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_approve · BlockFi
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 38 → 38 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 419605615
- Off-chain at
- 2026-05-14T03:28:36.213Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- DjfXzaEotxrSGBbkv2LgYtD7qZKat4rSbYn49SkShTWD
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (918 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-05-14T03:28:36.014Z","decision":"review_approve","investigation_id":"b0a092e5-5c6b-4a33-b2b5-c8606e7be1ff","new_score":38,"page_slug":"blockfi","prev_score":38,"reason":"The BlockFi page is factually sound with only minor discrepancies. Of 32 claims, 30 are confirmed by Tier 1 and strong Tier 2 sources. Two partial findings are technical: seed funding amount stated as $1.6M versus confirmed $1.55M (claim_findings[7]), and Zac Prince's SBF trial testimony paraphrased but substantively accurate (claim_findings[24]). Disputed_pct of 6.3% falls well within the 0-10% approval band. All major facts—SEC settlement terms, FTX credit facility, bankruptcy filing, $874.5M FTX settlement, and 100% creditor recovery—are independently verified.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}