diff --git a/apps/api/src/recovery/classifier.ts b/apps/api/src/recovery/classifier.ts
index cf45ed4..e80b476 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/recovery/classifier.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/recovery/classifier.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { base58check } from "@scure/base";
 export type CounterpartyMultisigLayout = "historical-1-of-2" | "current-1-of-3";
 export type RecoveryClassification = "recoverable" | "spent" | "ambiguous" | "unsupported" | "invalid" | "unverified";
 
-export const RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION = 1;
+export const RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION = 2;
 
 export interface ParsedBareMultisig {
   requiredSignatures: number;
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ export interface RecoveryDecision {
   parsed?: ParsedBareMultisig;
 }
 
+export interface RecoveryTransactionOutputEvidence {
+  vout: number;
+  scriptPubkeyHex: string;
+  spent?: boolean;
+}
+
 const hexPattern = /^[0-9a-f]+$/i;
 const check = base58check(sha256);
 const defaultCounterpartyPrefix = new TextEncoder().encode("CNTRPRTY");
@@ -192,3 +198,75 @@ export function classifyRecovery(evidence: RecoveryEvidence): RecoveryDecision {
     parsed,
   };
 }
+
+function classifyVerifiedOwner(output: RecoveryTransactionOutputEvidence, firstInputTxid?: string): RecoveryDecision {
+  const evidence = {
+    scriptPubkeyHex: output.scriptPubkeyHex,
+    firstInputTxid,
+    spent: output.spent,
+  };
+  const provisional = classifyRecovery(evidence);
+  if (provisional.classification !== "ambiguous" || !provisional.derivedAddress) return provisional;
+  return classifyRecovery({ ...evidence, expectedAddress: provisional.derivedAddress });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Classify every candidate in one Bitcoin transaction.
+ *
+ * Legacy Counterparty decoded 1-of-2 data by concatenating every data-shaped output and checking
+ * `CNTRPRTY` once at the start of the combined payload. Consequently only the first output carries
+ * independently verifiable provenance. A later output may inherit that proof only when an earlier,
+ * independently verified historical output contains the exact same real recovery pubkey and every
+ * inherited output is the next vout in that uninterrupted same-key run. The script remains
+ * independently signable: it is still 1-of-2 and contains that curve-valid key.
+ *
+ * Decisions are returned in the same order as `outputs`; vout ordering is used only while proving
+ * that an anchor precedes a continuation.
+ */
+export function classifyRecoveryTransaction(
+  outputs: RecoveryTransactionOutputEvidence[],
+  firstInputTxid?: string,
+): RecoveryDecision[] {
+  const entries = outputs.map((output, index) => ({
+    index,
+    output,
+    decision: classifyVerifiedOwner(output, firstInputTxid),
+  }));
+  const historicalRunEndByKey = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  for (const entry of [...entries].sort((left, right) => left.output.vout - right.output.vout)) {
+    const { decision, output } = entry;
+    if (
+      decision.layout === "historical-1-of-2" &&
+      decision.recoveryKeyHex &&
+      (decision.classification === "recoverable" || decision.classification === "spent")
+    ) {
+      historicalRunEndByKey.set(decision.recoveryKeyHex, output.vout);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const parsed = decision.parsed;
+    if (decision.classification !== "unverified" || parsed?.requiredSignatures !== 1 || parsed.publicKeyCount !== 2) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const recoveryKeyHex = parsed.keyDataHex[0];
+    if (historicalRunEndByKey.get(recoveryKeyHex) !== output.vout - 1) continue;
+    const derivedAddress = p2pkhAddress(recoveryKeyHex);
+    if (!derivedAddress) continue;
+
+    entry.decision = {
+      classification: output.spent ? "spent" : "recoverable",
+      reason: output.spent
+        ? "verified-historical-continuation-output-already-spent"
+        : "verified-historical-continuation-output",
+      layout: "historical-1-of-2",
+      recoveryKeyHex,
+      recoveryKeyPosition: 0,
+      derivedAddress,
+      parsed,
+    };
+    historicalRunEndByKey.set(recoveryKeyHex, output.vout);
+  }
+
+  return entries.sort((left, right) => left.index - right.index).map((entry) => entry.decision);
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/recovery/import.ts b/apps/api/src/recovery/import.ts
index db57e4e..bc39e76 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/recovery/import.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/recovery/import.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import type { Env } from "#api/env";
-import {
-  RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION,
-  classifyRecovery,
-  p2pkhAddress,
-  parseBareMultisig,
-  verifyCounterpartyLayout,
-} from "#api/recovery/classifier";
+import { RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION, classifyRecoveryTransaction, parseBareMultisig } from "#api/recovery/classifier";
 import { parseRecoveryTransaction } from "#api/recovery/raw-transaction";
 
