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 is easy to use.”

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 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1dcb84c612e7c967d5176801a0c01baeb62cf69015750249aa33c169b812391a

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

aU04DDWxDflpkJdlXieyGEJc5cjC5C0HdchAW/CxNngxFqL0N4dgGjzGrDOfy9QWIX2i1EMG9nFHLKZQQ0YtDA==

Merkle root

42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660

Merkle path

["1dccaf20e8470cb613899a4d87e0377f6d032714fe9605c8aa91bfbd07875bc7","9e68f84dd581e352edc1207406cbf3b9112207509f9d93dbd78650f2a4edeb01","5257805f3858803e7c044e8d9382f0b612857dbdcb8cd2ecbe7685a241dc0423","696574d57aa65bc61c8a3b0db91cbc3c288803752df442d3ab1d3a8fd7280408","ccce1870c3ebd7a5eb1aab50f901c2c15afb7250ccdba04d9f9e3ee9ac9601b4","55198643511de24a12da49875d5c3b0b3e809374d42eebe8d6d0fd85dcf3e817","a5bcf19034c5411c281770098ef11f19c9d1e69a134d2f77925c637433a087a8","327b20214705e64427019d6dc6a3f37eb3f6207348610e4ff4ed813f2bdaba0f","e33efc6b6976a99464755af11d591f8305a9b88b29c962ed274726616433e6a9","7778590ccf9957433e23805327232ed4474099e8db24b893ab2296722c9cec77","a2b46a1a793b32df1d1c7215f98613a95eb5843e284cc2bb9a43f7d9bef3a545","5f15fc19c161cf1b078cec1dbb446ebe0ad796b02ab5da46a3b86356dc6581b7","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…

Expected log hash

3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf 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":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"It is easy to use.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-26","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (42ee8ba4b974…), 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.