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.

“I actually use NordVPN's free Meshnet feature”

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 3258859570

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

11043b0305866b37535c85849776476ec8c1b1904f6674955b8ecfc7fc66b243

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

WHQO5IY4nZ6fy0l91lyZT54roXnRDWa9r6PuTrXOwVO/faDVKZjDBtfS6L2TYJGnIfOtyyildRx1o+incSuGBg==

Merkle root

ca3049e83faa90e23a8ee728d82960c74b9da8080000e4c92979853b767b75e4

Merkle path

["1104477f85c887218d65168c2648c914216e961a0f92f35ea2da2298ee21f831","d9988b3391bb28570925fccb6c6aeedd9adbcd981ecef4c37104c238a0be0a3b","09c4f36eeb51d73428a8a930aec27647108dbde6bec7344ac79991933ad1f485","67380b61f1683a1473022fc960d817018f6c309eab8cfe6dd08293091e86c6b4","123877286bf59441c3b9ade09f46ba0a6c97546ee56661fa3fa7776712ef3ca1","00addb536bf24d14cb51eadce84502d044162aee0c0ce7e6046cdf4b93b88b88","ecccd43ff075136f8727399fdedc2bdd9adc9f9506222b770b8de405d1cc8c2d","48173375c0dbcc359350b0485e0e96fe39d626b91e7b99d986d4d8d8b1adcc71","db2a1ba8f3fa2b050cbf1ebb2d4a01724f77ed146cb0b439dddf9e121df4c85f","ec33680bdf48dece235131c83bd2a728f78f4428a4454c6c7a0412b932625c21","82910a5026a7e6ca5de409e1fec5e3a85e26dcb97a04bb4734e3b891249e3f3d","c528a565399f1c43ffb0fc3019a2c2cee2d7413a87787555bb34d4d613541976","3eed51977edad6c2579b7e509587049321fa77487298d3b73535214036c0118d","7614ef067de1e21e5c4ed10ec802ff07f79b9dfb75186edc1d9abf343905b9c9"]

Anchored

2026-10-15

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258859570 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8fb5…

Expected log hash

37382a24206a9b79ef105a983cf477ccafc4b4430b1549876c44fbf5fedaafa5 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":"v1792034893828","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"I actually use NordVPN's free Meshnet feature","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-28","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a91bb5df9bb708b6dae9bd3","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 (ca3049e83faa…), 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.