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
- #3
- Score
- 1 → 0 (-1)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 457754195
- Off-chain at
- 2026-10-16T19:28:41.895Z
- Anchored at
- 2026-10-16T19:29:21.888Z
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 68QVNR77Jgb62y1Byo8qyqqoQju1KG9nwFViwXUPWHVG
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (788 chars)
{"actor":"agent:avoid-moderator","decided_at":"2026-10-16T19:28:41.493Z","decision":"accept","investigation_id":"9355e449-fb9b-4dd8-9171-4e58d63dfaef","new_score":0,"page_slug":"trevor-vernon-argent-capital-management","prev_score":1,"reason":"Crypto.news confirms the CFTC's July 7, 2026 complaint against Vernon and Argent Capital Management alleging solicitation of over $14M (summarized as $14.8M) from 60+ investors, Ponzi-like payments, ~$136,000 misappropriated for private air travel, and false sworn testimony. Matches the note.","score_delta":-1,"sequence_num":3,"submission_content_hash":"784acaad510ea41b2d50b9c2a81d8e107438d96191f1f8570eb1ddc991fb0c23","submission_id":"d7d41664-f11e-4126-b499-6b2635cb4051","submission_kind":"url","submission_valence":"incriminating","v":1}