletResp is the caller's wallet: the context-visible chip segments and the context-applicable
+// benefits (no-ads term end as unix millis / forever flag, and the available hints).
+type WalletResp struct {
+	Segments     []WalletSegmentResp `json:"segments"`
+	AdsForever   bool                `json:"ads_forever"`
+	AdsPaidUntil int64               `json:"ads_paid_until_ms"`
+	Hints        int                 `json:"hints"`
+}
+
+// walletBuyBody is the chip-spend request body.
+type walletBuyBody struct {
+	ProductID string `json:"product_id"`
+}
+
+// Wallet fetches the caller's wallet in their current execution context.
+func (c *Client) Wallet(ctx context.Context, userID string) (WalletResp, error) {
+	var out WalletResp
+	err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/user/wallet", userID, "", nil, &out)
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// WalletBuy spends chips on a chip-priced value and returns the updated wallet.
+func (c *Client) WalletBuy(ctx context.Context, userID, productID string) (WalletResp, error) {
+	var out WalletResp
+	err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/user/wallet/buy", userID, "", walletBuyBody{ProductID: productID}, &out)
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// CatalogAtomResp is one atom line of a storefront product: the value type it grants and quantity.
+type CatalogAtomResp struct {
+	AtomType string `json:"atom_type"`
+	Quantity int    `json:"quantity"`
+}
+
+// CatalogProductResp is one storefront product for the caller's context: a chip-priced value
+// (chips set) or a chip pack priced in the context method (money_amount + money_currency).
+type CatalogProductResp struct {
+	Kind          string            `json:"kind"`
+	ProductID     string            `json:"product_id"`
+	Title         string            `json:"title"`
+	Chips         int               `json:"chips"`
+	MoneyAmount   int64             `json:"money_amount"`
+	MoneyCurrency string            `json:"money_currency"`
+	Atoms         []CatalogAtomResp `json:"atoms"`
+}
+
+// CatalogResp is the storefront: the products visible and purchasable in the caller's context.
+type CatalogResp struct {
+	Products []CatalogProductResp `json:"products"`
+}
+
+// Catalog fetches the storefront in the caller's current execution context.
+func (c *Client) Catalog(ctx context.Context, userID string) (CatalogResp, error) {
+	var out CatalogResp
+	err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/user/wallet/catalog", userID, "", nil, &out)
+	return out, err
+}
+
 // BlockStatusResp is the caller's current manual-block state. Until is an RFC3339 UTC instant for
 // a temporary block, empty for a permanent one or when not blocked; Reason is resolved to the
 // account's language, empty when none was cited.

gateway/internal/transcode/encode.go

@@ -79,6 +79,80 @@ func encodeConfirmLinkResult(r backendclient.ConfirmLinkResp) []byte {
 
 // encodeProfile builds a Profile payload, including the advertising-banner block
 // when the backend marked the viewer eligible.
+// encodeWallet builds the Wallet payload: the visible chip segments and the context-applicable
+// benefits. Each WalletSegment table (and its source string) is built before the segments vector
+// is opened, per FlatBuffers' rule against a nested table while another is under construction.
+func encodeWallet(w backendclient.WalletResp) []byte {
+	b := flatbuffers.NewBuilder(128)
+	segs := make([]flatbuffers.UOffsetT, len(w.Segments))
+	for i, seg := range w.Segments {
+		src := b.CreateString(seg.Source)
+		fb.WalletSegmentStart(b)
+		fb.WalletSegmentAddSource(b, src)
+		fb.WalletSegmentAddChips(b, int32(seg.Chips))
+		fb.WalletSegmentAddSpendable(b, seg.Spendable)
+		segs[i] = fb.WalletSegmentEnd(b)
+	}
+	fb.WalletStartSegmentsVector(b, len(segs))
+	for i := len(segs) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		b.PrependUOffsetT(segs[i])
+	}
+	segVec := b.EndVector(len(segs))
+	fb.WalletStart(b)
+	fb.WalletAddSegments(b, segVec)
+	fb.WalletAddAdsForever(b, w.AdsForever)
+	fb.WalletAddAdsPaidUntilMs(b, w.AdsPaidUntil)
+	fb.WalletAddHints(b, int32(w.Hints))
+	b.Finish(fb.WalletEnd(b))
+	return b.FinishedBytes()
+}
+
+// encodeCatalog builds a Catalog payload: the storefront products for the caller's context, each
+// with its atom composition (built bottom-up — every product's atoms vector is finished before
+// its product table, and every product before the products vector).
+func encodeCatalog(cat backendclient.CatalogResp) []byte {
+	b := flatbuffers.NewBuilder(256)
+	prods := make([]flatbuffers.UOffsetT, len(cat.Products))
+	for i, p := range cat.Products {
+		atoms := make([]flatbuffers.UOffsetT, len(p.Atoms))
+		for j, a := range p.Atoms {
+			at := b.CreateString(a.AtomType)
+			fb.CatalogAtomStart(b)
+			fb.CatalogAtomAddAtomType(b, at)
+			fb.CatalogAtomAddQuantity(b, int32(a.Quantity))
+			atoms[j] = fb.CatalogAtomEnd(b)
+		}
+		fb.CatalogProductStartAtomsVector(b, len(atoms))
+		for j := len(atoms) - 1; j >= 0; j-- {
+			b.PrependUOffsetT(atoms[j])
+		}
+		atomsVec := b.EndVector(len(atoms))
+
+		kind := b.CreateString(p.Kind)
+		pid := b.CreateString(p.ProductID)
+		title := b.CreateString(p.Title)
+		cur := b.CreateString(p.MoneyCurrency)
+		fb.CatalogProductStart(b)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddKind(b, kind)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddProductId(b, pid)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddTitle(b, title)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddChips(b, int32(p.Chips))
+		fb.CatalogProductAddMoneyAmount(b, p.MoneyAmount)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddMoneyCurrency(b, cur)
+		fb.CatalogProductAddAtoms(b, atomsVec)
+		prods[i] = fb.CatalogProductEnd(b)
+	}
+	fb.CatalogStartProductsVector(b, len(prods))
+	for i := len(prods) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		b.PrependUOffsetT(prods[i])
+	}
+	prodVec := b.EndVector(len(prods))
+	fb.CatalogStart(b)
+	fb.CatalogAddProducts(b, prodVec)
+	b.Finish(fb.CatalogEnd(b))
+	return b.FinishedBytes()
+}
+
 func encodeProfile(p backendclient.ProfileResp) []byte {
 	b := flatbuffers.NewBuilder(192)
 	uid := b.CreateString(p.UserID)

gateway/internal/transcode/transcode.go

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ const (
 	MsgFeedbackSubmit       = "feedback.submit"
 	MsgFeedbackGet          = "feedback.get"
 	MsgFeedbackUnread       = "feedback.unread"
+	MsgWalletGet            = "wallet.get"
+	MsgWalletCatalog        = "wallet.catalog"
+	MsgWalletBuy            = "wallet.buy"
 )
 
 // Request is one decoded Execute call.
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ func NewRegistry(backend *backendclient.Client, tg TelegramValidator, opts ...Op
 	r.ops[MsgAuthEmailLogin] = Op{Handler: authEmailLoginHandler(backend), Email: true}
 	r.ops[MsgAuthEmailConfirmLink] = Op{Handler: authEmailConfirmLinkHandler(backend)}
 	r.ops[MsgProfileGet] = Op{Handler: profileHandler(backend), Auth: true}
+	r.ops[MsgWalletGet] = Op{Handler: walletHandler(backend), Auth: true}
+	r.ops[MsgWalletCatalog] = Op{Handler: walletCatalogHandler(backend), Auth: true}
+	r.ops[MsgWalletBuy] = Op{Handler: walletBuyHandler(backend), Auth: true}
 	r.ops[MsgBlockStatus] = Op{Handler: blockStatusHandler(backend), Auth: true}
 	r.ops[MsgGameSubmitPlay] = Op{Handler: submitPlayHandler(backend), Auth: true}
 	r.ops[MsgGameState] = Op{Handler: gameStateHandler(backend), Auth: true}
@@ -294,6 +300,37 @@ func profileHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
 	}
 }
 
