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.

“Freshbooks has that small business feel in an incredible and affordable product”

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 3220367991

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1f23a291b4dc35c0fdc9b96d3bdb7bd011e932d13b622d816fef7d2b42de9328

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

7do50a7zaiZgmw/eXHf+XRSuVlGL3C2YrQus/1y0Af66ogz+kCP26hk+v04v4QUVLth7pK2boTpafWkW2nLuAw==

Merkle root

8e481f891fa4a8f9e77c0279ca152fab4383b65a50decc840d9fd7569bdfbaa3

Merkle path

["1f21dc1904cbc6108009cd80e89613a399c5d9fede9b017af9032c942de11d24","38082cecd4fb22f054781d77dcd5595f5cee52808820029a15eafe290df685b0","ed6b1c1a67e42e8c6e802c300e2dd89c77480576ca8391911e073e0169da1646","380d5f8c60ee262e6537c96bed6f288a46786e8dc123bca4b97e83d12ac0b7fa","e6852c399487adc5f843998d858623955a080b7603e00adbdcd7ed11239a7d9a","67d263c4b41bbfa35a0257ffb40e2c1d5701082d74876e1eb997335c0c385b9b","f4e5679b3d2ee5e2bd8e22ac0786d4a71e637bad2014c7e260e18304762e7431","13c1b4320d99c68e68e46aa74d06709058363e256c9a28965936c241813c6bd6","bc560861b038775003e38f3ff4f61129da28c25a84f97ba676b95f820be3e4c9","85fdfaddd759a45ccf9c514e46c5d5c101ac00936a3a2fe15bddc3dd69ce5b26","450f4f35f5548eab6a7f1639377fee5d357030d0291a1d4b5a0c14003d3273c7","e6e816e468ee57faede5611415d31c1593612a3fda282a14b7a9f7fb03672a5a","f12c6d940ab3feb9a920f8708be9c7f52b5aa4637463f6ea0927f2330e210f4f","391099ea13ca712ab4d3c0ebed9ae37f021122ce33d031a4f3442fcba2038ec0"]

Anchored

2026-10-12

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3220367991 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a60ce…

Expected log hash

9a2b3ddad9c3b29dc171a15554fc81f3d4710c01a7565bd2f28b92e7b639f6dd 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":"v1791776812348","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"Freshbooks has that small business feel in an incredible and affordable product","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-17","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a83155d258701000dbe10d5","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 (8e481f891fa4…), 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.