feat: remove the last beginner walls — USDC sourcing help, reachable deposit page, first-run reassurance

- The /welcome deposit page (QR + auto-refreshing balance + key backup) was
  gated behind a legacy 'beginner mode' localStorage flag that nothing sets
  anymore — every deposit link silently bounced to /traders. Gate removed:
  any signed-in user reaches it.
- 'Don't have USDC yet?' helper on the deposit page: buy on Binance/OKX/
  Coinbase, withdraw picking the Base network, arrives in ~1 minute. This is
  the wall every true newcomer hits first.
- Autopilot step 3 now says exactly where trading money goes
  (app.hyperliquid.xyz → Deposit, USDC on Arbitrum).
- Register page: 'NEW_USER ONBOARDING / Initializing Registration Sequence'
  jargon replaced with what actually happens next (guided launch, ~$13,
  five minutes).
- Dashboard shows a calm first-run note while a fresh autopilot runs its
  first cycle ('reading the whole market — first decision lands in a minute
  or two'), so the initial silence doesn't read as broken.
- Hyperliquid connect steps renamed to plain language ('Approve it in your
  wallet (trade-only, cannot withdraw)' etc.).

web/src/components/auth/RegisterPage.tsx

@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ export function RegisterPage() {
             </div>
           </div>
           <h1 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tighter text-nofx-text uppercase mb-2">
-            <span className="text-nofx-gold">NEW_USER</span> ONBOARDING
+            <span className="text-nofx-gold">CREATE</span> YOUR ACCOUNT
           </h1>
-          <p className="text-nofx-text-muted text-xs tracking-[0.2em] uppercase">
-            Initializing Registration Sequence...
+          <p className="text-nofx-text-muted text-sm">
+            This account owns your NOFX instance. Next step: a guided launch —
+            about $13 and five minutes to your first AI trade.
           </p>
         </div>
 

web/src/components/common/HyperliquidWalletConnect.tsx

@@ -249,17 +249,21 @@ export function HyperliquidWalletConnect({
       title: language === 'zh' ? 'Hyperliquid Wallet' : 'Hyperliquid Wallet',
       connect: language === 'zh' ? 'Connect Hyperliquid' : 'Connect Hyperliquid',
       connected: language === 'zh' ? 'Connected' : 'Connected',
-      mainWallet: language === 'zh' ? 'EVM main wallet' : 'EVM main wallet',
+      mainWallet: language === 'zh' ? 'Connect your wallet' : 'Connect your wallet',
       generateAgent:
         language === 'zh'
-          ? 'Generate NOFX agent wallet'
-          : 'Generate NOFX agent wallet',
+          ? 'Create a trading key for NOFX'
+          : 'Create a trading key for NOFX',
       approveAgent:
-        language === 'zh' ? 'Authorize agent trading' : 'Authorize agent trading',
+        language === 'zh'
+          ? 'Approve it in your wallet (trade-only, cannot withdraw)'
+          : 'Approve it in your wallet (trade-only, cannot withdraw)',
       approveBuilder:
-        language === 'zh' ? 'Finalize trading authorization' : 'Finalize trading authorization',
-      save: language === 'zh' ? 'Save to NOFX' : 'Save to NOFX',
-      done: language === 'zh' ? 'Flow complete' : 'Flow complete',
+        language === 'zh'
+          ? 'Approve the small per-trade builder fee'
+          : 'Approve the small per-trade builder fee',
+      save: language === 'zh' ? 'Save to NOFX — done' : 'Save to NOFX — done',
+      done: language === 'zh' ? 'All set — trading authorized' : 'All set — trading authorized',
       balance: language === 'zh' ? 'Hyperliquid balance' : 'Hyperliquid balance',
       withdrawable: language === 'zh' ? 'Withdrawable' : 'Withdrawable',
       equity: language === 'zh' ? 'Equity' : 'Equity',

