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index 25a833527..ced727867 100644
--- a/site/index.html
+++ b/site/index.html
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="scene">
         <canvas id="dag" aria-label="The devnet's block DAG, live: blocks by time and miner, parent edges, the selected chain, checkpoints and proofs"></canvas>
+        <div class="chip-zoom" id="dag-chip" hidden><span class="dot live"></span>scroll to zoom, Esc to release</div>
         <div class="tip" id="dag-tip" hidden></div>
       </div>
       <div class="scene-foot">
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="cta"><button type="button" class="btn" id="dag-pause" aria-pressed="false">Pause</button><a href="/live" class="btn">The live page</a></div>
       </div>
-      <p class="note" id="viz-note">One node is read every 2 s. Chain block is the EVM block number. Shards proven is every shard paid on the chain so far. Last lock is the latest checkpoint the finality rule locked. Hover or tap a block for its hash, miner, blue score, parents and proof state. Scroll or pinch to change the window.</p>
+      <p class="note" id="viz-note">One node is read every 2 s. Chain block is the EVM block number. Shards proven is every shard paid on the chain so far. Last lock is the latest checkpoint the finality rule locked. Hover or tap a block for its hash, miner, blue score, parents and proof state. Ctrl or cmd and scroll, a pinch, or a click into the scene then scroll, changes the window.</p>
     </div>
     <div class="grid c2" style="margin-top:var(--s-4)">
       <div class="card program">
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@
 <!-- footer:end -->
 
 <!-- journey:start -->
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+<script type="application/json" id="journey-data">{"updated":"2026-10-06","stage":"phase-3","phases":[{"id":"phase-1","name":"Specification","when":"Oct to Nov 2026","status":"active","line":"Mining generator, shard proving, finality rules, written for external review"},{"id":"phase-2","name":"Prove the proving","when":"Nov 2026 to Jan 2027","status":"active","line":"Mining program proven on Apple, NVIDIA and AMD; shard proving benchmark on consumer cards still to run","gate":"A fixed published workload, job received to accepted proof on a declared consumer card, sustained with no growing backlog, reproduced by three independent operators"},{"id":"phase-3","name":"Devnet","when":"Started 3 Oct 2026, 20 nodes by Mar 2027","status":"active","line":"BlockDAG node mining on the new program, GPU miners on three vendors, EVM execution in build","gate":"1 block a second held with proofs under 60 s behind the tip"},{"id":"phase-4","name":"Finality and job market","when":"Apr to Jul 2027","status":"next","line":"Sustained-mining finality, external proving jobs, miner client with auto-switching","gate":"Finality design passes external review and one rollup signs for testnet"},{"id":"phase-5","name":"Public testnet","when":"Aug to Oct 2027","status":"next","line":"One-click miner app on Windows, macOS and Linux, HiveOS, pools, the first rollup as a proving customer, no coin yet","gate":"1,000 independent miners run 30 days and rollup proofs are delivered on time"},{"id":"phase-6","name":"Mainnet fair launch","when":"Nov 2027","status":"next","line":"Genesis with no premine, 30-day ramp. 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 <!-- journey:end -->
 <script src="/live-dag.js" defer></script>
 <script>
@@ -582,10 +583,10 @@
     cm.textContent=fmtN(s.miners_10m!==null&&s.miners_10m!==undefined?s.miners_10m:(d.miners||[]).length);
     ch.textContent=fmtHash(s.hashes_per_second_estimate);
     if(note&&!s.stale){var lag=pv&&pv.active&&pv.median_proof_lag_s?Math.round(pv.median_proof_lag_s):null;
-      note.textContent='One node is read every 2 s. Chain block is the EVM block number. Shards proven is every shard paid on the chain so far'+(pv&&pv.active?' ('+fmtN(pv.shards_paid_10m||0)+' in the last 10 minutes'+(lag?', landing a median '+lag+' s behind the tip, so the newest blocks on screen are still pending':'')+')':'')+'. Last lock is the latest checkpoint the finality rule locked. A card runs several vote keys. Hover or tap a block for its details; scroll or pinch to change the window.';}
+      note.textContent='One node is read every 2 s. Chain block is the EVM block number. Shards proven is every shard paid on the chain so far'+(pv&&pv.active?' ('+fmtN(pv.shards_paid_10m||0)+' in the last 10 minutes'+(lag?', landing a median '+lag+' s behind the tip, so the newest blocks on screen are still pending':'')+')':'')+'. Last lock is the latest checkpoint the finality rule locked. A card runs several vote keys. Hover or tap a block for its details; ctrl or cmd and scroll, a pinch, or a click into the scene then scroll, changes the window.';}
   }
   function mountDag(){var c=document.getElementById('dag');if(!c||!window.IgneumDag)return;
-    IgneumDag.mount(c,{compact:window.innerWidth<700,window:90,onState:setWord,onData:onData,pauseButton:document.getElementById('dag-pause'),tooltip:document.getElementById('dag-tip')});}
+    IgneumDag.mount(c,{compact:window.innerWidth<700,window:90,onState:setWord,onData:onData,pauseButton:document.getElementById('dag-pause'),tooltip:document.getElementById('dag-tip'),chip:document.getElementById('dag-chip')});}
   if(window.IgneumDag)mountDag();else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',function(){var s=document.querySelector('script[src="/live-dag.js"]');if(window.IgneumDag)mountDag();else if(s)s.addEventListener('load',mountDag);});
 
   // hourly program ticker
diff --git a/site/live-dag.js b/site/live-dag.js
index 596a95228..bf379c7d7 100644
--- a/site/live-dag.js
+++ b/site/live-dag.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
    are drawn; the edge between two selected-chain blocks is heavier and the chain glows as one path. Colour words are the
    ledger's: pending, included (blue), excluded (red), proven (every shard verified or paid), locked (a checkpoint block).