+func walletHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, req Request) ([]byte, error) {
+		w, err := backend.Wallet(ctx, req.UserID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return encodeWallet(w), nil
+	}
+}
+
+func walletCatalogHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, req Request) ([]byte, error) {
+		cat, err := backend.Catalog(ctx, req.UserID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return encodeCatalog(cat), nil
+	}
+}
+
+func walletBuyHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, req Request) ([]byte, error) {
+		in := fb.GetRootAsWalletBuyRequest(req.Payload, 0)
+		w, err := backend.WalletBuy(ctx, req.UserID, string(in.ProductId()))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return encodeWallet(w), nil
+	}
+}
+
 func blockStatusHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, req Request) ([]byte, error) {
 		bs, err := backend.BlockStatus(ctx, req.UserID)

gateway/internal/transcode/transcode_test.go

@@ -86,6 +86,52 @@ func TestGameStateRoundTripForwardsUserID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestWalletCatalogRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	backend, cleanup := fakeBackend(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if got := r.Header.Get("X-User-ID"); got != "u-9" {
+			t.Errorf("X-User-ID = %q, want u-9", got)
+		}
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v1/user/wallet/catalog" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"products":[` +
+			`{"kind":"value","product_id":"val-1","title":"50 hints","chips":100,"money_amount":0,"money_currency":"","atoms":[{"atom_type":"hints","quantity":50}]},` +
+			`{"kind":"pack","product_id":"pack-1","title":"100 chips","chips":0,"money_amount":14900,"money_currency":"RUB","atoms":[{"atom_type":"chips","quantity":100}]}` +
+			`]}`))
+	})
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	reg := transcode.NewRegistry(backend, nil)
+	op, ok := reg.Lookup(transcode.MsgWalletCatalog)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("wallet.catalog not registered")
+	}
+	payload, err := op.Handler(context.Background(), transcode.Request{UserID: "u-9"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("handler: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cat := fb.GetRootAsCatalog(payload, 0)
+	if cat.ProductsLength() != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("products = %d, want 2", cat.ProductsLength())
+	}
+	var value fb.CatalogProduct
+	cat.Products(&value, 0)
+	if string(value.Kind()) != "value" || string(value.ProductId()) != "val-1" || value.Chips() != 100 || value.AtomsLength() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("value decoded wrong: kind=%q id=%q chips=%d atoms=%d", value.Kind(), value.ProductId(), value.Chips(), value.AtomsLength())
+	}
+	var atom fb.CatalogAtom
+	value.Atoms(&atom, 0)
+	if string(atom.AtomType()) != "hints" || atom.Quantity() != 50 {
+		t.Fatalf("atom decoded wrong: type=%q qty=%d", atom.AtomType(), atom.Quantity())
+	}
+	var pack fb.CatalogProduct
+	cat.Products(&pack, 1)
+	if string(pack.Kind()) != "pack" || pack.Chips() != 0 || pack.MoneyAmount() != 14900 || string(pack.MoneyCurrency()) != "RUB" {
+		t.Fatalf("pack decoded wrong: kind=%q chips=%d money=%d cur=%q", pack.Kind(), pack.Chips(), pack.MoneyAmount(), pack.MoneyCurrency())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEnqueueRoundTripEncodesMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	backend, cleanup := fakeBackend(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"matched":true,"game":{"id":"g-9","variant":"scrabble_en","status":"active","players":2,"to_move":0,"seats":[]}}`))

pkg/fbs/scrabble.fbs

@@ -848,3 +848,54 @@ table NotificationEvent {
   invitation:Invitation;
   state:StateView;
 }
+
+// WalletSegment is one chip balance in the wallet view: the funding source
+// ("vk"/"telegram"/"direct"), the chip count, and whether it is spendable in the current
+// execution context (false for a frozen VK-iOS balance or an untrusted platform).
+table WalletSegment {
+  source:string;
+  chips:int;
+  spendable:bool;
+}
+
+// Wallet is the user-facing wallet: the context-visible chip segments and the context-applicable
+// benefits — the no-ads term end as unix milliseconds (0 = no active term) or the perpetual
+// forever flag, and the available hint count.
+table Wallet {
+  segments:[WalletSegment];
+  ads_forever:bool;
+  ads_paid_until_ms:long;
+  hints:int;
+}
+
+// WalletBuyRequest buys a chip-priced value with chips: the product to buy.
+table WalletBuyRequest {
+  product_id:string;
+}
+
+// CatalogAtom is one atom line of a storefront product: the base value type it grants
+// ("chips"/"hints"/"noads_days"/"tournament") and how many of it the product carries.
+table CatalogAtom {
+  atom_type:string;
+  quantity:int;
+}
+
+// CatalogProduct is one storefront product projected for the caller's context. A "value" is
+// bought with chips (chips is its uniform price, money fields zero); a "pack" funds chips with
+// money (money_amount is its price in the context currency's minor units under money_currency,
+// chips zero). atoms lists what the product grants.
+table CatalogProduct {
+  kind:string;
+  product_id:string;
+  title:string;
+  chips:int;
+  money_amount:long;
+  money_currency:string;
+  atoms:[CatalogAtom];
+}
+
+// Catalog is the storefront: the products visible and purchasable in the caller's context — the
+// chip-priced values and the chip packs priced in the context's payment method.
+table Catalog {
+  products:[CatalogProduct];
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/Catalog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type Catalog struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsCatalog(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *Catalog {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &Catalog{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishCatalogBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsCatalog(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *Catalog {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &Catalog{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedCatalogBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *Catalog) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *Catalog) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *Catalog) Products(obj *CatalogProduct, j int) bool {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		x := rcv._tab.Vector(o)
+		x += flatbuffers.UOffsetT(j) * 4
+		x = rcv._tab.Indirect(x)
+		obj.Init(rcv._tab.Bytes, x)
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rcv *Catalog) ProductsLength() int {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.VectorLen(o)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func CatalogStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(1)
+}
+func CatalogAddProducts(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, products flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(products), 0)
+}
+func CatalogStartProductsVector(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, numElems int) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.StartVector(4, numElems, 4)
+}
+func CatalogEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/CatalogAtom.go

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type CatalogAtom struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsCatalogAtom(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *CatalogAtom {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &CatalogAtom{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishCatalogAtomBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsCatalogAtom(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *CatalogAtom {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &CatalogAtom{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedCatalogAtomBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogAtom) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogAtom) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogAtom) AtomType() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogAtom) Quantity() int32 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(6))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt32(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogAtom) MutateQuantity(n int32) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt32Slot(6, n)
+}
+
+func CatalogAtomStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(2)
+}
+func CatalogAtomAddAtomType(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, atomType flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(atomType), 0)
+}
+func CatalogAtomAddQuantity(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, quantity int32) {
+	builder.PrependInt32Slot(1, quantity, 0)
+}
+func CatalogAtomEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/CatalogProduct.go

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type CatalogProduct struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsCatalogProduct(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *CatalogProduct {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &CatalogProduct{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishCatalogProductBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsCatalogProduct(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *CatalogProduct {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &CatalogProduct{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedCatalogProductBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Kind() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) ProductId() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(6))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Title() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(8))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Chips() int32 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(10))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt32(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) MutateChips(n int32) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt32Slot(10, n)
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) MoneyAmount() int64 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(12))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt64(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) MutateMoneyAmount(n int64) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt64Slot(12, n)
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) MoneyCurrency() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(14))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) Atoms(obj *CatalogAtom, j int) bool {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(16))
+	if o != 0 {
+		x := rcv._tab.Vector(o)
+		x += flatbuffers.UOffsetT(j) * 4
+		x = rcv._tab.Indirect(x)
+		obj.Init(rcv._tab.Bytes, x)
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rcv *CatalogProduct) AtomsLength() int {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(16))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.VectorLen(o)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func CatalogProductStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(7)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddKind(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, kind flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(kind), 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddProductId(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, productId flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(1, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(productId), 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddTitle(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, title flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(2, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(title), 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddChips(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, chips int32) {
+	builder.PrependInt32Slot(3, chips, 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddMoneyAmount(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, moneyAmount int64) {
+	builder.PrependInt64Slot(4, moneyAmount, 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddMoneyCurrency(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, moneyCurrency flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(5, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(moneyCurrency), 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductAddAtoms(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, atoms flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(6, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(atoms), 0)
+}
+func CatalogProductStartAtomsVector(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, numElems int) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.StartVector(4, numElems, 4)
+}
+func CatalogProductEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/Wallet.go

