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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 · Bitfinex / Tether
View on Solana ↗
Sequence
#3
Score
28 → 28 (0)
Cluster
mainnet-beta
Slot
426268204
Off-chain at
2026-06-13T20:07:12.852Z
Anchored at
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Block time
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Independent verification

1. Database (off-chain)
ERXFo5hpXjfLpUqveSdYNoK8BRozhKLtyRarg1aHAx6g
2. Recomputed (your browser)
computing…
3. On-chain (Solana memo)
fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1556 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-06-13T20:07:12.567Z","decision":"review_approve","investigation_id":"92ec5e04-519f-4f6c-9073-646fed451679","new_score":28,"page_slug":"bitfinex-tether","prev_score":28,"reason":"Of 33 claims reviewed, 25 were confirmed and none were actively disputed by a more authoritative source. The six partially-supported claims (claim_findings[1], claim_findings[4], claim_findings[7], claim_findings[27], claim_findings[32], claim_findings[36]) involve minor figure discrepancies (circulating supply overstated by roughly $1–2 billion), a date inconsistency between announcement and effective date for Ardoino's promotion, verbatim quote sourcing uncertainty for the AG statement, a filing-versus-release date ambiguity in the reserve documents section, enacted-vs-expected framing for the GENIUS Act, and editorial characterization of the El Salvador relocation motive. None of these undermine the page's core factual record, which is anchored by confirmed primary sources including NYAG, CFTC, and DOJ press releases. The one unverifiable claim (multisig key storage detail) derives from a confidential forensic report and is a peripheral technical point. Three high-priority coverage gaps exist — on-chain reserve analytics, the October 2024 expanded DOJ probe, and the pending KPMG audit results — but gaps indicate areas for expansion, not grounds for revision under current policy.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":3,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}