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 · BitMEX
- Sequence
- #5
- Score
- 38 → 56 (+18)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 426514588
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-14T23:16:03.734Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- BnJo1EsMumfdUFjQR4en8zgzdXJ6cFykxCsdoZF5A7re
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1282 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-06-14T23:16:03.627Z","decision":"review_approve","investigation_id":"1876f965-9dbe-4c95-8793-73c5838efe98","new_score":56,"page_slug":"bitmex","prev_score":38,"reason":"The calibration review found 0% of claims disputed across all six claim_findings; all factual content on the page stands as accurate. The current trust score of 38 (WARNING band) misclassifies BitMEX alongside entities with active fraud exposure: all charges were regulatory in nature — willful AML/BSA compliance failures, not theft or misappropriation of customer funds (claim_findings[0]). All criminal convictions were expunged by presidential pardon on March 28, 2025 (claim_findings[3]), and the exchange has since implemented mandatory KYC, publishes biweekly Proof of Reserves, and reduced on-chain risk exposure by 88% (claim_findings[4]). With no outstanding enforcement actions and no customer fund losses at any point, the CAUTIONARY band (50-69) better reflects the resolved but serious regulatory history. A score of 56 preserves meaningful historical caveats while correctly distinguishing this entity from fraud cases.","score_delta":18,"sequence_num":5,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}