diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.test.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.test.tsx
index 9ba9780c..afb4b067 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.test.tsx
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@ const PREPARED = {
   },
 };
 
-/** The component takes labelled rows now; tests still think in ids. */
+/** The component takes labelled rows now; tests still think in ids. Each id
+ * gets its own payee by default, so filtering can be exercised. */
 function payable(ids: string[]) {
-  return ids.map((id, i) => ({ id, label: `Worker ${i} — Gig ${i}`, amountUsd: 50 }));
+  return ids.map((id, i) => ({
+    id,
+    label: `Worker ${i} — Gig ${i}`,
+    amountUsd: 50,
+    payeeId: `worker-${i}`,
+    payeeName: `Worker ${i}`,
+  }));
 }
 
 /** Install a fake `window.coinpay`, as the extension would. */
@@ -450,9 +457,9 @@ describe("BulkPayAccepted", () => {
     // the prepare call — not just the list on screen.
     installWallet();
     const invoices = [
-      { id: "inv-big", label: "Big", amountUsd: 90 },
-      { id: "inv-small", label: "Small", amountUsd: 1 },
-      { id: "inv-mid", label: "Mid", amountUsd: 20 },
+      { id: "inv-big", label: "Big", amountUsd: 90, payeeId: "w1", payeeName: "Ada" },
+      { id: "inv-small", label: "Small", amountUsd: 1, payeeId: "w2", payeeName: "Grace" },
+      { id: "inv-mid", label: "Mid", amountUsd: 20, payeeId: "w1", payeeName: "Ada" },
     ];
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
       const ids = JSON.parse(String(init?.body ?? "{}")).invoice_ids as string[];
@@ -508,10 +515,10 @@ describe("BulkPayAccepted", () => {
     render(
       <BulkPayAccepted
         invoices={[
-          { id: "a", label: "Worker A", amountUsd: 1, currency: "usdc_sol", amountCrypto: "0.0138508" },
+          { id: "a", label: "Worker A", amountUsd: 1, payeeId: "w1", payeeName: "Ada", currency: "usdc_sol", amountCrypto: "0.0138508" },
           // No quote minted yet — a currency with no amount would imply a live
           // price we do not have, so the row stays fiat-only.
-          { id: "b", label: "Worker B", amountUsd: 2, currency: "sol", amountCrypto: null },
+          { id: "b", label: "Worker B", amountUsd: 2, payeeId: "w2", payeeName: "Grace", currency: "sol", amountCrypto: null },
         ]}
         totalUsd={3}
       />
@@ -571,3 +578,107 @@ describe("BulkPayAccepted", () => {
     expect(wallet.payBatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * Paying everyone at once is the default, but settling up with a single agent
+ * — or in a single coin — should not mean unticking seventy-nine boxes.
+ */
+describe("BulkPayAccepted — filtering", () => {
+  const MIXED = [
+    { id: "a1", label: "Ada — Fix login", amountUsd: 10, payeeId: "ada", payeeName: "Ada", currency: "usdc_sol", amountCrypto: null },
+    { id: "a2", label: "Ada — Ship compiler", amountUsd: 20, payeeId: "ada", payeeName: "Ada", currency: "sol", amountCrypto: null },
+    { id: "g1", label: "Grace — Debug", amountUsd: 30, payeeId: "grace", payeeName: "Grace", currency: "usdc_sol", amountCrypto: null },
+  ];
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockFetch();
+    installWallet();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    delete (window as any).coinpay;
+  });
+
+  it("selects everyone by default, so paying all of it stays one click", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 3/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/3 of 3 selected/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("narrows the payment to one agent when that agent is picked", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by who gets paid/), {
+      target: { value: "ada" },
+    });
+
+    // Ada has two invoices worth $30 — Grace's $30 must not be in the run.
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 2/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/2 of 3 selected/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("narrows to a single coin", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by coin/), {
+      target: { value: "usdc_sol" },
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 2/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("combines the two filters", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by who gets paid/), {
+      target: { value: "ada" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by coin/), {
+      target: { value: "sol" },
+    });
+
+    // Only Ada's SOL invoice survives both.
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 1/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("restores everyone when the filters are cleared", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by who gets paid/), {
+      target: { value: "ada" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Clear filters/ }));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 3/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps select-all scoped to the filtered rows, never paying a hidden one", () => {
+    render(<BulkPayAccepted invoices={MIXED} totalUsd={60} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(/Filter invoices by who gets paid/), {
+      target: { value: "ada" },
+    });
+    // Untick, then re-tick: the toggle must not reach across the filter and
+    // pull Grace's invoice into a run the payer is not looking at.
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/Deselect all invoices/));
+    expect(screen.getByText(/0 of 3 selected/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(/Select all invoices/));
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Pay 2/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("hides the filter bar when there is only one payee and one coin", () => {
+    render(
+      <BulkPayAccepted
+        invoices={[MIXED[0]!]}
+        totalUsd={10}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/Filter invoices by who gets paid/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/Filter invoices by coin/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.tsx
index b4d7ed80..910f74c2 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/BulkPayAccepted.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ export interface PayableInvoice {
   /** Who is owed, and for what — enough to recognise a row without opening it. */
   label: string;
   amountUsd: number;
+  /** Who gets paid. Drives the payee filter — paying one agent at a time. */
+  payeeId: string;
+  payeeName: string;
   /** CoinPay currency the worker receives in, e.g. `usdc_sol`. */
   currency?: string | null;
   /**
@@ -53,6 +56,16 @@ export interface PayableInvoice {
   amountCrypto?: string | number | null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * `usdc_sol` → `USDC · SOL`. Keeps the chain visible, since USDC on two chains
+ * is not interchangeable and must not collapse into one filter entry.
+ */
+function coinLabel(currency: string): string {
+  const [symbol, chain] = currency.split("_");
+  const head = (symbol ?? currency).toUpperCase();
+  return chain ? `${head} · ${chain.toUpperCase()}` : head;
+}
+
 /**
  * `0.013851 SOL` for a row whose request has been quoted. Returns null when no
  * quote exists yet — showing a currency with no amount, or an amount derived
@@ -105,6 +118,11 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
   // settles the most invoices that way, and the big ones can wait for a
   // top-up. This drives the actual payment order, not just the display.
   const [sortDir, setSortDir] = useState<"asc" | "desc">("asc");
+  // Filters, empty meaning unfiltered. The default is everyone and every coin,
+  // because settling the whole list in one confirmation is the common case;
+  // narrowing to a single agent (or a single coin) is the exception.
+  const [payeeFilter, setPayeeFilter] = useState<string>("");
+  const [coinFilter, setCoinFilter] = useState<string>("");
   const [phase, setPhase] = useState<Phase>("idle");
   const [payments, setPayments] = useState<PreparedPayment[]>([]);
   const [skipped, setSkipped] = useState<SkippedInvoice[]>([]);
@@ -145,6 +163,46 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
     [invoices, sortDir]
   );
 
