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.
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 5 → 5 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 443518886
- Off-chain at
- 2026-08-26T00:04:37.118Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 85NDKu6zqhCihhLYkKAZLtbsoTgtDjYx3mX2d6HCe6Xq
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1278 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-08-26T00:04:37.008Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"bba44da0-a72e-4e24-8e86-51fcdfad5505","new_score":5,"page_slug":"global-pig-butchering-enforcement-cluster-276-arrests-m-seizures-2026","prev_score":5,"reason":"The page's individual enforcement actions (DOJ 276-arrest takedown, Shunda compound charges, OFAC sanctions, $61M Tether seizure, Operation Atlantic, INTERPOL First Light 2026, Operation Level Up) are each well-documented and largely accurate against primary sources, and no defendant is misdescribed as convicted when only charged. However, the page repeatedly misattributes the $701.96 million restraint, 503 seized domains, Telegram channel takedown, and device counts to the April 29 Dubai/Thailand arrests when independent reporting on the underlying DOJ releases ties these to a separate April 23 announcement, and it makes a chronologically impossible claim that a February 2026 $580 million aggregate figure encompasses actions from March and April 2026. The 'cluster' framing itself is the page's own synthesis rather than a grouping established by any cited source.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}