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_approve · BitMEX
- Sequence
- #3
- Score
- 38 → 38 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 426280291
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-13T21:27:15.051Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 9DSnBybi9Rvz63vV3Q28WeRY4QfiwRKdZ59Sk59xYkTm
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1350 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-06-13T21:27:14.843Z","decision":"review_approve","investigation_id":"1876f965-9dbe-4c95-8793-73c5838efe98","new_score":38,"page_slug":"bitmex","prev_score":38,"reason":"The reviewer examined 26 discrete claims and found zero disputed findings, three partially-supported findings, and one unverifiable claim. The disputed_pct of 3.8% falls within the 0-10% approval band. The three partial findings are all minor in nature: claim_findings[17] involves a technical email-field label (CC vs. To:) where the core exposure event is correctly described; claim_findings[20] concerns a 1-2 day ambiguity in an executive appointment date; and claim_findings[3] is a volume figure derivable from publicly reported annual totals. The unverifiable Seychelles VASP licensing claim (claim_findings[22]) rests on BitMEX's own regulatory page but is not contradicted by any external source. All major legal and regulatory facts — CFTC charges, DOJ indictment, $100 million settlement, individual sentences, and 2025 presidential pardons — are confirmed by Tier 1 primary sources. Reviewer confidence is 0.88. Coverage gaps are low-to-medium priority and suggest expansion, not correction.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":3,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}