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type Wallet struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsWallet(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *Wallet {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &Wallet{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishWalletBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsWallet(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *Wallet {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &Wallet{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedWalletBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) Segments(obj *WalletSegment, j int) bool {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		x := rcv._tab.Vector(o)
+		x += flatbuffers.UOffsetT(j) * 4
+		x = rcv._tab.Indirect(x)
+		obj.Init(rcv._tab.Bytes, x)
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) SegmentsLength() int {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.VectorLen(o)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) AdsForever() bool {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(6))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetBool(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) MutateAdsForever(n bool) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateBoolSlot(6, n)
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) AdsPaidUntilMs() int64 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(8))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt64(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) MutateAdsPaidUntilMs(n int64) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt64Slot(8, n)
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) Hints() int32 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(10))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt32(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *Wallet) MutateHints(n int32) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt32Slot(10, n)
+}
+
+func WalletStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(4)
+}
+func WalletAddSegments(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, segments flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(segments), 0)
+}
+func WalletStartSegmentsVector(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, numElems int) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.StartVector(4, numElems, 4)
+}
+func WalletAddAdsForever(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, adsForever bool) {
+	builder.PrependBoolSlot(1, adsForever, false)
+}
+func WalletAddAdsPaidUntilMs(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, adsPaidUntilMs int64) {
+	builder.PrependInt64Slot(2, adsPaidUntilMs, 0)
+}
+func WalletAddHints(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, hints int32) {
+	builder.PrependInt32Slot(3, hints, 0)
+}
+func WalletEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/WalletBuyRequest.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type WalletBuyRequest struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsWalletBuyRequest(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *WalletBuyRequest {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &WalletBuyRequest{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishWalletBuyRequestBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsWalletBuyRequest(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *WalletBuyRequest {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &WalletBuyRequest{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedWalletBuyRequestBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletBuyRequest) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletBuyRequest) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletBuyRequest) ProductId() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func WalletBuyRequestStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(1)
+}
+func WalletBuyRequestAddProductId(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, productId flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(productId), 0)
+}
+func WalletBuyRequestEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/WalletSegment.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Code generated by the FlatBuffers compiler. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package scrabblefb
+
+import (
+	flatbuffers "github.com/google/flatbuffers/go"
+)
+
+type WalletSegment struct {
+	_tab flatbuffers.Table
+}
+
+func GetRootAsWalletSegment(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *WalletSegment {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset:])
+	x := &WalletSegment{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishWalletSegmentBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.Finish(offset)
+}
+
+func GetSizePrefixedRootAsWalletSegment(buf []byte, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) *WalletSegment {
+	n := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(buf[offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32:])
+	x := &WalletSegment{}
+	x.Init(buf, n+offset+flatbuffers.SizeUint32)
+	return x
+}
+
+func FinishSizePrefixedWalletSegmentBuffer(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, offset flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.FinishSizePrefixed(offset)
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) Init(buf []byte, i flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	rcv._tab.Bytes = buf
+	rcv._tab.Pos = i
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) Table() flatbuffers.Table {
+	return rcv._tab
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) Source() []byte {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(4))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.ByteVector(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) Chips() int32 {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(6))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetInt32(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) MutateChips(n int32) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateInt32Slot(6, n)
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) Spendable() bool {
+	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(8))
+	if o != 0 {
+		return rcv._tab.GetBool(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rcv *WalletSegment) MutateSpendable(n bool) bool {
+	return rcv._tab.MutateBoolSlot(8, n)
+}
+
+func WalletSegmentStart(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) {
+	builder.StartObject(3)
+}
+func WalletSegmentAddSource(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, source flatbuffers.UOffsetT) {
+	builder.PrependUOffsetTSlot(0, flatbuffers.UOffsetT(source), 0)
+}
+func WalletSegmentAddChips(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, chips int32) {
+	builder.PrependInt32Slot(1, chips, 0)
+}
+func WalletSegmentAddSpendable(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, spendable bool) {
+	builder.PrependBoolSlot(2, spendable, false)
+}
+func WalletSegmentEnd(builder *flatbuffers.Builder) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
+	return builder.EndObject()
+}

ui/e2e/wallet.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { expect, test, type Page } from './fixtures';
+
+// The Wallet section against the mock transport (no backend). The mock seeds a web/native (direct)
+// account holding a direct + vk chip segment and a small catalog (two chip-priced values and one
+// rouble-priced chip pack — see lib/mock/client.ts), so the storefront, the store-compliance
+// warning and the Google Play stub are all exercisable without a backend.
+
+async function loginLobby(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /guest/i }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Your turn')).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+async function openSettings(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Settings/ }).click(); // lobby ⚙️ tab
+  await expect(page.locator('.pane')).toHaveCount(1); // let the slide settle
+}
+
+async function openWallet(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await openSettings(page);
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Wallet', exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('wallet')).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+test('wallet: balances, benefits and the storefront render for a durable account', async ({ page }) => {
+  await loginLobby(page);
+  await openWallet(page);
+
+  // Balances: the seeded direct ("Web") and vk segments.
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Balance' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Web', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('VK', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Benefits + the storefront: two values priced in chips, one pack priced in roubles.
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Benefits' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Store' })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('product')).toHaveCount(3);
+  const pack = page.locator('[data-kind="pack"]');
+  await expect(pack).toContainText('₽');
+  // The pack purchase (money intake) is not wired yet, so its action is the disabled 'Soon'.
+  await expect(pack.getByRole('button', { name: 'Soon' })).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
+test('wallet: the tab sits between Friends and About', async ({ page }) => {
+  await loginLobby(page);
+  await openSettings(page);
+  const labels = await page.locator('.tab .lbl').allInnerTexts();
+  const iFriends = labels.indexOf('Friends');
+  const iWallet = labels.indexOf('Wallet');
+  const iAbout = labels.indexOf('Info');
+  expect(iFriends).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+  expect(iWallet).toBe(iFriends + 1);
+  expect(iAbout).toBe(iWallet + 1);
+});
+
+test('wallet: a guest has no wallet (nor friends) tab', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/?guest');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /guest/i }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Your turn')).toBeVisible();
+  await openSettings(page);
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Wallet', exact: true })).toBeHidden();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Friends', exact: true })).toBeHidden();
+});
+
+test('wallet: the Google Play build hides the money purchases behind the RuStore stub', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/?gp');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /guest/i }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Your turn')).toBeVisible();
+  await openWallet(page);
+
+  // The chip pack is gone; the stub points at the RuStore build. Spending earned chips still works.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('gp-stub')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-kind="pack"]')).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-kind="value"]').first().getByTestId('buy')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('wallet: a web spend that would draw store chips warns first, then completes', async ({ page }) => {
+  await loginLobby(page);
+  await openWallet(page);
+
+  // The 300-chip value drains direct (120) then reaches into vk (180) → a store segment → warn.
+  await page.locator('[data-pid="val-noads-30"]').getByTestId('buy').click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('warn')).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByTestId('warn-confirm').click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('warn')).toBeHidden();
+  // The spend applied: the no-ads benefit now shows an end date.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('wallet')).toContainText('No ads until');
+});
+
+test('wallet: a spend the direct segment covers alone does not warn', async ({ page }) => {
+  await loginLobby(page);
+  await openWallet(page);
+
+  // The 100-chip value is covered by the direct segment (120) alone → no store draw, no warning.
+  await page.locator('[data-pid="val-hints-50"]').getByTestId('buy').click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('warn')).toBeHidden();
+  // The hints benefit rose from 5 to 55.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('wallet')).toContainText('Hints 55');
+});

ui/scripts/bundle-size.mjs

@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ const DIST = 'dist';
 // countdown toast live in the always-loaded game screen (Game.svelte) — and to 120 for the offline
 // pass-and-play (hotseat) mode: the on-screen PIN pad, the creation roster and the in-game host menu
 // live in the always-loaded New Game / Game / Lobby screens (the offline engine and the tiny PIN
-// hashing stay in lazy chunks / are negligible). The heavy parts — the dict loader, the move
+// hashing stay in lazy chunks / are negligible), then to 123 for the Wallet section — its screen,
-// generator and the preload orchestration — still stay in lazy chunks. Scoped CSS lands in the CSS
+// storefront logic and the catalog codec load with the always-mounted settings hub (its i18n lands
-// chunk, not this JS budget.
+// in the shared chunk). The heavy parts — the dict loader, the move generator and the preload
-const BUDGET = { app: 120, shared: 30, landing: 5 };
+// orchestration — still stay in lazy chunks. Scoped CSS lands in the CSS chunk, not this JS budget.
+const BUDGET = { app: 123, shared: 30, landing: 5 };
 
 // gzipped returns the gzipped byte size of a built asset, or 0 when the reference is not a
 // local file (e.g. the Telegram SDK loaded from a CDN) or is missing.

ui/src/App.svelte

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
           <SettingsHub initialTab="about" />
         {:else if router.route.name === 'friends'}
           <SettingsHub initialTab="friends" />
+        {:else if router.route.name === 'wallet'}
+          <SettingsHub initialTab="wallet" />
         {:else if router.route.name === 'feedback'}
           <Feedback />
         {:else if router.route.name === 'stats'}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ export { BestMoveTile } from './scrabblefb/best-move-tile.js';
 export { BestMoveView } from './scrabblefb/best-move-view.js';
 export { BlockList } from './scrabblefb/block-list.js';
 export { BlockStatus } from './scrabblefb/block-status.js';
+export { Catalog } from './scrabblefb/catalog.js';
+export { CatalogAtom } from './scrabblefb/catalog-atom.js';
+export { CatalogProduct } from './scrabblefb/catalog-product.js';
 export { ChatList } from './scrabblefb/chat-list.js';
 export { ChatMessage } from './scrabblefb/chat-message.js';
 export { ChatPostRequest } from './scrabblefb/chat-post-request.js';
@@ -81,5 +84,8 @@ export { TelegramLoginRequest } from './scrabblefb/telegram-login-request.js';
 export { TileRecord } from './scrabblefb/tile-record.js';
 export { UpdateProfileRequest } from './scrabblefb/update-profile-request.js';
 export { VKLoginRequest } from './scrabblefb/vklogin-request.js';
+export { Wallet } from './scrabblefb/wallet.js';
+export { WalletBuyRequest } from './scrabblefb/wallet-buy-request.js';
+export { WalletSegment } from './scrabblefb/wallet-segment.js';
 export { WordCheckResult } from './scrabblefb/word-check-result.js';
 export { YourTurnEvent } from './scrabblefb/your-turn-event.js';