    Checkpoints are vertical bands at their blue score with the lock weight; a locked band is solid, a pending one dashed.
-   The view scrolls at chain speed, new blocks arrive from the right with a brief glow; wheel and pinch zoom the window
-   (30 to 300 s, the API's ?window=); a pause button; hover and tap show a block's details.
+   The view scrolls at chain speed, new blocks arrive from the right with a brief glow. The page's scroll passes through the
+   scene; zoom takes ctrl or cmd with the wheel, a pinch, or a click into the scene (engaged, released by Escape or a click
+   outside; opts.chip is the "scroll to zoom, Esc to release" element); window 30 to 300 s (the API's ?window=); a pause button;
+   hover and tap show a block's details.
 
-   Usage: var dag = IgneumDag.mount(canvas, { compact, window, url, poll, mine, onState, onData, onWindow, pauseButton, tooltip })
+   Usage: var dag = IgneumDag.mount(canvas, { compact, window, url, poll, mine, onState, onData, onWindow, onEngage, pauseButton, tooltip, chip })
    - url: the /api/live endpoint (default '/api/live'); poll: false stops the module's own 2 s fetch, the host then calls
      dag.push(reply) with a reply of the same shape ({ok, state:{stale, age_s, height, ...}, blocks:[...], finality:{checkpoints:[...]}, proving})
      whenever it has new data (every poll or every new block, either is fine; blocks already on screen are updated in place).
@@ -196,8 +198,20 @@
     }
     canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', function (ev) { hover = hit(ev); canvas.style.cursor = hover ? 'pointer' : 'default'; if (!pinned) showTip(hover, ev); kick(); });
     canvas.addEventListener('mouseleave', function () { hover = null; if (!pinned) showTip(null); kick(); });
-    canvas.addEventListener('click', function (ev) { var b = hit(ev); pinned = (pinned && b && pinned.hash === b.hash) ? null : b; showTip(pinned || hover); kick(); });
-    canvas.addEventListener('wheel', function (ev) { if (!ev.ctrlKey && Math.abs(ev.deltaY) < 1) return; ev.preventDefault(); zoom(ev.deltaY > 0 ? 1.15 : 1 / 1.15); }, { passive: false });
+    canvas.addEventListener('click', function (ev) { engage(true); var b = hit(ev); pinned = (pinned && b && pinned.hash === b.hash) ? null : b; showTip(pinned || hover); kick(); });
+    // the wheel is never captured by default (6 Oct 2026, the owner: scrolling past the scene zoomed it): the page scrolls through the
+    // scene; zoom takes ctrl or cmd with the wheel, a pinch, or a click into the scene, which engages it (opts.chip shows
+    // "scroll to zoom, Esc to release"); Escape, a click outside or leaving the scene releases it
+    var engaged = false, chip = opts.chip || null;
+    function engage(on) { if (on === engaged) return; engaged = on; canvas.classList.toggle('engaged', on); if (chip) chip.hidden = !on; if (opts.onEngage) opts.onEngage(on); }
+    canvas.addEventListener('wheel', function (ev) {
+      var zoomKey = ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey;
+      if (!zoomKey && !engaged) return; // a plain wheel or a two-finger scroll passes through to the page
+      if (Math.abs(ev.deltaY) < 1) return;
+      ev.preventDefault(); zoom(ev.deltaY > 0 ? 1.15 : 1 / 1.15);
+    }, { passive: false });
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', function (ev) { if (ev.key === 'Escape' && engaged) engage(false); });
+    document.addEventListener('pointerdown', function (ev) { if (engaged && !canvas.contains(ev.target) && !(chip && chip.contains(ev.target))) engage(false); });
     var pinch = null;
     canvas.addEventListener('touchstart', function (ev) { if (ev.touches.length === 2) pinch = dist(ev.touches); }, { passive: true });
     canvas.addEventListener('touchmove', function (ev) { if (ev.touches.length === 2 && pinch) { var d = dist(ev.touches); if (Math.abs(d - pinch) > 12) { zoom(d > pinch ? 1 / 1.1 : 1.1); pinch = d; } } }, { passive: true });
@@ -216,7 +230,7 @@
