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
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 0 → 0 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 423089050
- Off-chain at
- 2026-05-30T05:03:55.739Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 2nBLyEFFrRnvGHCc6eWpbRN9zWt5j8mb8i88wuTGPCn4
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1315 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-05-30T05:03:55.629Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"84243baf-f61b-49fc-9c8e-d5cac0aae952","new_score":0,"page_slug":"southeast-asian-crypto-scam-centers-operation-276","prev_score":0,"reason":"The investigation is well-sourced and overwhelmingly accurate. Primary government sources (DOJ, IRS CI, State Department, OFAC) confirm the core factual claims: the 276 arrests, nine dismantled compounds, $701.9M restraint, six San Diego defendants, Kok An sanctions, and Tai Chang reward. The main weaknesses are: (1) the Cambodia cybercrime law penalty range is presented only at the mid-tier, omitting lower base penalties and higher ringleader penalties; (2) the 400,000 forced labor / 70-country figure cannot be confirmed as a State Department figure — the best current estimate from the UN OHCHR is ~300,000 from ~66 countries; (3) one K99 Group and Heng Feng Cambodia Bank entity listing could not be independently confirmed in secondary sources; and (4) the Tai Chang reward date appears to be April 23, not April 24. No claims are disputed by credible counter-sources. All accepted submissions support the page as labeled.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}