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.

“While it is a very cheap VPN service, you get what you pay for..”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
1580030a60a02a0a4d43a38a848fbc663028f22d0b6a848b16f3d5ddd30c7613
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
vww84YaoqycQnKGI/KFdVtN8vgylEbr/v7IoZP/rQN1Hn/fAyifDuISk8P/GqTohTXtr5KVu9sG/S4KM1ASmAA==
Merkle root
cb5472fa7b7f10b7453a4f782a38c5dbb3d782ac291369ed3830c2ab783a230e
Merkle path
["157ecfee367ccf71e2ddd3cc2421abf401042df780bbed76f0a52ac572d17130","ab10b28b71d240d28f340059a457569e9bd7b7a8822ac023f76108e424b9ac73","72571b05e64566c24d57806de5ad414eeb64170020db62d2d1018ffeb3b24ff8","221597bf0515d87d058cca14a97f831a876dbedb87019ddd8ca1eb9585e37be2","b6c9ffd9c10a84b67eb3d16c7f5cb27d0cf25365206503bd2cb73539fe12878c","4c42987a04d05f247d61b49dcae4e003780ee004760b9a038f49cfb937dc20e9","5e179a486ba6c209bdc2fbeaf44aa4524f3502bb95e459daa66baa1026c8e6d3","30ab0c4e1b551055c5e63906bec09548471dfe38360006bec3191fee7ba7ae6a","a61007fbc6bef9611128fbac642c1e048e071630de57ad7dd1556b21d295d453","09b08fd8664752eb4ed90217c08321a2bd75a99bb629b4dacefa780c3242dac8","11e9097331bc857239ac2499b714bed271799a50a561a79619dc3bfa39226b52","00bde2dc86f5cdfda03d921fbc10cb6775a4a59f43762c9de3e415a772960ad7","67ef19118472e8cea8d8f9c7960df416625b46d91fef63f2cb0306cda5833746","6ab0f07aea38f551fb6ed4456f21bf7c468ab54859dff87b6772a51601755f64"]
Anchored
2026-10-11
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199295725 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3fc5…
Expected log hash
59b8cd8284c909c35d85f443b6a086d482f8b667c56ec942d663937a75e25638 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":"v1791689736846","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:pia","quote":"While it is a very cheap VPN service, you get what you pay for..","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-10-09","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6ac8d0bb9da3a49ae19f4064","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 (cb5472fa7b7f…), 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.