diff --git a/src/chat/chat_channel.c b/src/chat/chat_channel.c
index b5296c9e..4fe79c60 100644
--- a/src/chat/chat_channel.c
+++ b/src/chat/chat_channel.c
@@ -123,14 +123,12 @@ void chat_core_create_channel(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, struct chat_channel_cr
                               myid, inst->my_keys.public_key,
                               join_ts, inst->my_ed25519_privkey, join_sig);
 
-            char juser3[256]; snprintf(juser3, sizeof(juser3), "{\"name\":\"%s\"}",
-                inst->name[0] ? inst->name : "");
             /* корень дерева приглашений: подписан ключом группы (канальный ed25519) */
             uint8_t root_sig[64]; memset(root_sig, 0, 64);
             member_sync_sign_pubkey(req->ed25519_privkey, inst->my_keys.public_key, root_sig);
             int mrc = member_sync_put(inst, req->channel_id, myid,
                 inst->my_keys.public_key, inst->my_ed25519_pubkey,
-                join_sig, join_ts, NULL, 0, juser3, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, root_sig);
+                join_sig, join_ts, NULL, 0, "{}", NULL, NULL, 0, 0, root_sig);
             if (mrc < 0) {
                 DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT_SYNC, "%s: member_sync_put(self) FAILED ch=%s rc=%d",
                             CC_ID, req->channel_id, mrc);
diff --git a/src/chat/chat_core.h b/src/chat/chat_core.h
index ae232f27..7f9e5e25 100644
--- a/src/chat/chat_core.h
+++ b/src/chat/chat_core.h
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ int chat_core_get_node_name(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t node_id, char*
 
 /* Аватарка лежит в avatars/<sha256>.png внутри дерева своего UID/канала. server=0 удаляет ссылку. */
 int chat_core_set_my_avatar(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* ch_id, uint64_t server, const char* file);
+int chat_core_name_userinfo(const char* name, char* out, size_t capacity);
+int chat_core_get_my_profile(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* channel, char* out, size_t capacity,
+                              uint8_t signature[64], uint64_t* timestamp);
 struct chat_avatar_req {
     struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst;
     uint64_t id, group, server;
diff --git a/src/chat/chat_profile.c b/src/chat/chat_profile.c
index ad34071e..86f8c6c8 100644
--- a/src/chat/chat_profile.c
+++ b/src/chat/chat_profile.c
@@ -85,6 +85,38 @@ static int profile_copy_pair(const char* key, const char* value, void* arg) {
     return profile_pair(p, key, value);
 }
 
+int chat_core_name_userinfo(const char* name, char* out, size_t capacity) {
+    struct profile_json p = { .text = "{", .used = 1 };
+    if (!name || !out || profile_pair(&p, "name", name) < 0 || p.used + 2 > capacity || p.used >= MS_USERINFO_MAX) {
+        DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT, "profile: cannot encode display name capacity=%zu", capacity); return -1;
+    }
+    p.text[p.used++] = '}'; p.text[p.used] = 0; memcpy(out, p.text, p.used + 1); return 0;
+}
+
+int chat_core_get_my_profile(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* channel, char* out, size_t capacity,
+                              uint8_t signature[64], uint64_t* timestamp) {
+    struct chat_core_ctx* cc = CC(inst);
+    if (!cc || !cc->db || !channel || !out || !signature || !timestamp) {
+        DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT, "profile: invalid read request"); return -1;
+    }
+    char table[80], sql[256]; peers_table_name(channel, table, sizeof(table));
+    snprintf(sql, sizeof(sql), "SELECT userinfo,update_sig,update_ts FROM \"%s\" WHERE node_id=?", table);
+    sqlite3_stmt* st = NULL; int result = -1;
+    if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(cc->db, sql, -1, &st, NULL) == SQLITE_OK) {
+        sqlite3_bind_int64(st, 1, (sqlite3_int64)cc->my_node_id);
+        if (sqlite3_step(st) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            const char* json = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(st, 0); size_t size = json ? strlen(json) : 0;
+            if (json && size <= MS_USERINFO_MAX && size < capacity && sqlite3_column_bytes(st, 1) == 64 && sqlite3_column_int64(st, 2) > 0) {
+                memcpy(out, json, size + 1); memcpy(signature, sqlite3_column_blob(st, 1), 64);
+                *timestamp = (uint64_t)sqlite3_column_int64(st, 2); result = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        sqlite3_finalize(st);
+    }
+    if (result) DEBUG_WARN(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT, "profile: signed local profile unavailable channel=%s capacity=%zu", channel, capacity);
+    return result;
+}
+
 static int profile_update_channel(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, const char* ch, int avatar, uint64_t server, const char* file) {
     struct chat_core_ctx* cc = CC(inst);
     if (!cc || !cc->initialized || !cc->db) {