diff --git a/src/impl/dgb/coin/template_builder.hpp b/src/impl/dgb/coin/template_builder.hpp
index ccacfb00f..64e4a36c2 100644
--- a/src/impl/dgb/coin/template_builder.hpp
+++ b/src/impl/dgb/coin/template_builder.hpp
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ class CoinNodeInterface {
 // NON-CONSENSUS: this function only SHAPES values; it never derives or alters
 // the consensus-bearing coinbasevalue. That value is computed by the caller
 // through the #207 resolve_coinbase_value -> subsidy_func SSOT and passed in
-// verbatim. The builder fabricates nothing: transactions[] stays empty
-// (embedded mempool tx selection is not wired, fees stay 0), previousblockhash
+// verbatim. The builder fabricates nothing: transactions[] is a caller-supplied
+// pass-through (empty by default until a mempool tx source is wired -- truthful
+// absence, never a fabricated tx; the fee total is folded into coinbasevalue
+// UPSTREAM via resolve_coinbase_value, not here), previousblockhash
 // is emitted ONLY when the caller supplies a real tip hash (truthful absence,
 // never a fabricated id), and `bits` is held back entirely -- DGB Core's live
 // next-target is MultiShield V4 (a global 5-algo window == V37), so a
@@ -96,6 +98,16 @@ struct WorkTemplateInputs {
     // caller (work source: u256_be_display_hex). nullopt -> previousblockhash
     // omitted from the template.
     std::optional<std::string> previousblockhash;
+    // GBT transactions[] array, already shaped by the caller (per-tx
+    // {data,txid,hash,fee} objects, the same shape btc's template_builder
+    // emits). The builder passes it through VERBATIM and shapes nothing -- the
+    // identical truthful-absence discipline as previousblockhash: it defaults
+    // to an empty array, so a caller that has wired no transaction source (the
+    // current embedded + stratum paths) emits an empty transactions[] and
+    // fabricates nothing. The fee total those txs carry is folded into
+    // coinbasevalue UPSTREAM via resolve_coinbase_value(total_fees) (#207 SSOT);
+    // the builder never derives the reward, so this field is display-only shape.
+    nlohmann::json transactions = nlohmann::json::array();
 };
 
 inline nlohmann::json build_work_template(const WorkTemplateInputs& in)
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ inline nlohmann::json build_work_template(const WorkTemplateInputs& in)
     tmpl["version"]       = version;
     tmpl["curtime"]       = in.curtime;
     tmpl["mintime"]       = mintime;
-    tmpl["transactions"]  = nlohmann::json::array();
+    tmpl["transactions"]  = in.transactions;  // caller-supplied; empty by default
 
     // previousblockhash: truthful conditional emit (see struct notes).
     if (in.previousblockhash)
diff --git a/src/impl/dgb/test/template_builder_test.cpp b/src/impl/dgb/test/template_builder_test.cpp
index 8b21422aa..691f5e4dc 100644
--- a/src/impl/dgb/test/template_builder_test.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/dgb/test/template_builder_test.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ TEST(DgbTemplateBuilder, EmptyChainMintimeIsZero)
     EXPECT_EQ(t.at("mintime").get<int64_t>(), 0);
 }
 
-// transactions[] is always an empty array (embedded tx selection unwired);
+// transactions[] is an empty array BY DEFAULT (no tx source wired into the
+// inputs); bits is NEVER emitted (MultiShield V4 next-target is V37 -- the
 // bits is NEVER emitted (MultiShield V4 next-target is V37 — a Scrypt-only
 // walk would be a known-wrong difficulty).
 TEST(DgbTemplateBuilder, EmptyTransactionsAndNoBits)
@@ -112,6 +113,34 @@ TEST(DgbTemplateBuilder, PreviousblockhashConditionalEmit)
     EXPECT_FALSE(without.contains("previousblockhash"));
 }
 
+// transactions[] is a caller-supplied pass-through: a shaped array round-trips
+// into the template VERBATIM (the seam a wired mempool source emits through),
+// while an unset input stays an empty array (truthful absence by default). This
+// is the same conditional-shape contract previousblockhash holds.
+TEST(DgbTemplateBuilder, TransactionsPassThroughVerbatim)
+{
+    auto in = make_inputs();
+    nlohmann::json tx = nlohmann::json::object();
+    tx["data"] = "0100000001abcd";
+    tx["txid"] = std::string(64, '1');
+    tx["hash"] = std::string(64, '1');
+    tx["fee"]  = 4200;
+    in.transactions = nlohmann::json::array();
+    in.transactions.push_back(tx);
+
+    auto t = build_work_template(in);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(t.at("transactions").is_array());
+    ASSERT_EQ(t.at("transactions").size(), 1u);
+    // byte-identical pass-through: the builder shapes nothing of its own.
+    EXPECT_EQ(t.at("transactions").dump(), in.transactions.dump());
+    EXPECT_EQ(t.at("transactions")[0].at("fee").get<int64_t>(), 4200);
+
+    // Unset -> empty array (default): never absent, never fabricated.
+    auto def = build_work_template(make_inputs());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(def.at("transactions").is_array());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(def.at("transactions").empty());
+}
+
 // Divergence guard: identical inputs -> byte-identical template. This is the
 // whole point of the SSOT — the work source and embedded path cannot diverge.
 TEST(DgbTemplateBuilder, DeterministicForIdenticalInputs)