diff --git a/web/zebra-spaces.html b/web/zebra-spaces.html
index 7b63167..441b6a1 100644
--- a/web/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/web/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -515,6 +515,17 @@
     font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
     word-break: break-all; line-height: 1.3;
   }
+  /* full pubkey in the identity panel — same monospace + word-break as
+   * room rows, slightly bumped readability since this is the one place
+   * the user is meant to copy their own key for backup. Selectable
+   * by default. */
+  .pub-full {
+    font-size: 0.75rem; color: #555;
+    font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
+    word-break: break-all; line-height: 1.3;
+    user-select: all;
+  }
+  html.theme-dark .pub-full { color: #aaa; }
   .raised { color: #b00; font-weight: bold; }
   .mic { width: 18px; height: 18px; }
   .mic svg { width: 18px; height: 18px; display: block; }
@@ -634,7 +645,9 @@ try {
   <div class="row">
     <label class="note" for="handle" style="flex:0 0 4rem">handle</label>
     <input type="text" id="handle" placeholder="what others see — under 32 chars" maxlength="32" autocomplete="off">
-    <span id="pub-short" class="pub-short" title="your persistent ed25519 pubkey"></span>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row" id="row-pubkey">
+    <span id="pub-full" class="pub-full" title="your persistent ed25519 pubkey — back this up or you can't be 'you' again"></span>
   </div>
   <div class="row">
     <button id="btn-vault" class="small">backup / restore</button>
@@ -1404,7 +1417,10 @@ function setVaultStatus(msg, cls){
   const e=$('vault-status'); e.textContent=msg; e.className='status-line'+(cls?' '+cls:'');
   $('vault-dot').className='dot'+(cls==='ok'?' ok':cls==='err'?' warn':'');
 }
-function renderIdentity(){ $('pub-short').textContent = myKeys ? shortHex(myKeys.pubHex) : ''; }
+function renderIdentity(){
+  const el = $('pub-full');
+  if (el) el.textContent = myKeys ? myKeys.pubHex : '';
+}
 
 $('btn-vault').addEventListener('click', () => $('vault-panel').classList.toggle('hidden'));
 
@@ -3797,8 +3813,8 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');
 
 <footer style="margin:2.2rem auto 0;font-size:0.65rem;color:#999;line-height:1.7;word-break:break-all;font-family:monospace">
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-  md5 <span class="stamp-md5">73eb0b99ecc23fd748c900712f9d5c98</span><br>
-  sha256 <span class="stamp-sha">7d33862c77c86ab4c9caa86d9244e740b21700e8e214bc97a7e3103b1283d334</span><br>
+  md5 <span class="stamp-md5">39ee0b8db4e04da59859e19bee0ea41a</span><br>
+  sha256 <span class="stamp-sha">ba28e894d869cb11ccea4cdbbeedf22cf67a25f11d29450c4de27a1ecffa9396</span><br>
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 </footer>