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
- Sequence
- #7
- Score
- 0 → 0 (-12)
- Cluster
- mainnet-beta
- Slot
- 462183397
- Off-chain at
- 2026-10-27T19:08:00.090Z
- Anchored at
- 2026-10-27T19:08:26.000Z
- Block time
- 2026-10-27T19:08:26.000Z
Independent verification
- 1. Database (off-chain)
- GVviDmKUGxQpjZrgkHhWkQZ6tmKTEAtjFyEYg571sFHh
- 2. Recomputed (your browser)
- computing…
- 3. On-chain (Solana memo)
- fetching…
Canonical bytes hashed (1820 chars)
{"actor":"judge","artifact_identity":"d929e8fa71adb17da15cba6d74ac4dac","band_override":null,"blocked_count":1,"decided_at":"2026-10-27T19:07:59.739Z","decision":"review_revise","delist_requested":false,"disputed_pct":0.125,"investigation_id":"e5e9168d-7847-4457-a735-e58b23759dfd","judge_def_hash":"8800307026131ea9d5da939d32b9a1f1884b2b84a5de33c8e87931d36f38d0f8","new_score":0,"page_slug":"gotbit-vortex-antier-contrarian-doj-crypto-market-maker-manipulation-ring","prev_score":0,"reason":"Of 8 claim findings, 1 was excluded because the source blocked the reviewer (claim_findings[7]). Of the remaining 7, 1 is unverifiable (claim_findings[8], a law-firm marketing page that could not be found), so about 14% are unresolved and none are disputed. The core facts hold: the three indictments, the Singapore arrests, the Gotbit plea and the $23M forfeiture. The page presents the Andriunin sentence as eight months in prison when Reuters reports it was deemed time served (omission_findings[0]). Two partially supported claims (claim_findings[1] and [3]) involve date discrepancies. The primary DOJ pages could not be read (high-priority coverage gap), so the page is revised rather than approved.","reviewer_def_hash":"bc11388ce4bc4deea1b064fea362663ae06e3f4f687f99604769044d6ffba770","score_delta":-12,"scored_claims":8,"sequence_num":7,"severity_override":{"applied":true,"band":"minor","from_band":"minor","reason":"The material omission (omission_findings[0]) means the Andriunin eight-month sentence was deemed time served, but the page implies prison time. The percentage band is already minor, so the omission holds the verdict in that band at the upper end of its range rather than allowing approval."},"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}