fix(mining): only offer to mine on a node that is ours

Start Mining was live regardless of which daemon the wallet was talking
to. It is a `start_mining` RPC to the connected node, so on a remote one
it is either refused — the button appearing to do nothing — or, if the
operator left the RPC open, it sets someone else's machine mining to our
address. Neither is a thing a wallet should offer.

The axe now greys out unless `Nodes::connection().isLocal()`, hovering it
explains why, and clicking anyway flashes the same notice rather than
silently doing nothing. `onStartMining` refuses too: the QML disables the
control, but a signal is not a promise.

isLocal() counts localhost, .local, 127/8 and the RFC1918 ranges, so the
embedded node and a daemon on the LAN both qualify.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VLQ5DsgKv23osGANoFT3zF

.gitea/workflows/build-linux.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+name: linux appimage (gitea self-hosted)
+
+# Runs ONLY on Gitea (GitHub ignores .gitea/workflows), in the private Builds
+# repository. Gitea is master; GitHub is a mirror and a release surface.
+#
+# Unlike the Windows lane, which builds a static toolchain of its own through
+# contrib/depends, the x86_64 AppImage links against the host's Qt6. Those
+# dependencies are owned by such-fleet (roles/wowlet_build_host) rather than
+# installed here: a workflow that apt-installs needs sudo on a shared runner and
+# makes the build host's contents a property of whichever job ran last.
+#
+# Dispatch-only. The runner is capacity 1 and shared with the fleet gates.
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  appimage:
+    name: "Linux x86_64 (host Qt6 AppImage)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest      # gitea label ubuntu-latest:host -> deb, host mode
+    steps:
+      - name: verify the build host has its dependencies
+        run: |
+          missing=0
+          for t in cmake make curl bzip2 git patchelf pkg-config qmake6; do
+            command -v "$t" >/dev/null || { echo "MISSING TOOL: $t"; missing=1; }
+          done
+          for h in /usr/include/boost/version.hpp; do
+            [ -f "$h" ] || { echo "MISSING HEADER: $h"; missing=1; }
+          done
+          pkg-config --exists libsodium || { echo "MISSING: libsodium"; missing=1; }
+          [ "$missing" = 0 ] || {
+            echo "Run playbooks/wowlet-build-host.yml in such-fleet; do not apt-install from CI."
+            exit 1; }
+          echo "qt $(qmake6 -query QT_VERSION)"; nproc; free -g | head -2
+
+      - name: configure git
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: fetch wownerod to embed
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/wownerod-embed && mkdir -p /tmp/wownerod-embed
+          curl -fL -o /tmp/wownero.tar.bz2 \
+            https://github.com/wownero/wownero-codeberg-mirror/releases/download/v0.11.4.0/wownero-x86_64-linux-gnu-v0.11.4.0.tar.bz2
+          rm -rf /tmp/wow-x && mkdir -p /tmp/wow-x
+          tar xjf /tmp/wownero.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/wow-x
+          find /tmp/wow-x -name wownerod -type f -exec cp {} /tmp/wownerod-embed/ \;
+          chmod +x /tmp/wownerod-embed/wownerod
+          ls -la /tmp/wownerod-embed
+
+      - name: fetch tor to embed
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/tor-embed && mkdir -p /tmp/tor-embed
+          curl -fL -o /tmp/teb.tgz \
+            https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/15.0/tor-expert-bundle-linux-x86_64-15.0.tar.gz
+          rm -rf /tmp/teb && mkdir -p /tmp/teb && tar xzf /tmp/teb.tgz -C /tmp/teb
+          cp /tmp/teb/tor/tor /tmp/teb/tor/libssl.so.3 /tmp/teb/tor/libevent-2.1.so.7 \
+             /tmp/teb/tor/libcrypto.so.3 /tmp/tor-embed/
+          # The expert bundle's tor carries no rpath; point it and its libs at
+          # $ORIGIN so the embedded copy resolves them from the extract dir on
+          # any distro.
+          for f in tor libssl.so.3 libevent-2.1.so.7 libcrypto.so.3; do
+            patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' /tmp/tor-embed/$f
+          done
+          chmod +x /tmp/tor-embed/tor
+
+      - name: build
+        run: |
+          # TOR_VERSION must EXACTLY match `tor --version` of the embedded
+          # binary, or TorManager::unpackBins() sees embedded > unpacked and
+          # rewrites Tor on every launch. The bundle's release number (15.0) is
+          # not its tor version, so derive it.
+          TORVER=$(/tmp/tor-embed/tor --version | grep -oE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){3}' | head -1)
+          echo "embedded tor version: $TORVER"
+          # ARCH=x86-64, never native: the build host's CPU is newer than many
+          # users' and native bakes in unsupported instructions -> SIGILL.
+          cmake -S . -B build \
+            -DWITH_SCANNER=OFF \
+            -DARCH=x86-64 \
+            -DWOWNEROD_DIR=/tmp/wownerod-embed \
+            -DTOR_DIR=/tmp/tor-embed \
+            -DTOR_VERSION="$TORVER"
+          cmake --build build -j6
+          ls -la build/bin/
+
+      - name: package AppImage
+        run: |
+          rm -rf AppDir
+          mkdir -p AppDir/usr/bin AppDir/usr/share/applications \
+                   AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+          cp build/bin/feather AppDir/usr/bin/wowlet
+          chmod +x AppDir/usr/bin/wowlet
+          cp src/assets/wowlet.desktop AppDir/usr/share/applications/wowlet.desktop
+          cp src/assets/images/appicons/256x256.png \
+             AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/wowlet.png
+
+          curl -sL -o linuxdeploy https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+          curl -sL -o linuxdeploy-plugin-qt https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-x86_64.AppImage
+          curl -sL -o appimagetool https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+          chmod +x linuxdeploy linuxdeploy-plugin-qt appimagetool
+
+          export APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
+          export QMAKE="$(command -v qmake6)"
+          export EXTRA_QT_PLUGINS="svg;multimedia;tls"
+          export QML_SOURCES_PATHS="$PWD/src/assets/qml"
+          export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
+
+          ./linuxdeploy --appdir AppDir --plugin qt \
+            -d AppDir/usr/share/applications/wowlet.desktop \
+            -i AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/wowlet.png
+
+          # qmlimportscanner reads only the `import` lines in our QML; it does
+          # not follow a module's own qmldir depends/default-import chain, so
+          # transitive modules (QtQuick -> QtQml.WorkerScript/Models) are
+          # silently skipped. Blanket-copy the trees, then resolve each copied
+          # plugin's Qt libs ourselves -- linuxdeploy only does that for modules
+          # it deployed, not ones we copied by hand.
+          QMLDIR=$(qmake6 -query QT_INSTALL_QML)
+          mkdir -p AppDir/usr/qml AppDir/usr/lib
+          for m in QtQuick QtQml; do cp -rn "$QMLDIR/$m" AppDir/usr/qml/ 2>/dev/null || true; done
+          find AppDir/usr/qml -name '*.so' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' so; do
+            ldd "$so" 2>/dev/null | awk '/=> \//{print $3}' \
+              | grep -E '/(libQt6|libicu|libpcre2|libdouble-conversion|libzstd|libb2|libpng|libharfbuzz|libmd4c|libglib|libgraphite)' \
+              | while read -r lib; do cp -L -n "$lib" AppDir/usr/lib/ 2>/dev/null || true; done
+          done
+          echo "=== qt.conf ==="; cat AppDir/usr/bin/qt.conf
+
+          # Guard: mining.qml must not pull in QtQuick.Controls. If a future
+          # edit re-adds a Controls type this fails loudly instead of shipping
+          # a white mining tab.
+          if grep -q 'import QtQuick.Controls' src/assets/qml/mining.qml; then
+            echo "ERROR: mining.qml imports QtQuick.Controls again." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          ARCH=x86_64 ./appimagetool AppDir wowlet-x86_64.AppImage
+          ls -la wowlet-x86_64.AppImage
+
+      - name: upload wowlet AppImage
+        # v3: Gitea implements the older artifact protocol and rejects
+        # @actions/artifact v2 clients (upload-artifact@v4+) as unsupported.
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wowlet-x86_64-linux-AppImage
+          path: wowlet-x86_64.AppImage
+          if-no-files-found: error

