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.

“I sometimes find the UI for finding purchased audiobooks cumbersome.”
Google Play · 4/5 · 2026-08-14

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 3220562278

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1e817a06843bcffcb9d908f9079419df11cee4385ac99bcfcde771d131009dd9
Signature (Ed25519, base64): qA965GbNydJjF5puzRm96pspOTbkhirVo5l0GbU7xeBzN2hsEU+u6nH461S5vIKBVYTu9rgpj/VIlPo0NtmHAw==
Merkle root: 2d214bb14438515f4bedf5edd9b00a6a5113a016ba9b9fe8160d41d7e6046722
Merkle path: ["1e83a48a9248acea3cb271d004098d55f57668d2c85be4342bc476fa33c82a55","cd5d9b6b6157da55cf7e295577c4734604e82099fbc6bb887d79297eeedac4f0","67eb2aa1eb916e6189f226c3c14833779e019136ee39c6d3c501c2997018df17","9f0528d9ec112f0c7808e9d856f83b0327766dc07a92b611ab85db296919a5cc","2f80160353a8136e4fce2e492abe2fa7a20db6e2054a166510fec4579d6dcb8f","a09329d2358a7c62766949c8297919b8150c497f817195930106684299fa9a25","6d6fa6b6b69215c4408870bddeb506f5318c402bc66e943020db356da6436a05","5fa2594038b25b5ef4dbcdc491835e287c0853083535408ed5f9dad967250b2b","09381caeaf30ff2f5e8c2ebc1ace17979d0b2b7ca13dde6db6df777ef5511d06","d6e0e86e0280e0afcd60395ef6b504408c29adcb2c3b245900fe7e53d1bd6735","6524509ec6f167247a2cd45e3762fc6c559758c07e1a3635b8c25ecf53d4bb52","ebdcf4f2d06ecaa7512b4e82d75b0892ee788e93cc90eec4b56bdf4af103e975","c8e78357eabd343df2a6d1ad8a9c122f986bc772443ab896b1e0fa855f0ebd28","35ea2df06612b261a549235c4e62b3e1ad1789f05da56f9ca671421e5071b72b"]
Anchored: 2026-10-12
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3220562278 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2753…
Expected log hash: 13907aa3d3da271016c4b5e75946c4440692c6b4e1684187b965dbb983b157f7 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":"v1791777669660","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:audible","quote":"I sometimes find the UI for finding purchased audiobooks cumbersome.","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-08-14","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (2d214bb14438…), 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.