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/catalog-atom.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+export class CatalogAtom {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):CatalogAtom {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsCatalogAtom(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:CatalogAtom):CatalogAtom {
+  return (obj || new CatalogAtom()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsCatalogAtom(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:CatalogAtom):CatalogAtom {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new CatalogAtom()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+atomType():string|null
+atomType(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+atomType(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+quantity():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 6);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+static startCatalogAtom(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(2);
+}
+
+static addAtomType(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, atomTypeOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, atomTypeOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addQuantity(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, quantity:number) {
+  builder.addFieldInt32(1, quantity, 0);
+}
+
+static endCatalogAtom(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createCatalogAtom(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, atomTypeOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, quantity:number):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  CatalogAtom.startCatalogAtom(builder);
+  CatalogAtom.addAtomType(builder, atomTypeOffset);
+  CatalogAtom.addQuantity(builder, quantity);
+  return CatalogAtom.endCatalogAtom(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/catalog-product.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+import { CatalogAtom } from '../scrabblefb/catalog-atom.js';
+
+
+export class CatalogProduct {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):CatalogProduct {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsCatalogProduct(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:CatalogProduct):CatalogProduct {
+  return (obj || new CatalogProduct()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsCatalogProduct(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:CatalogProduct):CatalogProduct {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new CatalogProduct()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+kind():string|null
+kind(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+kind(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+productId():string|null
+productId(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+productId(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 6);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+title():string|null
+title(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+title(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 8);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+chips():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 10);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+moneyAmount():bigint {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 12);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt64(this.bb_pos + offset) : BigInt('0');
+}
+
+moneyCurrency():string|null
+moneyCurrency(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+moneyCurrency(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 14);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+atoms(index: number, obj?:CatalogAtom):CatalogAtom|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 16);
+  return offset ? (obj || new CatalogAtom()).__init(this.bb!.__indirect(this.bb!.__vector(this.bb_pos + offset) + index * 4), this.bb!) : null;
+}
+
+atomsLength():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 16);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__vector_len(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+static startCatalogProduct(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(7);
+}
+
+static addKind(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, kindOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, kindOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addProductId(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, productIdOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(1, productIdOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addTitle(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, titleOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(2, titleOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addChips(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, chips:number) {
+  builder.addFieldInt32(3, chips, 0);
+}
+
+static addMoneyAmount(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, moneyAmount:bigint) {
+  builder.addFieldInt64(4, moneyAmount, BigInt('0'));
+}
+
+static addMoneyCurrency(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, moneyCurrencyOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(5, moneyCurrencyOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addAtoms(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, atomsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(6, atomsOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static createAtomsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, data:flatbuffers.Offset[]):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  builder.startVector(4, data.length, 4);
+  for (let i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    builder.addOffset(data[i]!);
+  }
+  return builder.endVector();
+}
+
+static startAtomsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, numElems:number) {
+  builder.startVector(4, numElems, 4);
+}
+
+static endCatalogProduct(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createCatalogProduct(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, kindOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, productIdOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, titleOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, chips:number, moneyAmount:bigint, moneyCurrencyOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, atomsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  CatalogProduct.startCatalogProduct(builder);
+  CatalogProduct.addKind(builder, kindOffset);
+  CatalogProduct.addProductId(builder, productIdOffset);
+  CatalogProduct.addTitle(builder, titleOffset);
+  CatalogProduct.addChips(builder, chips);
+  CatalogProduct.addMoneyAmount(builder, moneyAmount);
+  CatalogProduct.addMoneyCurrency(builder, moneyCurrencyOffset);
+  CatalogProduct.addAtoms(builder, atomsOffset);
+  return CatalogProduct.endCatalogProduct(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/catalog.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+import { CatalogProduct } from '../scrabblefb/catalog-product.js';
+
+
+export class Catalog {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):Catalog {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsCatalog(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:Catalog):Catalog {
+  return (obj || new Catalog()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsCatalog(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:Catalog):Catalog {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new Catalog()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+products(index: number, obj?:CatalogProduct):CatalogProduct|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? (obj || new CatalogProduct()).__init(this.bb!.__indirect(this.bb!.__vector(this.bb_pos + offset) + index * 4), this.bb!) : null;
+}
+
+productsLength():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__vector_len(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+static startCatalog(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(1);
+}
+
+static addProducts(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, productsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, productsOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static createProductsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, data:flatbuffers.Offset[]):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  builder.startVector(4, data.length, 4);
+  for (let i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    builder.addOffset(data[i]!);
+  }
+  return builder.endVector();
+}
+
+static startProductsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, numElems:number) {
+  builder.startVector(4, numElems, 4);
+}
+
+static endCatalog(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createCatalog(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, productsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  Catalog.startCatalog(builder);
+  Catalog.addProducts(builder, productsOffset);
+  return Catalog.endCatalog(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/wallet-buy-request.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+export class WalletBuyRequest {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):WalletBuyRequest {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsWalletBuyRequest(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:WalletBuyRequest):WalletBuyRequest {
+  return (obj || new WalletBuyRequest()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsWalletBuyRequest(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:WalletBuyRequest):WalletBuyRequest {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new WalletBuyRequest()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+productId():string|null
+productId(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+productId(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+static startWalletBuyRequest(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(1);
+}
+
+static addProductId(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, productIdOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, productIdOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static endWalletBuyRequest(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createWalletBuyRequest(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, productIdOffset:flatbuffers.Offset):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  WalletBuyRequest.startWalletBuyRequest(builder);
+  WalletBuyRequest.addProductId(builder, productIdOffset);
+  return WalletBuyRequest.endWalletBuyRequest(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/wallet-segment.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+export class WalletSegment {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):WalletSegment {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsWalletSegment(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:WalletSegment):WalletSegment {
+  return (obj || new WalletSegment()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsWalletSegment(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:WalletSegment):WalletSegment {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new WalletSegment()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+source():string|null
+source(optionalEncoding:flatbuffers.Encoding):string|Uint8Array|null
+source(optionalEncoding?:any):string|Uint8Array|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__string(this.bb_pos + offset, optionalEncoding) : null;
+}
+
+chips():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 6);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+spendable():boolean {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 8);
+  return offset ? !!this.bb!.readInt8(this.bb_pos + offset) : false;
+}
+
+static startWalletSegment(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(3);
+}
+
+static addSource(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, sourceOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, sourceOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static addChips(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, chips:number) {
+  builder.addFieldInt32(1, chips, 0);
+}
+
+static addSpendable(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, spendable:boolean) {
+  builder.addFieldInt8(2, +spendable, +false);
+}
+
+static endWalletSegment(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createWalletSegment(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, sourceOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, chips:number, spendable:boolean):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  WalletSegment.startWalletSegment(builder);
+  WalletSegment.addSource(builder, sourceOffset);
+  WalletSegment.addChips(builder, chips);
+  WalletSegment.addSpendable(builder, spendable);
+  return WalletSegment.endWalletSegment(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/wallet.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// automatically generated by the FlatBuffers compiler, do not modify
+
+import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
+
+import { WalletSegment } from '../scrabblefb/wallet-segment.js';
+
+
+export class Wallet {
+  bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer|null = null;
+  bb_pos = 0;
+  __init(i:number, bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer):Wallet {
+  this.bb_pos = i;
+  this.bb = bb;
+  return this;
+}
+
+static getRootAsWallet(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:Wallet):Wallet {
+  return (obj || new Wallet()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+static getSizePrefixedRootAsWallet(bb:flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?:Wallet):Wallet {
+  bb.setPosition(bb.position() + flatbuffers.SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+  return (obj || new Wallet()).__init(bb.readInt32(bb.position()) + bb.position(), bb);
+}
+
+segments(index: number, obj?:WalletSegment):WalletSegment|null {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? (obj || new WalletSegment()).__init(this.bb!.__indirect(this.bb!.__vector(this.bb_pos + offset) + index * 4), this.bb!) : null;
+}
+
+segmentsLength():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 4);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.__vector_len(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+adsForever():boolean {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 6);
+  return offset ? !!this.bb!.readInt8(this.bb_pos + offset) : false;
+}
+
+adsPaidUntilMs():bigint {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 8);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt64(this.bb_pos + offset) : BigInt('0');
+}
+
+hints():number {
+  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 10);
+  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
+}
+
+static startWallet(builder:flatbuffers.Builder) {
+  builder.startObject(4);
+}
+
+static addSegments(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, segmentsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset) {
+  builder.addFieldOffset(0, segmentsOffset, 0);
+}
+
+static createSegmentsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, data:flatbuffers.Offset[]):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  builder.startVector(4, data.length, 4);
+  for (let i = data.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    builder.addOffset(data[i]!);
+  }
+  return builder.endVector();
+}
+
+static startSegmentsVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, numElems:number) {
+  builder.startVector(4, numElems, 4);
+}
+
+static addAdsForever(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, adsForever:boolean) {
+  builder.addFieldInt8(1, +adsForever, +false);
+}
+
+static addAdsPaidUntilMs(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, adsPaidUntilMs:bigint) {
+  builder.addFieldInt64(2, adsPaidUntilMs, BigInt('0'));
+}
+
+static addHints(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, hints:number) {
+  builder.addFieldInt32(3, hints, 0);
+}
+
+static endWallet(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  const offset = builder.endObject();
+  return offset;
+}
+
+static createWallet(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, segmentsOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, adsForever:boolean, adsPaidUntilMs:bigint, hints:number):flatbuffers.Offset {
+  Wallet.startWallet(builder);
+  Wallet.addSegments(builder, segmentsOffset);
+  Wallet.addAdsForever(builder, adsForever);
+  Wallet.addAdsPaidUntilMs(builder, adsPaidUntilMs);
+  Wallet.addHints(builder, hints);
+  return Wallet.endWallet(builder);
+}
+}

ui/src/lib/client.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import type {
   Tile,
   Variant,
   WordCheckResult,
+  Wallet,
+  Catalog,
 } from './model';
 
