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128 bytes is only 4 32-bit characters. Now, I think 4-byte UTF-8 characters are pretty rare, but at least 3-byte ones are certainly common in names, even legal names.

If you allow users to type emojis in their name you will definitely run out as the color/gender selectors take up an additional code point.



You confused bits with bytes. 128 bytes can encode 32 4-byte long characters.




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