diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-btc.js b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-btc.js
index 38bf3f42..cb31e4f5 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-btc.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-btc.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 // supports the resulting scripts because bitcoinjs-lib does. An explicit
 // address-family picker like DGB's is a follow-up.
 
+const { verifyFunding, assertFee } = require("./utxo-verify.js");
 const NETWORKS = {
   mainnet: {
     id: "mainnet", label: "Mainnet",
@@ -453,17 +454,10 @@ module.exports = function makeBtcAdapter({
     }
 
     async signAndBroadcast(plan) {
-      // BIP44 inputs need the whole previous transaction (nonWitnessUtxo)
-      // so PSBT can compute a legacy sighash; fetch each one in parallel
-      // before assembling the PSBT.
-      const needsPrev = plan._chosen.filter((u) => u.entry.family === "bip44");
-      const prevHex = new Map();
-      if (needsPrev.length) {
-        const results = await Promise.all(needsPrev.map((u) =>
-          this._client.call("blockchain.transaction.get", [u.txid, false])
-        ));
-        needsPrev.forEach((u, i) => prevHex.set(u.txid, String(results[i])));
-      }
+      // Every non-taproot input's previous transaction is fetched and
+      // checked against the value the plan used (lib/utxo-verify.js); BIP44
+      // inputs also need it whole (nonWitnessUtxo) for the legacy sighash.
+      const prevHex = await verifyFunding({ chosen: plan._chosen, client: this._client, Transaction: bitcoinjs.Transaction });
       const psbt = new Psbt({ network: this._bjsNet });
       for (const u of plan._chosen) {
         // Signal replace-by-fee, so a payment sent at too low a rate can be
@@ -502,6 +496,7 @@ module.exports = function makeBtcAdapter({
         }
       }
       psbt.finalizeAllInputs();
+      assertFee(psbt, plan);
       const tx = psbt.extractTransaction();
       const hex = tx.toHex();
       const txid = await this._client.call("blockchain.transaction.broadcast", [hex]);
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-dgb.js b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-dgb.js
index 5a3d1621..92a9c7de 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-dgb.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/chain-dgb.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 // object, so a seed exported here can be restored on iancoleman.io/bip39
 // or the SilentCode Digibyte web-wallet with matching addresses.
 
+const { verifyFunding, assertFee } = require("./utxo-verify.js");
 const NETWORK = "mainnet";
 const DEFAULT_PURPOSE = 84;
 const EXPLORER_TX = "https://digiexplorer.info/tx/";
@@ -442,12 +443,10 @@ module.exports = function makeDgbAdapter({
       });
       // P2PKH (BIP44) inputs need the whole previous transaction for the
       // legacy sighash; fetch each one before assembling the PSBT.
-      const prevHex = new Map();
-      const needsPrev = chosen.filter((u) => u.entry.family === "bip44");
-      if (needsPrev.length) {
-        const results = await Promise.all(needsPrev.map((u) => this._client.call("blockchain.transaction.get", [u.txid, false])));
-        needsPrev.forEach((u, i) => prevHex.set(u.txid, String(results[i])));
-      }
+      // Every non-taproot input is checked against its previous transaction
+      // first, so a server cannot shrink an input and turn change into fee
+      // (lib/utxo-verify.js).
+      const prevHex = await verifyFunding({ chosen, client: this._client, Transaction: bitcoinjs.Transaction });
       const psbtInputs = chosen.map((u) => {
         const fam = u.entry.family;
         const inp = { txid: u.txid, vout: u.vout };
@@ -476,7 +475,11 @@ module.exports = function makeDgbAdapter({
           psbt.signInput(i, this._keys.signerFor(entry));
         }
       }
-      const { hex, txid } = finalizeAndExtract(psbt);
+      psbt.finalizeAllInputs();
+      assertFee(psbt, plan);
+      const extracted = psbt.extractTransaction();
+      const hex = extracted.toHex();
+      const txid = extracted.getId();
       const broadcast = await this._client.call("blockchain.transaction.broadcast", [hex]);
       if (typeof broadcast !== "string" || broadcast.length !== 64) {
         throw new Error("broadcast rejected: " + JSON.stringify(broadcast));
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/utxo-verify.js b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/utxo-verify.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf33a99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/lib/utxo-verify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Check the Electrum server's word on what each input is worth before
+// signing a BTC/DGB transaction.
+//
+// Coin selection, change and the fee on the approval overlay are computed
+// from listunspent's `value`. A legacy (P2PKH) signature does not commit to
+// the value of the coin it spends, so a server that under-reported a UTXO
+// made Aegis sign a transaction whose real fee was the difference — up to
+// bitcoinjs's 5000 sat/vB ceiling — while the overlay showed the small,
+// planned fee. A segwit v0 signature commits to its own input's value only,
+// which still leaves the two-request variant (lie about a different input
+// each time, combine the signatures). Taproot commits to every input's
+// amount and script, so a lie there just makes the signature invalid.
+//
+// For every non-taproot input the previous transaction is fetched, its txid
+// recomputed (so the server cannot hand over a different one), and the
+// output's value and script compared with what was planned. Any mismatch
+// refuses to sign.
+"use strict";
+
+async function verifyFunding({ chosen, client, Transaction }) {
+  const need = chosen.filter((u) => u.entry.family !== "bip86");
+  const uniq = [...new Set(need.map((u) => u.txid))];
+  const got = await Promise.all(uniq.map((txid) => client.call("blockchain.transaction.get", [txid, false])));
+  const prevHex = new Map();
+  uniq.forEach((txid, i) => prevHex.set(txid, String(got[i] || "")));
+  for (const u of need) {
+    const hex = prevHex.get(u.txid);
+    let tx;
+    try { tx = Transaction.fromHex(hex); }
+    catch { throw new Error(`the server sent an unreadable transaction for input ${u.txid}:${u.vout}; not signing`); }
+    if (tx.getId() !== u.txid) throw new Error(`the server sent a different transaction for input ${u.txid}:${u.vout}; not signing`);
+    const out = tx.outs[u.vout];
+    if (!out) throw new Error(`input ${u.txid}:${u.vout} does not exist; not signing`);
+    if (BigInt(out.value) !== BigInt(u.value)) {
+      throw new Error(`the server misreported input ${u.txid}:${u.vout} (said ${u.value}, the transaction says ${out.value}); not signing`);
+    }
+    const script = u.entry.script ? Buffer.from(u.entry.script) : (u.entry.scriptHex ? Buffer.from(u.entry.scriptHex, "hex") : null);
+    if (script && !Buffer.from(out.script).equals(script)) {
+      throw new Error(`input ${u.txid}:${u.vout} is not paid to this wallet's address; not signing`);
+    }
+  }
+  return prevHex;
+}
+
+// The fee the signed transaction actually pays must be the one the user
+// approved.
+function assertFee(psbt, plan) {
+  let actual;
+  try { actual = psbt.getFee(); } catch { return; }   // a taproot-only PSBT without full prevouts
+  if (BigInt(actual) !== BigInt(plan.fee)) {
+    throw new Error(`the transaction would pay a fee of ${actual}, not the ${plan.fee} you approved; not signing`);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { verifyFunding, assertFee };