.gitea/workflows/build-windows.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+name: windows build + sign (gitea self-hosted)
+
+# Runs ONLY on Gitea (GitHub ignores .gitea/workflows), in the private Builds
+# repository. Gitea is master; GitHub is a mirror and a release surface.
+#
+# Two jobs on two different machines, and that split is the whole point:
+#
+#   build  -> `deb`, which advertises windows-latest:host because it carries the
+#             MinGW cross-compiler. Produces an UNSIGNED wowlet.exe.
+#   sign   -> `desktop-iim2fs2` (windows:host), the only machine with the EV
+#             code-signing token plugged into it.
+#
+# The signing host does not sign in this job. The runner there is
+# NT SERVICE\act_runner, which cannot use the token: SafeNet holds the token
+# login per user, and the login is established interactively by an operator.
+# So the job queues the artifact for the signing broker that Fleet installs
+# (roles/windows_code_signing) and waits for it. CI never sees the key and never
+# sees the token password, so it can never spend one of the token's three
+# password attempts.
+#
+# Dispatch-only. Both runners are capacity 1 and shared with other lanes.
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+env:
+  HOST: x86_64-w64-mingw32
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: "Windows x86_64 (mingw cross, depends)"
+    runs-on: windows-latest      # gitea label windows-latest:host -> deb, host mode
+    steps:
+      - name: verify the cross toolchain is present
+        # Host mode on a shared fleet runner: this job installs nothing and
+        # needs no sudo. Fleet owns the toolchain; if something is missing the
+        # job says exactly what rather than half-building.
+        run: |
+          missing=0
+          for t in curl bzip2 unzip zip git cmake make ccache python3 perl pkg-config \
+                   x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-posix x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix; do
+            command -v "$t" >/dev/null || { echo "MISSING: $t"; missing=1; }
+          done
+          # mingw32.mk needs the posix threading variant (std::thread/mutex/cv).
+          x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -v 2>&1 | grep -q 'Thread model: posix' || {
+            echo "MISSING: x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ is not the posix threading variant"; missing=1; }
+          [ "$missing" = 0 ] || { echo "Fix the build host in such-fleet, not here."; exit 1; }
+          echo "toolchain ok"; nproc; free -g | head -2
+
+      - name: configure git
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      # depends is the slow part (static Qt6/boost/openssl/tor from source).
+      # Cache the source tarballs and the compiled packages so only a cold run
+      # pays the ~1h cost.
+      - name: restore depends sources cache
+        id: cache-sources
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: contrib/depends/sources
+          key: depends-sources-${{ hashFiles('contrib/depends/packages/*') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            depends-sources-
+
+      - name: restore depends built cache (mingw)
+        id: cache-built
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: contrib/depends/built
+          key: depends-built-mingw32-${{ hashFiles('contrib/depends/packages/*', 'contrib/depends/hosts/*', 'contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            depends-built-mingw32-
+
+      - name: build depends (static Qt6 + tor + boost + openssl for mingw)
+        # -j4, not the -j2 the GitHub lane needs: that limit existed because a
+        # parallel static Qt6 compile OOMs a 16G hosted runner. deb has 30G.
+        run: make -C contrib/depends HOST="$HOST" -j4
+
+      # Save with if:always() so an expensive toolchain banks even when the
+      # later wowlet.exe build fails; the automatic post-save is skipped on
+      # job failure, which otherwise re-pays hours every time.
+      - name: save depends sources cache
+        if: always() && steps.cache-sources.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: contrib/depends/sources
+          key: depends-sources-${{ hashFiles('contrib/depends/packages/*') }}
+
+      - name: save depends built cache (mingw)
+        if: always() && steps.cache-built.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: contrib/depends/built
+          key: depends-built-mingw32-${{ hashFiles('contrib/depends/packages/*', 'contrib/depends/hosts/*', 'contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in') }}
+
+      - name: fetch wownerod.exe to embed
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/wownerod-embed && mkdir -p /tmp/wownerod-embed
+          curl -fL -o /tmp/wownero-win.zip \
+            https://github.com/wownero/wownero-codeberg-mirror/releases/download/v0.11.4.0/wownero-x86_64-w64-mingw32-v0.11.4.0.zip
+          # -j flattens the versioned subdir so wownerod.exe is a DIRECT child
+          # (WownerodQrcGenerator globs ${WOWNEROD_DIR}/* non-recursively).
+          unzip -o -j /tmp/wownero-win.zip 'wownero-x86_64-w64-mingw32-v0.11.4.0/wownerod.exe' -d /tmp/wownerod-embed
+          ls -la /tmp/wownerod-embed
+
+      - name: build wowlet.exe
+        run: |
+          rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build
+          # ARCH=x86-64: portable baseline. wownero's CMake defaults ARCH=native,
+          # which under a cross compiler bakes the BUILD HOST's instructions into
+          # the Windows binary -> SIGILL on older CPUs.
+          cmake --toolchain "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/contrib/depends/$HOST/share/toolchain.cmake" \
+            -DARCH=x86-64 \
+            -DWITH_SCANNER=OFF \
+            -DCHECK_UPDATES=OFF \
+            -DTOR_INSTALLED=On \
+            -DFEATHER_TARGET_TRIPLET="$HOST" \
+            -DWOWNEROD_DIR=/tmp/wownerod-embed \
+            ..
+          cmake --build . -j6
+          ls -la bin/
+
+      - name: stage the unsigned exe for signing
+        # The signing job needs the bare exe, not the zip: the broker signs one
+        # PE file at a time. The zip is assembled after signing so the published
+        # archive contains the signed binary.
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p stage/tor
+          cp build/bin/feather.exe stage/wowlet.exe
+          cp "contrib/depends/$HOST/Tor/tor.exe" stage/tor/tor.exe