     new MutationObserver(function () { readTheme(); kick(); }).observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['data-theme'] });
 
     readTheme(); size(); if (opts.poll !== false) { poll(); setInterval(poll, 2000); } kick();
-    return { push: push, setPaused: setPaused, zoom: zoom, getWindow: function () { return windowS; }, getState: function () { return { state: state, reason: reason }; }, redraw: kick, words: words };
+    return { push: push, setPaused: setPaused, zoom: zoom, engage: engage, getWindow: function () { return windowS; }, getState: function () { return { state: state, reason: reason }; }, redraw: kick, words: words };
   }
   root.IgneumDag = { mount: mount };
 })(window);
diff --git a/site/live.html b/site/live.html
index 8a7873687..586a6630e 100644
--- a/site/live.html
+++ b/site/live.html
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ h1,h2,h3{font-family:var(--f-display);margin:0;line-height:1.08;text-wrap:balanc
 .legend .lk{font-family:var(--f-mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--ash);min-width:64px}
 .legend span.txt{white-space:normal;display:inline;color:var(--ash)}
 .two{display:grid;gap:var(--gap);grid-template-columns:1fr;margin-top:var(--gap)}
+@media (min-width:900px){.two{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}}
 @media (min-width:900px){.two{grid-template-columns:1.1fr .9fr}}
 td.n{font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;text-align:right}th.n{text-align:right}
 .id{font-family:var(--f-mono);color:var(--molten)}
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ td.n{font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;text-align:right}th.n{text-align:right}
 .bar i{display:block;height:100%;background:var(--ember)}
 .feed{display:flex;flex-direction:column;margin-top:12px;font-family:var(--f-mono);font-size:13px;color:var(--ink-2)}
 .feed div{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:12px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);padding:9px 0;align-items:baseline}
+.feed div>span:first-child{overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;min-width:0}
+.lanes{display:flex;flex-direction:column;margin-top:12px}
+.lane{display:grid;grid-template-columns:84px minmax(0,1fr) 72px 64px;gap:12px;align-items:center;padding:8px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);font-family:var(--f-mono);font-size:13px;color:var(--ink-2)}
+.lane:last-child{border-bottom:0}
+.lane .n{text-align:right;white-space:nowrap}.lane .t{color:var(--ash);font-size:12px;text-align:right;white-space:nowrap}
+@media (max-width:480px){.lane{grid-template-columns:76px minmax(0,1fr) 60px}.lane .t{display:none}}
 .feed div:last-child{border-bottom:0}
 .feed .t{color:var(--ash);flex:0 0 auto;font-size:12px}
 .feed .k{color:var(--molten)}
@@ -175,7 +182,7 @@ main{padding-bottom:var(--sec)}
       <div class="state" id="dag-state"><span class="dot off"></span>connecting to the devnet observer</div>
       <div class="viz-stats mono"><span>on screen <b id="c-screen">0</b></span><span>chain <b id="c-chain">0</b></span><span>identities <b id="c-idents">0</b></span><span>last lock <b id="c-locked">pending</b></span><span>proven <b id="c-proven">pending</b></span></div>
     </div>
-    <div class="scene"><canvas id="dag" aria-label="The devnet's block DAG, live: blocks by time and miner lane, parent edges, the selected chain, checkpoint bands with their lock weight, proofs filling blocks as segments are paid"></canvas><div class="tip" id="dag-tip" hidden></div></div>
+    <div class="scene"><canvas id="dag" aria-label="The devnet's block DAG, live: blocks by time and miner lane, parent edges, the selected chain, checkpoint bands with their lock weight, proofs filling blocks as segments are paid"></canvas><div class="tip" id="dag-tip" hidden></div><div class="chip-zoom" id="dag-chip" hidden><span class="dot live"></span>scroll to zoom, Esc to release</div></div>
     <div class="legend">
       <span><i class="sw" style="border:2px solid var(--line-2)"></i>pending</span>
