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.

“A very personable staffer helped me with my problem, and resolved the matter quickly.”

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 3220367991

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

19d7eb35083eaa00258bd8ae865b155b28af0ef140822f9c15cc41cadd80c21a

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

kyVomeTbEVjod4VNhXx/kOp6nQjNB4ZR/o8rZdOyy1TrHYLMdLwMrXboKSSuArHW+//MUlrQ2WZVSyp+1rKjAQ==

Merkle root

8e481f891fa4a8f9e77c0279ca152fab4383b65a50decc840d9fd7569bdfbaa3

Merkle path

["19d9e4e14718b96f78197b18dd238d894c5f5b9fa71ab09fead1c6561f95be9e","2bab163f24181b83e4ebc5e7f0a7dfda00b229141c69fb64b20e555180ae831a","472294d5d84a16955487a533113719d7213378682b85f5e5f0de2c67323f67ca","88b907bc7d064aff04d3869fe3cda666faf6d96f793b45ca9242b0c3052c788b","2ca0cf0a0e073a085ec53ca3dd2757b5b5d410195e7e4d1a4119b1a18f6ae8b9","845300f8245d13b080aadc3d2b1679c87b50d8536f41891b90ff2e3c62f320c5","8ccfddb8517be22d55565dc0cd3033a95b9e800ee60af6e6699bdc704f0a3d44","220b144e649ff4464bf4640f384cc26f595f7842b879f9029564abc84efdb95c","c0d68980d462123fa93fcb320208a291f7868233f161f08f2a07a20689a87a7b","85fdfaddd759a45ccf9c514e46c5d5c101ac00936a3a2fe15bddc3dd69ce5b26","450f4f35f5548eab6a7f1639377fee5d357030d0291a1d4b5a0c14003d3273c7","e6e816e468ee57faede5611415d31c1593612a3fda282a14b7a9f7fb03672a5a","f12c6d940ab3feb9a920f8708be9c7f52b5aa4637463f6ea0927f2330e210f4f","391099ea13ca712ab4d3c0ebed9ae37f021122ce33d031a4f3442fcba2038ec0"]

Anchored

2026-10-12

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3220367991 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a60ce…

Expected log hash

9a2b3ddad9c3b29dc171a15554fc81f3d4710c01a7565bd2f28b92e7b639f6dd 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":"v1791776812348","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"A very personable staffer helped me with my problem, and resolved the matter quickly.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-06","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a7491b1b523714271febf6a","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 (8e481f891fa4…), 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.