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 · Circle
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 48 → 48 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 426514831
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-14T23:16:16.187Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 9UadL37DpFhKP3hCDGa7JW6eRCXfDLL1yf5ZV9oH9g44
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1915 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-14T23:16:16.140Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"85d9f9dd-474a-4cb3-b2e5-3abcdd7ccf2f","new_score":48,"page_slug":"circle","prev_score":48,"reason":"Blue-chip calibration review (Prompt A). Verdict: over-penalized. Page content is treated as accurate; the trust_score band is miscalibrated. Circle Internet Group is a legitimate, publicly traded, federally regulated stablecoin issuer, not a fraudulent entity. The three incidents driving its WARNING score are: (1) the SVB depeg — Circle was a victim of an external bank failure and USDC fully recovered; (2) the Drift Protocol exploit — a DPRK-linked hack of a third-party DeFi protocol where Circle is criticized for a policy stance (requiring legal process before freezing), not for fraud; and (3) ZachXBT's $420M accusation — a policy criticism about freeze speed, not a fraud finding. Circle is NYSE-listed, OCC conditionally chartered, GENIUS Act compliant, and publishes the most granular stablecoin reserve disclosures in the industry (monthly Deloitte attestations, daily BlackRock-managed CUSIP-level reporting). The WARNING band (20-49) is calibrated for 'elevated fraud/loss risk or unresolved severe incident'; none of Circle's incidents meet that threshold for the operator itself. The CAUTIONARY band (50-69) for a 'legitimate operator with material caveats' is correct: Circle's freeze-policy controversy is real, the SVB depeg history is a genuine risk marker, and ZachXBT's criticism has traction in the industry — these justify a caveat score rather than a clean VERIFIED. A score of 62 within CAUTIONARY reflects the legitimacy and regulatory standing while retaining meaningful weight for the documented policy controversy and historical depeg event.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}