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.

“This app has the audacity to lock basic, essential features behind a ridiculous $15/month paywall.”
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 3220562278

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 161ba2e2a81a26157340e5cf908e9c4b6688b4f87bb5626d6d7fd406039bf0a4
Signature (Ed25519, base64): p7ADM2xoEFOxYUCEj6vCXo19GgCyCl8SfuQvHvsKdUb0ZJHg1fVwZZRypYspOJ43zw7LxsjkQOFhAzclm7+3AQ==
Merkle root: 2d214bb14438515f4bedf5edd9b00a6a5113a016ba9b9fe8160d41d7e6046722
Merkle path: ["1627a44eab004be22f546ecdb4a88851a8ed4a02c2d699e16bca1b3f44318fdb","bc248146e8b2225f8f87c11ade173ebbba567111ff99f78662d2d365719c53ea","a29fc7a4decedcb460ddf992d146ce6d91ff0f46d0b7a9cd6c81be64de83fb98","9c4aff30ed7f6e5d32335dbbb29e7beb9952d6e243deaf81866ef7ef005b029d","7a136d69440d1f4f0e3a6cd9ab57fa9715fc82a458718192210bbc40a4747dd2","3a301842c076deb1b59384fb97e83d97f290a15ee82d5895479e175f4b6b7660","7a4b00895437b60fe55de649b23ee15aeca9140199593f8789f9cc373e372f2c","c92b4cf48402f5aaf769fb9e0d349e0629ac8bbf1ce98a497fbe107772c57940","4425d9664adecdb4c8db5cce173a37b59b074aa54dc80482370c0782dca6117f","b81859e437784ccc5d85f40efa584fcefc2808725e16a069601e996c11cf39a4","6524509ec6f167247a2cd45e3762fc6c559758c07e1a3635b8c25ecf53d4bb52","ebdcf4f2d06ecaa7512b4e82d75b0892ee788e93cc90eec4b56bdf4af103e975","c8e78357eabd343df2a6d1ad8a9c122f986bc772443ab896b1e0fa855f0ebd28","35ea2df06612b261a549235c4e62b3e1ad1789f05da56f9ca671421e5071b72b"]
Anchored: 2026-10-12
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3220562278 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2753…
Expected log hash: 13907aa3d3da271016c4b5e75946c4440692c6b4e1684187b965dbb983b157f7 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":"v1791777669660","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:acrobat","quote":"This app has the audacity to lock basic, essential features behind a ridiculous $15/month paywall.","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 (2d214bb14438…), 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.