+          (cp LICENSE stage/LICENSE.txt 2>/dev/null || cp COPYING stage/LICENSE.txt 2>/dev/null) || true
+          ls -la stage stage/tor
+
+      - name: upload unsigned staging tree
+        # v3, not v4: Gitea Actions implements the older artifact protocol and
+        # rejects @actions/artifact v2 clients with
+        # "GHESNotSupportedError ... not currently supported on GHES".
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wowlet-x86_64-windows-unsigned
+          path: stage/
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  sign:
+    name: "Authenticode sign (hardware token broker)"
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: windows             # gitea label windows:host -> desktop-iim2fs2
+    steps:
+      - name: download unsigned staging tree
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wowlet-x86_64-windows-unsigned
+          path: stage
+
+      - name: keep the unsigned tree for the reproducible archive
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          Copy-Item 'stage' 'unsigned' -Recurse -Force
+
+      - name: queue wowlet.exe for the signing broker and wait
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          $queued = "wowlet-${env:GITHUB_RUN_ID}.exe"
+          $inPath  = "C:\signing\in\$queued"
+          $outPath = "C:\signing\out\$queued"
+
+          if (Test-Path 'C:\signing\SIGNING_LOCKED') {
+            Get-Content 'C:\signing\SIGNING_LOCKED'
+            throw "The signing broker's circuit breaker is tripped. An operator must clear it."
+          }
+
+          Copy-Item 'stage\wowlet.exe' $inPath -Force
+          Set-Content -LiteralPath "$inPath.ready" -Value $env:GITHUB_RUN_ID
+          Write-Host "queued $queued"
+
+          $deadline = (Get-Date).AddMinutes(10)
+          while ((Get-Date) -lt $deadline) {
+            if (Test-Path "$outPath.done") { break }
+            if (Test-Path 'C:\signing\SIGNING_LOCKED') {
+              Get-Content 'C:\signing\SIGNING_LOCKED'
+              throw "The broker tripped its circuit breaker while signing this artifact."
+            }
+            Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
+          }
+          if (-not (Test-Path "$outPath.done")) { throw "Timed out waiting for the signing broker." }
+
+          Move-Item $outPath 'stage\wowlet.exe' -Force
+          Remove-Item "$outPath.done" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+      - name: verify the published binary is signed and timestamped
+        # The broker verifies before releasing; this verifies again on the
+        # artifact that is actually about to ship. A signature or timestamp
+        # failure blocks distribution.
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          $sig = Get-AuthenticodeSignature 'stage\wowlet.exe'
+          $sig | Format-List Status, StatusMessage,
+            @{n='Signer';e={$_.SignerCertificate.Subject}},
+            @{n='TimeStamper';e={$_.TimeStamperCertificate.Subject}}
+          if ($sig.Status -ne 'Valid') { throw "Authenticode status is $($sig.Status)" }
+          if (-not $sig.TimeStamperCertificate) { throw "Signature carries no RFC 3161 timestamp" }
+          if ($sig.SignerCertificate.Subject -notmatch 'Such Software LLC') {
+            throw "Unexpected signer: $($sig.SignerCertificate.Subject)"
+          }
+          Write-Host "SHA256 $((Get-FileHash 'stage\wowlet.exe' -Algorithm SHA256).Hash)"
+
+      - name: package both zips
+        # Two archives ship, deliberately. Authenticode mutates the exe, so a
+        # signed binary can never byte-match what someone reproduces from
+        # source. The unsigned archive stays reproducible and is what verifiers
+        # check; the signed one is what a normal user should download. Both
+        # hashes go in the PGP-signed hashes.txt.
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+
+          # Not Compress-Archive: Windows PowerShell writes the OS separator
+          # into entry names, producing "tor\tor.exe". The ZIP format mandates
+          # forward slashes, and extractors that take the backslash literally
+          # leave a file called "tor\tor.exe" in the root instead of a tor
+          # directory -- at which point the bundled Tor is not where wowlet
+          # looks for it, and this wallet gives its daemon an exclusive
+          # --tx-proxy, so no Tor means no transaction relay at all.
+          # v5.1.0 shipped tor/tor.exe from `zip -X`; keep that shape.
+          function New-Archive([string] $Source, [string] $Destination) {
+            if (Test-Path $Destination) { Remove-Item $Destination -Force }
+            $root = (Resolve-Path $Source).Path.TrimEnd('\')
+            $zip = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open($Destination, 'Create')
+            try {
+              foreach ($file in Get-ChildItem $root -Recurse -File | Sort-Object FullName) {
+                $entry = $file.FullName.Substring($root.Length + 1).Replace('\', '/')
+                [void][System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile(
+                  $zip, $file.FullName, $entry, 'Optimal')
+              }
+            } finally { $zip.Dispose() }
+          }
+
+          New-Archive 'unsigned' 'wowlet-x86_64-windows-unsigned.zip'
+          New-Archive 'stage'    'wowlet-x86_64-windows.zip'
+
+          # Prove the shape rather than trusting it: a backslash in any entry
+          # name fails the build.
+          foreach ($archive in @('wowlet-x86_64-windows.zip', 'wowlet-x86_64-windows-unsigned.zip')) {
+            $zip = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead((Resolve-Path $archive))
+            try {
+              $names = $zip.Entries | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName }
+              if ($names -match '\\') { throw "$archive contains a backslash entry name: $($names -join ', ')" }
+              if ($names -notcontains 'tor/tor.exe') { throw "$archive is missing tor/tor.exe (got: $($names -join ', '))" }
+            } finally { $zip.Dispose() }
+            "{0}  {1}  {2}" -f $archive, (Get-Item $archive).Length,
+              (Get-FileHash $archive -Algorithm SHA256).Hash
+          }
+
+      - name: upload Windows zips
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wowlet-x86_64-windows
+          path: |
+            wowlet-x86_64-windows.zip
+            wowlet-x86_64-windows-unsigned.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error

