Verify a decision
Every moderation decision on AVOID.NET is anchored to the Solana blockchain. You don't have to trust us — you can verify cryptographically that we committed to a verdict at a specific moment and have not rewritten it.
How verification works
- We commit. When a moderator accepts/rejects a submission, we serialize the decision into deterministic UTF-8 bytes (
payload_canonical_string), hash it with SHA-256, encode the digest as base58, and write it to Solana inside an SPL Memo v2 transaction. - We store the bytes. The exact bytes we hashed are stored alongside the decision in our database. Anyone can read them and recompute the hash in any language.
- You compare three values. Database hash, your independently-recomputed hash, and the hash inside the on-chain memo. If all three match, the decision is authentic and timestamped.
The on-chain memo format is
AVOID.NET|v1|h:<b58-sha256>|d:<id>|t:<iso>Find a signature on any investigation page's decision log, or run python -m src.verify_decision --signature <sig> for a CLI check.
Decision
review · Solana
- Sequence
- #1
- Score
- 35 → 35 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 418314624
- Off-chain at
- 2026-05-08T03:18:50.774Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 5K4bWzaWeQegJGQrPoQi451X5Umh1iQA7yFMSZYJpDjk
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (859 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-05-08T03:18:50.659Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"37f76c43-1a2b-430c-bcec-29da838671b3","new_score":35,"page_slug":"solana","prev_score":35,"reason":"The investigation is factually solid with 16 of 23 claims fully confirmed. Five claims are partially supported due to minor numerical discrepancies (wallet hack amount, SOL price drop percentage) or editorial opinion presented as fact (48% insider ownership is a lawsuit allegation, not verified; compliance toxicity claim is from a low-credibility Medium post). One claim is stale (262-day uptime figure). Key coverage gap: the SEC dropped the Coinbase case in Feb 2025, materially changing the regulatory narrative.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":1,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}