 /** GatewayError carries a stable code (the gateway result_code, or an edge code). */
@@ -135,6 +137,17 @@ export interface GatewayClient {
   /** feedbackUnread reports whether an operator reply awaits delivery (the badge). */
   feedbackUnread(): Promise<boolean>;
 
+  // --- wallet ---
+  /** wallet returns the caller's chip segments and active benefits, visible in their current
+   *  trusted execution context (view-only when the platform is untrusted or VK-iOS frozen). */
+  wallet(): Promise<Wallet>;
+  /** catalog returns the storefront for the caller's context: chip-priced values and the chip
+   *  packs priced in the context's payment method. */
+  catalog(): Promise<Catalog>;
+  /** walletBuy spends chips on a chip-priced value and returns the updated wallet. Gate-checked
+   *  server-side: an untrusted/frozen context or an insufficient balance is refused. */
+  walletBuy(productId: string): Promise<Wallet>;
+
   // --- friends ---
   friendsList(): Promise<AccountRef[]>;
   friendsIncoming(): Promise<AccountRef[]>;

ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import {
   decodeMatchResult,
   decodeOutgoingList,
   decodeProfile,
+  decodeWallet,
+  decodeCatalog,
+  encodeWalletBuy,
   decodeSession,
   decodeFeedbackState,
   decodeFeedbackUnread,
@@ -41,6 +44,83 @@ import {
 } from './codec';
 
 describe('codec', () => {
+  it('round-trips the wallet buy request and the wallet view', () => {
+    // buy request: product id survives the wire
+    const req = fb.WalletBuyRequest.getRootAsWalletBuyRequest(new ByteBuffer(encodeWalletBuy('prod-42')));
+    expect(req.productId()).toBe('prod-42');
+
+    // wallet response: build a Wallet payload and decode it, checking the segment vector,
+    // the spendable flag and the benefit fields (the long ms field decodes to a number).
+    const b = new Builder(128);
+    const src = b.createString('direct');
+    fb.WalletSegment.startWalletSegment(b);
+    fb.WalletSegment.addSource(b, src);
+    fb.WalletSegment.addChips(b, 120);
+    fb.WalletSegment.addSpendable(b, true);
+    const seg = fb.WalletSegment.endWalletSegment(b);
+    const segs = fb.Wallet.createSegmentsVector(b, [seg]);
+    fb.Wallet.startWallet(b);
+    fb.Wallet.addSegments(b, segs);
+    fb.Wallet.addAdsForever(b, false);
+    fb.Wallet.addAdsPaidUntilMs(b, BigInt(1_700_000_000_000));
+    fb.Wallet.addHints(b, 5);
+    b.finish(fb.Wallet.endWallet(b));
+
+    const w = decodeWallet(b.asUint8Array());
+    expect(w.segments).toEqual([{ source: 'direct', chips: 120, spendable: true }]);
+    expect(w.adsForever).toBe(false);
+    expect(w.adsPaidUntilMs).toBe(1_700_000_000_000);
+    expect(w.hints).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it('round-trips the catalog view (value + pack)', () => {
+    const b = new Builder(256);
+
+    // a chip-priced value with one atom
+    const vKind = b.createString('value');
+    const vId = b.createString('val-1');
+    const vTitle = b.createString('50 hints');
+    const aType = b.createString('hints');
+    fb.CatalogAtom.startCatalogAtom(b);
+    fb.CatalogAtom.addAtomType(b, aType);
+    fb.CatalogAtom.addQuantity(b, 50);
+    const atom = fb.CatalogAtom.endCatalogAtom(b);
+    const vAtoms = fb.CatalogProduct.createAtomsVector(b, [atom]);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.startCatalogProduct(b);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addKind(b, vKind);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addProductId(b, vId);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addTitle(b, vTitle);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addChips(b, 100);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addMoneyAmount(b, BigInt(0));
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addAtoms(b, vAtoms);
+    const value = fb.CatalogProduct.endCatalogProduct(b);
+
+    // a RUB-priced chip pack (no atoms exercised)
+    const pKind = b.createString('pack');
+    const pId = b.createString('pack-1');
+    const pTitle = b.createString('100 chips');
+    const pCur = b.createString('RUB');
+    fb.CatalogProduct.startCatalogProduct(b);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addKind(b, pKind);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addProductId(b, pId);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addTitle(b, pTitle);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addChips(b, 0);
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addMoneyAmount(b, BigInt(14900));
+    fb.CatalogProduct.addMoneyCurrency(b, pCur);
+    const pack = fb.CatalogProduct.endCatalogProduct(b);
+
+    const prods = fb.Catalog.createProductsVector(b, [value, pack]);
+    fb.Catalog.startCatalog(b);
+    fb.Catalog.addProducts(b, prods);
+    b.finish(fb.Catalog.endCatalog(b));
+
+    const c = decodeCatalog(b.asUint8Array());
+    expect(c.products).toEqual([
+      { kind: 'value', productId: 'val-1', title: '50 hints', chips: 100, moneyAmount: 0, moneyCurrency: '', atoms: [{ atomType: 'hints', quantity: 50 }] },
+      { kind: 'pack', productId: 'pack-1', title: '100 chips', chips: 0, moneyAmount: 14900, moneyCurrency: 'RUB', atoms: [] },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('round-trips the export-url request and response', () => {
     const req = fb.ExportUrlRequest.getRootAsExportUrlRequest(
       new ByteBuffer(

ui/src/lib/codec.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ import type {
   MoveRecord,
   MoveResult,
   Profile,
+  Wallet,
+  WalletSegment,
+  Catalog,
+  CatalogProduct,
+  CatalogAtom,
   ProfileUpdate,
   PushEvent,
   Seat,
@@ -359,6 +364,60 @@ export function decodeSession(buf: Uint8Array): Session {
   return sessionFromTable(fb.Session.getRootAsSession(new ByteBuffer(buf)));
 }
 
+// encodeWalletBuy wraps the product id for a chip spend (POST /user/wallet/buy).
+export function encodeWalletBuy(productId: string): Uint8Array {
+  const b = new Builder(64);
+  const pid = b.createString(productId);
+  fb.WalletBuyRequest.startWalletBuyRequest(b);
+  fb.WalletBuyRequest.addProductId(b, pid);
+  return finish(b, fb.WalletBuyRequest.endWalletBuyRequest(b));
+}
+
+// decodeWallet reads the wallet payload: the context-visible chip segments and the
+// context-applicable benefits.
+export function decodeWallet(buf: Uint8Array): Wallet {
+  const w = fb.Wallet.getRootAsWallet(new ByteBuffer(buf));
+  const segments: WalletSegment[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < w.segmentsLength(); i++) {
+    const seg = w.segments(i);
+    if (!seg) continue;
+    segments.push({ source: s(seg.source()), chips: seg.chips(), spendable: seg.spendable() });
+  }
+  return {
+    segments,
+    adsForever: w.adsForever(),
+    adsPaidUntilMs: Number(w.adsPaidUntilMs()),
+    hints: w.hints(),
+  };
+}
+
+// decodeCatalog reads the storefront payload: the context-visible products, each a chip-priced
+// value or a chip pack priced in the context's payment method, with its atom composition.
+export function decodeCatalog(buf: Uint8Array): Catalog {
+  const c = fb.Catalog.getRootAsCatalog(new ByteBuffer(buf));
+  const products: CatalogProduct[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < c.productsLength(); i++) {
+    const p = c.products(i);
+    if (!p) continue;
+    const atoms: CatalogAtom[] = [];
+    for (let j = 0; j < p.atomsLength(); j++) {
+      const a = p.atoms(j);
+      if (!a) continue;
+      atoms.push({ atomType: s(a.atomType()), quantity: a.quantity() });
+    }
+    products.push({
+      kind: s(p.kind()) === 'pack' ? 'pack' : 'value',
+      productId: s(p.productId()),
+      title: s(p.title()),
+      chips: p.chips(),
+      moneyAmount: Number(p.moneyAmount()),
+      moneyCurrency: s(p.moneyCurrency()),
+      atoms,
+    });
+  }
+  return { products };
+}
+
 export function decodeProfile(buf: Uint8Array): Profile {
   const p = fb.Profile.getRootAsProfile(new ByteBuffer(buf));
   return {

ui/src/lib/distribution.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { isGooglePlayBuild } from './distribution';
+
+describe('isGooglePlayBuild', () => {
+  it('is false by default (no VITE_GP_BUILD flag, not the mock ?gp force)', () => {
+    // The unit env is neither the Google Play build nor the mock ?gp force, so the normal purchase
+    // actions show. The Google Play stub and the mock force are covered by the Playwright e2e.
+    expect(isGooglePlayBuild()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

ui/src/lib/distribution.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Distribution channel of the native build. Google Play forbids selling in-app currency through
+// an external gate, so the Google Play build hides the purchase actions and shows a stub pointing
+// the user to the RuStore build; every other build (web, VK, Telegram, RuStore native) sells
+// normally. The channel is a build-time flag the Google Play build sets, not a runtime guess.
+
+/**
+ * isGooglePlayBuild reports whether this is the Google Play native build, where in-app-currency
+ * purchases are hidden. It reads the build-time flag VITE_GP_BUILD (set to "1" only by the Google
+ * Play build); every other build reads false. Under the mock e2e it can be forced on with a `?gp`
+ * query parameter so the stub path is exercisable without a separate build.
+ */
+export function isGooglePlayBuild(): boolean {
+  if (
+    import.meta.env.MODE === 'mock' &&
+    typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+    new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).has('gp')
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return (import.meta.env as Record<string, string | undefined>).VITE_GP_BUILD === '1';
+}

ui/src/lib/i18n/en.ts

@@ -225,6 +225,33 @@ export const en = {
   'offline.promptYes': 'Enable',
   'offline.promptNo': 'Keep trying',
 