web/src/components/terminal/TerminalDashboard.tsx

@@ -322,6 +322,16 @@ export function TerminalDashboard({
             </span>
           </div>
         )}
+        {/* first-run reassurance — a fresh autopilot looks idle for its first
+            minute (the AI is reading the market); tell newcomers what to expect */}
+        {!on && status?.is_running && (status.call_count ?? 0) <= 1 && !status.safe_mode && (
+          <div className="tm-mono" style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 10, alignItems: 'center', margin: '8px 14px 0', padding: '8px 12px', fontSize: 11, border: '1px solid var(--tm-up)', color: 'var(--tm-ink)', background: 'rgba(40,140,80,0.06)', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+            <span style={{ fontWeight: 600, color: 'var(--tm-up)' }}>Your AI is live.</span>
+            <span style={{ color: 'var(--tm-ink-2)' }}>
+              It reads the whole market before acting — the first decision usually lands within a minute or two and will appear in the Execution Log below. You can stop it anytime from the Config page.
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        )}
         {/* config / identity strip — first row, flows directly under the global nav */}
         <div className="tm-mono" style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 16, padding: '6px 14px', fontSize: 11, color: 'var(--tm-ink-2)', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
           <span style={{ fontWeight: 500 }}>{selectedTrader?.trader_name ?? 'NOFX'}</span>

web/src/components/trader/AutopilotLaunchPanel.tsx

@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export function AutopilotLaunchPanel({
     {
       title: 'Step 3 · Add trading money ($12+)',
       detail:
-        'Deposit USDC into your Hyperliquid account. This is what the AI trades with — start small, you can add more anytime.',
+        'Deposit USDC into your Hyperliquid account (app.hyperliquid.xyz → Deposit, USDC on Arbitrum). This is what the AI trades with — start small, you can add more anytime.',
       status: tradingBalanceReady
         ? 'ready'
         : hyperliquidConnected

web/src/pages/BeginnerOnboardingPage.tsx

@@ -204,9 +204,19 @@ export function BeginnerOnboardingPage() {
                     </div>
 
                     <div className="mt-4 text-sm text-nofx-text-muted">
-                      {isZh
-                        ? '$5-$10 usually lasts a long time'
-                        : '$5-$10 usually lasts a long time'}
+                      $5–$10 usually lasts a long time · balance updates by
+                      itself after you deposit
+                    </div>
+
+                    {/* the wall every true beginner hits: where does USDC come from? */}
+                    <div className="mt-5 rounded-2xl border border-nofx-gold/20 bg-nofx-gold/10 px-5 py-4 text-left text-[13px] leading-6 text-nofx-text">
+                      <div className="mb-1 font-semibold">
+                        Don&apos;t have USDC yet?
+                      </div>
+                      Buy USDC on Binance, OKX or Coinbase, then withdraw it to
+                      the address above — and pick the{' '}
+                      <b>Base network</b> when the exchange asks. It usually
+                      arrives in about a minute. Only send USDC on Base.
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </section>
@@ -298,9 +308,7 @@ export function BeginnerOnboardingPage() {
                         isZh ? 'text-[20px]' : 'text-[16px] sm:text-[18px]'
                       }`}
                     >
-                      <span>
-                        {isZh ? 'Go to Traders' : 'Go to Traders'}
-                      </span>
+                      <span>Continue setup</span>
                       <ArrowRight className="h-5 w-5" />
                     </button>
 

web/src/router/AppRoutes.tsx

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import { useLanguage } from '../contexts/LanguageContext'
 import { useSystemConfig } from '../hooks/useSystemConfig'
 import { t } from '../i18n/translations'
 import { api } from '../lib/api'
-import { getUserMode } from '../lib/onboarding'
 import type {
   AccountInfo,
   DecisionRecord,
@@ -446,12 +445,11 @@ export function AppRoutes() {
         <Route
           path={ROUTES.welcome}
           element={
+            // The welcome overlay is the AI-wallet deposit page (QR +
+            // auto-refreshing balance) — useful to every signed-in user, so
+            // no legacy "beginner mode" gate here.
             isAuthenticated ? (
-              getUserMode() === 'beginner' ? (
-                <TradersRoute showBeginnerOnboarding />
-              ) : (
-                <Navigate to={ROUTES.traders} replace />
-              )
+              <TradersRoute showBeginnerOnboarding />
             ) : (
               <Navigate to={ROUTES.login} replace />
             )