docs: qualify what an invitation link changes about the code

The security claims table, §3.4's property 2, the protocol's stated
limits, the quickstart and the user guide's defaults now say where a
link's code differs: bound to its account only when redeemed, and held
by the hub when the inviter asks it to mail.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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diff --git a/docs/MESHBAY_NODE_PROTOCOL.md b/docs/MESHBAY_NODE_PROTOCOL.md
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@@ -2180,6 +2180,11 @@ walks through the gate meant to stop it.
   attacks apart: the pairing code defeats a hub that *lies in its directory* — silent,
   undetectable, per-request — not one that *rewrites the client*, which is an artifact
   that can be inspected and compared.
+* **An invitation link's code is a bearer code** (§8.6). The node admits whoever brings
+  it first; what restricts who can bring it is the hub, which lets only the addressed
+  account reach the node — a rule an active hub does not have to keep. The challenge
+  signature (§6.5) keeps the code from reaching any node but the issuer; it does not
+  keep it from a hub the inviter asked to mail it, which then holds it.
 * **The pre-proof window is a disclosure surface.** A hub that forges a JWT can fetch a
   member's *encrypted* keypair bundle. It is bounded, audited, and closes when clients
   stop storing bundles on other people's nodes (§7).