diff --git a/infra/fast-time/vote-or-burn.mjs b/infra/fast-time/vote-or-burn.mjs
index ecdd2c585..900ed318f 100644
--- a/infra/fast-time/vote-or-burn.mjs
+++ b/infra/fast-time/vote-or-burn.mjs
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ try {
     const blk = await evmCall(a.evmPort, 'eth_getBlockByHash', [`0x${row.chain_block}`, false]);
     const addr = bridge.address[row.parent_key];
     if (!blk || !addr) continue;
-    // the paid block's entry: the last reward entry for its miner's address (a chain block that merges its own key's
-    // block carries two entries for that address, and both are the same amount within one segment, since the
-    // execution layer credits every block of a segment at the chain block's DAA until ledger N8's rule is on)
-    const entries = (blk.igneum?.rewards || []).filter(e => String(e.miner).toLowerCase() === addr);
-    const entry = entries.length ? entries[entries.length - 1] : null;
-    if (!entry) continue;
+    // the paid block's entry: of the reward entries for its miner's address (a chain block that merges its own key's
+    // block carries two, its own and the parent's, in the segment's order), the parent's is the smaller credit under
+    // ledger N8's rule (the older block on the launch ramp) and either one before it (both at the chain block's DAA)
+    const entries = (blk.igneum?.rewards || []).filter(e => String(e.miner).toLowerCase() === addr).map(e => BigInt(e.wei));
+    if (!entries.length) continue;
+    const entry = { wei: entries.reduce((m, w) => (w < m ? w : m)).toString() };
     bridge.rows++;
     const wei = BigInt(entry.wei), want = BigInt(row.producer) * WEI_PER_SOMPI;
     // the EVM credit per key, for the bonus reading on the EVM side (ramp-neutral: a ratio of medians)