diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/seed.rs b/core/archipelago/src/seed.rs
index 7ac95127..9f2fad60 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/seed.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/seed.rs
@@ -1033,4 +1033,43 @@ mod tests {
             "release-root public key KAT"
         );
     }
+
+    /// The node's whole identity hangs off `Mnemonic::to_seed("")`, so this
+    /// pins that derivation to the BIP-39 specification vectors rather than to
+    /// whatever the `bip39` crate happens to do today.
+    ///
+    /// It exists because the crate is not version-pinned any more: the exact
+    /// `=2.1.0` pin was relaxed to `"2.1"` in 2026-08 so the `cashu` crate
+    /// could resolve (the pin transitively froze `unicode-normalization` at a
+    /// version with no common solution). A bump that changed derivation would
+    /// silently re-key every node on the fleet and orphan every existing
+    /// backup, which no amount of code review reliably catches — this does.
+    #[test]
+    fn seed_derivation_matches_the_bip39_specification_vectors() {
+        let words = "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon \
+                     abandon abandon abandon abandon about"
+            .split_whitespace()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(" ");
+        let mnemonic: bip39::Mnemonic = words.parse().expect("valid test mnemonic");
+
+        // Empty passphrase — exactly how MasterSeed::from_mnemonic derives.
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode(mnemonic.to_seed("")),
+            "5eb00bbddcf069084889a8ab9155568165f5c453ccb85e70811aaed6f6da5fc1\
+             9a5ac40b389cd370d086206dec8aa6c43daea6690f20ad3d8d48b2d2ce9e38e4"
+                .replace(['\n', ' '], ""),
+            "BIP-39 seed derivation changed — every node's keys would move"
+        );
+
+        // With a passphrase, where NFKD normalisation actually participates;
+        // this is the arm a `unicode-normalization` change could disturb.
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex::encode(mnemonic.to_seed("TREZOR")),
+            "c55257c360c07c72029aebc1b53c05ed0362ada38ead3e3e9efa3708e5349553\
+             1f09a6987599d18264c1e1c92f2cf141630c7a3c4ab7c81b2f001698e7463b04"
+                .replace(['\n', ' '], ""),
+            "BIP-39 passphrase normalisation changed"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/wallet/cashu.rs b/core/archipelago/src/wallet/cashu.rs
index c0be9e48..607b0be2 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/wallet/cashu.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/wallet/cashu.rs
@@ -314,10 +314,28 @@ pub struct KeysetInfo {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct MintKeyset {
     pub id: String,
+    /// Currency unit this keyset signs for ("sat", "usd", "eur", "msat"…).
+    ///
+    /// Defaulted rather than required: a mint that omits it is sat-only in
+    /// practice, and refusing to parse would break wallets against mints that
+    /// predate multi-unit support.
+    #[serde(default = "default_unit")]
+    pub unit: String,
+    /// Whether the mint will still sign with this keyset.
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub active: bool,
     /// Map of amount (as string) to hex-encoded public key.
     pub keys: std::collections::HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
+fn default_unit() -> String {
+    "sat".to_string()
+}
+
+fn default_true() -> bool {
+    true
+}
+
 impl MintKeyset {
     /// Get the mint's public key for a given denomination amount.
     pub fn key_for_amount(&self, amount: u64) -> Result<PublicKey> {
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/wallet/mint_client.rs b/core/archipelago/src/wallet/mint_client.rs
index 6053be32..e021a696 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/wallet/mint_client.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/wallet/mint_client.rs
@@ -213,13 +213,20 @@ impl MintClient {
     /// Get the active keyset for the "sat" unit.
     pub async fn get_active_sat_keyset(&self) -> Result<MintKeyset> {
         let keysets = self.get_keys().await?;
+        // Must be a *sat* keyset, not merely the first one with keys. A
+        // multi-unit mint answers /v1/keys with usd/eur/msat keysets too, and
+        // whichever came first would then sign sat-denominated requests —
+        // the mint rejects that with `11013 Unit unsupported` (seen against
+        // testnut.cashu.space, 2026-08-17). Sat-only mints omit the field
+        // entirely and default to "sat", so this stays correct for them.
         keysets
             .into_iter()
-            .find(|k| {
-                // Find active sat keyset — check keys map is non-empty
-                !k.keys.is_empty()
+            .filter(|k| !k.keys.is_empty() && k.unit.eq_ignore_ascii_case("sat"))
+            // Prefer a keyset the mint will still sign with.
+            .max_by_key(|k| k.active)
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                anyhow::anyhow!("No active sat keyset found at mint {}", self.url)
             })
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("No active keyset found at mint {}", self.url))
     }
 
     // ── Mint quotes (NUT-04) ──
diff --git a/scripts/test-ecash-routes.sh b/scripts/test-ecash-routes.sh
index 1b3d4983..7fa64268 100755
--- a/scripts/test-ecash-routes.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-ecash-routes.sh
@@ -123,8 +123,21 @@ QUOTE="$(printf '%s' "$res" | jqf result.quote_id)"
 [ -n "$QUOTE" ] && ok "ecash-mint issued quote ${QUOTE:0:12}…" \
                 || bad "ecash-mint: $(printf '%s' "$res" | err_of)"
 
-# The test mint pays its own quotes, so the claim can be attempted directly.
-# On mainnet this is expected to stay unpaid — that is not a failure.
+# The test mint settles its own invoices, but not instantly — poll the quote
+# state at the mint before claiming, or the claim races the settlement and
+# fails with "Quote not paid". On mainnet the invoice is real and nobody pays
+# it here, so staying unpaid is the expected outcome, not a failure.
+if [ -n "$QUOTE" ] && [ "$NETWORK" = testnet ]; then
+  for _ in $(seq 1 20); do
+    state="$(curl -s --max-time 15 "$MINT/v1/mint/quote/bolt11/$QUOTE" \
+             | python3 -c "import json,sys; print((json.load(sys.stdin) or {}).get('state',''))" 2>/dev/null)"
+    [ "$state" = PAID ] && break
+    sleep 3
+  done
+  [ "$state" = PAID ] && ok "test mint settled the quote" \
+                      || log "  (quote still $state — claim will likely fail)"
+fi
+
 if [ -n "$QUOTE" ]; then
   res="$(rpc wallet.ecash-mint-claim "{\"quote_id\":\"$QUOTE\",\"amount_sats\":16}")"
   claimed="$(printf '%s' "$res" | jqf result.amount_sats)"