Health Endpoint as Runtime Economic Truth

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The Health endpoint defines the economic capability of a WAproxy node at runtime.

It is not a cosmetic status check.
It exposes execution boundaries.

Typical response fields:

status
fee_bps
enabled_coins
btc_min_send_sat
ltc_min_send_sat
doge_min_send_sat

These values represent live economic configuration.

Applications must query Health before execution.
Hardcoding limits is discouraged.

Minimum send thresholds prevent:

- dust transactions
- uneconomical broadcasts
- spam execution
- network rejection

Example:

btc_min_send_sat = 10000
ltc_min_send_sat = 100000
doge_min_send_sat = 100000000

All limits are expressed in atomic SAT units.

Health represents runtime truth.
Configuration files represent local policy.
Execution respects declared boundaries.

Before wallet_send:

1. Verify coin is enabled
2. Verify amount_sat >= min_send
3. Apply fee logic
4. Validate safety margin

WAproxy executes only within declared economic capability.

Health defines what the node can safely execute.