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On Hive, each account is identifiable by its unique username, as maximum of 16 bytes, characters.
Accounts are created by existing users or services who utilize blockchain resources to assign public keys to the username.

You can find some of the signup/onboarding services on this page, [https://signup.hive.io](https://signup.hive.io) and claim your unique username now.


