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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
publish · ArbiSwap
View on Solana ↗
Sequence
#1
Score
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Cluster
mainnet-beta
Slot
423154332
Off-chain at
2026-05-30T12:14:44.281Z
Anchored at
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Block time
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Independent verification

1. Database (off-chain)
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2. Recomputed (your browser)
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3. On-chain (Solana memo)
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Canonical bytes hashed (10760 chars)
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The anonymous developer exploited a hidden 'recoverToken' function in a swapped smart contract to drain liquidity pools while the ARBI governance token collapsed more than 99% in value. The project attracted $4.4 million in total value locked by advertising unsustainable yields above 1,000% APY before abandoning the protocol and going silent.","timeline":[{"date":"2023-02-24","event":"ArbiSwap launches on Arbitrum. The ARBI token is issued and liquidity pools open. The protocol reaches $1 million TVL within 30 minutes.","source":"CryptoSlate","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/arbitrum-based-dex-arbiswap-rugs-users-days-after-launch-token-down-99/"},{"date":"2023-02-28","event":"ArbiSwap TVL peaks near $4.4 million on DeFiLlama. The protocol advertises 1,000%+ APY on ETH and BTC pairs to attract liquidity.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/02/arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-rug-pulls-users-for-over-100k"},{"date":"2023-03-01","event":"Approximately 13 hours before the rug pull, the developer silently swaps the project's router contract to a new address (0x5e7aBD428e2BE79af3317DbdF2BffC31BF7075cF) containing a hidden 'recoverToken' backdoor function.","source":"BeInCrypto / RugDocIO","source_url":"https://beincrypto.com/is-arbiswap-rugging-own-users/"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"The developer executes the rug pull: mints 1 trillion ARBI tokens, swaps them through the ARBI/USDC liquidity pool for USDC, then converts proceeds into approximately 68.47 ETH. The ARBI/WETH pool is accidentally left open; an arbitrage bot extracts roughly $112,000 from it.","source":"CoinFomania / PeckShield","source_url":"https://coinfomania.com/investors-lose-112k-to-arbiswap-rugpull/"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"RugDocIO issues an emergency public alert advising users to withdraw funds immediately and revoke all ArbiSwap token approvals. Total stolen estimated at ~84 ETH.","source":"Investing.com / CoinEdition","source_url":"https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/rugdoc-alerts-the-public-over-an-ongoing-rug-pull-on-arbiswap-3020607"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"ARBI token price collapses from approximately $1.50 to under $0.00000001, a decline of more than 99.9%. TVL drops from $4.4 million to approximately $269,000.","source":"U.Today / CoinDesk","source_url":"https://u.today/rug-pull-alert-large-arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-hardrugging-its-users-heres-what-you-must-do"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"CoinDesk, crypto.news, BeInCrypto, and U.Today publish reports on the rug pull. ArbiSwap's website and social media channels go silent with no developer statement.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/02/arbitrum-dex-arbiswap-rug-pulls-users-for-over-100k"},{"date":"2023-03-02","event":"On-chain data shows the ArbiSwap operator routes approximately 84 ETH in stolen funds through Tornado Cash to obscure the destination.","source":"CryptoSlate","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/arbitrum-based-dex-arbiswap-rugs-users-days-after-launch-token-down-99/"}]},"v":1}