.gitignore

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ feather_autogen/
 feather.cbp
 src/assets_tor.qrc
 src/assets_docs.qrc
+src/assets_wownerod.qrc
 feather.AppDir/*
 src/assets/tor/*
 src/assets/docs/*
+src/assets/wownerod/*
 !src/assets/tor/.gitkeep
 !src/assets/docs/.gitkeep
 contrib/installers/windows/setup.nsi

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 
 project(feather
-  VERSION "5.1.0"
+  VERSION "5.1.2"
   DESCRIPTION "A free Monero desktop wallet"
   LANGUAGES CXX C ASM
 )

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (CHECK_UPDATES)
     add_subdirectory(openpgp)
 endif()
 
-qt_add_resources(RESOURCES assets.qrc assets_tor.qrc assets_wownerod.qrc assets_docs.qrc mining.qrc)
+qt_add_resources(RESOURCES assets.qrc assets_tor.qrc assets_wownerod.qrc assets_docs.qrc mining.qrc silly.qrc scene.qrc)
 
 # Compile source files (.h/.cpp)
 file(GLOB SOURCE_FILES

src/HistoryWidget.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "utils/config.h"
 #include "utils/Icons.h"
 #include "WebsocketNotifier.h"
+#include "widgets/SceneWidget.h"
 
 HistoryWidget::HistoryWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
         : QWidget(parent)
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ HistoryWidget::HistoryWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
         , m_model(wallet->historyModel())
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+
+    // wowlet: History is "home" — the full ambient scene as a top banner.
+    auto *scene = new SceneWidget(this);
+    scene->setMinimumHeight(120);
+    scene->setMaximumHeight(150);
+    ui->verticalLayout->insertWidget(0, scene);
+
     m_contextMenu->addMenu(m_copyMenu);
     m_contextMenu->addAction(icons()->icon("info2.svg"), "Show details", this, &HistoryWidget::showTxDetails);
     m_contextMenu->addAction("View on block explorer", this, &HistoryWidget::onViewOnBlockExplorer);

src/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void MainWindow::initWidgets() {
     });
 
     // [Mining] — wowlet: the pixel-art mining tab (mining.qml + embedded-node solo miner)
-    m_miningWidget = new MiningWidget(m_wallet, this);
+    m_miningWidget = new MiningWidget(m_wallet, m_nodes, this);
     ui->tabWidget->addTab(m_miningWidget, "Mining");
 
     // [Notes]

src/ReceiveWidget.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "utils/config.h"
 #include "utils/Icons.h"
 #include "utils/Utils.h"
+#include "widgets/SceneWidget.h"
 
 ReceiveWidget::ReceiveWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
         : QWidget(parent)
@@ -20,6 +21,13 @@ ReceiveWidget::ReceiveWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
+    // wowlet: ambient scene as a short banner under the address table. A layout
+    // item, never an overlay over the table.
+    auto *scene = new SceneWidget(this, SceneWidget::Dawn, SceneWidget::Sit);
+    scene->setMinimumHeight(110);
+    scene->setMaximumHeight(130);
+    ui->verticalLayout->addWidget(scene);
+
     m_model = m_wallet->subaddressModel();
     m_proxyModel = new SubaddressProxyModel(this, m_wallet->subaddress());
     m_proxyModel->setSourceModel(m_model);

src/SendWidget.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "Icons.h"
 #include "libwalletqt/Wallet.h"
 #include "libwalletqt/WalletManager.h"
+#include "widgets/SceneWidget.h"
 
 #if defined(WITH_SCANNER)
 #include "wizard/offline_tx_signing/OfflineTxSigningWizard.h"
@@ -25,6 +26,21 @@ SendWidget::SendWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
+    // wowlet: the form only needs the top of the tab — give the rest of it to
+    // the ambient scene. A layout item under the form, never an overlay: the
+    // send form itself stays untouched.
+    //
+    // Centred in the space below the form rather than stacked straight under
+    // it: butted up against the Clear/Send row the scene reads as part of the
+    // form, and a band of night sky touching a button looks like a mistake.
+    auto *scene = new SceneWidget(this, SceneWidget::Night, SceneWidget::Money);
+    scene->setMinimumHeight(160);
+    scene->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
+    ui->verticalLayoutOuter->addSpacing(14);   // never touches the Send row
+    ui->verticalLayoutOuter->addStretch(1);
+    ui->verticalLayoutOuter->addWidget(scene);
+    ui->verticalLayoutOuter->addStretch(1);
+
     QString amount_rx = R"(^\d{0,8}[\.,]\d{0,12}|(all)$)";
     QRegularExpression rx;
     rx.setPattern(amount_rx);

src/SendWidget.ui

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
-   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
@@ -19,7 +19,24 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayoutOuter">
+   <property name="spacing">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
    <property name="sizeConstraint">
     <enum>QLayout::SizeConstraint::SetMinimumSize</enum>
    </property>
@@ -274,6 +291,8 @@
      </item>
     </widget>
    </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>

src/SettingsDialog.cpp

@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ void Settings::setupAppearanceTab() {
        emit updateBalance();
     });
 
