Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“iLovePDF app is an awesome software, simple to use and its free.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

• ✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
• ✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
• ✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 2680856520

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

057fabc79c1d18a373696b0296b84477a652f63a8eb7180f17c6097368a1477c

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

xPKW1qKe8utGQiUKZYXw3biqFYvf/iwKO63W3toAJDOGwdEMqKsjLCXcN5Q2ivPKmhPkCGzYzh9JRLdkw0n6Aw==

Merkle root

e42defaa0a17e226699ea4a82dc9c6dd27c28085170ffe1d62d8c6a4c9215db9

Merkle path

["05821e4569a9cf6f309020730fbfaa594d3a6cdbead4139ec77555d02b0bd689","c95c4c7ffac41837d4071c6817f70dda5b54a4c34e284383b4731a79640b52e6","cc38c00926a5dcd83f61d139683c8c106a9aa5d605d1735184363aef45478c0f","22ae913d874650ba3cc15db93589bddc09a66ecd897adfb145c8e0aadcf04ebe","7e22a4c18665cf38f027ecb61a04143a63e80f0bb4ca3263b1ad7661ef458305","89f599ae78ac3e3163cac8673fb31b636726b5e471c6c3693a8082092e878243","76f7f510fd01955b5aac84bfeabf0683ca5790fbf02316ca6cfec12369b3ab70","0a06d7e8ec047c10d13aafba394abb59672a6eabc9a6f5bc5e810054650e3ca6","44e61bc6e0813fbae828b7b2ac19588f9029d2ef402b07a3f5fb01f707767fce","29e82282541d192437a4f6c358509015bdb38473d3a11f082d981053cb178063","39dea0caf015701cb503eb4e94059087d030d6df7160f0d8c08dd9cc53b44240","26322ecba042f86a8a3948f32fb985f61482003505576f985a5eec2ec4c81858","a723e3192c73ed0856ed765177b67dd95561b4a0d6d1c0b16f64f339be4f05a1","f9b10a6aa616ed717dd3cacc1714fe509709e95281fdde9fabb8c6943e906d5b","270a8fe791f18cfa20f43263c29329704ffea666703469cea18570c7ca1219e3"]

Anchored

2026-09-01

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2680856520 · entry 108e9186e8c5677adb25…

Expected log hash

356153ffa6072187539ea75dc6dfb23d03b74238aa8aa70cd6aa9a6a99e983d4 The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.

Canonical record

{"dataset_version":"v1788298923475","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"comparison:smallpdf/en/cat-convert-pdf","quote":"iLovePDF app is an awesome software, simple to use and its free.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a946b268648fefa4c1a4202","v":1}

Verify in the public log

1. Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
2. In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (e42defaa0a17…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
3. Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
4. The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
5. Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.