fix(trust): C5b — featured ranking requires a verified provider receipt

A ['featured', expiry] tag is self-asserted, so anyone could mint one and buy
top placement (the badge verified it, ordering didn't).

- New src/lib/featuredVerification.ts resolves the provider pubkey (cached) and
  batch-checks provider-authored kind-9735 zap receipts for the featured coords.
- useTours / useSkateEvents / useUpcomingSkateEvents / useLabProfiles now rank
  only receipts-backed featured items first.
- Availability fallback: if the provider can't be resolved or the query fails,
  the self-asserted ordering is kept, so a provider outage never blanks paid
  placement.

src/hooks/useLabProfiles.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { useSkateRelays } from '@/hooks/useSkateRelays';
 import { useAdminModeration, filterAdminHiddenMixed } from '@/hooks/useAdminModeration';
+import { verifiedFeaturedCoords } from '@/lib/featuredVerification';
 
 export type LabProfileType =
   | 'coach' | 'filmer' | 'editor' | 'photographer' | 'builder'
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ const LAB_SELF_TAGS = [
   'skatebarber',
 ];
 
+/** profileType → addressable kind, for building a coordinate. */
+const KIND_BY_TYPE: Record<LabProfileType, number> = {
+  coach: SKATE_COACH_KIND, filmer: SKATE_FILMER_KIND, editor: SKATE_EDITOR_KIND,
+  photographer: SKATE_PHOTOGRAPHER_KIND, builder: SKATE_BUILDER_KIND, artist: SKATE_ARTIST_KIND,
+  graffiti: SKATE_GRAFFITI_KIND, tattoo: SKATE_TATTOO_KIND, trainer: SKATE_TRAINER_KIND,
+  musician: SKATE_MUSICIAN_KIND, judge: SKATE_JUDGE_KIND, organizer: SKATE_ORGANIZER_KIND,
+  barber: SKATE_BARBER_KIND,
+};
+
 /** Parse any Lab event into a LabProfile, or null if invalid / unknown kind. */
 export function parseLabProfile(event: NostrEvent): LabProfile | null {
   switch (event.kind) {
@@ -129,10 +139,18 @@ export function useLabProfiles(limit = 100, options: { includeHidden?: boolean }
         if (parsed) profiles.push(parsed);
       }
 
-      // Featured (Pro) profiles first, then newest.
+      // Featured (Pro) profiles first — but only when backed by a provider
+      // receipt (a self-asserted tag must not buy placement). Fallback to the
+      // tag when verification is unavailable.
+      const coordOf = (p: LabProfile) => `${KIND_BY_TYPE[p.profileType]}:${p.pubkey}:${p.identifier}`;
+      const featuredCoords = profiles.filter((p) => isFeaturedActive(p.featuredUntil)).map(coordOf);
+      const verified = await verifiedFeaturedCoords(featuredCoords, (f) => querySkateContent([f], { signal }));
+      const isPro = (p: LabProfile) =>
+        isFeaturedActive(p.featuredUntil) && (verified === null || verified.has(coordOf(p)));
+
       return profiles.sort((a, b) => {
-        const aPro = isFeaturedActive(a.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+        const aPro = isPro(a) ? 1 : 0;
-        const bPro = isFeaturedActive(b.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+        const bPro = isPro(b) ? 1 : 0;
         if (aPro !== bPro) return bPro - aPro;
         return b.createdAt - a.createdAt;
       });

src/hooks/useSkateEvents.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { CALENDAR_EVENT_KIND, parseSkateEvent, isFeaturedActive, type SkateEvent } from '@/lib/types';
 import { useSkateRelays } from '@/hooks/useSkateRelays';
 import { useAdminModeration, filterAdminHidden } from '@/hooks/useAdminModeration';
+import { verifiedFeaturedCoords } from '@/lib/featuredVerification';
 
 export function useSkateEvents(limit = 50, options: { includeHidden?: boolean } = {}) {
   const { includeHidden = false } = options;
@@ -33,10 +34,16 @@ export function useSkateEvents(limit = 50, options: { includeHidden?: boolean }
         if (skateEvent) skateEvents.push(skateEvent);
       }
 
-      // Featured (paid) events first, then by soonest start time.
+      // Verified/paid featured first, then soonest start time.
+      const coordOf = (ev: SkateEvent) => `${CALENDAR_EVENT_KIND}:${ev.pubkey}:${ev.identifier}`;
+      const featuredCoords = skateEvents.filter((ev) => isFeaturedActive(ev.featuredUntil)).map(coordOf);
+      const verified = await verifiedFeaturedCoords(featuredCoords, (f) => querySkateContent([f], { signal }));
+      const isPro = (ev: SkateEvent) =>
+        isFeaturedActive(ev.featuredUntil) && (verified === null || verified.has(coordOf(ev)));
+
       return skateEvents.sort((a, b) => {
-        const aF = isFeaturedActive(a.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+        const aF = isPro(a) ? 1 : 0;
-        const bF = isFeaturedActive(b.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+        const bF = isPro(b) ? 1 : 0;
         if (aF !== bF) return bF - aF;
         return a.start - b.start;
       });
@@ -76,11 +83,17 @@ export function useUpcomingSkateEvents(limit = 20) {
         }
       }
 
