diff --git a/src/impl/dgb/CMakeLists.txt b/src/impl/dgb/CMakeLists.txt
index b37d5c067..2d244a0ae 100644
--- a/src/impl/dgb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/impl/dgb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,25 @@
 if(COIN_DGB)
   message(STATUS "c2pool: DGB Scrypt-only coin module enabled (skeleton)")
   add_subdirectory(coin)
-  # add_subdirectory(daemon)
-  # add_subdirectory(test)
+
+  # impl_dgb pool/share-layer OBJECT lib (Phase B / B1). Mirrors the ltc OBJECT
+  # lib (dgb was ported verbatim from src/impl/ltc, Scrypt parent) per the
+  # ci-steward OBJECT-lib direct-naming convention (#22/#39). B1 is header-only,
+  # so b1_smoke.cpp is the sole compile unit giving the surface a whole-target
+  # build gate; real TUs (config_pool.cpp/node.cpp/protocol_actual.cpp/
+  # protocol_legacy.cpp) replace it as dgb-scrypt-steward lands them.
+  add_library(dgb OBJECT
+      b1_smoke.cpp
+      share_types.hpp share.hpp
+      share_tracker.hpp share_check.hpp share_messages.hpp
+      redistribute.hpp
+      config_coin.hpp config_pool.hpp
+      messages.hpp node.hpp peer.hpp
+      # auto_ratchet.hpp / donation_consensus.hpp: PILLAR 1/4, gated -- not compiled here
+  )
+
+  target_link_libraries(dgb core pool sharechain dgb_coin btclibs c2pool_storage ${SECP256K1_LIBRARIES})
+
+  # add_subdirectory(daemon)  # M3
+  # add_subdirectory(test)    # B-later: share_test references LTC types
 endif()
diff --git a/src/impl/dgb/b1_smoke.cpp b/src/impl/dgb/b1_smoke.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c1a4571d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/impl/dgb/b1_smoke.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// DGB Phase B (B1) sharechain-verify surface — compile-gate translation unit.
+//
+// The B1 surface (share_types / share / share_tracker / share_check /
+// share_messages / redistribute) is header-only at B1: each header passes
+// g++ -std=c++20 -fsyntax-only individually, but nothing instantiates them
+// inside a real translation unit, so a whole-target compile gate did not yet
+// exist. This TU gives the dgb OBJECT lib one compilable source so the surface
+// builds AS A UNIT (per-coin dgb smoke gate), turning header-graph breakage
+// into a build failure instead of latent rot.
+//
+// ci-steward build-gate scaffolding (dgb-tree-only). REMOVE this file once the
+// real dgb pool-layer translation units land (config_pool.cpp / node.cpp /
+// protocol_actual.cpp / protocol_legacy.cpp, owned by dgb-scrypt-steward) and
+// supply the OBJECT lib with genuine symbols.
+#include "share_types.hpp"
+#include "share.hpp"
+#include "share_tracker.hpp"
+#include "share_check.hpp"
+#include "share_messages.hpp"
+#include "redistribute.hpp"