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.

“It's been perfect at a great price”

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 3247835674

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1dbea0246efc6ea97ed815d779aeb4885914a4dfd46140dd6205e6e0bd2525d2

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

VVaEXdDpERM7Bpg311cxAtH0IHc27qsY0yo7Oep2Cw3c6y0biwjlX7knKHRJHQHROx1AJA8Kkx6LXQ0qNvD9DQ==

Merkle root

8af5f2f3f65c47a75dcdddbf363e3e76b22d37f4e953d150fcfa3e84bb04dba5

Merkle path

["1dc17eacdfde5b4fd1227db61107ca6fe9416708a91a2d7b871c0fc761aa7e4a","3c1bcf474e4f64ed8e015576dbe8fc7f72961d1b3b1e72b4c48b314497d564b3","989ac4708c0407be880dcc15cecfbab32c00b443a706686515d53c535a3a03ab","45a9a8f79e537c1517d45c7c4d538ba315ce00cdd5597229b52444867287f734","446c9a4f7c759639c6a045e450263513b126e1b80a918b650f143bc637b67a1c","ab1c29e6ea53bf7022987b11afad77c693adc7972dd6e858334dafacf04f344a","0ad34376e5a45101dfe766cecccd0732a83a40e4ad2d0f1324ce1df505edf393","9007d65690b6b7008d9beb8519ac054a77c492bdd69c4300ba957f01ed1e0563","8829a353fef7e06e983a31a969a64d1b88c0f3859ff4cd8b4b4b88e3502885bb","0ff4dccb3fc9dd1b67a491058d8dff675dff6582010d8572b06c7bdc1d73ce56","cf3fd672f99fd3a12c561632c0bc7eef648128cb12006c0c959d1eb66b0780a0","69e0b278fde36472d775b547f81c80ab6a46676326bfbd973817b55dc3255d09","2df4d836b73633f71fa96faafac3d9d32f00951d180b99885afa9511763f7b1f","2212eb5ff51e97198ac2cd6542275dfcf712b9be9a8fab294a9bf844689bcee1"]

Anchored

2026-10-14

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247835674 · entry 108e9186e8c5677afded…

Expected log hash

306cff230c51a4aeee6711c8f2603eb2af6985e8dc9f5dc959efafe3398b8caf 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":"v1791944613264","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"It's been perfect at a great price","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-10","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a28c74534d9bcdf973e0183","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 (8af5f2f3f65c…), 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.