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.
- Sequence
- #4
- Score
- 0 → 0 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 457721656
- Off-chain at
- 2026-10-16T17:30:49.278Z
- Anchored at
- 2026-10-16T17:31:49.102Z
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 5qNqtexuMZkm41pgPf8HvZmaoMoKyx92bNqFccyPBzeq
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (2104 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","artifact_identity":"16916f08ba470aaa789a277890fc1009","decided_at":"2026-10-16T17:30:49.123Z","decision":"review","disputed_pct":0.2632,"findings_hash":"EwPYYNdjeJersX3N1VQGmEZgu9uxrKFHKPEbq9s97t1z","investigation_id":"bf4a4ec1-6ca2-4bcc-840e-298334b765f5","mode":"findings_only","new_score":0,"page_content_hash":"8c71e0e5947d2327bbc0b0410aa8814e5178dc60a31a04c0aa8944f007dfc36a","page_slug":"cambodia-chatgpt-pig-butchering-crypto-scam-network-openai-shutdown-july-2026","prev_score":0,"reason":"The page's core narrative — OpenAI's July 31, 2026 disclosure of a Poipet-linked ChatGPT scam network, the WhatsApp tip, the job-ad recruitment pattern, and the broader Cambodian sanctions/enforcement timeline (Ly Yong Phat 2024, the March 2026 executive order, the Kok An sanctions of April 2026) — is well supported by the primary Treasury release and multiple independent secondary outlets covering the OpenAI post. However, several specific statistics are mishandled: the 84% Tether/stablecoin figure is misattributed to Elliptic in one section and mischaracterized as pig-butchering-specific in the timeline when it is attributed elsewhere to TRM Labs or an academic study and is not pig-butchering-specific; the Huione Group '$98 billion over four-and-a-half years' claim invents a duration not present in the underlying Elliptic/FinCEN reporting (appears twice, same error); the 'United Nations... 250 or more scam operations' figure could not be corroborated (other credible counts differ); the FBI Director Kash Patel figures, while independently verifiable, are not supported by the specific source the page cites for them; and an academic study's narrow 46%/18% compliance finding (n=22, not ChatGPT-specific) is generalized into a broader claim about 'ChatGPT's integration into scam workflows.' None of these appear to be deliberate distortions, but they recur in ways that would mislead a careful reader about sourcing precision.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":4,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}