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.

“Just had to use Gary to help solve my no connect issue”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-30

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 3198225546

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1f7f4420d86e7c8b7e2bc141ba089cda33200ba0c946fabbcc3a88e507a976a1
Signature (Ed25519, base64): XsU78H5/8LJ6PQIoN89TYgr7REEIV5k71k/gkNNM8tCSIEC+9U8T0JpST/5z8eTePF495b6yyyqL4u+HNaJ/CQ==
Merkle root: 12764493a64961d0e0d426bbec64b837c2e35bc22a58920afcc56db07df6e8c9
Merkle path: ["1f8c12e97d456b18079a89b75f0b37e151e7cfd61ef17fab95206487d88973f3","966e788290592a343137cd04d99871bb1913fc7f8aa5a7acb34d3674670b5fc9","6dbf8a233e8600450469a42712ef0430bf09b97af78c19cd248848a9ccb13740","18cc50209498abcfa4ae1661706c0cd19ab125318aa99579a0f307440ad5c522","71e346c70ddf7ba5894d3988a097b7e3919184e619f28dd351324fab148c7995","573ef8b372c298c44bc163ab42416ecb5f29df2a853fc5eb62a594735a59489d","8a1ebb22d4f2e06ebfeb73fe9f9e25b63d1869060c1c428b629ddd95f45125b3","206c78563076ddcc511b50589cd8f2cc198b86a7e83f41a4f2ebcad21233791b","956807012fa9f476b8a264393381a2c52d04c6641ed04590decc3afe9b6ad68c","6c00d6ac9b33bcd98a5102502cea1e4ef16a4197369a68305c8140f311662270","713a63a5291b83641603b7a9e9e52ce5f193b1b465cc3d5a1672a80e3bea976f","5629ee10ba4b7cb4395bd3f7417bfe15e0278eca0a90e9ab5a5626f1b4cbbdcc","b6c6b7aa75be4fd4f206793d7c98702963f427cfe45d9c46972416cafee9a131","bf01790763bd70681430a2841b8504c59b88918b5b88c9d70f6ee7041d7ca6c8"]
Anchored: 2026-10-11
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3198225546 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a10cb…
Expected log hash: a11b46fc63b94f32c49058752856fbdc4e92f7a41d4e67238e3563657fcd50e4 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":"v1791685609571","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:windscribe","quote":"Just had to use Gary to help solve my no connect issue","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windscribe.vpn","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 (12764493a649…), 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.