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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 · PayPal USD (PYUSD)
View on Solana ↗
Sequence
#2
Score
68 → 68 (0)
Cluster
mainnet-beta
Slot
443523981
Off-chain at
2026-08-27T05:29:45.337Z
Anchored at
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Block time
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Independent verification

1. Database (off-chain)
46xJ4ib9NDFZ7gAHLdrkfJsNZBfp5dSjEmPLCk2xipCR
2. Recomputed (your browser)
computing…
3. On-chain (Solana memo)
fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1591 chars)
{"actor":"reviewer","decided_at":"2026-08-27T05:29:17.192Z","decision":"review","investigation_id":"de455f07-352d-4ec0-997e-17c5b0e301c9","new_score":68,"page_slug":"paypal-usd","prev_score":68,"reason":"The page makes essentially no unsupported adverse allegations against PYUSD or Paxos; every negative or risk-flagging claim (BUSD/NYDFS enforcement history, freeze/wipe centralization risk, SEC subpoena) traces to an identifiable, credible source and is stated with appropriate hedging, and the SEC PYUSD-specific subpoena closure is reported accurately as a closure rather than overstated as vindication or understated as an open matter. The most significant problem runs the other direction: the page central regulatory-status claim (NYDFS-chartered Paxos Trust Company, LLC) is stale as of December 12, 2025, when Paxos converted to a federally chartered OCC national trust (Paxos Trust Company, N.A.) -- a change the page own cited official sources already reflect. A second, distinct problem is a cluster of seven timeline/body entries from December 2025 through Q2 2026 (YouTube integration, Visa/BVNK integration, Solana default-network designation, supply all-time-high date, 10-Q filing date, stablecoin market-cap ranking, and the crypto-division reorganization quarter) where independently verifiable specific dates or facts differ from what the page states, consistent with a documented first-of-month dating artifact in this corpus.","score_delta":0,"sequence_num":2,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}