 export interface RecoveryImportOutput {
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@ export async function batchRecoveryStatements(
 // about spends, so its rows always say classification='recoverable', spent_by_txid=NULL. Preserve a
 // settled spend rather than letting a cursor rewind resurrect an output its owner already recovered.
 // An importer that does supply spend evidence still wins, which only the explicit import path does.
-const SPEND_ALREADY_SETTLED = `recovery_outputs.classification='spent' AND excluded.spent_by_txid IS NULL`;
+const SPEND_ALREADY_SETTLED = `recovery_outputs.spent_by_txid IS NOT NULL AND excluded.spent_by_txid IS NULL`;
 const keepSpend = (column: string) =>
   `${column}=CASE WHEN ${SPEND_ALREADY_SETTLED} THEN recovery_outputs.${column} ELSE excluded.${column} END`;
 
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ export async function importRecoveryTransactions(env: Env, rows: RecoveryImportT
       }),
     );
 
-    for (const candidate of row.outputs) {
+    const validated = row.outputs.map((candidate) => {
       if (!Number.isSafeInteger(candidate.vout) || candidate.vout < 0) throw new Error("invalid output index");
       if (!Number.isSafeInteger(candidate.value_sats) || candidate.value_sats < 0)
         throw new Error("invalid output value");
@@ -91,19 +85,24 @@ export async function importRecoveryTransactions(env: Env, rows: RecoveryImportT
       const parsed = parseBareMultisig(scriptPubkeyHex);
       if (!parsed || parsed.requiredSignatures !== 1 || (parsed.publicKeyCount !== 2 && parsed.publicKeyCount !== 3))
         throw new Error(`unsupported recovery candidate: ${expectedTxid}:${candidate.vout}`);
-      const structuralLayout = parsed.publicKeyCount === 2 ? "historical-1-of-2" : "current-1-of-3";
-      const verifiedLayout = verifyCounterpartyLayout(parsed, transaction.firstInputTxid);
-      const recoveryKeyPosition = verifiedLayout ? (verifiedLayout === "historical-1-of-2" ? 0 : 2) : null;
-      const recoveryKeyHex = recoveryKeyPosition == null ? null : parsed.keyDataHex[recoveryKeyPosition];
-      const recoveryAddress = recoveryKeyHex ? p2pkhAddress(recoveryKeyHex) : null;
-      const decision = recoveryAddress
-        ? classifyRecovery({
-            scriptPubkeyHex,
-            firstInputTxid: transaction.firstInputTxid,
-            expectedAddress: recoveryAddress,
-            spent: !!candidate.spent_by_txid,
-          })
-        : { classification: "unverified" as const, reason: "counterparty-provenance-not-verified" };
+      return {
+        candidate,
+        scriptPubkeyHex,
+        structuralLayout: parsed.publicKeyCount === 2 ? ("historical-1-of-2" as const) : ("current-1-of-3" as const),
+      };
+    });
+    const decisions = classifyRecoveryTransaction(
+      validated.map(({ candidate, scriptPubkeyHex }) => ({
+        vout: candidate.vout,
+        scriptPubkeyHex,
+        spent: !!candidate.spent_by_txid,
+      })),
+      transaction.firstInputTxid,
+    );
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < validated.length; index++) {
+      const { candidate, scriptPubkeyHex, structuralLayout } = validated[index]!;
+      const decision = decisions[index]!;
 
