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
- #6
- Score
- 0 → 0 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 423948530
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-03T03:50:15.484Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 2iXP5oMTdrRvoyLuzRy4xxaUYcZD48ACMA6R71WyjK52
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1380 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-03T03:50:15.378Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"a35c9291-ad0b-4bed-8888-a836ff498f0a","new_score":0,"page_slug":"goliath-ventures-christopher-alexander-delgado","prev_score":0,"reason":"The investigation page is substantively accurate and well-sourced. All core facts — arrest date, charges, scheme mechanics, Uniswap figure, Isleworth estate purchase, civil forfeiture details, bankruptcy filing, civil litigation parties and dates, and Delgado's personal background — are confirmed by IRS CI and DOJ primary sources and corroborated by multiple credible secondary outlets. One DOJ press release URL returns HTTP 403 (link rot), but an IRS companion page and secondary sources confirm the same content. Four claims are partially supported: the $500M victim loss characterization (conflates bankruptcy liability ceiling with actual losses), the Jordan Shaw $60M figure (subset of clients), Nick Petrillo's presentation as an investor-victim without disclosing his COO role, and the MLP connection (appropriately hedged as Tier 3 but reliant on a single investigative journalist source). No claims were found to be materially disputed or fabricated against any credible competing source.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":6,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}