From dd0d8d8b777c98b76fba1aefc9dcceb2758d17d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:24:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cashtag search query to use # prefix

Cashtags need to be searched as "#$BTC" rather than just "$BTC" to work
with the search API.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/screens/Hashtag.tsx | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx b/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
index 56d994ad88..226067ec6b 100644
--- a/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
@@ -181,10 +181,14 @@ function HashtagScreenTab({
   const {hasSession} = useSession()
   const trackPostView = usePostViewTracking('Hashtag')
 
+  const isCashtag = fullTag.startsWith('$')
+
   const queryParam = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!author) return fullTag
-    return `${fullTag} from:${author}`
-  }, [fullTag, author])
+    // Cashtags need # prefix for search: "#$BTC" or "#$BTC from:author"
+    const searchTag = isCashtag ? `#${fullTag}` : fullTag
+    if (!author) return searchTag
+    return `${searchTag} from:${author}`
+  }, [fullTag, author, isCashtag])
 
   const {
     data,