+  const visibleInvoices = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      orderedInvoices.filter(
+        (i) =>
+          (!payeeFilter || i.payeeId === payeeFilter) &&
+          (!coinFilter || i.currency === coinFilter)
+      ),
+    [orderedInvoices, payeeFilter, coinFilter]
+  );
+
+  // Filter options carry their own count and total, so the payer can see what
+  // picking one would commit to before picking it.
+  const payeeOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    const byId = new Map<string, { id: string; name: string; count: number; total: number }>();
+    for (const i of invoices) {
+      const row = byId.get(i.payeeId) ?? {
+        id: i.payeeId,
+        name: i.payeeName,
+        count: 0,
+        total: 0,
+      };
+      row.count += 1;
+      row.total += i.amountUsd;
+      byId.set(i.payeeId, row);
+    }
+    return [...byId.values()].sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+  }, [invoices]);
+
+  const coinOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    const byCode = new Map<string, { code: string; count: number; total: number }>();
+    for (const i of invoices) {
+      if (!i.currency) continue;
+      const row = byCode.get(i.currency) ?? { code: i.currency, count: 0, total: 0 };
+      row.count += 1;
+      row.total += i.amountUsd;
+      byCode.set(i.currency, row);
+    }
+    return [...byCode.values()].sort((a, b) => a.code.localeCompare(b.code));
+  }, [invoices]);
+
   // Derived from the sorted list, so the order the payer sees is the order the
   // wallet is handed — pay-cheapest-first only means anything if it reaches
   // `payBatch` that way.
@@ -156,7 +214,11 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
     () => invoices.filter((i) => selected.has(i.id)).reduce((sum, i) => sum + i.amountUsd, 0),
     [invoices, selected]
   );
-  const allSelected = selectedIds.length === invoiceIds.length && invoiceIds.length > 0;
+  // Select-all applies to what is on screen, not to invoices hidden behind a
+  // filter — ticking a box must never commit money the payer cannot see.
+  const visibleIds = useMemo(() => visibleInvoices.map((i) => i.id), [visibleInvoices]);
+  const allSelected =
+    visibleIds.length > 0 && visibleIds.every((id) => selected.has(id));
 
