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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 · USDS
View on Solana ↗
Sequence
#2
Score
63 → 63 (0)
Cluster
mainnet-beta
Slot
443525138
Off-chain at
2026-08-27T10:11:26.895Z
Anchored at
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Block time
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Independent verification

1. Database (off-chain)
Dju2zpbV9VkusxYzgDwfcBAfa8qWeDEchCD6bxYdQdJB
2. Recomputed (your browser)
computing…
3. On-chain (Solana memo)
fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1417 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-08-27T10:11:26.507Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"8c9f63d8-429b-485d-a10b-9975e2ab32de","new_score":63,"page_slug":"usds","prev_score":63,"reason":"The page correctly classifies USDS as crypto-collateralised and governance-controlled rather than fiat-reserve-backed or algorithmic, and handles the freeze-function controversy carefully — accurately distinguishing a dormant, governance-gated capability from an exercised action, which independent research confirms has never been triggered. The $756M EOA custody controversy and GENIUS Act context are both accurately and specifically sourced. However, three claims are disputed: the Endgame/MKR-governance approval date (2023-01-01) is contradicted by both the page's own cited source (which says November 2024) and independent reporting (which documents a distinct March 27, 2023 vote); and the section-5 account of an internal rebrand-rejection vote 'before' Sky/USDS branding was adopted has the chronology and outcome backwards relative to its own cited source. One claim (MKR/DAI balances 'remaining usable indefinitely') is stale due to an escalating 2025 conversion penalty the page omits, and one (multi-token coexistence) is partially supported for the same reason.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}