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 · Aster (ASTER)
- Sequence
- #1
- Score
- 38 → 38 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 419499829
- Off-chain at
- 2026-05-13T15:44:54.832Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- EB2rHksk6TCL3csuSPsKKFWKf4wo2HVxpRMWENSamv8T
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1443 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-05-13T15:44:54.667Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"9b492674-6906-480f-abf4-7dde81173705","new_score":38,"page_slug":"aster","prev_score":38,"reason":"The Aster investigation page is largely accurate on its core factual assertions — the merger history, TGE date and launch price, ATH, DeFiLlama delisting sequence, CZ's advisory role and token purchase, and the wash trading controversy are all well-supported by credible sources. The most significant factual errors are: (1) the claim that no audit firms or reports were publicly identifiable is incorrect — Aster's documentation page lists Salus Security, PeckShield, and Halborn with file links to published reports; (2) the Aster Chain is described as 'planned' when the mainnet launched on March 17, 2026, making the section materially stale; (3) the CMC market rank of '#54' is inaccurate (actual rank is approximately #44); and (4) the market share percentages attributed to 'early 2026' (Hyperliquid 28%, Aster 15%) are inconsistent with the cited KuCoin source which states Hyperliquid held over 70% of open interest by March 2026. The 'Ember' team member claim is unverifiable. USDF risk documentation phrasing could not be confirmed from currently accessible sources due to URL restructuring.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":1,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}