diff --git a/asset/config/config.toml.tmpl b/asset/config/config.toml.tmpl
index eb2b87d..7e05ae3 100644
--- a/asset/config/config.toml.tmpl
+++ b/asset/config/config.toml.tmpl
@@ -242,14 +242,16 @@ max_gap_fill_blocks = 5000
 # `[[chains]]` entry above. "Quantus Staging Mainnet" is a different, staging
 # chain and remains deliberately unlabelled.
 
-# The NEAR sponsor for blackbeard wallets (#51, blackbeard/wallet#81). Off
-# while this stays commented out: its terms say `enabled: false` and its POSTs
-# answer 503. To turn it on:
-#   1. on bob, as blackbeard:
-#        blackbeard-cli near-sponsor-keygen /var/lib/blackbeard/near-sponsor.key
-#   2. register and fund blackbeard-observer.near, with that public key as its
-#      only access key;
-#   3. uncomment this, then restart.
+# The NEAR sponsor for blackbeard wallets (#51, blackbeard/wallet#81).
+# Commenting the section out turns it off: its terms then say
+# `enabled: false` and its POSTs answer 503. On since 2026-10-09:
+#   1. the key was made on bob, as blackbeard:
+#        blackbeard near-sponsor-keygen /var/lib/blackbeard/near-sponsor.key
+#      and only its public half ever left the host;
+#   2. blackbeard-observer.near was registered (tx At7zrH8T…) and its only key
+#      set to that one, the registrar's temporary ed25519 key deleted in the
+#      same transaction (tx 44Ex8w8g…);
+#   3. the operator funds it.
 # rpc_urls: gargravarr tracks the sponsor's shard (8) and every account it
 # creates. fee_bps is at most 50; the wallet refuses terms above that.
 # creation_deposit_yocto covers NEAR's storage for an account holding one
@@ -257,10 +259,12 @@ max_gap_fill_blocks = 5000
 # and a 42-byte b<…>.blackbeard-observer.near name adds 28, so about 210 bytes
 # at 1e19 yoctoNEAR each = 0.0021 NEAR. 0.0025 leaves room and nothing to farm.
 #
-# [near_sponsor]
-# account = "blackbeard-observer.near"
-# key_file = "/var/lib/blackbeard/near-sponsor.key"
-# rpc_urls = ["http://gargravarr.hanzalova.internal:24403", "https://rpc.mainnet.fastnear.com"]
-# fee_bps = 30
-# fee_recipient = "blackbeard-observer.near"
-# creation_deposit_yocto = "2500000000000000000000"
+[near_sponsor]
+account = "blackbeard-observer.near"
+key_file = "/var/lib/blackbeard/near-sponsor.key"
+rpc_urls = ["http://gargravarr.hanzalova.internal:24403", "https://rpc.mainnet.fastnear.com"]
+fee_bps = 30
+fee_recipient = "blackbeard-observer.near"
+creation_deposit_yocto = "2500000000000000000000"
+# 300 transactions a UTC day caps what the sponsor can burn at about 1 NEAR.
+daily_transactions = 300