   const toggleOne = useCallback((id: string) => {
     setSelected((current) => {
@@ -168,10 +230,37 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
   }, []);
 
   const toggleAll = useCallback(() => {
-    setSelected((current) =>
-      current.size === invoiceIds.length ? new Set() : new Set(invoiceIds)
-    );
-  }, [invoiceIds]);
+    setSelected((current) => {
+      const next = new Set(current);
+      if (visibleIds.every((id) => next.has(id))) {
+        for (const id of visibleIds) next.delete(id);
+      } else {
+        for (const id of visibleIds) next.add(id);
+      }
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, [visibleIds]);
+
+  /**
+   * Changing a filter re-points the selection at exactly what the new filter
+   * shows. Picking an agent is a statement of intent — "pay this one" — so it
+   * should take one click, not a filter plus a select-all. Nothing outside the
+   * new view stays selected, so the summary can never bill for a hidden row.
+   */
+  const applyFilters = useCallback(
+    (payee: string, coin: string) => {
+      setPayeeFilter(payee);
+      setCoinFilter(coin);
+      setSelected(
+        new Set(
+          invoices
+            .filter((i) => (!payee || i.payeeId === payee) && (!coin || i.currency === coin))
+            .map((i) => i.id)
+        )
+      );
+    },
+    [invoices]
+  );
 
   /**
    * Mint payment requests for the given invoices (the current selection by
@@ -399,6 +488,60 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
           of what they owe — or testing with a handful — needs the rows. */}
       {phase === "idle" && (
         <div className="mt-3 rounded-lg border border-border bg-background">
+          {(payeeOptions.length > 1 || coinOptions.length > 1) && (
+            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 border-b border-border px-3 py-2">
+              {payeeOptions.length > 1 && (
+                <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  Pay
+                  <select
+                    value={payeeFilter}
+                    onChange={(e) => applyFilters(e.target.value, coinFilter)}
+                    className="rounded border border-border bg-background px-2 py-1 text-xs text-foreground"
+                    aria-label="Filter invoices by who gets paid"
+                  >
+                    <option value="">
+                      everyone ({acceptedCount} · ${totalUsd.toFixed(2)})
+                    </option>
+                    {payeeOptions.map((p) => (
+                      <option key={p.id} value={p.id}>
+                        {p.name} ({p.count} · ${p.total.toFixed(2)})
+                      </option>
+                    ))}
+                  </select>
+                </label>
+              )}
+
+              {coinOptions.length > 1 && (
+                <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  in
+                  <select
+                    value={coinFilter}
+                    onChange={(e) => applyFilters(payeeFilter, e.target.value)}
+                    className="rounded border border-border bg-background px-2 py-1 text-xs text-foreground"
+                    aria-label="Filter invoices by coin"
+                  >
+                    <option value="">any coin</option>
+                    {coinOptions.map((c) => (
+                      <option key={c.code} value={c.code}>
+                        {coinLabel(c.code)} ({c.count} · ${c.total.toFixed(2)})
+                      </option>
+                    ))}
+                  </select>
+                </label>
+              )}
+
+              {(payeeFilter || coinFilter) && (
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => applyFilters("", "")}
+                  className="text-xs text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground hover:underline"
+                >
+                  Clear filters
+                </button>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+
           <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b border-border px-3 py-2">
             <label className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium">
               <input
@@ -434,14 +577,14 @@ export function BulkPayAccepted({ invoices, totalUsd }: Props) {
                 className="text-xs text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground hover:underline"
                 aria-expanded={showRows}
               >
-                {showRows ? "Hide invoices" : `Show ${acceptedCount} invoices`}
+                {showRows ? "Hide invoices" : `Show ${visibleInvoices.length} invoices`}
               </button>
             </div>
           </div>
 
           {showRows && (
             <ul className="max-h-64 divide-y divide-border overflow-y-auto">
-              {orderedInvoices.map((invoice) => (
+              {visibleInvoices.map((invoice) => (
                 <li key={invoice.id}>
                   <label className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 px-3 py-1.5 text-sm hover:bg-muted/50">
                     <input
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/page.tsx
index 698c073d..cec82d4c 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/invoices/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/invoices/page.tsx
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ export default async function InvoicesDashboardPage({
                 ? `${counterpartyName(i.worker)} — ${i.gig.title}`
                 : counterpartyName(i.worker),
               amountUsd: Number(i.amount_usd || 0),
+              payeeId: i.worker?.id ?? "unknown",
+              payeeName: counterpartyName(i.worker),
               currency: i.metadata?.payment_currency ?? null,
               amountCrypto: i.metadata?.amount_crypto ?? null,
             }))}