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.

“App wants me to open a new account I already have an account”

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 3247778771

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1eb67f9f2583c4a8a8a6da814b4b539357c52db793c90d8abf535c0ff34b280e

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

8sfip10RmsF4jbPJAhkal22uYSSqn9+yvI2CxWLl4tsypyURk3dtzPpYk78xS8fpC9vPw8Mt3e43Pn6qT2V4Bw==

Merkle root

85ce153ffacf452dbbce3fe1023cf2b1831b0714a52ddd4756cd932ee6118eca

Merkle path

["1eb1ae285524866d723b04fc81d403b0b357081d3a4be0fe0add0fa7ff2e4336","8c1db3000e7c7a04d678fedb93cd071a5d5779abee53c0e4e9b87883adf276fe","3fca71e853f12bd91a7778e356e338c226057390149eb034080e69d934f20850","211287615318f43cc6271876736655f5905af247d51be3f5fca18214aa32efe1","58bb14f294e2fa5e2930efcc071928adf519b371289bdb2123e9c0644e4bc22f","0a0fd4c60c2d2a57708e89a2052f6ddae111e5cc4a215e8f0622d6ab4c990ad5","242a227a81bca24bec0605bac0daff1eb1edd166719952e3b879af3893bf547e","6ecfe4f992366e28ed4eb5ee37fd0c4d311fda6a70e6bb95a8ad70fb2e483e8c","4872f9fd722cbc9a679660a9ae2f049d9940478757b7c89a7b7183774f183615","daabd785cb2d5f0ebca69aa7bd60d6b4c0563b3a84bf1ad530d2af0dd6f93664","e4f7e0954fc8f2b9fc21c7934a152128b6483dc2294dffa64b057fe3fbaa64c4","6c2e1c6197efd563c8b55fe8aee10bf08687b45dabbbd2a77d804d15e7fc26bf","18b18f071e9c71d8c36d555f1bf037316eae5e015564bc049869377ca5d7af3d","18e09dc9351f249cc916f25a12a638ff411aa18455e8056b5bab6122f75e7984"]

Anchored

2026-10-14

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247778771 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a205f…

Expected log hash

d4527e154b8f284d35adc456cc8f260840ef237a57e84e3d79bf64cab7ccc901 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":"v1791943580112","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"App wants me to open a new account I already have an account","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-29","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freshbooks.andromeda","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 (85ce153ffacf…), 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.