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It depends on how valuable the identity is. I check some characters, for additional security I check some in the middle until I am satisfied with security. The downside is security creep, but verified identities generally grow more secure the older they are (does this grow faster?).

The upside to showing a larger hash is that humans are very good at roughly comparing two things. The difference in casing is probably enough to trigger a conscious check. A visual hash is still better.