diff --git a/docs/simulation.md b/docs/simulation.md
index 0ab2e96..94b0958 100644
--- a/docs/simulation.md
+++ b/docs/simulation.md
@@ -96,9 +96,15 @@ store-id:
   blocker, [`migration-guide.md`](./migration-guide.md)). At migration each scope
   resolves to the user's REAL per-scope store — the change is in this function,
   the consumer is unchanged.
-- **`resolveInboxAnchor()`** — the anchor where emulated inbox deposits land
-  (today the shared wallet's private store — a real repo NURI, required because
-  the broker rejects a `urn:` anchor). At migration it becomes the host's native
+- **`resolveInboxAnchor()`** — the anchor where emulated inbox deposits land: a
+  **DEDICATED inbox document** (a reserved account's public scope document, from
+  `docCreate` — a real repo NURI, stable across clients), **not** the shared
+  wallet's private-store root. Why dedicated: the shim (the account→document trust
+  root) lives in the private-store graph and is scanned on every `loadShim`;
+  routing every inbox deposit into that SAME graph bloats it without bound
+  (thousands of deposit triples across sessions), turning `loadShim` into a
+  multi-second full-graph scan. A separate inbox document keeps the shim graph
+  small and the deposits isolated. At migration it becomes the host's native
   inbox NURI.
 
 Both resolve the native store ids from the **injected session**
diff --git a/packages/client/src/store-registry.ts b/packages/client/src/store-registry.ts
index 3b0ec4b..9155a69 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/store-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/store-registry.ts
@@ -315,15 +315,31 @@ export async function resolveScopeGraph(scope: Scope): Promise<Nuri> {
   return scopeStoreNuri(scope);
 }
 
+/**
+ * The reserved account that OWNS the shared registration-inbox document. Like the
+ * discovery index's special account, it lives in the reserved namespace (no user
+ * can produce this key) and only HOSTS a document — its `public` scope document is
+ * the inbox anchor. Disappears at migration (native per-document inboxes).
+ */
+const INBOX_ANCHOR_ACCOUNT = reservedAccount("inbox");
+
 /**
  * The inbox anchor NURI for the current session (where emulated inbox deposits
- * physically land). SDK-shaped: the consumer never resolves the private store
- * itself. In the polyfill this is the shared wallet's private store (a real
- * repo NURI — required because the broker rejects a `urn:` anchor); at
- * migration it becomes the host's native inbox and this resolution moves here.
+ * physically land). SDK-shaped: the consumer never resolves a store itself.
+ *
+ * This is a DEDICATED inbox DOCUMENT (a reserved account's public scope document —
+ * a real repo NURI from `docCreate`, stable across clients via the shim), NOT the
+ * shared wallet's private-store root. Reason (perf + hygiene): the shim (the
+ * account→document trust root) lives in the private-store graph and is scanned on
+ * every `loadShim`; routing every inbox deposit into that SAME graph bloats it
+ * without bound (thousands of deposit triples across sessions), turning `loadShim`
+ * into a multi-second full-graph scan. A separate inbox document keeps the shim
+ * graph small and the deposits isolated. At migration this becomes the host's
+ * native per-document inbox and the resolution moves here.
  */
 export async function resolveInboxAnchor(): Promise<Nuri> {
-  return scopeStoreNuri("private");
+  const record = await ensureAccount(INBOX_ANCHOR_ACCOUNT);
+  return record.docPublic;
 }
 
 // --- per-entity documents + per-scope index -------------------------------
diff --git a/packages/client/test/store-registry.test.ts b/packages/client/test/store-registry.test.ts
index 721fad5..11ab647 100644
--- a/packages/client/test/store-registry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/test/store-registry.test.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,14 @@ test("resolveScopeGraph maps scopes to native store NURIs (no store-id leaks to
   expect(await resolveScopeGraph("private")).toBe("did:ng:PRIV");
   expect(await resolveScopeGraph("protected")).toBe("did:ng:PROT");
   expect(await resolveScopeGraph("public")).toBe("did:ng:PROT"); // co-located
-  expect(await resolveInboxAnchor()).toBe("did:ng:PRIV");
+  // The inbox anchor is now a DEDICATED inbox DOCUMENT (a reserved account's
+  // public scope doc, from docCreate) — NOT the private-store root — so inbox
+  // deposits don't bloat the shim graph. It is a real repo NURI and STABLE
+  // across calls (same reserved account → same document).
+  const anchor = await resolveInboxAnchor();
+  expect(anchor).toMatch(/^did:ng:o:doc/);
+  expect(anchor).not.toBe("did:ng:PRIV");
+  expect(await resolveInboxAnchor()).toBe(anchor); // stable
 });
 
 test("resolveScopeGraph falls back to the private store when no protected id is injected", async () => {