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 · Wormhole
- Sequence
- #1
- Score
- 42 → 42 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 419336314
- Off-chain at
- 2026-05-12T21:35:22.716Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- EBJ5TTYAJg977jFFZsXg2SDY93ap9hoGS8y1SUcaZCVL
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1360 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-05-12T21:35:22.651Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"57924d6e-a4c7-4662-8069-3e5dd2071dba","new_score":42,"page_slug":"wormhole","prev_score":42,"reason":"The Wormhole investigation page is well-researched and substantially accurate across its core factual claims. The exploit mechanics, on-chain addresses, bailout details, fundraise, and token launch are all confirmed by credible sources. Three findings warrant attention: (1) the description of the post-exploit fix names the replacement function as 'current_instruction_at' when all technical sources indicate it was 'load_instruction_at_checked'; (2) the Immunefi bug bounty maximum is stated as $5 million but the live program shows $1 million; and (3) the summary's statement that stolen funds 'remain substantially unrecovered' materially understates the recovery outcome — Kobre & Kim's public announcement indicates over $400 million was recovered by July 2024 through English court enforcement of a New York judgment, substantially more than the $140 million Oasis counter-exploit figure the page emphasizes. The timeline entry for the Tai Mo Shan SEC charges is dated December 1 instead of December 20, 2024.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":1,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}