+    // [Prefer reduced motion] wowlet: gate playful animations (mining tab, loaders, ...)
+    ui->checkBox_reducedMotion->setChecked(conf()->get(Config::reducedMotion).toBool());
+    connect(ui->checkBox_reducedMotion, &QCheckBox::toggled, [this](bool toggled){
+       conf()->set(Config::reducedMotion, toggled);
+    });
+
     // [Preferred fiat currency]
     QStringList availableFiatCurrencies = appData()->prices.rates.keys();
     for (const auto &currency : availableFiatCurrencies) {

src/SettingsDialog.ui

@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@
                 </property>
                </widget>
               </item>
+              <item row="6" column="1">
+               <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_reducedMotion">
+                <property name="text">
+                 <string>Prefer reduced motion (disable playful animations)</string>
+                </property>
+               </widget>
+              </item>
              </layout>
             </item>
            </layout>

src/assets/qml/mining.qml

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Rectangle {
     }
 
     AnimatedImage {
+        playing: !mining.reducedMotion   // wowlet: respect reduced-motion
         //visible: mining.daemonMiningState === 0
         source: "qrc:/mining/bg1.gif"
         fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@ Rectangle {
         RowLayout {
             spacing: 0
             Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.fillHeight: false
             Layout.preferredHeight: 128
+            Layout.maximumHeight: 128
 
             Image {
                 source: "qrc:/mining/topleft.png"
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 }
 
                 AnimatedImage {
+                    playing: !mining.reducedMotion   // wowlet: respect reduced-motion
                     visible: mining.daemonMiningState !== 0
                     source: "qrc:/mining/mining.webp"
                     fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
@@ -210,7 +214,9 @@ Rectangle {
 
             ColumnLayout {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
+                Layout.fillHeight: false
                 Layout.preferredHeight: 128
+                Layout.maximumHeight: 128
                 spacing: 0
 
                 Image {
@@ -231,128 +237,98 @@ Rectangle {
 
                 RowLayout {
                     spacing: 0
-                    Layout.fillHeight: true
+                    // Pinned: with fillHeight the console absorbed any slack in the
+                    // top bar, stretching the bezel and dropping the metrics out of
+                    // the bottom of the panel.
+                    Layout.fillHeight: false
                     Layout.preferredHeight: 102
+                    Layout.minimumHeight: 102
+                    Layout.maximumHeight: 102
 
                     Image {
                         Layout.preferredWidth: 5
-                        Layout.preferredHeight: parent.height
+                        Layout.preferredHeight: 102   // console bezel is a fixed 102px tall
                         source: "qrc:/mining/topright_left.png"
                         smooth: false
                     }
 
                     Image {
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
-                        Layout.preferredHeight: parent.height
+                        Layout.preferredHeight: 102   // console bezel is a fixed 102px tall
                         source: "qrc:/mining/topright_middle.png"
                         fillMode: Image.TileHorizontally
                         smooth: false
 
-                        RowLayout {
+                        // The node metrics live inside the console's dark interior
+                        // band (rows 7..94 of the 102px topright_middle bezel).
+                        // Anchored at a fixed offset with fixed row heights so a
+                        // long value (a full block height) can never be pushed
+                        // out of the bottom of the console.
+                        Row {
                             anchors.top: parent.top
+                            anchors.topMargin: 16
                             anchors.left: parent.left
-                            anchors.leftMargin: 6
+                            anchors.leftMargin: 14
                             anchors.right: parent.right
                             anchors.rightMargin: 8
-                            anchors.topMargin: 4
+                            height: 52
+                            spacing: 24
 
-                            height: 60
+                            Column {
-                            spacing: 16
+                                width: Math.min(260, (parent.width - parent.spacing) / 2)
+                                spacing: 2
 
-                            ColumnLayout {
+                                Text {
-                                Layout.minimumWidth: 200
+                                    text: "Block Height"
-                                Layout.maximumWidth: 260
+                                    font.pointSize: 14
-                                Layout.fillHeight: true
+                                    font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-
+                                    color: "#41FF00"
-                                Rectangle {
+                                    antialiasing: false
-                                    Layout.fillWidth: true
-                                    Layout.fillHeight: true
-                                    color: "transparent"
-
-                                    Text {
-                                        text: "Block Height"
-                                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                                        anchors.left: parent.left
-                                        anchors.leftMargin: 8
-                                        font.pointSize: 14
-                                        font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        color: "#41FF00"
-                                        antialiasing: false
-                                    }
                                 }
 
-                                Rectangle {
+                                Text {
-                                    Layout.fillWidth: true
+                                    id: heightText
-                                    Layout.fillHeight: true
+                                    text: "-"
-                                    color: "transparent"
+                                    width: parent.width
-
+                                    fontSizeMode: Text.HorizontalFit
-                                    Text {
+                                    minimumPointSize: 9
-                                        id: heightText
+                                    font.pointSize: 14
-                                        text: "-"
+                                    font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        anchors.fill: parent
+                                    color: "#41FF00"
-                                        anchors.leftMargin: 8
+                                    antialiasing: false
-                                        verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-                                        fontSizeMode: Text.HorizontalFit
-                                        minimumPointSize: 9
-                                        font.pointSize: 14
-                                        font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        color: "#41FF00"
-                                        antialiasing: false
-                                    }
                                 }
                             }
 
-                            ColumnLayout {
+                            Column {
-                                Layout.minimumWidth: 200
+                                width: Math.min(260, (parent.width - parent.spacing) / 2)
-                                Layout.maximumWidth: 260
+                                spacing: 2
-                                Layout.fillHeight: true
 
-                                Rectangle {
+                                Text {
-                                    Layout.fillWidth: true
+                                    text: "Sync Progress"
-                                    Layout.fillHeight: true
+                                    font.pointSize: 14
-                                    color: "transparent"
+                                    font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-
+                                    color: "#41FF00"
-                                    Text {
+                                    antialiasing: false
-                                        text: "Sync Progress"
-                                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
-                                        anchors.left: parent.left
-                                        anchors.leftMargin: 8
-                                        font.pointSize: 14
-                                        font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        color: "#41FF00"
-                                        antialiasing: false
-                                    }
                                 }
 
