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 · Zoth Protocol
- Sequence
- #6
- Score
- 8 → 8 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 424135744
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-04T00:32:18.491Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 9FiFUH3WP18dCmVDHwo8KgRK7Z8vmAQd9qpjNAUMJvKv
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1010 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-04T00:32:18.346Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"4a736de8-81d9-4b63-944d-32ddd8b0ff17","new_score":8,"page_slug":"zoth-protocol","prev_score":8,"reason":"The Zoth Protocol investigation is well-supported on its core factual claims — exploit amounts, technical attack mechanics, wallet addresses, timestamps, and incident response measures are corroborated by multiple independent security research sources. The five partially-supported claims reflect precision issues (imprecise phrasing on collateral deposits, Bolts Capital announcement timing, minor regulatory details) rather than material falsehoods. The two unverifiable claims concern self-reported founder background data and an audit-flagging assertion that no cited source actually confirms. No claims were found to be outright disputed by credible sources.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":6,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}