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_revise · Ethereum
- Sequence
- #3
- Score
- 74 → 64 (-10)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 424048112
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-03T14:50:33.919Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- FKcUSN6HHnCARspYHtEb8b121DQMuadAF3GMQYb23fTY
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1430 chars)
{"actor":"judge","decided_at":"2026-06-03T14:50:33.651Z","decision":"review_revise","investigation_id":"bae0144a-6625-45a4-8cb2-399c21d7c11b","new_score":64,"page_slug":"ethereum","prev_score":74,"reason":"The page is broadly accurate on major historical events, protocol upgrades, and regulatory milestones, but two material factual errors require correction before the page can be approved. First, claim_findings[11] (regulatory section) states Ethereum 'was not explicitly named' in the March 17, 2026 SEC/CFTC digital commodity release — this is directly contradicted by two Tier 1 legal sources (Jenner & Block and Ropes & Gray), both of which confirm ETH was explicitly listed among the 16 named commodities. The error inverts the page's characterization of ETH's regulatory status. Second, claim_findings[2] (Protocol Overview) cites '$99 billion in total value locked' for May 2026, which Tier 1 data (DefiLlama) shows reflects a late-2025 peak; the May 2026 figure was approximately $45–57 billion, a significant overstatement. Additionally, the DAO hard fork block number is cited as 192,000 rather than the correct 1,920,000 (noted in claim_findings[7]). Five claims were unverifiable from available sources, though none concern core allegations. Reviewer confidence is 0.82.","score_delta":-10,"sequence_num":3,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}