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 · Bitfinex / Tether
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 28 → 28 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 426268201
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-13T20:07:12.743Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- H2xKoczFuSwFyE3wCKE5jGnXjnfJ6Ld1pWC9dvFSaExp
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1343 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-13T20:07:12.567Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"92ec5e04-519f-4f6c-9073-646fed451679","new_score":28,"page_slug":"bitfinex-tether","prev_score":28,"reason":"The Bitfinex/Tether investigation page is largely accurate and well-sourced, with all major regulatory actions confirmed from primary sources including CFTC and NYAG press releases. Key figures — the $18.5 million NYAG settlement, the $41 million CFTC fine, the 27.6% backing statistic, the 119,756 BTC stolen in 2016, and the Lichtenstein/Morgan sentences — all check out. The principal weaknesses are minor: the USDT circulation figure ($188 billion) overstates current supply by roughly $1-2 billion, the GENIUS Act is described as 'expected' when it has already been enacted into law, the characterization of the El Salvador relocation motive is editorial rather than sourced, and the page conflates the 2021 FOIA filing date with the 2023 document release date for Tether reserve documents. No claim is actively contradicted by a more authoritative source. Coverage gaps exist around the 2024 expanded DOJ probe, on-chain analytics, OFAC/sanctions history, and the launched USAT product.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}