diff --git a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/handed.go b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/handed.go
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+package nodeengineclient
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/go/seats/nodeengine"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/seal"
+)
+
+// The adoption handing of novox/hq ADR 0547 clause 9 (issue 1945): the node-engine of the node holding mesh-broker
+// hands the bcrypt hashes of the bus accounts, in the bus module's have, sealed to the vault's own key (the seat's
+// AccountsHanded), so that of every reader of the have state the vault alone can open them. These are the two ends of
+// that box, which the node-engine and the vault both hold.
+
+// HandedAccount is one user of an AccountsHanded box, opened: the bus user and the bcrypt hash the loaded list carries.
+type HandedAccount struct {
+	User string `json:"user"`
+	Hash string `json:"hash"`
+}
+
+// KeyFingerprint is a public key's fingerprint as a handing names it: `sha256:<hex>` of its PEM, without the space
+// around it.
+func KeyFingerprint(publicPEM string) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(strings.TrimSpace(publicPEM)))
+	return "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+}
+
+// bcryptHash is the form of a bcrypt hash: version, cost, and 53 characters of salt and digest.
+var bcryptHash = regexp.MustCompile(`^\$2[abxy]?\$[0-9]{2}\$[./A-Za-z0-9]{53}$`)
+
+// IsBcrypt says whether s has the form of a bcrypt hash.
+func IsBcrypt(s string) bool { return bcryptHash.MatchString(s) }
+
+// HandAccounts seals the accounts to the vault's public key (SPKI PEM) as the handing of the list whose digest is from.
+func HandAccounts(accounts []HandedAccount, vaultPEM, from string, at time.Time) (seat.AccountsHanded, error) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(vaultPEM) == "" {
+		return seat.AccountsHanded{}, errors.New("node-engine: no vault key to seal the handed accounts to")
+	}
+	body, err := json.Marshal(accounts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return seat.AccountsHanded{}, err
+	}
+	box, err := seal.Seal(string(body), vaultPEM)
+	if err != nil {
+		return seat.AccountsHanded{}, fmt.Errorf("node-engine: the handed accounts could not be sealed to the vault's key: %w", err)
+	}
+	return seat.AccountsHanded{From: from, To: KeyFingerprint(vaultPEM), Users: int64(len(accounts)),
+		Box: seat.SealedBox{Ct: box.Ct, Eph: box.Eph, Iv: box.IV, Tag: box.Tag, V: int64(box.V)}, At: at.UTC()}, nil
+}
+
+// OpenHanded opens a handing with the vault's private key (PEM), refusing one sealed to another key than publicPEM's
+// and a box that does not hold as many users as it says.
+func OpenHanded(h seat.AccountsHanded, publicPEM, privatePEM string) ([]HandedAccount, error) {
+	if h.To != KeyFingerprint(publicPEM) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("node-engine: the handing is sealed to the key %s, not to this one (%s)", h.To, KeyFingerprint(publicPEM))
+	}
+	plain, err := seal.Open(seal.Box{V: int(h.Box.V), Eph: h.Box.Eph, IV: h.Box.Iv, Tag: h.Box.Tag, Ct: h.Box.Ct}, privatePEM)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("node-engine: the handing does not open: %w", err)
+	}
+	var out []HandedAccount
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(plain), &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("node-engine: the handing holds no accounts: %w", err)
+	}
+	if int64(len(out)) != h.Users {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("node-engine: the handing says %d users and holds %d", h.Users, len(out))
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/handed_test.go b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/handed_test.go
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+package nodeengineclient
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/seal"
+)
+
+// A handing is sealed to the vault's key and opened with it alone; another key, a wrong count and a plain value are refused.
+func TestAHandingOpensWithTheVaultsKeyAlone(t *testing.T) {
+	vault, err := seal.GenerateKeyPair()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	other, err := seal.GenerateKeyPair()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	hash := "$2a$10$" + strings.Repeat("a", 53)
+	accounts := []HandedAccount{{User: "a", Hash: hash}, {User: "b", Hash: hash}}
+	h, err := HandAccounts(accounts, vault.PublicKey, "sha256:list", time.Date(2026, 11, 5, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.FixedZone("x", 3600)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if h.Users != 2 || h.To != KeyFingerprint(vault.PublicKey) || h.At.Location() != time.UTC {
+		t.Errorf("handing = %+v", h)
+	}
+	got, err := OpenHanded(h, vault.PublicKey, vault.PrivateKey)
+	if err != nil || len(got) != 2 || got[1].User != "b" {
+		t.Errorf("opened %v, %v", got, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := OpenHanded(h, other.PublicKey, other.PrivateKey); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a handing sealed to the vault opened for another key")
+	}
+	h.Users = 3
+	if _, err := OpenHanded(h, vault.PublicKey, vault.PrivateKey); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a handing that says 3 users and holds 2 was opened")
+	}
+	if !IsBcrypt(hash) || IsBcrypt("plain") {
+		t.Error("IsBcrypt")
+	}
+	if _, err := HandAccounts(accounts, " ", "x", time.Now()); err == nil {
+		t.Error("sealed to no key")
+	}
+}