       statements.push(
         upsert.bind(
@@ -112,9 +111,9 @@ export async function importRecoveryTransactions(env: Env, rows: RecoveryImportT
           candidate.value_sats,
           scriptPubkeyHex,
           structuralLayout,
-          recoveryKeyHex,
-          recoveryKeyPosition,
-          recoveryAddress,
+          decision.recoveryKeyHex ?? null,
+          decision.recoveryKeyPosition ?? null,
+          decision.derivedAddress ?? null,
           decision.classification,
           decision.reason,
           candidate.block_height ?? null,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/recovery/reclassify.ts b/apps/api/src/recovery/reclassify.ts
index 452096f..7313ffb 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/recovery/reclassify.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/recovery/reclassify.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Env } from "#api/env";
 import { RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION } from "#api/recovery/classifier";
-import { importRecoveryTransactions } from "#api/recovery/import";
+import { importRecoveryTransactions, type RecoveryImportOutput } from "#api/recovery/import";
 import { recoveryCandidates } from "#api/recovery/scanner";
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ interface OutdatedTransactionRow {
   block_time: number | null;
 }
 
+interface ExistingSpendRow {
+  vout: number;
+  spent_by_txid: string;
+  spent_height: number | null;
+}
+
+export function retainRecoverySpendEvidence(
+  candidates: RecoveryImportOutput[],
+  existingSpends: ExistingSpendRow[],
+): RecoveryImportOutput[] {
+  const byVout = new Map(existingSpends.map((row) => [row.vout, row]));
+  return candidates.map((candidate) => {
+    if (candidate.spent_by_txid) return candidate;
+    const existing = byVout.get(candidate.vout);
+    return existing
+      ? { ...candidate, spent_by_txid: existing.spent_by_txid, spent_height: existing.spent_height }
+      : candidate;
+  });
+}
+
 export async function reclassifyRecoveryOutputs(
   env: Env,
   transactionLimit = 25,
@@ -50,8 +70,19 @@ export async function reclassifyRecoveryOutputs(
       missing++;
       continue;
     }
-    const rawHex = await object.text();
-    const candidates = recoveryCandidates(rawHex, row.block_height ?? 0, row.block_time);
+    const [rawHex, existingSpends] = await Promise.all([
+      object.text(),
+      env.RECOVERY_DB.prepare(
+        `SELECT vout,spent_by_txid,spent_height FROM recovery_outputs
+          WHERE txid=? AND spent_by_txid IS NOT NULL`,
+      )
+        .bind(row.txid)
+        .all<ExistingSpendRow>(),
+    ]);
+    const candidates = retainRecoverySpendEvidence(
+      recoveryCandidates(rawHex, row.block_height ?? 0, row.block_time),
+      existingSpends.results,
+    );
     if (candidates.length === 0) continue;
     outputs += await importRecoveryTransactions(env, [
       { txid: row.txid, raw_transaction_hex: rawHex, outputs: candidates },
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/recovery-classifier.test.ts b/apps/api/tests/recovery-classifier.test.ts
index ebe5172..29861bd 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/recovery-classifier.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/tests/recovery-classifier.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { secp256k1 } from "@noble/curves/secp256k1.js";
 import {
   classifyRecovery,
+  classifyRecoveryTransaction,
   isCurvePublicKey,
   p2pkhAddress,
   parseBareMultisig,
@@ -78,6 +79,32 @@ test("parses exact historical Counterparty 1-of-2 layout", () => {
   assert.equal(result.recoveryKeyPosition, 0);
 });
 