-      // Featured (paid) events first, then soonest start time.
+      // Verified/paid featured first, then soonest start time.
+      const coordOf = (ev: SkateEvent) => `${CALENDAR_EVENT_KIND}:${ev.pubkey}:${ev.identifier}`;
+      const featuredCoords = skateEvents.filter((ev) => isFeaturedActive(ev.featuredUntil)).map(coordOf);
+      const verified = await verifiedFeaturedCoords(featuredCoords, (f) => querySkateContent([f], { signal }));
+      const isPro = (ev: SkateEvent) =>
+        isFeaturedActive(ev.featuredUntil) && (verified === null || verified.has(coordOf(ev)));
+
       return skateEvents
         .sort((a, b) => {
-          const aF = isFeaturedActive(a.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+          const aF = isPro(a) ? 1 : 0;
-          const bF = isFeaturedActive(b.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
+          const bF = isPro(b) ? 1 : 0;
           if (aF !== bF) return bF - aF;
           return a.start - b.start;
         })

src/hooks/useTours.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { SKATE_TOUR_KIND, parseSkateTour, isFeaturedActive, type SkateTour } from '@/lib/types';
 import { useSkateRelays } from '@/hooks/useSkateRelays';
 import { useAdminModeration, filterAdminHidden } from '@/hooks/useAdminModeration';
-
+import { verifiedFeaturedCoords } from '@/lib/featuredVerification';
-/** Sort featured (Pro) tours first, then newest. */
-function sortTours(a: SkateTour, b: SkateTour): number {
-  const af = isFeaturedActive(a.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
-  const bf = isFeaturedActive(b.featuredUntil) ? 1 : 0;
-  if (af !== bf) return bf - af;
-  return b.createdAt - a.createdAt;
-}
 
 const STALE_TIME = 5 * 60 * 1000;  // 5 min
 const GC_TIME    = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 min
@@ -45,7 +38,19 @@ export function useTours(limit = 100, options: { includeHidden?: boolean } = {})
         if (tour) tours.push(tour);
       }
 
-      return tours.sort(sortTours);
+      // Rank featured (Pro) first — but only when backed by a provider receipt.
+      const coordOf = (tr: SkateTour) => `${SKATE_TOUR_KIND}:${tr.pubkey}:${tr.identifier}`;
+      const featuredCoords = tours.filter((tr) => isFeaturedActive(tr.featuredUntil)).map(coordOf);
+      const verified = await verifiedFeaturedCoords(featuredCoords, (f) => querySkateContent([f], { signal }));
+      const isPro = (tr: SkateTour) =>
+        isFeaturedActive(tr.featuredUntil) && (verified === null || verified.has(coordOf(tr)));
+
+      return tours.sort((a, b) => {
+        const af = isPro(a) ? 1 : 0;
+        const bf = isPro(b) ? 1 : 0;
+        if (af !== bf) return bf - af;
+        return b.createdAt - a.createdAt;
+      });
     },
     staleTime: STALE_TIME,
     gcTime: GC_TIME,

src/lib/featuredVerification.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Featured ("Pro") ranking verification.
+ *
+ * SECURITY: a `["featured", <expiry>]` tag is SELF-ASSERTED — anyone can add it
+ * and get top placement, and `useFeaturedVerification` only downgrades the badge,
+ * never the ordering. This helper resolves which featured coordinates are backed
+ * by a **provider-authored NIP-57 zap receipt** so list hooks can rank only those.
+ *
+ * Availability over strictness: if the provider pubkey can't be resolved or the
+ * receipt query fails, it returns `null` and the caller keeps the self-asserted
+ * ordering (so a provider outage never blanks paid placement).
+ */
+import { PRO_LIGHTNING_ADDRESS } from '@/lib/sasquatchPro';
+import { getZapProviderPubkey } from '@/lib/lightningAddress';
+import { PLATFORM_OWNER_PUBKEYS } from '@/hooks/useListingRestrictions';
+import type { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+
+let providerPromise: Promise<string | null> | null = null;
+
+function cachedProvider(): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (!providerPromise) {
+    providerPromise = getZapProviderPubkey(PRO_LIGHTNING_ADDRESS).catch(() => null);
+  }
+  return providerPromise;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @returns the set of featured coords with a verified provider receipt, or
+ *          `null` when verification is unavailable (caller should not demote).
+ */
+export async function verifiedFeaturedCoords(
+  coords: string[],
+  query: (filter: NostrFilter) => Promise<NostrEvent[]>,
+): Promise<Set<string> | null> {
+  if (coords.length === 0) return null;
+  const provider = await cachedProvider();
+  if (!provider) return null;
+  try {
+    const receipts = await query({
+      kinds: [9735],
+      authors: [provider],
+      '#a': coords,
+      '#p': PLATFORM_OWNER_PUBKEYS,
+      limit: coords.length * 4,
+    });
+    const set = new Set<string>();
+    for (const r of receipts) {
+      for (const [n, v] of r.tags) if (n === 'a' && v) set.add(v);
+    }
+    return set;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}