diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64Parser.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64Parser.kt
index 39620a82f2..99be94fc04 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64Parser.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64Parser.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip60Cashu.token
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.toHexKey
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlinx.serialization.cbor.Cbor
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromByteArray
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlin.coroutines.cancellation.CancellationException
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@ import kotlin.io.encoding.ExperimentalEncodingApi
  * (one [CashuToken] per mint/keyset group).
  */
 object CashuTokenB64Parser {
+    /** Both "cashuA" and "cashuB" prefixes are 6 chars. */
+    private const val PREFIX_LENGTH = 6
+
     private val json =
         Json {
             ignoreUnknownKeys = true
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ object CashuTokenB64Parser {
     @OptIn(ExperimentalEncodingApi::class)
     fun parseCashuA(token: String): List<CashuToken>? =
         try {
-            val payload = token.removePrefix("cashuA")
+            // drop() rather than removePrefix() so the case-insensitive
+            // dispatch above stays consistent with prefix stripping.
+            val payload = token.drop(PREFIX_LENGTH)
             val decoded =
                 Base64.Default
                     .withPadding(Base64.PaddingOption.PRESENT_OPTIONAL)
@@ -88,12 +92,12 @@ object CashuTokenB64Parser {
     @OptIn(ExperimentalEncodingApi::class, ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
     fun parseCashuB(token: String): List<CashuToken>? =
         try {
-            val payload = token.removePrefix("cashuB")
+            val payload = token.drop(PREFIX_LENGTH)
             val bytes =
                 Base64.UrlSafe
                     .withPadding(Base64.PaddingOption.PRESENT_OPTIONAL)
                     .decode(payload)
-            val parsed = Cbor { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }.decodeFromByteArray<V4Token>(bytes)
+            val parsed = CashuV4Cbor.decodeFromByteArray<V4Token>(bytes)
             parsed.t?.map { group ->
                 val keysetId = group.i.toHexKey()
                 val proofs =
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Encoder.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Encoder.kt
index 94a25469e2..bb3ef864bd 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Encoder.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Encoder.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip60Cashu.token
 
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.hexToByteArray
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
-import kotlinx.serialization.cbor.Cbor
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToByteArray
 import kotlin.io.encoding.Base64
 import kotlin.io.encoding.ExperimentalEncodingApi
@@ -72,11 +71,7 @@ object V4Encoder {
                 t = groups.toTypedArray(),
             )
 
-        val cbor =
-            Cbor {
-                ignoreUnknownKeys = true
-            }
-        val bytes = cbor.encodeToByteArray(token)
+        val bytes = CashuV4Cbor.encodeToByteArray(token)
         val base64 = Base64.UrlSafe.withPadding(Base64.PaddingOption.ABSENT).encode(bytes)
         return "cashuB$base64"
     }
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Models.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Models.kt
index e8f5733733..c4627fe6f5 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Models.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/V4Models.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip60Cashu.token
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.cbor.ByteString
+import kotlinx.serialization.cbor.Cbor
+
+/**
+ * Shared CBOR codec for the NUT-00 v4 (`cashuB`) wire format. Stateless and
+ * thread-safe, so a single instance is reused by [V4Encoder] and
+ * [CashuTokenB64Parser] instead of allocating one per call.
+ */
+@OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
+internal val CashuV4Cbor: Cbor = Cbor { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
 
 @Serializable
 class V4Token(
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64ParserTest.kt b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64ParserTest.kt
index 83e3b53629..a40482bb2a 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64ParserTest.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip60Cashu/token/CashuTokenB64ParserTest.kt
@@ -125,4 +125,15 @@ class CashuTokenB64ParserTest {
         assertTrue(CashuTokenB64Parser.parse(cashuTokenA)!!.isNotEmpty())
         assertTrue(CashuTokenB64Parser.parse(cashuTokenB1)!!.isNotEmpty())
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun acceptsMixedCasePrefix() {
+        // parse() dispatches case-insensitively, so prefix stripping must too —
+        // an upper-cased prefix should still decode the same payload.
+        val upper = "CASHUB" + cashuTokenB1.drop(6)
+        assertEquals(
+            CashuTokenB64Parser.parse(cashuTokenB1)!!.flatMap { it.proofs }.map { it.secret },
+            CashuTokenB64Parser.parse(upper)!!.flatMap { it.proofs }.map { it.secret },
+        )
+    }
 }