diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
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+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Appa is local-first folder synchronization. One daemon owns the local Iroh
 endpoint, SQLite state, file watchers, and synchronization loop. Clients use a
-user-owned local socket so they do not create competing synchronizers.
+user-owned local socket.
 
 ## Model
 
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ user-owned local socket so they do not create competing synchronizers.
   requests. It is not stored in folder-inventory files.
 - A **peer** is a direct or relay route to a member device.
 
-The daemon discovers LAN routes with mDNS and can use Iroh relays when a direct
-route is unavailable. Discovery supplies routes only; membership and encrypted
-connections remain enforced by Iroh and Appa.
+The daemon discovers LAN routes with mDNS and uses Iroh relays when needed.
 
 ## Synchronization
 
@@ -34,9 +32,8 @@ announcement is missed.
 
 ## Audit evidence
 
-Folder history and audit evidence have different jobs. Local revision history
-is compact and bounded for restore. The audit log is append-only and retained
-independently.
+Local revision history is compact and bounded for restore. The audit log is
+append-only and retained independently.
 
 Every device has a signed chain of audit events. Each event includes its parent
 hash, manifest root, and roster hash. Peers exchange missing events through the
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ authenticated control protocol. A device that retained a newer head can detect
 a later rollback, altered event, omission, or conflicting event at the same
 author sequence.
 
-Version clocks order file changes. Merkle trees compare manifests efficiently.
-Audit chains record signed state transitions.
-
 Audit verification detects changes relative to heads retained by other members.
 A compromised device key can still sign events.
 
@@ -68,5 +62,4 @@ existing shared folder.
 - Folder format version `2` covers rosters and manifests.
 - Folder inventory format version `1` covers `appa.toml`.
 
-SQLite state has a migration ladder. Network and signed-format versions change
-only when their corresponding representation becomes incompatible.
+SQLite state uses a migration ladder.