       <span><i class="sw" style="border:2px solid var(--bone)"></i>included</span><span><i class="sw" style="border:2px solid var(--ember)"></i>selected chain</span>
@@ -185,23 +192,19 @@ main{padding-bottom:var(--sec)}
       <span><i class="sw" style="width:0;height:12px;border-left:2px solid var(--ember);border-radius:0"></i>finality band, locked, with its weight</span>
       <span><i class="sw" style="width:0;height:12px;border-left:2px dashed var(--ember);border-radius:0;opacity:.5"></i>finality band, pending</span>
     </div>
-    <div class="scene-foot"><p class="note" style="margin:0"><span id="c-window">120 s of blocks on screen</span>. One lane per miner, the busiest first; the rest share the last lane. Hover or tap a block for its hash, miner, blue score, parents and proof state. Scroll or pinch to change the window; the page's <code>?window=</code> fixes it.</p><button type="button" class="btn small" id="dag-pause" aria-pressed="false">Pause</button></div>
+    <div class="scene-foot"><p class="note" style="margin:0"><span id="c-window">120 s of blocks on screen</span>. One lane per miner, the busiest first; the rest share the last lane. Hover or tap a block for its hash, miner, blue score, parents and proof state. Ctrl or cmd and scroll, a pinch, or a click into the scene then scroll, changes the window; the page's <code>?window=</code> fixes it.</p><button type="button" class="btn small" id="dag-pause" aria-pressed="false">Pause</button></div>
   </div>
 
   <div class="two">
     <div class="card">
-      <div class="viz-head"><h2>Miners</h2><div class="eyebrow">last 10 min</div></div>
-      <div class="tbl">
-        <table>
-          <thead><tr><th>Miner</th><th class="n">Blocks</th><th>Share</th><th>Last seen</th><th>Engine</th></tr></thead>
-          <tbody id="miners"><tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">No blocks in the last 10 minutes.</td></tr></tbody>
-        </table>
-      </div>
-      <p class="note">The short id is the first 8 hex characters of the vote key hash in each header. The engine is what the miner writes into the coinbase; the devnet miner writes nothing yet.</p>
+      <div class="viz-head"><h2>Miners</h2><div class="eyebrow" id="miners-count">last 10 min</div></div>
+      <div class="lanes" id="miners"><div class="empty">No blocks in the last 10 minutes.</div></div>
+      <p class="note" id="miners-more">Every vote key with a block in the last 10 minutes; a card runs several. The short id is the first 8 hex characters of the vote key hash in each header.</p>
     </div>
     <div class="card">
-      <div class="viz-head"><h2>Events</h2><div class="eyebrow">newest first</div></div>
+      <div class="viz-head"><h2>Events</h2><div class="eyebrow">the last five</div></div>
       <div class="feed" id="events"><div class="empty">No events yet.</div></div>
+      <p class="note" id="events-more">Checkpoint locks, miners going quiet and coming back, provers seen, as the observer records them.</p>
     </div>
   </div>
 
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ main{padding-bottom:var(--sec)}
   var dagCanvas=$('dag'),dag=null,lastD=null;
   function windowWord(w){return w+' s of blocks on screen';}
   function mountDag(){if(dag||!dagCanvas||!window.IgneumDag)return;
-    dag=IgneumDag.mount(dagCanvas,{poll:false,window:fixedWindow||120,tooltip:$('dag-tip'),pauseButton:$('dag-pause'),
+    dag=IgneumDag.mount(dagCanvas,{poll:false,window:fixedWindow||120,tooltip:$('dag-tip'),chip:$('dag-chip'),pauseButton:$('dag-pause'),
       onWindow:function(w){$('c-window').textContent=windowWord(w);},
       onState:function(st,reason){var el=$('dag-state');if(!el)return;el.className='state '+(st==='live'?'live':st==='failed'?'bad':'');el.innerHTML='<span class="dot '+(st==='live'?'live':st==='failed'?'bad':'off')+'"></span>'+(st==='live'?'live devnet':st==='connecting'?'connecting to the devnet observer':esc(reason||'live feed unavailable'));}});
     $('c-window').textContent=windowWord(dag.getWindow());if(lastD)dag.push(lastD);}
@@ -337,9 +340,15 @@ main{padding-bottom:var(--sec)}
