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.

“my vpn doesn't connect for several times and still spinning”

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 3273084324

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1d13b6944a12c3754ddc10986e6d40fa57905124a09c90d2103cf0104b892c78

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

YVjy+VM5n9NX/SeuoG/em+CIz9baAHO+F3JmJns1jyp+LFh8Uf0KkMHtXyYRgaNzElkc2bSkk3CsqsxI2gh1Cg==

Merkle root

4591ccf5fcdb01ed421243d02df5f30203ce391c077d4ade1ff5ee97e69e252d

Merkle path

["1d12c56a9b7ac110115bd254eda861e3a994ed455054dda17f59ac0a215ed2e6","f1fa53a2812c4750bac1f65c8eaea1561374e0399743ff566578001cf1be79a0","39ba55aaa0323161f108cac40a0e106228b1349d237aae358dfe02b4066e8ca2","fe57ba34dfdb9530c324721d1d316f00c06eb444e9804793f6658ecd48219564","9e444fa6a161d464de78c876e541a7b3e330c32bd06d2bd3c1db8b8295268923","4778e738d525977e70511d87f5082698c88ed780d4a0964e39075bdcf2c23681","cf427dd627de48fe816e45bbdf6c2f7bddc409df609bee70e8b5320db6067887","413fcc0d9eb6990bbb9251060497be7f88bfb3ff3a28d48051a398a257ce9b2a","bb15f4ff800697d3757fd1192e18df01666ba3bac12e0e7fba017645bb7b058c","81f7fcf1ac4118dc140c85c474e7764b52a5111a49311a3051961e1c448490ce","76248b44b9ad9d60e7f57955141277233f0834109c44c736c126c5e9ab5f3075","152c0493178cf6b4404f105673ebfb1205dcd47946cf0dc7bed8ccf29e922fd8","d52611af45c7ef524ab63e970b046a1061f8173af77bce3332bb854291964d99","04789af0aae7a52bbc7d5e129e675a1c89df82999aa606ccdd23b89f718c4ff3"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273084324 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4edd…

Expected log hash

52df3e0fd214b96d6c701f5f337408916b7566fa39826e2404f759c290be1eab 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":"v1792120358245","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"my vpn doesn't connect for several times and still spinning","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-10-03","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6ac08b060bed85212091d2ab","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 (4591ccf5fcdb…), 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.