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.

“You took money out of my account without my consent, which is theft”

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 3162173160

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

136bc2eaf01d11f8ae9e69226b6b56d9ca91f9a76e6f7d97600af0355c2b6279

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

+DssDqA0xUvfDWyJjz9/OxEwDleyTEU9UHhJomEnSBumyn0EpmTctn3nv6gYo8zDU/sp7sKdOTnpXV0VNN54BQ==

Merkle root

47aef0bbc5d347d2f064428fd7eda9e99f7cea2d49004267bc87db0e45c42023

Merkle path

["1362283ef25760a6ce0824741ec33240dfcb642891b77c6166f02fcb8161cb43","60e092b5f7edf133543b17511c9fc95a75addbc7a3f4d45c5110f205439d1581","1c649628bad93741760ddc73d1f776d16ac45e36a6f8f3989d9112e1bd7aa0d1","35752c2b54d5b0c6c0a145e902dcb1151ac600e8a9cb6acd688147cf0b6bd85c","218fa348e95a7473532537316b662cfd9496128c7d75350693346b258f47b616","c94a0b828cd62afeb9f769b39c12fc3d4481bcc24495c26f8961abb69fa58ea8","fe1e5984e304e0de13363b4af45b365d81a8a352a07ceda09a4563afb37fa7a6","1ab9c332ee63b9ef4b4a3177200339274c836d12957296a766d162f573831688","dbf89afe6d70cd44e5ae9f2dbd99fad201b181b98543486fccbd76400dd20f22","e5097c971cc13b2af80110fe9af369d98cc161f74bfd8fb7b01ae61896a66c9b","7b3258ade4128f6c1ddb4b723cc53273d903569c19f181f85643e056e5cbc659","6d021997492f2ec6d3d50b9ee12045d976e267450eb0fb1e31110be8dbbb6f38","e3337465312a8871a96efb0ade03deb67d9f2b05a969c667a895567781acf005","0889ae3150c7685b34e529b715a23984c1ad15ae15f158815b083df85c4c26d0","681b858a978b3dea64df3700a937a058d6290a8e519185bef8ee7388d7739dda"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162173160 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aaa5c…

Expected log hash

00d82a97e8d5da8f3bb4a78d598390d6b030eb8338f0e0735ffde6aa5047ae68 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":"v1791539060014","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"You took money out of my account without my consent, which is theft","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-31","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9533aaeb11b753e12b3d09","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 (47aef0bbc5d3…), 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.