-                                Rectangle {
+                                Text {
-                                    Layout.fillWidth: true
+                                    id: syncPctText
-                                    Layout.fillHeight: true
+                                    text: "-"
-                                    color: "transparent"
+                                    width: parent.width
-
+                                    fontSizeMode: Text.HorizontalFit
-                                    Text {
+                                    minimumPointSize: 9
-                                        id: syncPctText
+                                    font.pointSize: 14
-                                        text: "-"
+                                    font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                                    color: "#41FF00"
-                                        anchors.left: parent.left
+                                    antialiasing: false
-                                        anchors.leftMargin: 8
-                                        font.pointSize: 14
-                                        font.family: comicMonoBold.name;
-                                        color: "#41FF00"
-                                        antialiasing: false
-                                    }
                                 }
                             }
-
-                            Item {
-                                Layout.fillHeight: true
-                                Layout.fillWidth: true
-                            }
                         }
                     }
 
                     Image {
                         Layout.preferredWidth: 5
-                        Layout.preferredHeight: parent.height
+                        Layout.preferredHeight: 102   // console bezel is a fixed 102px tall
                         source: "qrc:/mining/topright_right.png"
                         smooth: false
                     }
@@ -434,6 +410,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 smooth: false
 
                  AnimatedImage {
+                     playing: !mining.reducedMotion   // wowlet: respect reduced-motion
                     source: mining.daemonMiningState === 0 ? "qrc:/assets/images/dog_sitting.gif" : "qrc:/assets/images/dog_running.gif"
                     width: 80
                     height: 60
@@ -535,6 +512,10 @@ Rectangle {
                     Image {
                         id: imgAxe
                         visible: mining.daemonMiningState === 0
+                        // Greyed out while the wallet is on someone else's node:
+                        // solo mining is an RPC to the daemon we are connected
+                        // to, and that daemon has to be ours.
+                        opacity: mining.canMine ? 1.0 : 0.35
                         source: "qrc:/mining/axe.png"
                         width: 73
                         height: 75
@@ -544,6 +525,7 @@ Rectangle {
                     }
 
                     AnimatedImage {
+                        playing: !mining.reducedMotion   // wowlet: respect reduced-motion
                         visible: mining.daemonMiningState !== 0
                         source: "qrc:/mining/elmo.gif"
                         width: 106
@@ -573,7 +555,11 @@ Rectangle {
                         cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
 
                         onClicked: {
-                            if(mining.daemonMiningState === 0) {
+                            if (mining.daemonMiningState === 0) {
+                                if (!mining.canMine) {
+                                    remoteNodeNotice.flash();
+                                    return;
+                                }
                                 root.startMining();
                                 root.calcAvailableHeightConsoleLines();
                             }
@@ -581,14 +567,56 @@ Rectangle {
                                 root.stopMining();
                         }
                         onEntered: {
-                            imgAxe.height = 64
+                            if (mining.canMine) {
-                            imgAxe.width = 64
+                                imgAxe.height = 64
+                                imgAxe.width = 64
+                            } else {
+                                remoteNodeNotice.show();
+                            }
                         }
                         onExited: {
                             imgAxe.height = 75
                             imgAxe.width = 73
+                            remoteNodeNotice.hideSoon();
                         }
                     }
+
+                    // Why the axe is greyed out. Shown on hover, and flashed if
+                    // the axe is clicked anyway.
+                    Rectangle {
+                        id: remoteNodeNotice
+                        z: parent.z + 5
+                        visible: opacity > 0.01
+                        opacity: 0.0
+                        width: 250
+                        height: noticeText.implicitHeight + 16
+                        radius: 6
+                        color: "#231a10"
+                        border.color: "#e0b062"
+                        border.width: 1
+                        anchors.right: parent.left
+                        anchors.rightMargin: 8
+                        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+
+                        Text {
+                            id: noticeText
+                            anchors.centerIn: parent
+                            width: parent.width - 16
+                            wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
+                            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                            color: "#f2dcb4"
+                            font.pointSize: 9
+                            text: "Mining needs your own node.\nYou are connected to a remote one — " +
+                                  "start the built-in node or point the wallet at a local daemon " +
+                                  "under Settings to mine."
+                        }
+
+                        Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 160 } }
+                        Timer { id: noticeHide; interval: 2600; onTriggered: remoteNodeNotice.opacity = 0.0 }
+                        function show()     { noticeHide.stop(); opacity = 1.0 }
+                        function hideSoon() { noticeHide.restart() }
+                        function flash()    { show(); noticeHide.restart() }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

src/dialog/SplashDialog.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include "SplashDialog.h"
 #include "ui_SplashDialog.h"
 
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QMovie>
+#include <QRandomGenerator>
+
 #include "utils/Icons.h"
 
 SplashDialog::SplashDialog(QWidget *parent)
@@ -14,8 +18,25 @@ SplashDialog::SplashDialog(QWidget *parent)
 
     this->setWindowIcon(icons()->icon("appicon/64x64"));
 
-    QPixmap pixmap = QPixmap(":/assets/images/key.png");
+    // wowlet: a random silly loading GIF (wow-lite-wallet tradition) instead of
-    ui->icon->setPixmap(pixmap.scaledToWidth(32, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+    // a static key icon. Auto-discovers whatever loaders are bundled under
+    // :/silly so the set can grow without touching this code; falls back to the
+    // key pixmap if none are present.
+    const QStringList loaders = QDir(":/silly").entryList(QStringList() << "*.gif", QDir::Files);
+    if (!loaders.isEmpty()) {
+        const QString pick = ":/silly/" + loaders.at(QRandomGenerator::global()->bounded(loaders.size()));
+        auto *movie = new QMovie(pick, QByteArray(), this);
+        movie->jumpToFrame(0);
+        const QSize frame = movie->currentImage().size();
+        const int h = 56;
+        if (frame.height() > 0)
+            movie->setScaledSize(QSize(frame.width() * h / frame.height(), h));
+        ui->icon->setMovie(movie);
+        movie->start();
+    } else {
+        QPixmap pixmap = QPixmap(":/assets/images/key.png");
+        ui->icon->setPixmap(pixmap.scaledToWidth(32, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+    }
 
     this->setWindowFlags(Qt::Dialog | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
 

src/scene.qrc

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+  <qresource prefix="/">
+    <file alias="qml/scene.qml">assets/qml/scene.qml</file>
+    <file alias="scene/dog2.gif">assets/images/scene/dog2.gif</file>
+    <file alias="scene/dog.gif">assets/images/scene/dog.gif</file>
+    <file alias="scene/flyingmoney.gif">assets/images/scene/flyingmoney.gif</file>
+    <file alias="scene/goldcoin.gif">assets/images/scene/goldcoin.gif</file>
+    <file alias="scene/grass.png">assets/images/scene/grass.png</file>
+  </qresource>
+</RCC>

