diff --git a/src/components/post-feed/like-tip-modal.js b/src/components/post-feed/like-tip-modal.js
index 4d0af8b..d6e4c5f 100644
--- a/src/components/post-feed/like-tip-modal.js
+++ b/src/components/post-feed/like-tip-modal.js
@@ -40,12 +40,32 @@ function LikeTipModal ({ show, post, wallet, profiles = {}, onHide, onSuccess })
     setError('')
     setSubmitting(false)
 
-    const memoLike = new MemoLike({ wallet })
-    const page = new LikeTipPage({ memoLike })
-    const result = page.open(post.txid, post.addr)
-    if (!result.ok) {
-      setError(formatError(result))
+    let cancelled = false
+
+    const checkBalance = async () => {
+      try {
+        // Refresh the wallet's spendable UTXOs so the gating balance check is
+        // accurate against the live minimal-slp-wallet (which exposes
+        // wallet.utxos as a UtxoStore object, not an array).
+        if (typeof wallet.getUtxos === 'function') {
+          await wallet.getUtxos()
+        }
+        if (cancelled) return
+
+        const memoLike = new MemoLike({ wallet })
+        const page = new LikeTipPage({ memoLike })
+        const result = page.open(post.txid, post.addr)
+        if (!result.ok) {
+          setError(formatError(result))
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (!cancelled) setError(err.message)
+      }
     }
+
+    checkBalance()
+
+    return () => { cancelled = true }
   }, [show, post, wallet])
 
   async function handleSubmit () {
diff --git a/src/services/memo-like.js b/src/services/memo-like.js
index 78bb5fd..038ccf2 100644
--- a/src/services/memo-like.js
+++ b/src/services/memo-like.js
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ class MemoLike extends MemoAction {
   // used by different wallet adapters.
   getSpendableSats () {
     if (!this.wallet) return 0
-    const utxos = this.wallet.utxos || []
+    // minimal-slp-wallet exposes wallet.utxos as a UtxoStore object whose
+    // spendable BCH outputs live under utxoStore.bchUtxos, while the test and
+    // acceptance wallets use a plain array. Accept both shapes.
+    const utxos = Array.isArray(this.wallet.utxos)
+      ? this.wallet.utxos
+      : (this.wallet.utxos?.utxoStore?.bchUtxos || [])
     return utxos.reduce((sum, u) => {
       const value = u.value ?? u.satoshis ?? u.amount ?? 0
       return sum + value
diff --git a/test/unit/memo-like.test.js b/test/unit/memo-like.test.js
index a7c0c77..8030a0f 100644
--- a/test/unit/memo-like.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/memo-like.test.js
@@ -260,3 +260,27 @@ test('getSpendableSats returns 0 without a wallet or spendable values', () => {
   assert.equal(new MemoLike({ wallet: { utxos: undefined } }).getSpendableSats(), 0)
   assert.equal(new MemoLike({ wallet: { utxos: [{ txid: 'u1' }] } }).getSpendableSats(), 0)
 })
+
+test('getSpendableSats reads spendable BCH outputs from the wallet UtxoStore object', () => {
+  // minimal-slp-wallet exposes wallet.utxos as a UtxoStore object whose
+  // spendable BCH outputs live under utxoStore.bchUtxos.
+  const utxoStore = {
+    utxoStore: {
+      bchUtxos: [
+        { txid: 'u1', satoshis: 1500 },
+        { txid: 'u2', value: 2000 },
+        { txid: 'u3', satoshis: 2500 }
+      ],
+      slpUtxos: { type1: { tokens: [] }, nft: [] }
+    }
+  }
+  const wallet = fakeWallet({ utxos: utxoStore })
+
+  assert.equal(new MemoLike({ wallet }).getSpendableSats(), 6000)
+})
+
+test('getSpendableSats returns 0 for an empty UtxoStore object', () => {
+  const wallet = fakeWallet({ utxos: { utxoStore: { bchUtxos: [] } } })
+
+  assert.equal(new MemoLike({ wallet }).getSpendableSats(), 0)
+})