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.

“No ads. No lags.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-26

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 3288590621

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1721e61681c0c213854bc6c25e7963f4f45d23ea90de282d16723b3f033f8bbe
Signature (Ed25519, base64): P0CJrNfJppXl9A1Xz2laYvR728pngfr+HjtFfARDNKPdQCGluQUIZR807tVqpbHd/7CmPMMlkvPMOBDBgiIVBg==
Merkle root: 5ee295eff08f25e1ca2fd839bd395df8ebef79af0e57c3d4ee8d263342a19422
Merkle path: ["17230e28a5ebbbb1d4b299e2295ac7f4df02ded9e97d061345f3addf82eeb9e7","7b92955c9a81f3ccb4842131ec223b3368377cce8bfd0c05d93d77548d83a1c6","685119bc99ff0f8777d50b406ae0a1bdf2c41c3b9f6256eb7693032834ac80c0","1cff2286357f30e5892929663986ca4c4f986e6316b770fe1a23f1e46d0defa9","9df774d8c871013032ffd777e182f4514d51dc5cb1e7c4917ecbfe4e129dc40f","0d1958b597ebb8d6adb36b4d8b9022896eb53728395b560318f17ea59e8a2346","bcbff8dd65ed4c8322825c48979422b9732bc433785ade789e91c70565912403","f37ef86a65cd38bf70f3920f127a878696da060dc5856714cac93daec9a92a61","c73bcd479a4f9167d65330daba3c7caccc5a12b624bad5c7e3319b49a3726eee","bf492eee00eb1d445a66a0e36639cb8a6263da36654aaead14f495ab12358447","6db62b59a587d4c7742bf7ac4dd122015b4901d702423e724855870b46081c4c","41ff37d2ba7c20d129650a01caa12fd58478b2ba725f6a1900a5e8a6edde7742","149a88e487e0a55b368195abac6188b4f1a5ff2534a675089a6bffcc120ce8bc"]
Anchored: 2026-10-17
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3288590621 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a25c9…
Expected log hash: 74cd7239ea435495013841baa58ae65725dc6474b09f06da03b154f0c5d58357 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":"v1792206865504","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"No ads. No lags.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-26","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (5ee295eff08f…), 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.