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 was routed to the reactivations site time after time”

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 3273209361

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

198cc511cce72ce590f0e61662ccf98e838d3ba58eb7c68ee1af316fe2107fa2

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

X+nj6jTCY63tpIlRkYcCdbMNIjT1vZ8gg9Qj1SPHDceN5R9O+zl/oXFsqTAz0YAKLE1yl/RJcqigcz5AUQprAw==

Merkle root

6ebb2d3fb78e4a08533ac6b6852f3c84687141ae9b0e78424d88bb4161267bbd

Merkle path

["19917a9c5573856d788470c3cc1b3593aba796c7fac02cc8d47d565186346560","07a56ae65e263371e2b7c0a0b1164651a38cfdec2f6a12517cda5ec673277d04","d812d5080cdab8f1a3cd726b3edf5b5c0afdebd6443e5498bd7d8754ed8a8786","5f962e5c640b6f013ce1768f5e444e425ea360859b298ea1e82d665ef20079ff","c720fa70b383a3416df1612ca531fa4304606dbd72e27eb7932b248bdb961569","588fb945ae0cba08dd6fe58f262eb0afa747f90e1c6da7d0790fa048f07dc3e5","b7120efabe38726ec734234564b371749c99ff22cf3df1628ed80cf61781a0f8","0aa3cdc6eb6e16d0f4e7d9829d7fc0bf76809ba371660a39e59c6919030445c3","8bab031434e5765303b3c81eaad27f6abe851b4a2cb881d7684d126d2439910b","5ded56443510d8c8115833d519272d0a72a50f8b3c21dcc334bb9630ea976695","c6505d62fd1f18a4c80c5faa97487c91b8a68d4c0c27d65e4983982245aadb62","fc73c2b0627636c8f676f008d05fbbd4dcfb7ee0af08432d0bea252601b2007e","b2809ea8af334e57adb596cf07ef2c411ca41ee72761a0ae0fbef01d75a71a23","32d6dd564d479cc6b7834d44d5078d8ebc72c40210e72f0d380fac04d2d8e87d"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273209361 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a732b…

Expected log hash

bdbef22d23477d2ccfe2ed182ce8ec54934b3bae489c9913db850af171e33062 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":"v1792121074379","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"i was routed to the reactivations site time after time","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-17","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a835fa0c253e845673fbc6b","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 (6ebb2d3fb78e…), 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.