diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MultiSetCompose.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MultiSetCompose.kt
index 4e0d85cd0b..90151c26be 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MultiSetCompose.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MultiSetCompose.kt
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ fun RenderNutzapGallery(
                         user = note.author,
                         comment = event?.content?.ifBlank { null },
                         amount = showAmount(java.math.BigDecimal(sats)),
+                        zapNote = note,
                     )
                 }.toImmutableList()
         }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NutzapUserSetCompose.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NutzapUserSetCompose.kt
index 393c8e86ae..c40ef4da95 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NutzapUserSetCompose.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NutzapUserSetCompose.kt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ fun NutzapUserSetCompose(
                         user = note.author,
                         comment = event?.content?.ifBlank { null },
                         amount = showAmount(java.math.BigDecimal(sats)),
+                        zapNote = note,
                     )
                 }.toImmutableList()
         }
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestEvent.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestEvent.kt
index 4af0b077ca..b334dd73ab 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestEvent.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestEvent.kt
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ class LnZapRequestEvent(
                 }
 
                 LnZapEvent.ZapType.ANONYMOUS -> {
-                    tags += arrayOf(arrayOf("anon", ""))
+                    // Valueless `anon` tag: a blank-valued one (`["anon", ""]`) is the
+                    // marker for an *unsigned private* zap and would make the throwaway
+                    // signer encrypt the message instead of keeping it public.
+                    tags += arrayOf(arrayOf("anon"))
                     NostrSignerInternal(KeyPair()).sign(createdAt, KIND, tags, message)
                 }
 
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestAnonTagTest.kt b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestAnonTagTest.kt
index 2d0dc8a575..3de89a1d2d 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestAnonTagTest.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip57Zaps/LnZapRequestAnonTagTest.kt
@@ -88,6 +88,30 @@ class LnZapRequestAnonTagTest {
             assertFalse(zapRequest.pubKey == signer.pubKey, "anonymous zaps must be signed by a throwaway key")
         }
 
+    /**
+     * Regression test for the user-only (profile zap) overload: its ANONYMOUS
+     * branch used a blank-valued `anon` tag, which [NostrSignerInternal] treats
+     * as an unsigned *private* zap and encrypts — silently turning a public
+     * anonymous comment into an encrypted one nobody but the recipient can read.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun `anonymous profile zap request keeps the message public`() =
+        runTest {
+            val zapRequest =
+                LnZapRequestEvent.create(
+                    userHex = receiverPubKey,
+                    relays = relays,
+                    signer = signer,
+                    message = "great work",
+                    zapType = LnZapEvent.ZapType.ANONYMOUS,
+                )
+
+            assertTrue(zapRequest.hasAnonTag())
+            assertFalse(zapRequest.isPrivateZap(), "anonymous zaps must not be encrypted as private zaps")
+            assertEquals("great work", zapRequest.content)
+            assertFalse(zapRequest.pubKey == signer.pubKey, "anonymous zaps must be signed by a throwaway key")
+        }
+
     @Test
     fun `private zap request has anon tag, is private, and hides the sender key`() =
         runTest {