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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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_revise · Bybit
View on Solana ↗
Sequence
#2
Score
42 → 27 (-15)
Cluster
mainnet-beta
Slot
418471888
Off-chain at
2026-05-08T20:51:17.976Z
Anchored at
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Block time
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Independent verification

1. Database (off-chain)
p83y42fBZriSLhCDreXwMMfXMe1EE6n8PYL2savvadk
2. Recomputed (your browser)
computing…
3. On-chain (Solana memo)
fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1512 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-05-08T20:51:17.606Z","decision":"review_revise","investigation_id":"cc5d2629-b918-4554-b41b-cf765ff31285","new_score":27,"page_slug":"bybit","prev_score":42,"reason":"The core factual narrative of the February 2025 hack — attack mechanics, ETH amount, supply chain vector, Lazarus Group attribution, and Bybit's remediation — is well-supported across multiple high-credibility sources and does not require correction. However, the regulatory section contains materially stale and incorrect claims that require revision: claim_findings[7] states Bybit is registered in the British Virgin Islands, but a Tier 1 BVI FSC public statement confirms that entity was dissolved in July 2023; claim_findings[30] states Bybit holds no full regulatory license in major Western jurisdictions, which is contradicted by Tier 1 CoinDesk reporting that Bybit obtained a full EU MiCAR license in Austria (May 2025) and a UAE SCA license (October 2025). Additionally, claim_findings[22] attributes the characterization of Bybit's crisis response as 'unusually transparent' to CSIS and Wilson Center, but direct review of both Tier 1 sources shows neither contains that characterization — CSIS is mildly critical. The disputed_pct of 18% and three high-priority coverage gaps confirm the page needs targeted factual corrections, not wholesale revision.","score_delta":-15,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}