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 connection is fast, stable, and secure”
Apple App Store · 5/5 · 2026-07-16

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): 146ec6186446b5013eb961d32808628779b70912e108e33c81e487fb27a85b29
Signature (Ed25519, base64): wFtkmcHSBElzFErs7nPEr1liboRCdm/94GMEBzjfIG6gMwnocx1k6IwtOVp4E+4/QX3rp0NAJtqj9pkKNfL9Bw==
Merkle root: 47aef0bbc5d347d2f064428fd7eda9e99f7cea2d49004267bc87db0e45c42023
Merkle path: ["146cdb1ab5de1f311239c757ba712206f5ed1a7bb89f739804acd3374e7022d4","f7d97b92d958e1cfdb3b2d26c73131ea3534d5330c8171c48014ce9c61d7f674","e7b02a475d28d3dea483a7a181517dcab6d44999da09fe17e6d0308881aaddf6","5c21b32df15e5bf050df72bba9941ebf21f6ab6ff2fc7c22de45550535a2032b","986ad4094bf53d12094be206a8fb85fb2743c96bdb3448d2bbaac6a2869eb42f","56e040a240faea200d65d8eb5a3b5818fad76087e02b4212d35f2acad6baf64e","264a68f9accad4f6626a3fb221c54ca0539f17a8ea001fbc0d939aa95e4516fd","7fcf85f8c1afa5b72e2c08b62efb7faf42d9075fe735ac6c6d7f96454d0dbfad","6b07f67adba5232a064aaf0bcfcb7f82c3b3d187907603cd0b89edad21298ba3","5d8af9429a9ed86dd0d6077de5769046536df598f03b6d365d111acf9d186e79","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":"The connection is fast, stable, and secure","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-16","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/no/app/id905953485?see-all=reviews","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
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.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.