     var hr=hashrate(s.hashes_per_second_estimate).split(' ');$('st-hps').innerHTML=hr.length>1?esc(hr[0])+'<small>'+esc(hr[1])+'</small>':esc(hr[0]);
     $('st-miners').textContent=s.miners_10m;$('st-peers').textContent=s.peers===null?'0':s.peers;$('st-mempool').textContent='mempool '+(s.mempool||0);
     var now=new Date(d.now).getTime();
-    if(d.miners.length){minersEl.innerHTML=d.miners.map(function(m){return '<tr><td><span class="id">'+esc(m.id)+'</span></td><td class="n">'+m.blocks+'</td><td><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px"><div class="bar" style="width:70px"><i style="width:'+m.share+'%"></i></div><span class="mono" style="font-size:12px">'+m.share+'%</span></div></td><td>'+rel(now-new Date(m.last_seen).getTime())+'</td><td>'+(m.engine?esc(m.engine):'<span style="color:var(--ash)">not reported</span>')+'</td></tr>';}).join('');}
-    else minersEl.innerHTML='<tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">No blocks in the last 10 minutes.</td></tr>';
-    if(d.events.length){eventsEl.innerHTML=d.events.map(function(e){return '<div><span><span class="k">'+esc(e.kind)+'</span> '+esc(e.text)+'</span><span class="t">'+rel(now-new Date(e.ts).getTime())+'</span></div>';}).join('');}
+    // miners: one compact strip, the top five lanes by blocks with a bar each, the rest as a count (the full table is the bench page's job)
+    if(d.miners.length){var top=d.miners.slice(0,5),max=Math.max(1,top[0].blocks),rest=d.miners.length-top.length;
+      $('miners-count').textContent=d.miners.length+' vote keys in 10 min';
+      minersEl.innerHTML=top.map(function(m){return '<div class="lane"><span class="id">'+esc(m.id)+'</span><div class="bar"><i style="width:'+Math.round(m.blocks/max*100)+'%"></i></div><span class="n">'+m.blocks+' blocks</span><span class="t">'+esc(rel(now-new Date(m.last_seen.replace(' ','T')).getTime()))+'</span></div>';}).join('');
+      $('miners-more').innerHTML=(rest>0?'and '+rest+' more. ':'')+'Every vote key with a block in the last 10 minutes; a card runs several. <a href="/miners">The GPU bench table</a> has the measured rates per card.';}
+    else{minersEl.innerHTML='<div class="empty">No blocks in the last 10 minutes.</div>';$('miners-count').textContent='last 10 min';}
+    // events: the last five, one line each
+    if(d.events.length){var ev5=d.events.slice(0,5);eventsEl.innerHTML=ev5.map(function(e){return '<div><span><span class="k">'+esc(e.kind.replace(/_/g,' '))+'</span> '+esc(e.text)+'</span><span class="t">'+rel(now-new Date(e.ts).getTime())+'</span></div>';}).join('');
+      $('events-more').textContent=(d.events.length>5?(d.events.length-5)+' more in the observer\'s last 30. ':'')+'Checkpoint locks, miners going quiet and coming back, provers seen, as the observer records them.';}
     else eventsEl.innerHTML='<div class="empty">No events yet.</div>';
     spark(s.blocks_per_minute);
     lastD=d;sceneCounters(d);if(dag)dag.push(d);
diff --git a/site/site.css b/site/site.css
index e39ee5d34..3500f2c5e 100644
--- a/site/site.css
+++ b/site/site.css
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ input:focus,select:focus,textarea:focus{border-color:var(--line-2)}
 .legend span{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px}
 .sw{width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;display:inline-block;flex:none}
 
+/* the engaged scene: a chip in the corner while the wheel zooms */
+.scene canvas.engaged{outline:2px solid var(--ember);outline-offset:-2px}
+.chip-zoom{position:absolute;right:12px;top:12px;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;background:var(--graphite);border:1px solid var(--line-2);border-radius:var(--r-pill);padding:5px 12px;font:500 var(--t-sm)/1.4 var(--f-mono);color:var(--ink-2);pointer-events:none}
+.chip-zoom[hidden]{display:none}
+
 /* ---------- 8. print ---------- */
 @media print{
   :root{--obsidian:#fff;--graphite:#fff;--row:#f3f3f3;--line:#bbb;--line-2:#999;--bone:#000;--ink-2:#111;--ash:#444;--ember:#B8390C;--ember-text:#B8390C;--molten-text:#8F5810}