+  // --- wallet ---
+  'wallet.title': 'Wallet',
+  'wallet.tab': 'Wallet',
+  'wallet.balance': 'Balance',
+  'wallet.noChips': 'No chips yet',
+  'wallet.source.vk': 'VK',
+  'wallet.source.telegram': 'Telegram',
+  'wallet.source.direct': 'Web',
+  'wallet.viewOnly': 'view only',
+  'wallet.benefits': 'Benefits',
+  'wallet.noAdsUntil': 'No ads until {date}',
+  'wallet.noAdsForever': 'No ads forever',
+  'wallet.adsOn': 'Ads are on',
+  'wallet.hints': 'Hints {n}',
+  'wallet.store': 'Store',
+  'wallet.empty': 'The store is empty for now',
+  'wallet.buy': 'Buy',
+  'wallet.soon': 'Soon',
+  'wallet.gpStub': 'To buy chips, install the RuStore build.',
+  'wallet.cur.RUB': '₽',
+  'wallet.cur.VOTE': 'votes',
+  'wallet.cur.XTR': '⭐',
+  'wallet.warnTitle': 'Web-only purchase',
+  'wallet.warnBody':
+    'This spends your VK/Telegram chips, and the benefit will work on the web and in the app only — because of store rules.',
+  'wallet.warnConfirm': 'Continue',
+  'wallet.warnCancel': 'Cancel',
   'about.title': 'About',
   'about.tab': 'Info',
   'about.description': 'A multiplatform Scrabble game.',

ui/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts

@@ -225,6 +225,33 @@ export const ru: Record<MessageKey, string> = {
   'offline.promptYes': 'Включить',
   'offline.promptNo': 'Ждать сеть',
 
+  // --- wallet ---
+  'wallet.title': 'Кошелёк',
+  'wallet.tab': 'Кошелёк',
+  'wallet.balance': 'Баланс',
+  'wallet.noChips': 'Пока нет фишек',
+  'wallet.source.vk': 'VK',
+  'wallet.source.telegram': 'Telegram',
+  'wallet.source.direct': 'Веб',
+  'wallet.viewOnly': 'просмотр',
+  'wallet.benefits': 'Блага',
+  'wallet.noAdsUntil': 'Без рекламы до {date}',
+  'wallet.noAdsForever': 'Без рекламы навсегда',
+  'wallet.adsOn': 'Реклама включена',
+  'wallet.hints': 'Подсказки {n}',
+  'wallet.store': 'Магазин',
+  'wallet.empty': 'Магазин пока пуст',
+  'wallet.buy': 'Купить',
+  'wallet.soon': 'Скоро',
+  'wallet.gpStub': 'Чтобы покупать фишки, установите версию из RuStore.',
+  'wallet.cur.RUB': '₽',
+  'wallet.cur.VOTE': 'голосов',
+  'wallet.cur.XTR': '⭐',
+  'wallet.warnTitle': 'Покупка только для веба',
+  'wallet.warnBody':
+    'Оплата спишет фишки VK/Telegram, и благо будет работать только в вебе и приложении — из-за правил магазинов.',
+  'wallet.warnConfirm': 'Продолжить',
+  'wallet.warnCancel': 'Отмена',
   'about.title': 'О программе',
   'about.tab': 'Инфо',
   'about.description': 'Мультиплатформенная игра в «Эрудит».',

ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import type {
   Stats,
   Variant,
   WordCheckResult,
+  Wallet,
+  Catalog,
 } from '../model';
 import { valueForLetter } from '../alphabet';
 import { seedMockAlphabets } from './alphabet';
@@ -112,10 +114,37 @@ export class MockGateway implements GatewayClient {
   private readonly stats: Stats = { ...MOCK_STATS };
   private readonly drafts = new Map<string, string>();
 
+  // The mock chip wallet: a web/native (direct) context holding a direct and a vk segment, so the
+  // storefront, the priority draw (direct→vk→tg) and the web-spend warning (a value whose price
+  // reaches into the vk segment) are all exercisable without a backend.
+  private readonly mockWallet: Wallet = {
+    segments: [
+      { source: 'direct', chips: 120, spendable: true },
+      { source: 'vk', chips: 400, spendable: true },
+    ],
+    adsForever: false,
+    adsPaidUntilMs: 0,
+    hints: 5,
+  };
+  // The mock storefront: two chip-priced values (one cheap enough to draw direct only, one that
+  // reaches into vk → the warning) and one RUB-priced chip pack (the direct-context method).
+  private readonly mockCatalog: Catalog = {
+    products: [
+      { kind: 'value', productId: 'val-hints-50', title: '50 подсказок', chips: 100, moneyAmount: 0, moneyCurrency: '', atoms: [{ atomType: 'hints', quantity: 50 }] },
+      { kind: 'value', productId: 'val-noads-30', title: 'Без рекламы: 30 дней', chips: 300, moneyAmount: 0, moneyCurrency: '', atoms: [{ atomType: 'noads_days', quantity: 30 }] },
+      { kind: 'pack', productId: 'pack-chips-100', title: '100 фишек', chips: 0, moneyAmount: 14900, moneyCurrency: 'RUB', atoms: [{ atomType: 'chips', quantity: 100 }] },
+    ],
+  };
+
   constructor() {
     // Seed the per-variant alphabet cache the rack, blank chooser and scoring read, so the
     // mock-driven UI is alphabet-agnostic without a backend.
     seedMockAlphabets();
+    // e2e seam: `?guest` seeds a guest profile so the durable-only surfaces (Friends, Wallet) can
+    // be asserted hidden. The mock profile is otherwise a durable account.
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).has('guest')) {
+      this.profile.isGuest = true;
+    }
   }
 
   setToken(_token: string | null): void {
@@ -166,6 +195,44 @@ export class MockGateway implements GatewayClient {
     // The mock never blocks; the blocked screen is driven directly via the mock-mode __block seam.
     return { blocked: false, permanent: false, until: '', reason: '' };
   }
+
+  // --- wallet ---
+  async wallet(): Promise<Wallet> {
+    return this.cloneWallet();
+  }
+  async catalog(): Promise<Catalog> {
+    return { products: this.mockCatalog.products.map((p) => ({ ...p, atoms: p.atoms.map((a) => ({ ...a })) })) };
+  }
+  async walletBuy(productId: string): Promise<Wallet> {
+    const p = this.mockCatalog.products.find((x) => x.productId === productId);
+    if (!p || p.kind !== 'value') throw new GatewayError('product_not_found');
+    // Draw the chip price across the segments by priority direct→vk→tg, mirroring the backend.
+    let remaining = p.chips;
+    for (const src of ['direct', 'vk', 'telegram'] as const) {
+      if (remaining <= 0) break;
+      const seg = this.mockWallet.segments.find((s) => s.source === src);
+      if (!seg) continue;
+      const take = Math.min(seg.chips, remaining);
+      seg.chips -= take;
+      remaining -= take;
+    }
+    if (remaining > 0) throw new GatewayError('insufficient_chips');
+    for (const a of p.atoms) {
+      if (a.atomType === 'hints') this.mockWallet.hints += a.quantity;
+      if (a.atomType === 'noads_days') {
+        this.mockWallet.adsPaidUntilMs = Math.max(Date.now(), this.mockWallet.adsPaidUntilMs) + a.quantity * 86_400_000;
+      }
+    }
+    return this.cloneWallet();
+  }
+  private cloneWallet(): Wallet {
+    return {
+      segments: this.mockWallet.segments.map((s) => ({ ...s })),
+      adsForever: this.mockWallet.adsForever,
+      adsPaidUntilMs: this.mockWallet.adsPaidUntilMs,
+      hints: this.mockWallet.hints,
+    };
+  }
   async fetchDict(variant: Variant, _version: string, opts?: { signal?: AbortSignal; reload?: boolean }): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
     // The offline e2e serves the real per-variant dawgs from the preview build's /e2edict/ (copied
     // in by scripts/e2e-dict.mjs from the scrabble-dictionary release, never committed), so a local

ui/src/lib/model.ts

@@ -152,6 +152,50 @@ export interface FeedbackState {
   reply: FeedbackReply | null;
 }
 
