diff --git a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/Note.kt b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/Note.kt
index 9704682c33..910adf0a82 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/Note.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/Note.kt
@@ -742,14 +742,23 @@ open class Note(
             val merged =
                 if (existing == null) {
                     entry
+                } else if (entry.cryptoVerified != existing.cryptoVerified) {
+                    // Cross-verification dedup. Only a crypto-verified proof has an amount
+                    // bound by the invoice signature; an unverified one (a compressed proof,
+                    // or an offer we can't bind) carries a self-chosen amount and payment
+                    // hash. Because a payer proof publishes its `proof_preimage`, once any
+                    // BOLT12 zap is public anyone can replay that preimage in a fresh,
+                    // unverifiable proof with a 1-msat amount and the same payment hash — so
+                    // if we let the lower amount win here and inherited the verified flag, a
+                    // griefer could drive the counted total to ~zero and mislabel a fake
+                    // amount as verified. Keep the verified entry outright, whichever amount
+                    // it carries; never let an unverified duplicate override it.
+                    if (entry.cryptoVerified) entry else existing
                 } else {
-                    // Same settled payment (dedup by invoice_payment_hash). NIP-XX: count
-                    // only one, and if amounts differ, keep the LOWER — so a re-publish
-                    // with a bigger amount tag can't inflate the total. Keep the stronger
-                    // verification flag, and the source of whichever entry we keep the
-                    // amount from.
-                    val keepEntry = if (entry.amountMillisats < existing.amountMillisats) entry else existing
-                    keepEntry.copy(cryptoVerified = entry.cryptoVerified || existing.cryptoVerified)
+                    // Same verification status: dedup by the settled payment and, if amounts
+                    // differ, keep the LOWER — so a re-publish with a bigger amount tag can't
+                    // inflate the total (NIP-XX). Both share the same cryptoVerified flag.
+                    if (entry.amountMillisats < existing.amountMillisats) entry else existing
                 }
             if (merged == existing) return@withLock false
             bolt12Zaps = bolt12Zaps + Pair(paymentHashHex, merged)
diff --git a/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/NoteBolt12ZapTest.kt b/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/NoteBolt12ZapTest.kt
index 1217bdf50b..72f17ca609 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/NoteBolt12ZapTest.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/model/NoteBolt12ZapTest.kt
@@ -80,6 +80,28 @@ class NoteBolt12ZapTest {
         assertTrue(target.bolt12Zaps["h"]!!.cryptoVerified, "a verified entry must not be overwritten by an unverified one")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun aLowerUnverifiedRepublishCannotGriefAVerifiedTotal() {
+        // A payer proof publishes its proof_preimage, so once a BOLT12 zap is public
+        // anyone can replay the same payment hash in an UNVERIFIABLE (e.g. compressed)
+        // proof carrying a self-chosen 1-msat amount. The lower-amount dedup MUST apply
+        // only among validated proofs — an unverified duplicate can neither lower the
+        // counted amount nor inherit the verified flag. Both arrival orders.
+        val verifiedFirst = note("a".repeat(64))
+        verifiedFirst.addBolt12Zap(note("b".repeat(64)), "h", amountMillisats = 5_000_000L, cryptoVerified = true)
+        verifiedFirst.addBolt12Zap(note("c".repeat(64)), "h", amountMillisats = 1L, cryptoVerified = false)
+        assertEquals(1, verifiedFirst.bolt12Zaps.size)
+        assertTrue(verifiedFirst.bolt12Zaps["h"]!!.cryptoVerified)
+        assertEquals(5_000L, verifiedFirst.zapsAmount.toLong(), "an unverified 1-msat replay must not grief the total down")
+
+        val unverifiedFirst = note("a".repeat(64))
+        unverifiedFirst.addBolt12Zap(note("c".repeat(64)), "h", amountMillisats = 1L, cryptoVerified = false)
+        unverifiedFirst.addBolt12Zap(note("b".repeat(64)), "h", amountMillisats = 5_000_000L, cryptoVerified = true)
+        assertEquals(1, unverifiedFirst.bolt12Zaps.size)
+        assertTrue(unverifiedFirst.bolt12Zaps["h"]!!.cryptoVerified)
+        assertEquals(5_000L, unverifiedFirst.zapsAmount.toLong(), "order must not matter")
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun removingBySourceDropsTheEntryAndUpdatesTheTotal() {
         val target = note("a".repeat(64))