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
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 0 → 0 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 443512257
- Off-chain at
- 2026-08-25T07:22:30.404Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- HY5KG6sxdv9w8uorRekns7Q4iqf1TTSpXQjQm4m4t536
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1124 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-08-25T07:22:30.289Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"e554ffac-0e94-4306-af8b-f69c8a52c9d9","new_score":0,"page_slug":"eu-mica-regulator-impersonation-scam-wave","prev_score":0,"reason":"The page's core factual scaffolding — the MiCA transition deadline, the 323-authorized/1,700-unlicensed firm split, TRM Labs' figures, and the ESMA/AMF impersonation warnings including the Pontoizeau quote — is well corroborated by independent sources, including ESMA's own official fraud page. The main weaknesses are: an unsourced 'up to 10 million users' estimate that one of the page's own cited outlets explicitly flags as an unofficial media figure; one incorrect timeline date for Binance's Greek MiCA withdrawal; an overstated characterization of Belgium's FSMA involvement; one unverified AMF quote about not offering financial services; and one likely-invented illustrative phrase ('MiCA-approved escrow') not found verbatim in any source.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}