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 couldn't even view my own personal paystub without being aggressively pushed into a premium subscription.”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-08-12

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 3162293789

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 158bddf870ae18e8762cf083619a822516cfcb26c7bee8c9b939026352d9054c
Signature (Ed25519, base64): 8SsAnBvBAx/WG/itKOsNs1k3b3mfq/0t1JJIkGOpCjziqTJKxMMNSfKNCyTtlyqJ+AysKtZEiNaApup438zTCA==
Merkle root: ab8d4de5853e13d360962f03dfb915842a42e1c5601cdaac4f2b37ad0ba96b78
Merkle path: ["158f50224bdfa776d13bd8b126e866c0b61dbeb4a0f284be594fe7c6b5786e54","e9edc02fdf751e786c481273a88f1f766e808b5a938d56b83dbf6255e292042d","b021d1972ee756dfca12ffa8407d2fb53c5d70ee850a11f46ed511c9176210b8","adbe0c77b01024681a2da6c43629e4b3953cdb02196b48e3fc7e71494323d1fe","b4b740031c4cbc96cc2b429ec55f0dd5af539a7151f64fdb410cbdacc0eeca49","245cad7508893481a4a8f7ad7166e7ca9a976259554e25c6f3eb51243d19bbf3","3058d1fe91cffe1a133718663c113d12d2031ea1e8ba76b6e897b62c117701b1","5c541cf587d862421aaacea4ed0289c0b425ae0aeb5092ce07524c1b4a555ebd","6d5d7325498f272a49ca06823133bdb423d2a16f929d1c7040a93a66c6824fdf","cf496d04bbbfd6727e92d40c5b1fa0c9043f26e438eda377c1ac99c6f2071e35","d1c8ff8c8bff6e1437d1d0b99928fbdfbaa656a852f36b4fef47a399f2e983af","cc82dcedf1803fb9cd4fbf2969503996cb7816723bd49062350004454130bee0","b5d1a48b6642f5e918335ff168c322a90c6461c94c3bda6ded76ea663842f62f","6b7938d0463f2b633e195d7021170023360849e40ff5e64ffe0633d28e084f81","90ac6c76618b09f3702b50a6410c80828bbcb4ead0d9d85dda294a654717f483"]
Anchored: 2026-10-09
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162293789 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af0ef…
Expected log hash: 49c1b9c7cf9c0180248092c94f6cb48d5e59f6c65f471decaa61f120e90874ce 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":"v1791539611981","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:acrobat","quote":"I couldn't even view my own personal paystub without being aggressively pushed into a premium subscription.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader","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 (ab8d4de5853e…), 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.