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
- #4
- Score
- 0 → 0 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 423869925
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-02T19:08:21.343Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 8XcARCXZJwB4jehL6VEZf249fo3WQfbPsZwwiopaPsNj
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1342 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-02T19:08:21.249Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"a35c9291-ad0b-4bed-8888-a836ff498f0a","new_score":0,"page_slug":"goliath-ventures-christopher-alexander-delgado","prev_score":0,"reason":"The investigation page is substantially accurate. Core facts — arrest date and charges, scheme mechanics, investor count range, asset forfeiture details, civil litigation parties and dates, bankruptcy filing, and Delgado's personal background — are all confirmed by primary government sources (IRS CI, DOJ press releases) and corroborated by multiple credible secondary outlets. The only unverifiable claim is the specific March 1, 2026 self-surrender date; the self-surrender itself is confirmed, only the date lacks accessible sourcing. Four claims are partially supported rather than fully confirmed: the Jordan Shaw $60M figure (likely a subset of clients), Petrillo's victim status (page does not disclose he was also COO), the MLP connection (appropriately hedged as tier-3 but only sourced to de Hek), and the specific 'trailer 100 yards from a highway' quote (only sourced to Wikipedia's paraphrase). No claims were found to contradict reputable sources.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":4,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}