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### 3.1 Accounts
An account lives on the hub: a username, an encrypted email address, a status and
-a role. The passphrase never leaves the client. It derives **two independent
+a role. A username is 8 to 64 characters, checked at registration only — accounts
+created under the older 3-character floor keep signing in. The passphrase never leaves the client. It derives **two independent
values**, both salted by the trimmed username:
| Value | Derivation | Consumer |