From 84cc9d663b9212e9ce31734a95d0691ecb286c8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 2ro <17595647+2ro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:05:13 -0400
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The identity service stores names + pubkeys only; avatars are rendered
client-side from the pubkey (npub gradient + first letter, else the Grin mark).
Dropped the stale "avatar service"/"avatar pipeline" copy and the "avatar
fetches" mention from the mixnet-traffic line.
---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12533dec..eb89d3e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cargo build --release
 ./target/release/goblin
 ```
 
-Goblin's identity and payment traffic — nostr relays, NIP-05 lookups, price and avatar fetches — is routed over the mixnet through a network requester (the default is baked into `NETWORK_REQUESTER` in `src/nym/sidecar.rs`); the SDK's SOCKS5 listener is run in-process on `127.0.0.1:1080`. If something is already listening there, Goblin reuses it. The GRIN node connection (block sync and transaction broadcast) is **not** mixed — it connects directly, as it carries only public chain data that isn't linked to your wallet.
+Goblin's identity and payment traffic — nostr relays, NIP-05 lookups and price fetches — is routed over the mixnet through a network requester (the default is baked into `NETWORK_REQUESTER` in `src/nym/sidecar.rs`); the SDK's SOCKS5 listener is run in-process on `127.0.0.1:1080`. If something is already listening there, Goblin reuses it. The GRIN node connection (block sync and transaction broadcast) is **not** mixed — it connects directly, as it carries only public chain data that isn't linked to your wallet.
 
 ### Android
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Install the Android SDK / NDK, then from the repo root:
 
 ## Identity service (`goblin-nip05d`)
 
-The optional `name` + avatar service lives in `goblin-nip05d/` (axum + SQLite) and is deployed at [goblin.st](https://goblin.st). It implements [NIP-05](https://nips.nostr.com/5) resolution, [NIP-98](https://nips.nostr.com/98)-authenticated registration/transfer/release, and a hardened avatar pipeline (magic-byte sniffing, bounded decode, full re-encode to a clean 256×256 PNG). The wallet is fully usable — and fully anonymous — without it.
+The optional `name` service lives in `goblin-nip05d/` (axum + SQLite) and is deployed at [goblin.st](https://goblin.st). It implements [NIP-05](https://nips.nostr.com/5) resolution, [NIP-98](https://nips.nostr.com/98)-authenticated registration/transfer/release. The wallet is fully usable — and fully anonymous — without it. Avatars aren't stored or served — clients render them from the pubkey (an npub gradient with the username's first letter, else the Grin mark).
 
 ## License