+/** One chip balance in the wallet: the funding source, the chip count, and whether it is
+ *  spendable in the current execution context (false for a frozen VK-iOS balance or untrusted). */
+export interface WalletSegment {
+  source: string;
+  chips: number;
+  spendable: boolean;
+}
+
+/** The user-facing wallet: the context-visible chip segments and the context-applicable
+ *  benefits (the no-ads term end as unix millis / forever flag, and the available hints). */
+export interface Wallet {
+  segments: WalletSegment[];
+  adsForever: boolean;
+  /** No-ads term end as unix milliseconds; 0 = no active term. */
+  adsPaidUntilMs: number;
+  hints: number;
+}
+
+/** One atom line of a storefront product: the base value type it grants ("chips"/"hints"/
+ *  "noads_days"/"tournament") and how many of it the product carries. */
+export interface CatalogAtom {
+  atomType: string;
+  quantity: number;
+}
+
+/** One storefront product for the caller's context. A "value" is bought with chips (chips is its
+ *  uniform price, money fields zero); a "pack" funds chips with money (moneyAmount is its price in
+ *  the context currency's minor units under moneyCurrency, chips zero). atoms lists what it grants. */
+export interface CatalogProduct {
+  kind: 'value' | 'pack';
+  productId: string;
+  title: string;
+  chips: number;
+  moneyAmount: number;
+  moneyCurrency: string;
+  atoms: CatalogAtom[];
+}
+
+/** The storefront: the products visible and purchasable in the caller's context — the chip-priced
+ *  values and the chip packs priced in the context's payment method. */
+export interface Catalog {
+  products: CatalogProduct[];
+}
+
 export interface Profile {
   userId: string;
   displayName: string;

ui/src/lib/routeparse.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type RouteName =
   | 'settings'
   | 'about'
   | 'friends'
+  | 'wallet'
   | 'feedback'
   | 'stats'
   | 'confirm'
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ export function parse(hash: string): Route {
       return { name: 'about', params: {} };
     case 'friends':
       return { name: 'friends', params: {} };
+    case 'wallet':
+      return { name: 'wallet', params: {} };
     case 'feedback':
       return { name: 'feedback', params: {} };
     case 'stats':

ui/src/lib/transport.ts

@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ export function createTransport(baseUrl: string): GatewayClient {
       return codec.decodeFeedbackUnread(await exec('feedback.unread', codec.empty()));
     },
 
+    async wallet() {
+      return codec.decodeWallet(await exec('wallet.get', codec.empty()));
+    },
+    async catalog() {
+      return codec.decodeCatalog(await exec('wallet.catalog', codec.empty()));
+    },
+    async walletBuy(productId: string) {
+      return codec.decodeWallet(await exec('wallet.buy', codec.encodeWalletBuy(productId)));
+    },
+
     async friendsList() {
       return codec.decodeFriendList(await exec('friends.list', codec.empty()));
     },

ui/src/lib/wallet.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import type { Wallet, WalletSegment } from './model';
+import { majorAmount, formatAmount, spendableChips, needsWebSpendWarning } from './wallet';
+
+function seg(source: string, chips: number, spendable = true): WalletSegment {
+  return { source, chips, spendable };
+}
+
+function wallet(segments: WalletSegment[]): Wallet {
+  return { segments, adsForever: false, adsPaidUntilMs: 0, hints: 0 };
+}
+
+describe('money formatting', () => {
+  it('scales roubles by 100 and leaves whole-unit currencies as-is', () => {
+    expect(majorAmount(14900, 'RUB')).toBe(149);
+    expect(majorAmount(20, 'VOTE')).toBe(20);
+    expect(majorAmount(25, 'XTR')).toBe(25);
+  });
+
+  it('formats roubles with two decimals and whole-unit currencies as integers', () => {
+    expect(formatAmount(14900, 'RUB')).toBe('149.00');
+    expect(formatAmount(15050, 'RUB')).toBe('150.50');
+    expect(formatAmount(20, 'VOTE')).toBe('20');
+    expect(formatAmount(25, 'XTR')).toBe('25');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('spendableChips', () => {
+  it('sums only the spendable segments', () => {
+    expect(spendableChips(wallet([seg('direct', 100), seg('vk', 50)]))).toBe(150);
+    expect(spendableChips(wallet([seg('direct', 100, false), seg('vk', 50, false)]))).toBe(0);
+    expect(spendableChips(wallet([seg('direct', 100), seg('vk', 50, false)]))).toBe(100);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('needsWebSpendWarning', () => {
+  it('does not warn when the direct segment alone covers the price', () => {
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('direct', 200), seg('vk', 400)], 150)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('warns when the priority draw reaches into a store (vk/tg) segment', () => {
+    // direct 120 + vk covers the rest of a 300 price → touches vk
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('direct', 120), seg('vk', 400)], 300)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('warns when only a store segment is spendable and it covers the price', () => {
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('vk', 400)], 100)).toBe(true);
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('telegram', 400)], 100)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not warn when the price exceeds all spendable chips (buy is disabled anyway)', () => {
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('direct', 120), seg('vk', 100)], 500)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('never warns inside a VK or Telegram context (spend stays in the same store segment)', () => {
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('vk', [seg('vk', 400)], 100)).toBe(false);
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('telegram', [seg('telegram', 400)], 100)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores non-spendable segments (a frozen or untrusted wallet never warns)', () => {
+    expect(needsWebSpendWarning('direct', [seg('vk', 400, false)], 100)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

ui/src/lib/wallet.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Wallet storefront logic, kept pure and out of the .svelte screen so it unit-tests in the node
+// environment: money/price formatting, the spendable-segment selection, and the web-spend warning
+// trigger. The server owns the real store-compliance gate; these helpers drive display only.
+
+import type { Wallet, WalletSegment } from './model';
+import { insideVK } from './vk';
+import { insideTelegram } from './telegram';
+
+/** The client's execution context for the wallet UI, mirroring the server's platform kind. */
+export type SpendContext = 'vk' | 'telegram' | 'direct';
+
+/**
+ * executionContext reports the client's best-effort context: a VK Mini App, a Telegram Mini App,
+ * else a web/native (direct) session. It only drives the display-only web-spend warning; the
+ * server enforces the real gate on every spend (fail-closed), never trusting this.
+ */
+export function executionContext(): SpendContext {
+  if (insideVK()) return 'vk';
+  if (insideTelegram()) return 'telegram';
+  return 'direct';
+}
+
+/**
+ * majorAmount converts a money amount in a currency's minor units to its major unit — the rouble
+ * has 100 kopecks; Votes and Stars are whole units (scale 1).
+ */
+export function majorAmount(minor: number, currency: string): number {
+  return minor / (currency === 'RUB' ? 100 : 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * formatAmount renders a money price in major units: two fractional digits for the rouble, a whole
+ * number for the whole-unit currencies (Votes / Stars). The currency label is added by the caller
+ * (it is localized), so this stays a pure number formatter.
+ */
+export function formatAmount(minor: number, currency: string): string {
+  return currency === 'RUB' ? (minor / 100).toFixed(2) : String(minor);
+}
+
+/**
+ * spendableChips totals the chips the player can actually spend in the current context — the sum of
+ * the segments the server marked spendable (zero for a VK-iOS-frozen or untrusted wallet, where no
+ * segment is spendable).
+ */
+export function spendableChips(w: Wallet): number {
+  return w.segments.reduce((sum, s) => sum + (s.spendable ? s.chips : 0), 0);
+}
+
+// drawPriority is the segment draw order on the web, mirroring the backend spend: the home direct
+// segment first, then the store-funded segments.
+const drawPriority: readonly string[] = ['direct', 'vk', 'telegram'];
+
+/**
+ * needsWebSpendWarning reports whether buying a chip-priced value in the current context would draw
+ * store-funded (vk / telegram) chips — the case the UI must warn about, because the benefit it buys
+ * (origin=direct) is then usable on the web/native only, by the store-compliance rule. It fires only
+ * in a direct context and only when the priority draw (direct→vk→tg) actually reaches a store
+ * segment to cover the price; a spend that the direct segment covers alone, or a spend in a VK/
+ * Telegram context (which stays within the same store segment), never warns.
+ */
+export function needsWebSpendWarning(
+  context: SpendContext,
+  segments: WalletSegment[],
+  chipPrice: number,
+): boolean {
+  if (context !== 'direct') return false;
+  let remaining = chipPrice;
+  let reachesStore = false;
+  for (const src of drawPriority) {
+    if (remaining <= 0) break;
+    const seg = segments.find((s) => s.source === src && s.spendable);
+    if (!seg || seg.chips <= 0) continue;
+    const take = Math.min(seg.chips, remaining);
+    if (src !== 'direct' && take > 0) reachesStore = true;
+    remaining -= take;
+  }
+  return remaining <= 0 && reachesStore;
+}

ui/src/screens/SettingsHub.svelte

@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
   import Settings from './Settings.svelte';
   import Profile from './Profile.svelte';
   import Friends from './Friends.svelte';
+  import Wallet from './Wallet.svelte';
   import About from './About.svelte';
   import { app } from '../lib/app.svelte';
   import { offlineMode } from '../lib/offline.svelte';
   import { t, type MessageKey } from '../lib/i18n/index.svelte';
 
