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 · Bitpin
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 4 → 4 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 425430730
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-09T23:49:47.827Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 3nzpDvrWARg2AgT75f57vBDeNA6nZHfFY6HWKBnBmTr5
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1085 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-09T23:49:47.728Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"e33b7aad-7706-43e0-b707-2f447e12fb52","new_score":4,"page_slug":"bitpin","prev_score":4,"reason":"The Bitpin investigation page is well-grounded in verifiable regulatory events. Core claims — OFAC designation date, campaign name, executive orders, four designated exchanges, volume figures, and market-share percentages — are confirmed across multiple credible sources. The principal weakness is the Patco Company / Arya Hamrah Samaneh investor allegation, which is presented with near-factual certainty despite resting exclusively on a community-tier Substack source; the Treasury press release uses notably more hedged language. Two claims (specific company registration number and street address) are unverifiable due to OFAC page fetch timeouts, though they are plausible given their stated source. No factually disputed claims were found.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}