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.

“most USA servers are blocked by YouTube and reddit.”
Google Play · 2/5 · 2026-05-07

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): 1d594b02bbf770da171410ffa4b7221cf9345537ceaa915a5a0bce6db15b064c
Signature (Ed25519, base64): QZgXEbPjgB7b41KqJzLyNYCZvOsyQ/ps5a6K4zaGdfP7Nosa+CrzHNEgq0Q9aa1f7oB0DKYhZSe69iy5SV2JDw==
Merkle root: 6ebb2d3fb78e4a08533ac6b6852f3c84687141ae9b0e78424d88bb4161267bbd
Merkle path: ["1d68964b108dc61573f390aa30575c4d2051b549e8c3564f48103d5bc8612903","2d700c7a3332d91ea6e8c9bc0ee73b7705af797197d06331cc5441e3fba17984","04a55ec0ff8ea21a1cb7ef1e2d0800bafb259f9bd79f04e26068adcdd09de735","685c931db17d8afebdb252905982326a229e2bebe0c575812a142a290ed035c1","e04432138f7686244e0d4e4363c9113e0c96a48570ba22e536ccd3285d5f950d","2f8c956a31df83bb20cc51490990be878706dc78a1fa0d3400033cb5a41a0852","82d3d2dcd5532e08a5cb454ae9b6091d7187e4ed1b8de21f86e05b22f72dbb14","4f6345c217b777bec3912d7190df6c84640451c7c86cdd45275af15bc933ed84","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:pia","quote":"most USA servers are blocked by YouTube and reddit.","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-05-07","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privateinternetaccess.android","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 (6ebb2d3fb78e…), 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.