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 can’t access the website as I get an error message saying ‘server stopped working’”

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 3240911465

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

17d736f12c3c44cdfa781509a51cd14520084665b0a5412f5a9a303526ad8c75

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

cVolckbv3RiaFkxNJp/mKeajt4WZLtL5VSRs1yF/Zb0dMvK0gmECI1AFdfl0dTEyPGSxrfQgbDfBh/g8E944DA==

Merkle root

274a7762154bd166543ff3cdffd566852c7127b7d67c5c835965884725fa5b5a

Merkle path

["17dc7da494757acd2d71452968aaa70146d2f37a2fd08461fdd172dea839d333","6c84fa87f6ba507974a8eff4e0ca9e5efb69001de7a80c8c3d1b392e367afc76","15249bb8e79c30b399600032fcda5d372c086e3cc396b80764c0158cf10731dc","6a05c5365777546d799aa770418a977e06d31161e2e0da4d2b97ab5c4b37a2cf","bea256efbb4f8c271321799533b49be0bca4852c227001e3b4ed34af3f8fa17b","f982883c1ff136ba49a779f86d402fddc31742c92cb77d6918fdb37e2c579221","83e3badcfaee3f7b591c74dd263f6a0331bfa7f677ba5764f2ce87bf5bafe7f2","8779d4be71105be45ec8d36bb4949cbaed489fefdeab0a49fcb301c5a3c719d7","1ace3dc5f66414a592bf609822f20a33fffeb84a29c6e392d90f5be33a5c5c58","642b925d3ccd67580fa459596bd58726478ac3abb40a1d3721254bc9856b8ffe","f4790315b45ac3d162447d1e34229640be176d595829cbcd3965f0a5a25ce744","a23f8c34fe7234d1604529397f0f25595125771d2c3bf2e0ea04339b7ae798ca","37e0bacf6aea102741ccf02dcd42b0de6a02c60397ad417aaaf9cff69daaf006","29e5b66d9f235b4df92caf0fbc75cded7863ab76bbe1924bd45c3ed8fea27123"]

Anchored

2026-10-13

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3240911465 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3a8f…

Expected log hash

75e63ac56a22d308ee68ec8d436777d2fa26c934f80384e53bcc94d01475e988 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":"v1791863907329","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:cyberghost","quote":"I can’t access the website as I get an error message saying ‘server stopped working’","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-25","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a64a9d6b50096cda21c8df6","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 (274a7762154b…), 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.