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.

“Very easy to install and easy to use”

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 3221102617

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

13e2b4830c5e9aa148e64b6e30d140cc3d150dc22cea4414e4c9560bbcbc18d1

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

nkv2CO4dSpPj5GMH0ZN9mNg3oaE6dU1yLmTSQkBvsGAqUQTX+a2mh7v/gu7mncE8MyP9eheEzCXBMkxVJt1xCg==

Merkle root

0eabe705d05480191badde562bf975cad5c107b96758d59c47efce7f02d55f90

Merkle path

["13e4c7b68500e86a474bc35b22a5dac9842b27b749f1aa3539d9dea054de5935","a12c16e9d41f523cf31ee541a8b7e7816ecc3ecf6c499baa6f1167fee8e176c6","b2ebccadfc944c27a14c208f00629437d975b08de7ef0490d8293e8a3672fb0a","5e57eb41a24981677d4318738714c08bf5940c784765497bc04aba17b8ab6bcf","46f08bee86f7cc30ac290e897dea346a308baea73bdff0a6ffb6df59d04a64cb","a467cccd0e02804255e5381b53b64cb629cae691e9d7abe9582b31acb4a7b97c","f79c879cfe8459139f59bf7ae9d0a9b92e784ebd43b5b10d7bb886da45a8b264","182dd226c3315abb3f850442abc8af21c98c4d5db9b4310d7638575919709aa6","a86583773d9eceeee0ffd38d48d323c1dd13ba4f186459e3bfc08ca68fd51d96","78957c428b63f8bbb6a19db9a179e885ae9c7800111aae9cd2e6948f1c881868","7232acd2dfdb4f088090eab03a52ea2d5aa35d51e392dac0824cf82297b6f8fd","82f5128b6ceeedb9a831b08ffc6d055ce6f4d46fcb0cd752cd3e29e60363adcf","77b2b0d1c988b3add7b1fbedc3ecc12dd0cda6044be7bb06798825ccc94efd81","2e4cbc8181996227b6c5ce6cb00a4128780f0a2cf8618660b840716e64b4286b"]

Anchored

2026-10-12

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3221102617 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a7ec1…

Expected log hash

701a9a476cb781c93a6209c8572d258b6cbf70f6f15d478bab1da1537af9506b 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":"v1791779915538","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:nordvpn","quote":"Very easy to install and easy to use","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-24","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a8bf7dca056d044f865c573","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 (0eabe705d054…), 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.