src/silly.qrc

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+  <qresource prefix="/">
+    <file alias="silly/l11.gif">assets/images/silly/l11.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l12.gif">assets/images/silly/l12.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l19.gif">assets/images/silly/l19.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l1.gif">assets/images/silly/l1.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l21.gif">assets/images/silly/l21.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l22.gif">assets/images/silly/l22.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l26.gif">assets/images/silly/l26.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l27.gif">assets/images/silly/l27.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l3.gif">assets/images/silly/l3.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l5.gif">assets/images/silly/l5.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l6.gif">assets/images/silly/l6.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/l7.gif">assets/images/silly/l7.gif</file>
+    <file alias="silly/loading.gif">assets/images/silly/loading.gif</file>
+  </qresource>
+</RCC>

src/utils/config.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static const QHash<Config::ConfigKey, ConfigDirective> configStrings = {
         {Config::homeWidget,{QS("homeWidget"), "ccs"}},
         {Config::donateBeg,{QS("donateBeg"), 1}},
         {Config::showHistorySyncNotice, {QS("showHistorySyncNotice"), true}},
+        {Config::reducedMotion, {QS("reducedMotion"), false}},
 
         {Config::geometry, {QS("geometry"), {}}},
         {Config::windowState, {QS("windowState"), {}}},

src/utils/config.h

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public:
         homeWidget,
         donateBeg,
         showHistorySyncNotice,
+        reducedMotion, // wowlet: disable playful animations (accessibility / preference)
 
         geometry,
         windowState,

src/widgets/MiningWidget.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "MiningWidget.h"
 
+#include "utils/nodes.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QDateTime>
 
+#include "utils/config.h"
+
 static QString formatUptime(qint64 secs) {
     return QString("%1:%2:%3")
         .arg(secs / 3600, 2, 10, QChar('0'))
@@ -18,9 +22,10 @@ static QString formatUptime(qint64 secs) {
         .arg(secs % 60, 2, 10, QChar('0'));
 }
 
-MiningWidget::MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
+MiningWidget::MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, Nodes *nodes, QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
     , m_wallet(wallet)
+    , m_nodes(nodes)
     , m_quickWidget(new QQuickWidget(this))
     , m_backend(new MiningBackend(this))
     , m_timer(new QTimer(this))
@@ -29,6 +34,7 @@ MiningWidget::MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
     layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->addWidget(m_quickWidget);
 
+    m_backend->setReducedMotion(conf()->get(Config::reducedMotion).toBool());
     m_quickWidget->rootContext()->setContextProperty("mining", m_backend);
     m_quickWidget->setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
     m_quickWidget->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/qml/mining.qml"));
@@ -43,6 +49,10 @@ MiningWidget::MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent)
 }
 
 void MiningWidget::onStartMining() {
+    // The QML disables the control, but the signal is not a promise: refuse
+    // here too rather than send start_mining to a stranger's daemon.
+    if (!m_backend->canMine())
+        return;
     int threads = std::max(1, QThread::idealThreadCount() / 2);
     if (m_wallet->startMining(threads))
         m_backend->setState(3);
@@ -54,6 +64,8 @@ void MiningWidget::onStopMining() {
 }
 
 void MiningWidget::poll() {
+    m_backend->setCanMine(m_nodes && m_nodes->connection().isLocal());
+
     bool mining = m_wallet->isMining();
     m_backend->setState(mining ? 3 : 0);
 

src/widgets/MiningWidget.h

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #define WOWLET_MININGWIDGET_H
 
 #include <QWidget>
+
+class Nodes;
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QQuickWidget>
 
@@ -15,13 +17,25 @@
 class MiningBackend : public QObject {
 Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(int daemonMiningState READ daemonMiningState NOTIFY daemonMiningStateChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool reducedMotion READ reducedMotion NOTIFY reducedMotionChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool canMine READ canMine NOTIFY canMineChanged)
 public:
     explicit MiningBackend(QObject *parent = nullptr) : QObject(parent) {}
     int daemonMiningState() const { return m_state; }
     void setState(int s) { if (m_state != s) { m_state = s; emit daemonMiningStateChanged(); } }
+    bool reducedMotion() const { return m_reducedMotion; }
+    void setReducedMotion(bool r) { if (m_reducedMotion != r) { m_reducedMotion = r; emit reducedMotionChanged(); } }
+    // Solo mining is a start_mining RPC to whichever daemon the wallet is
+    // connected to. Against a remote node that is either refused outright or —
+    // worse, if the operator left the RPC open — it puts someone else's machine
+    // to work on our address. It is only ever ours to ask of our own node.
+    bool canMine() const { return m_canMine; }
+    void setCanMine(bool c) { if (m_canMine != c) { m_canMine = c; emit canMineChanged(); } }
 
 signals:
     void daemonMiningStateChanged();
+    void reducedMotionChanged();
+    void canMineChanged();
     void daemonOutput(const QString &line);
     void syncStatus(int from, int to, int pct);
     void uptimeChanged(const QString &uptime);
@@ -29,6 +43,8 @@ signals:
 
 private:
     int m_state = 0;   // 0:idle 1:startup 2:syncing 3:mining
+    bool m_reducedMotion = false;
+    bool m_canMine = false;
 };
 
