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 · Rodney Burton (Bitcoin Rodney)
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 2 → 2 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 443505262
- Off-chain at
- 2026-08-08T01:24:53.713Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 61K7atWXPzT5zkyTk7Z5MQgtVmYUDaVcsWxn9uSoDVzZ
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1200 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-08-08T01:24:53.617Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"f1fb8895-cb0c-4b69-8659-eb1ab81c5a6a","new_score":2,"page_slug":"rodney-burton-bitcoin-rodney","prev_score":2,"reason":"The investigation page is substantially accurate on its core legal claims — the guilty plea date, charge type, maximum sentence, judge, sentencing date, scheme mechanics, investor losses, arrest circumstances, and co-defendant statuses are all confirmed by credible sources. Two notable accuracy issues exist: (1) the timeline incorrectly dates the superseding indictment to January 2025 when it was filed December 12, 2025; and (2) the celebrity section conflates conference attendees (Akon, Daymond John, Jordan Belfort) with social associates (Foxx, Ross, Haddish) who are not confirmed as conference presenters. Additionally, specific ages for Sam Lee (35) and Brenda Chunga (43) could not be verified in any reviewed source. The page handles its lower-credibility pattern-evidence claims (prior MLM schemes) with appropriate hedging.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}