diff --git a/app/src/main/assets/pombo_bridge.html b/app/src/main/assets/pombo_bridge.html
index 06fbbf9..1b42c27 100644
--- a/app/src/main/assets/pombo_bridge.html
+++ b/app/src/main/assets/pombo_bridge.html
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 // Ethereum mainnet RPCs for ENS reverse lookup (same list as the web config).
 const ENS_RPCS = [
     'https://ethereum-rpc.publicnode.com',
-    'https://eth.drpc.org',
-    'https://cloudflare-eth.com'
+    'https://eth.drpc.org'
 ];
 // K-anonymity decoys per reverse lookup (web CONFIG.identity.ensDecoyCount).
 // Kept at 2 because the free ENS tiers 429 easily: cover fires once per
@@ -1773,13 +1772,18 @@
         // multiplies the request count until the free tiers answer HTTP 429
         // (identity.js _doResolveENS learned this the hard way).
         var coverUsed = false;
+        var answered = false;
         for (var i = 0; i < ensProviders.length; i++) {
             try {
                 var name = await api._lookupWithDecoys(ensProviders[i], addr, !coverUsed);
                 coverUsed = true;
+                answered = true;
                 if (name) return { name: name };
             } catch (e) { /* try the next provider */ }
         }
+        // EnsStore keeps a null for a day only when a provider said so; a
+        // lookup that no provider answered must fail instead.
+        if (!answered) throw new Error('no ENS provider answered');
         return { name: null };
     },
 
@@ -2644,6 +2648,33 @@
 
     _gateInfoCache: new Map(), // gate -> { info|null, at }; null = not v3
 
+    // Contract facts that cannot change (a gate's initialize parameters, a
+    // token's symbol and decimals), kept in this page's localStorage. Public
+    // chain data, so shared by every account on the device.
+    _CHAIN_FACTS_KEY: 'pombo_chain_facts',
+    _CHAIN_FACTS_MAX: 500,
+    _chainFacts(kind) {
+        try {
+            const all = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(api._CHAIN_FACTS_KEY) || '{}');
+            return (all && all[kind]) || {};
+        } catch (e) {
+            return {};
+        }
+    },
+    _rememberChainFact(kind, address, value) {
+        try {
+            const all = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(api._CHAIN_FACTS_KEY) || '{}') || {};
+            const bucket = all[kind] || (all[kind] = {});
+            delete bucket[address];
+            bucket[address] = value;
+            const keys = Object.keys(bucket);
+            for (let i = 0; i < keys.length - api._CHAIN_FACTS_MAX; i++) delete bucket[keys[i]];
+            localStorage.setItem(api._CHAIN_FACTS_KEY, JSON.stringify(all));
+        } catch (e) {
+            // Storage full or unavailable: the facts are read from the chain again.
+        }
+    },
+
     // { gate, fresh? } -> { owner, mode, token, minBalance, price, duration,
     // wireIdentity, wireIdentityName, readOnly }. TTL'd: price/duration are
     // owner-mutable in v3. A revert means a pre-v3 clone — unsupported by
@@ -2656,23 +2687,38 @@
             if (cached.info === null) throw new Error('gate is not v3 (unsupported)');
             return cached.info;
         }
+        // Only price and duration are read once a gate's initialize parameters
+        // are known: PomboGate sets the other six in initialize and never again.
+        const known = api._chainFacts('gates')[key];
+        const withFixed = function (f, price, duration) {
+            return {
+                owner: f.owner, mode: f.mode, token: f.token, minBalance: f.minBalance,
+                price: String(price), duration: String(duration),
+                wireIdentity: f.wireIdentity,
+                wireIdentityName: f.wireIdentity === 1 ? 'sealed' : 'visible',
+                readOnly: f.readOnly
+            };
+        };
         let info;
         try {
             info = await api._gateWithProvider(async function () {
                 const gate = api._gateRead(a.gate);
+                if (known) {
+                    const pd = await Promise.all([gate.price(), gate.duration()]);
+                    return withFixed(known, pd[0], pd[1]);
+                }
                 const r = await Promise.all([
                     gate.owner(), gate.mode(), gate.token(),
                     gate.minBalance(), gate.price(), gate.duration(),
                     gate.wireIdentity(), gate.readOnly()
                 ]);
-                return {
+                const fixed = {
                     owner: String(r[0]).toLowerCase(), mode: Number(r[1]),
                     token: String(r[2]).toLowerCase(), minBalance: String(r[3]),
-                    price: String(r[4]), duration: String(r[5]),
-                    wireIdentity: Number(r[6]),
-                    wireIdentityName: Number(r[6]) === 1 ? 'sealed' : 'visible',
-                    readOnly: !!r[7]
+                    wireIdentity: Number(r[6]), readOnly: !!r[7]
                 };
+                api._rememberChainFact('gates', key, fixed);
+                return withFixed(fixed, r[4], r[5]);
             });
         } catch (e) {
             if (e && e.code === 'CALL_EXCEPTION') {
@@ -2802,19 +2848,33 @@
 