+test("inherits historical provenance only for later 1-of-2 outputs with the exact recovery key", () => {
+  const historicalData = `${prefix.length.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")}${hex(prefix)}${"00".repeat(24)}`;
+  const continuationData = `04deadbeef${"00".repeat(28)}`;
+  const otherRecoveryKey = dataKeyA;
+  const decisions = classifyRecoveryTransaction([
+    { vout: 2, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [recoveryKey, continuationData]) },
+    { vout: 0, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [recoveryKey, continuationData]) },
+    { vout: 1, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [recoveryKey, historicalData]) },
+    { vout: 4, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [otherRecoveryKey, continuationData]) },
+    { vout: 3, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [recoveryKey, continuationData]), spent: true },
+    { vout: 6, scriptPubkeyHex: script(1, [recoveryKey, continuationData]) },
+  ]);
+
+  assert.equal(decisions[0]?.classification, "recoverable");
+  assert.equal(decisions[0]?.reason, "verified-historical-continuation-output");
+  assert.equal(decisions[0]?.recoveryKeyHex, recoveryKey);
+  assert.equal(decisions[0]?.recoveryKeyPosition, 0);
+  assert.equal(decisions[0]?.derivedAddress, address);
+  assert.equal(decisions[1]?.classification, "unverified", "an output before the anchor cannot inherit proof");
+  assert.equal(decisions[2]?.classification, "recoverable", "the prefixed output is independently verified");
+  assert.equal(decisions[3]?.classification, "unverified", "a different recovery key cannot inherit proof");
+  assert.equal(decisions[4]?.classification, "spent");
+  assert.equal(decisions[4]?.reason, "verified-historical-continuation-output-already-spent");
+  assert.equal(decisions[5]?.classification, "unverified", "a vout gap ends the inherited historical run");
+});
+
 test("does not mistake modern curve-valid data keys for the recovery key", () => {
   const firstInputTxid = "11".repeat(32);
   const [encodedA, encodedB] = currentCounterpartyKeys(firstInputTxid);
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/recovery-import.test.ts b/apps/api/tests/recovery-import.test.ts
index d4fb1cf..359bde6 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/recovery-import.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/tests/recovery-import.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ test("re-importing a settled output never resurrects it as recoverable", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(rescan(db), { classification: "spent", spent_by_txid: "c2", chain_checked_at: 1_700 });
 });
 
+test("re-importing never clears spend evidence from a previously unverified output", () => {
+  const db = outputsDatabase();
+  rescan(db);
+  db.prepare(
+    `UPDATE recovery_outputs SET classification='unverified',spent_by_txid='c2',spent_height=960262,chain_checked_at=1700`,
+  ).run();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(rescan(db), { classification: "unverified", spent_by_txid: "c2", chain_checked_at: 1_700 });
+});
+
 test("an importer that supplies its own spend evidence still wins", () => {
   const db = outputsDatabase();
   rescan(db);
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/recovery-reclassify.test.ts b/apps/api/tests/recovery-reclassify.test.ts
index 251f0bc..1a1b8bd 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/recovery-reclassify.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/tests/recovery-reclassify.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { test } from "node:test";
 import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
 import { RECOVERY_CLASSIFIER_VERSION } from "#api/recovery/classifier";
-import { RECOVERY_RECLASSIFY_QUEUE_SQL } from "#api/recovery/reclassify";
+import { RECOVERY_RECLASSIFY_QUEUE_SQL, retainRecoverySpendEvidence } from "#api/recovery/reclassify";
 
 function database(): DatabaseSync {
   const db = new DatabaseSync(":memory:");
@@ -58,3 +58,25 @@ test("an index already on the current classifier has nothing to do", () => {
 
   assert.deepEqual(queued(db), []);
 });
+
+test("reclassification carries settled spend evidence into the new verdict", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    retainRecoverySpendEvidence(
+      [
+        { vout: 0, value_sats: 1_000, script_pubkey_hex: "51" },
+        { vout: 1, value_sats: 2_000, script_pubkey_hex: "51" },
+      ],
+      [{ vout: 1, spent_by_txid: "cc", spent_height: 900_000 }],
+    ),
+    [
+      { vout: 0, value_sats: 1_000, script_pubkey_hex: "51" },
+      {
+        vout: 1,
+        value_sats: 2_000,
+        script_pubkey_hex: "51",
+        spent_by_txid: "cc",
+        spent_height: 900_000,
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/recovery-scanner.test.ts b/apps/api/tests/recovery-scanner.test.ts
index d88a81c..7f433be 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/recovery-scanner.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/tests/recovery-scanner.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test } from "node:test";
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { secp256k1 } from "@noble/curves/secp256k1.js";
+import { classifyRecoveryTransaction } from "#api/recovery/classifier";
 import { recoveryCandidates } from "#api/recovery/scanner";
 