 // wowlet: the pixel-art mining tab. Hosts mining.qml and wires its pick-axe to the wallet's solo
@@ -36,7 +52,7 @@ private:
 class MiningWidget : public QWidget {
 Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    explicit MiningWidget(Wallet *wallet, Nodes *nodes, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
 
 private slots:
     void onStartMining();
@@ -45,6 +61,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
     Wallet *m_wallet;
+    Nodes *m_nodes;
     QQuickWidget *m_quickWidget;
     MiningBackend *m_backend;
     QTimer *m_timer;

src/widgets/SceneWidget.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: The Monero Project
+
+#include "SceneWidget.h"
+
+#include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QQuickItem>
+
+#include "utils/config.h"
+
+SceneWidget::SceneWidget(QWidget *parent, Variant variant, Mode mode)
+    : QQuickWidget(parent)
+    , m_backend(new SceneBackend(this))
+{
+    m_backend->setReducedMotion(conf()->get(Config::reducedMotion).toBool());
+    m_backend->setVariant(static_cast<int>(variant));
+    m_backend->setMode(mode == Sit   ? QStringLiteral("sit")
+                     : mode == Money ? QStringLiteral("money")
+                                     : QStringLiteral("run"));
+    this->rootContext()->setContextProperty("sceneCtx", m_backend);
+    this->setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    this->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/qml/scene.qml"));
+    this->callScene("suspend");
+}
+
+void SceneWidget::showEvent(QShowEvent *event) {
+    QQuickWidget::showEvent(event);
+    this->callScene("restart");
+}
+
+void SceneWidget::hideEvent(QHideEvent *event) {
+    this->callScene("suspend");
+    QQuickWidget::hideEvent(event);
+}
+
+void SceneWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) {
+    QQuickWidget::resizeEvent(event);
+    if (this->isVisible())
+        this->callScene("restart");
+}
+
+void SceneWidget::callScene(const char *method) {
+    if (auto *root = this->rootObject())
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(root, method);
+}
+
+void SceneWidget::refreshReducedMotion() {
+    m_backend->setReducedMotion(conf()->get(Config::reducedMotion).toBool());
+}

src/widgets/SceneWidget.h

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: The Monero Project
+
+#ifndef WOWLET_SCENEWIDGET_H
+#define WOWLET_SCENEWIDGET_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
+
+// Context object exposed to scene.qml as `sceneCtx`. Carries the reduced-motion
+// setting so the scene freezes into its still (reduced-motion) form, and the
+// sky variant so the tabs are not all showing the same field.
+class SceneBackend : public QObject {
+Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool reducedMotion READ reducedMotion NOTIFY reducedMotionChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(int variant READ variant NOTIFY variantChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString mode READ mode NOTIFY modeChanged)
+public:
+    explicit SceneBackend(QObject *parent = nullptr) : QObject(parent) {}
+    bool reducedMotion() const { return m_reducedMotion; }
+    void setReducedMotion(bool r) { if (m_reducedMotion != r) { m_reducedMotion = r; emit reducedMotionChanged(); } }
+    int variant() const { return m_variant; }
+    void setVariant(int v) { if (m_variant != v) { m_variant = v; emit variantChanged(); } }
+    QString mode() const { return m_mode; }
+    void setMode(const QString &m) { if (m_mode != m) { m_mode = m; emit modeChanged(); } }
+signals:
+    void reducedMotionChanged();
+    void variantChanged();
+    void modeChanged();
+private:
+    bool m_reducedMotion = false;
+    int  m_variant = 0;
+    QString m_mode = QStringLiteral("run");
+};
+
+// wowlet: reusable ambient-scene surface. Hosts scene.qml and reads the
+// reduced-motion preference from Config. Drop it behind a form, into a banner,
+// or over the window as an idle screensaver.
+class SceneWidget : public QQuickWidget {
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    // Sky variants, one per host, so History/Send/Receive do not all show the
+    // same field. Must match the `skies` table in scene.qml.
+    enum Variant { Dusk = 0, Dawn = 1, Night = 2 };
+
+    // How much scene a surface wants. History has room for the whole run;
+    // Receive gets a doge sitting in the field; Send gets money blowing past and
+    // nothing else, so the form it sits under is not competing with a dog.
+    enum Mode { Run, Sit, Money };
+
+    explicit SceneWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr, Variant variant = Dusk,
+                         Mode mode = Run);
+    void refreshReducedMotion();
+
+protected:
+    // A scene on a hidden tab is parked rather than left running: an unshown
+    // QQuickWidget is 0px wide, and a lap run against a 0px field collects every
+    // coin at once and leaves its litter (+1s, barks) to surface on the real lap
+    // when the tab is finally shown. Parking also keeps a background tab from
+    // burning CPU on animation nobody is looking at.
+    void showEvent(QShowEvent *event) override;
+    void hideEvent(QHideEvent *event) override;
+    // Belt and braces: a scene that is on screen and has just been given a real
+    // size is running, whether or not a show event was the thing that got it
+    // there. `restart` only sets a flag, so re-arming an already-running scene
+    // costs nothing and does not interrupt its lap.
+    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) override;
+
+private:
+    void callScene(const char *method);
+
+    SceneBackend *m_backend;
+};
+
+#endif //WOWLET_SCENEWIDGET_H

src/widgets/WalletUnlockWidget.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/Utils.h"
 #include "libwalletqt/Wallet.h"
+#include "widgets/SceneWidget.h"
 
 WalletUnlockWidget::WalletUnlockWidget(QWidget *parent, Wallet *wallet)
         : QWidget(parent)
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ WalletUnlockWidget::WalletUnlockWidget(QWidget *parent, Wallet *wallet)
     ui->setupUi(this);
     this->reset();
 
+    // wowlet: the lock screen shows the full ambient scene above the unlock form
+    // (this is the idle "screensaver" — the wallet auto-locks here on inactivity).
+    // It freezes into a still when "Prefer reduced motion" is set.
+    auto *scene = new SceneWidget(this);
+    scene->setMinimumHeight(200);
+    scene->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
+    ui->verticalLayout->insertWidget(0, scene, 1);
+
     ui->buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setAutoDefault(true);
 
     connect(ui->buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, &WalletUnlockWidget::tryUnlock);

src/wizard/PageMenu.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ PageMenu::PageMenu(WizardFields *fields, WalletKeysFilesModel *wallets, QWidget
     });
 
     QString settingsSkin = conf()->get(Config::skin).toString();
+
+    // wowlet: reduced-motion opt-out, surfaced on first run (unchecked = playful
+    // animations on, the default). Also lives in Settings → Appearance.
+    ui->checkBox_reducedMotion->setChecked(conf()->get(Config::reducedMotion).toBool());
+    connect(ui->checkBox_reducedMotion, &QCheckBox::toggled, [](bool toggled){
+        conf()->set(Config::reducedMotion, toggled);
+    });
 }
 
 void PageMenu::initializePage() {

src/wizard/PageMenu.ui

@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_reducedMotion">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Prefer reduced motion (disable playful animations)</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
      <item>