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.

“The VPN on my Firestick frequently drops the connection.”

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 3138947147

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1102900facced83e1ce0d3f09dfbd5e4eb0e38f08886ae545274a79ae2e5d630

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

ctCnz08e7GO3Pq1OEoaSAZ/kD39HBs6nNJEYYBdOdwMenj1C3YUbLsZh53hPVOq3TD6tF9PVgR51JnKLy4UcBw==

Merkle root

1b26d1b85473caad1868633ec4c931eb970e81199eea87926818f3f1753af37b

Merkle path

["10f8c2576eb6d60acd749946d06608f87a26971d4e41da50563995f46d44b394","7f9394b5bf59a92e76217c2fcab282d60147906e913115a9d10027555b54864b","8335eb4df64d16f369cfbbb5b3ea4aa9cad5467f3923b13642a0fa4fb70de606","ed3ff63863a302404d2ed76fbb5f6fe7b328271516312a68416404fedd983939","c5b396f9ad5c2eaaae2b4f624e3638390043cd5ff78eb4cdf88c5d5f92ce7fc6","33aa68bdf7b4b6ecbcd8213b2936e79abd042b519dbe9a750b054ee6a2c2dfc2","1b99fad045fc4eff6df47dba2ba2c1a1aa84e2b8dfc5cb3daf846e513220c489","87e0afedad9efbaf1f1d2037b7a994cda82c0b5791be0ad107526614ae9ff205","fd842674dbceccb97a912afa68ca175d57e50ca373cbcd95c65f4524ff08fde0","a3b4f22d02c5f57ee4e9bcad42a224ab07da87969c43c788889d1b9d4175a54e","f648eb5e81854df9ea89306d78bbeb987ee7596c4496a1475a8f98d8c8512166","1761151c8eb8c9daba65277b5e4fb8c5367f51d034d40c853513bbdd9f94ee57","0a715bd63526388883fdeb099e9129563e4c22e6bfb87e7eb3c16d297d4dcf78","a52caabaaff23a9dd211857be614b6dbb651e724ed1f53485e9621733590c1c2","06054c91b82ccf7b99bb6b4fcb7c60afa97f93295e6829b75e5bf1efe9493e63"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3138947147 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2712…

Expected log hash

8f66b765b7efcb11dcdcf57b81c46ed3317a5895f5b870638e23b76f1efbb2d5 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":"v1791425549743","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"The VPN on my Firestick frequently drops the connection.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-31","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a954fcaaf0022bcbe6e16c1","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 (1b26d1b85473…), 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.