     // { token } -> { symbol, decimals|null } — null decimals = ERC-721
     // collection (the getter does not exist there), render whole units.
+    _gateTokenMetaPending: new Map(), // token -> Promise, so concurrent first reads share one
     async gateTokenMeta(a) {
         const key = String(a.token).toLowerCase();
         if (api._gateTokenMetaCache.has(key)) return api._gateTokenMetaCache.get(key);
-        const meta = await api._gateWithProvider(async function () {
+        const stored = api._chainFacts('tokens')[key];
+        if (stored) {
+            api._gateTokenMetaCache.set(key, stored);
+            return stored;
+        }
+        if (api._gateTokenMetaPending.has(key)) return api._gateTokenMetaPending.get(key);
+        const pending = api._gateWithProvider(async function () {
             const token = api._gateReadToken(a.token);
+            let readBoth = true;
             const r = await Promise.all([
-                token.symbol().catch(function () { return key.slice(0, 6) + '…' + key.slice(-4); }),
-                token.decimals().then(function (d) { return Number(d); }).catch(function () { return null; })
+                token.symbol().catch(function () { readBoth = false; return key.slice(0, 6) + '…' + key.slice(-4); }),
+                token.decimals().then(function (d) { return Number(d); }).catch(function () { readBoth = false; return null; })
             ]);
-            return { symbol: r[0], decimals: r[1] };
-        });
-        api._gateTokenMetaCache.set(key, meta);
-        return meta;
+            return { meta: { symbol: r[0], decimals: r[1] }, readBoth: readBoth };
+        }).then(function (res) {
+            api._gateTokenMetaCache.set(key, res.meta);
+            // A fallback symbol or a missing decimals may be a failed read, not
+            // the token's answer (an ERC-721 has no decimals), so neither is kept.
+            if (res.readBoth) api._rememberChainFact('tokens', key, res.meta);
+            return res.meta;
+        }).finally(function () { api._gateTokenMetaPending.delete(key); });
+        api._gateTokenMetaPending.set(key, pending);
+        return pending;
     },
 
     // { token, user } -> { balance } string bigint (ERC-721 = owned count)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/ChannelManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/ChannelManager.kt
index 6b0eca7..8a3c3eb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/ChannelManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/ChannelManager.kt
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ class ChannelManager(
                         .optStringOrNull("name")
                 } catch (e: Exception) {
                     Log.w("PomboEns", "resolveEns bridge call failed for $address: ${e.message}")
-                    null
+                    throw e
                 }
             }
             Log.d("PomboEns", "name ${address.take(10)}… -> $name")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStore.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStore.kt
index 21d6e2b..eedbdd8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStore.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStore.kt
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ import java.io.File
  *
  *  - persisted (the web writes `pombo_ens_<addr>` / `pombo_ens_avatar_<addr>`
  *    to localStorage, so a reload resolves nothing);
- *  - positive results cached for 24h, negatives for 15 minutes, so a transient
- *    RPC failure retries soon instead of sticking for the whole session;
+ *  - names, and a "no name" a provider answered, cached for 24h; a lookup no
+ *    provider answered is kept for 15 minutes, so a transient RPC failure
+ *    retries soon instead of sticking for the whole session;
  *  - in-flight de-duplication that SHARES the result: concurrent callers await
  *    the same lookup rather than skipping it.
  */
 class EnsStore(context: Context) {
 
-    private class Entry(val value: String?, val at: Long)
+    /** [confirmed]: a null that a lookup returned, not one a failure left behind. */
+    private class Entry(val value: String?, val at: Long, val confirmed: Boolean = false)
 
     private val names = HashMap<String, Entry>()
     private val avatars = HashMap<String, Entry>()
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class EnsStore(context: Context) {
                 // being read, and such an entry carries a newer timestamp than
                 // anything on disk. Each side is compared on its own clock.
                 if (at > (names[addr]?.at ?: Long.MIN_VALUE)) {
-                    names[addr] = Entry(name, at)
+                    names[addr] = Entry(name, at, o.optBoolean("nameConfirmed", false))
                     if (name != null) loadedNames[addr] = name else clearedNames += addr
                 }
                 if (avatarAt > (avatars[addr]?.at ?: Long.MIN_VALUE)) {
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ class EnsStore(context: Context) {
 
     private fun fresh(entry: Entry?): Boolean {
         if (entry == null) return false
-        val ttl = if (entry.value != null) POSITIVE_TTL_MS else NEGATIVE_TTL_MS
+        val ttl = if (entry.value != null || entry.confirmed) POSITIVE_TTL_MS else NEGATIVE_TTL_MS
         return System.currentTimeMillis() - entry.at < ttl
     }
 
