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Update account-id docs to specify unique string as option
RyanSept Oct 6, 2025
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Update unique string description in account-id.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: "Learn about NEAR account addresses - implicit addresses (64 charac
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
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NEAR accounts are identified by a unique address, which can be either an implicit address (64 characters long) or a named address (e.g. `account.near`, `sub.account.near`).
NEAR accounts are identified by a unique address, which can be either an implicit address (64 characters long), a named address (e.g. `account.near`, `sub.account.near`, `account.sweat`, `account.gov`) or an arbitrary length (max 64 characters) unique string (`some-unique-string`, `0x85f17cf997934a597031b2e18a9ab6ebd4b9f6a4`).

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Expand All @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ NEAR accounts are identified by a unique address, which can be either an implici
NEAR accounts are identified by a unique address, which takes one of two forms:
1. [**Implicit address**](#implicit-address), which are 64 characters long (e.g. `fb9243ce...`)
2. [**Named address**](#named-address), which act as domains (e.g. `alice.near`)
3. **Unique string** (e.g. `a-random-string-on-the-blockchain`)

:::tip Searching to create an account?
You have multiple ways to create an account, you can [sign-up using your email](https://dev.near.org/signup), get a mobile wallet through [telegram](https://web.telegram.org/k/#@herewalletbot), or create a [web wallet](https://wallet.meteorwallet.app/wallet).
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