   // The Settings hub: a single nav bar + bottom tab bar hosting the Settings / Profile /
-  // Friends / About bodies. Tabs switch in place (no navigation), so the back control
+  // Friends / Wallet / About bodies. Tabs switch in place (no navigation), so the back control
-  // always returns to the lobby. Guests have no social surface, so the Friends tab hides.
+  // always returns to the lobby. Guests have no social surface and no wallet, so the Friends and
-  type SettingsTab = 'settings' | 'profile' | 'friends' | 'about';
+  // Wallet tabs hide for them.
+  type SettingsTab = 'settings' | 'profile' | 'friends' | 'wallet' | 'about';
   let { initialTab = 'settings' }: { initialTab?: SettingsTab } = $props();
 
   const guest = $derived(app.profile?.isGuest ?? true);
@@ -20,21 +22,22 @@
   // the hub is keyed by route in App.svelte, so initialTab is constant for its lifetime.
   // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
   let tab = $state<SettingsTab>(initialTab);
-  // A guest who deep-links to the Friends tab falls back to Settings.
+  // A guest who deep-links to the Friends or Wallet tab (durable-only surfaces) falls back to Settings.
   $effect(() => {
-    if (guest && tab === 'friends') tab = 'settings';
+    if (guest && (tab === 'friends' || tab === 'wallet')) tab = 'settings';
   });
   // Offline mode has no network, so the Profile and Friends surfaces (which read/save over the
   // network) are disabled — fall back to Settings if the hub is on one (a deep-link or a live flip).
   // Settings stays reachable: it holds the online/offline toggle.
   $effect(() => {
-    if (offlineMode.active && (tab === 'profile' || tab === 'friends')) tab = 'settings';
+    if (offlineMode.active && (tab === 'profile' || tab === 'friends' || tab === 'wallet')) tab = 'settings';
   });
 
   const titleKey: Record<SettingsTab, MessageKey> = {
     settings: 'settings.title',
     profile: 'profile.title',
     friends: 'friends.title',
+    wallet: 'wallet.title',
     about: 'about.title',
   };
 </script>
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@
     <Profile />
   {:else if tab === 'friends'}
     <Friends />
+  {:else if tab === 'wallet'}
+    <Wallet />
   {:else}
     <About />
   {/if}
@@ -63,6 +68,11 @@
           <span class="face"><span class="sq" aria-hidden="true">🤝{#if app.notifications > 0}<span class="badge">{app.notifications}</span>{/if}</span><span class="lbl">{t('friends.title')}</span></span>
         </button>
       {/if}
+      {#if !guest}
+        <button class="tab" class:active={tab === 'wallet'} disabled={offlineMode.active} onclick={() => (tab = 'wallet')}>
+          <span class="face"><span class="sq" aria-hidden="true">👛</span><span class="lbl">{t('wallet.tab')}</span></span>
+        </button>
+      {/if}
       <button class="tab" class:active={tab === 'about'} onclick={() => (tab = 'about')}>
         <span class="face"><span class="sq" aria-hidden="true">ℹ️{#if app.feedbackReplyUnread}<span class="badge">1</span>{/if}</span><span class="lbl">{t('about.tab')}</span></span>
       </button>

ui/src/screens/Wallet.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+  import Modal from '../components/Modal.svelte';
+  import { handleError } from '../lib/app.svelte';
+  import { gateway } from '../lib/gateway';
+  import { t, i18n, type MessageKey } from '../lib/i18n/index.svelte';
+  import { executionContext, formatAmount, needsWebSpendWarning, type SpendContext } from '../lib/wallet';
+  import { isGooglePlayBuild } from '../lib/distribution';
+  import type { Wallet, Catalog, CatalogProduct } from '../lib/model';
+
+  // The Wallet section: the context-visible chip balances, the active benefits, and the storefront.
+  // Values are bought with chips (they work once the player has any); chip packs are bought with
+  // money (the purchase itself arrives with payment intake — here they are shown priced only). On
+  // the Google Play build the money purchases are hidden behind a RuStore stub (store policy), while
+  // spending already-earned chips still works.
+
+  let wallet = $state<Wallet | null>(null);
+  let catalog = $state<Catalog | null>(null);
+  let loading = $state(true);
+  let busy = $state(false);
+  // The value awaiting a web-spend warning confirmation (a spend that would draw vk/tg chips).
+  let warnProduct = $state<CatalogProduct | null>(null);
+
+  const context: SpendContext = executionContext();
+  const gpBuild = isGooglePlayBuild();
+
+  const values = $derived(catalog?.products.filter((p) => p.kind === 'value') ?? []);
+  const packs = $derived(catalog?.products.filter((p) => p.kind === 'pack') ?? []);
+
+  async function load() {
+    try {
+      const [w, c] = await Promise.all([gateway.wallet(), gateway.catalog()]);
+      wallet = w;
+      catalog = c;
+    } catch (e) {
+      handleError(e);
+    } finally {
+      loading = false;
+    }
+  }
+  onMount(load);
+
+  function sourceLabel(source: string): string {
+    return t(`wallet.source.${source}` as MessageKey);
+  }
+
+  function currencyLabel(currency: string): string {
+    return t(`wallet.cur.${currency}` as MessageKey);
+  }
+
+  function adsLine(): string {
+    if (!wallet) return '';
+    if (wallet.adsForever) return t('wallet.noAdsForever');
+    if (wallet.adsPaidUntilMs > Date.now()) {
+      const date = new Date(wallet.adsPaidUntilMs).toLocaleDateString(i18n.locale === 'ru' ? 'ru-RU' : 'en-US');
+      return t('wallet.noAdsUntil', { date });
+    }
+    return t('wallet.adsOn');
+  }
+
+  function onBuy(p: CatalogProduct) {
+    if (needsWebSpendWarning(context, wallet?.segments ?? [], p.chips)) {
+      warnProduct = p;
+      return;
+    }
+    void doBuy(p);
+  }
+
+  async function doBuy(p: CatalogProduct) {
+    warnProduct = null;
+    if (busy) return;
+    busy = true;
+    try {
+      wallet = await gateway.walletBuy(p.productId);
+    } catch (e) {
+      handleError(e);
+    } finally {
+      busy = false;
+    }
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div class="wallet" data-testid="wallet">
+  <section>
+    <h3>{t('wallet.balance')}</h3>
+    {#if wallet && wallet.segments.length > 0}
+      {#each wallet.segments as s (s.source)}
+        <div class="row">
+          <span class="name">{sourceLabel(s.source)}</span>
+          <span class="value"
+            >🪙 {s.chips}{#if !s.spendable}&nbsp;<span class="muted">({t('wallet.viewOnly')})</span>{/if}</span
+          >
+        </div>
+      {/each}
+    {:else if !loading}
+      <p class="empty">{t('wallet.noChips')}</p>
+    {/if}
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <h3>{t('wallet.benefits')}</h3>
+    <div class="row"><span class="name">{adsLine()}</span></div>
+    <div class="row"><span class="name">{t('wallet.hints', { n: wallet?.hints ?? 0 })}</span></div>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <h3>{t('wallet.store')}</h3>
+    {#each values as p (p.productId)}
+      <div class="row product" data-testid="product" data-kind="value" data-pid={p.productId}>
+        <span class="name">{p.title}</span>
+        <span class="price">🪙 {p.chips}</span>
+        <button class="buy" data-testid="buy" disabled={busy} onclick={() => onBuy(p)}>{t('wallet.buy')}</button>
+      </div>
+    {/each}
+
+    {#if gpBuild}
+      <p class="stub" data-testid="gp-stub">{t('wallet.gpStub')}</p>
+    {:else}
+      {#each packs as p (p.productId)}
+        <div class="row product" data-testid="product" data-kind="pack" data-pid={p.productId}>
+          <span class="name">{p.title}</span>
+          <span class="price">{formatAmount(p.moneyAmount, p.moneyCurrency)}&nbsp;{currencyLabel(p.moneyCurrency)}</span>
+          <button class="buy" disabled>{t('wallet.soon')}</button>
+        </div>
+      {/each}
+    {/if}
+
+    {#if !loading && values.length === 0 && (gpBuild || packs.length === 0)}
+      <p class="empty">{t('wallet.empty')}</p>
+    {/if}
+  </section>
+</div>
+
+{#if warnProduct}
+  <Modal title={t('wallet.warnTitle')} onclose={() => (warnProduct = null)}>
+    <p class="warn-body" data-testid="warn">{t('wallet.warnBody')}</p>
+    <div class="warn-actions">
+      <button class="cancel" onclick={() => (warnProduct = null)}>{t('wallet.warnCancel')}</button>
+      <button class="buy" data-testid="warn-confirm" onclick={() => warnProduct && doBuy(warnProduct)}
+        >{t('wallet.warnConfirm')}</button
+      >
+    </div>
+  </Modal>
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+  .wallet {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 18px;
+    padding: var(--pad);
+  }
+  section {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 8px;
+  }
+  h3 {
+    margin: 0;
+    font-size: 0.95rem;
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+  }
+  .row {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 10px;
+    padding: 10px 12px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+    background: var(--surface);
+  }
+  .name {
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-width: 0;
+  }
+  .value,
+  .price {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+  .muted {
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+    font-weight: 400;
+  }
+  .buy {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    padding: 8px 14px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--accent);
+    background: var(--accent);
+    color: var(--accent-text);
+    border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+    font-weight: 600;
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .buy:disabled {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+    cursor: default;
+  }
+  .empty,
+  .stub {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 10px 12px;
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+  }
+  .stub {
+    border: 1px dashed var(--border);
+    border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  }
+  .warn-body {
+    margin: 0 0 14px;
+  }
+  .warn-actions {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    gap: 10px;
+  }
+  .cancel {
+    padding: 8px 14px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--border);
+    background: var(--surface);
+    color: var(--text);
+    border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+</style>