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 · Edgevana
- Sequence
- #2
- Score
- 74 → 74 (0)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 423649747
- Off-chain at
- 2026-06-01T18:50:19.576Z
- Anchored at
- —
- Block time
- —
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- 9EVo6zTuDDs1EinhDUoW6Ph3gaY1qpjyhi1cGMCF2paz
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (947 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-06-01T18:50:19.502Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"7bea57f8-c75f-46d6-8b27-434d183004bf","new_score":74,"page_slug":"edgevana","prev_score":74,"reason":"The Edgevana investigation page is factually well-grounded, with the large majority of claims confirmed by primary and secondary sources. No claims were found to be disputed or unverifiable. The primary accuracy concerns are the stale 'Las Vegas-based' headquarters label (official 2023 press release says San Mateo, CA), point-in-time on-chain staking statistics presented as current facts, and an unaddressed StackPath shutdown that affects one cited partnership. The page appropriately caveats uncertain information such as the Fyrfly investor claim and the acquisition mischaracterization on Tracxn.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}