diff --git a/docker-compose.arena.yml b/docker-compose.arena.yml
index 9a1c06b..51c1a71 100644
--- a/docker-compose.arena.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.arena.yml
@@ -58,14 +58,22 @@ services:
       # the host into /opt/botfights-arena/.env (0600, never committed),
       # same pattern as JWT_SECRET above.
       - BOTFIGHTS_WALLET_ENCRYPTION_KEY=${BOTFIGHTS_WALLET_ENCRYPTION_KEY}
-      # Actual money movement is still deliberately NOT enabled (phase 09
-      # CONTEXT.md scope fence: "OUT: Lightning/cashu payment changes" — the
-      # encryption key above only lets per-user wallet strings be stored, it
-      # doesn't move any funds on its own). A Cashu-based fixed-stake
-      # ("winner takes all, 21 sats") entry-fee design is being scoped
-      # separately before any of these are set:
-      # - BOTFIGHTS_NWC_URL=              (the ARENA's OWN wallet — real funds)
-      # - BOTFIGHTS_CASHU_MINT_URL=
+      # Mint for the planned Cashu fixed-stake entry fee ("winner takes all,
+      # 21 sats each, only ever"). Verified live: NUT-4 (mint, bolt11/sat),
+      # NUT-5 (melt), NUT-7 (spend-check — required to reject an
+      # already-spent posted token), NUT-11 (P2PK — lets a payout be locked
+      # to the winner's own pubkey with no interactive receive step). The
+      # mint's own description: "Do not use with large amounts of ecash" —
+      # good alignment with the 21-sat cap. Setting this alone moves no
+      # funds — the existing payout code path (server/src/engine/
+      # payments.ts) only reaches its cashu branch from ranked-mode fights,
+      # which still requires BOTFIGHTS_NWC_URL (unset) to even queue an
+      # entry fee. The actual "accept a posted token as a stake" capability
+      # does not exist in the codebase yet — still being scoped, see
+      # archy's 09-botfights-platform-upgrade/deferred-items.md.
+      - BOTFIGHTS_CASHU_MINT_URL=https://mint.minibits.cash/Bitcoin
+      # Still deliberately NOT set — the arena's own real-funds wallet:
+      # - BOTFIGHTS_NWC_URL=
       # - BOTFIGHTS_DEV_PAYOUT_LNADDRESS=
 
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