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ class EnsStore(context: Context) {
         synchronized(nameInflight) { nameInflight[key] = deferred }
         return try {
             val value = lookup()
-            names[key] = Entry(value, System.currentTimeMillis())
+            names[key] = Entry(value, System.currentTimeMillis(), confirmed = true)
             if (value != null) _resolved.value = _resolved.value + (key to value)
             persist()
             deferred.complete(value)
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ class EnsStore(context: Context) {
 
     /**
      * The web's `ensCache` sync slice: `{ address: { name, timestamp } }`.
-     * Positive resolutions only — negatives expire in 15 minutes and would
+     * Positive resolutions only — a "no name" is cheap to re-learn and would
      * just bloat every payload.
      */
     fun exportSyncSlice(): JSONObject {
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ class EnsStore(context: Context) {
                 val a = avatars[addr]
                 root.put(addr, JSONObject()
                     .put("name", n?.value ?: JSONObject.NULL)
+                    .put("nameConfirmed", n?.confirmed ?: false)
                     .put("avatar", a?.value ?: JSONObject.NULL)
                     .put("at", n?.at ?: 0L)
                     .put("avatarAt", a?.at ?: 0L))
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/BridgeChainReadCacheTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/BridgeChainReadCacheTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc6b1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/BridgeChainReadCacheTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.pombo.android.core
+
+import java.io.File
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * The bridge page runs in the WebView and has no test runner of its own, so
+ * what is checked here is the shipped asset (same approach as
+ * BridgeWriteConfirmTest).
+ */
+class BridgeChainReadCacheTest {
+
+    private val asset = File("src/main/assets/pombo_bridge.html").readText()
+
+    private fun body(name: String): String {
+        val start = asset.indexOf("async $name(")
+        assertTrue("$name is gone from the bridge", start >= 0)
+        val next = asset.indexOf("\n    async ", start + 1)
+        return asset.substring(start, if (next > 0) next else asset.length)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a known gate is read for price and duration only`() {
+        val info = body("gateInfo")
+        assertTrue(info.contains("api._chainFacts('gates')"))
+        assertTrue(info.contains("Promise.all([gate.price(), gate.duration()])"))
+        assertTrue(info.contains("api._rememberChainFact('gates'"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `token metadata is kept only when both getters answered, and first reads are shared`() {
+        val meta = body("gateTokenMeta")
+        assertTrue(meta.contains("api._gateTokenMetaPending"))
+        assertTrue(meta.contains("if (res.readBoth) api._rememberChainFact('tokens'"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an ENS lookup no provider answered fails instead of reading as no name`() {
+        assertTrue(body("resolveEns").contains("if (!answered) throw new Error('no ENS provider answered')"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `the dead ENS endpoint is gone`() {
+        assertFalse(asset.contains("cloudflare-eth.com"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStoreTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStoreTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86142d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/pombo/android/core/EnsStoreTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.pombo.android.core
+
+import android.content.Context
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.json.JSONObject
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
+import java.io.File
+
+class EnsStoreTest {
+
+    @get:Rule val dir = TemporaryFolder()
+
+    private val context: Context = mockk { every { filesDir } answers { dir.root } }
+    private val cacheFile get() = File(dir.root, "ens-cache.json")
+    private val twentyMinutesAgo get() = System.currentTimeMillis() - 20 * 60 * 1000L
+
+    private fun storeOnDisk(entry: JSONObject) =
+        cacheFile.writeText(JSONObject().put("0xabc", entry).toString())
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a no-name the lookup returned is stored as confirmed`() = runBlocking {
+        assertNull(EnsStore(context).name("0xABC") { null })
+        assertTrue(JSONObject(cacheFile.readText()).getJSONObject("0xabc").getBoolean("nameConfirmed"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a confirmed no-name is not looked up again within the day`() = runBlocking {
+        storeOnDisk(JSONObject().put("name", JSONObject.NULL).put("nameConfirmed", true).put("at", twentyMinutesAgo))
+        val store = EnsStore(context).apply { warmUp() }
+        var lookups = 0
+        assertNull(store.name("0xabc") { lookups++; "late.eth" })
+        assertEquals(0, lookups)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a no-name nobody confirmed is looked up again after fifteen minutes`() = runBlocking {
+        storeOnDisk(JSONObject().put("name", JSONObject.NULL).put("at", twentyMinutesAgo))
+        val store = EnsStore(context).apply { warmUp() }
+        assertEquals("found.eth", store.name("0xabc") { "found.eth" })
+    }
+}