 const hex = (bytes: Uint8Array) => Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("");
@@ -23,3 +24,51 @@ test("forward recovery scanner selects supported bare-multisig outputs with chai
     },
   ]);
 });
+
+test("a mainnet historical transaction proves its same-key continuation output", () => {
+  // 00020d9f233711d6bbb3e0911e040c34333dc3350f506631dda4140b88136445, block 309517.
+  const mainnetRaw = [
+    "0100000003a7ceb25da17704a9d59492d5afedca96cd92cb5384a76a7facaa6ed841dcfb55000000006b483045022100",
+    "8259b8fbde0efb3476d5da3f85a7d2bf1bb3cef8d9360732105216dab308195f02207f9f044ee481d9bb520c09b4380a",
+    "0dd614afab72b4e852fac745bf158b8d0bfe012103dd0a32844c876e518ca979ae88bc6b6461b6920292570a20e73ba25",
+    "e26353744ffffffff7397054a9c8f4c9d064937e67166bfa4eb2cc9c0b10b28ade978bc63abda9aa5000000006a473044",
+    "02207d0d62d5082c21ad2c71830a7a7cb8498494eb9bf59ab0936ab84b122bcf57600220195dfb25a5d1673b42e1db45",
+    "4908182ab5f46efe66071dc4b36f4622e3027442012103dd0a32844c876e518ca979ae88bc6b6461b6920292570a20e73",
+    "ba25e26353744ffffffff06823da927be1f104ad942f1e90b90335e9811bfed8ae31341efd0e8b4af2b15020000006c49",
+    "3046022100893bc7c92ab4f2a4d8e9741399ec541ed6e22eb34dbe8bab92c59b157a3fd45c022100f9ebe22aa2678d4b",
+    "2a79ab532eed06dfcd2595985db69fb1a9f2b198937af127012103dd0a32844c876e518ca979ae88bc6b6461b692029257",
+    "0a20e73ba25e26353744ffffffff03781e00000000000047512103dd0a32844c876e518ca979ae88bc6b6461b692029257",
+    "0a20e73ba25e263537442120434e54525052545900000046152bafb4e8d0ef4113e38aedbf11985e33900be952ae781e00",
+    "000000000047512103dd0a32844c876e518ca979ae88bc6b6461b6920292570a20e73ba25e26353744210cf142d94a101",
+    "fbe27a93d8206000000000000000000000000000000000000000052aee4220d00000000001976a914861fb119c717ea89",
+    "dd06002cb84ba69f775738bd88ac00000000",
+  ].join("");
+  const candidates = recoveryCandidates(mainnetRaw, 309_517, 1_404_730_309);
+  const decisions = classifyRecoveryTransaction(
+    candidates.map((candidate) => ({
+      vout: candidate.vout,
+      scriptPubkeyHex: candidate.script_pubkey_hex,
+    })),
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(candidates.length, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    decisions.map((decision) => ({
+      classification: decision.classification,
+      reason: decision.reason,
+      address: decision.derivedAddress,
+    })),
+    [
+      {
+        classification: "recoverable",
+        reason: "verified-counterparty-recovery-output",
+        address: "1DEBWh2YhUFPZBNvJjxZ9a4fixHn8ZMk4b",
+      },
+      {
+        classification: "recoverable",
+        reason: "verified-historical-continuation-output",
+        address: "1DEBWh2YhUFPZBNvJjxZ9a4fixHn8ZMk4b",
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+});