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's a very easy way to get invoice paid”

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 3199819547

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

20ec69f59e5a88edcdcda0ff2cc17d1d130c5b86dc211d4f0b66e063cac81857

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

rNxMNXUQ4s2o7BNIkQ4RKUB6dOGMglk7BLPHQ24gd4Hot+mXO72es13ik7U3fSsGH9iFNV1qRbaJmo5VTmPpDQ==

Merkle root

00eb1252356f6576712ea4fb614a5236163b3b1821e2db4cf332fa9ac5a6c4e3

Merkle path

["20eba10f5e0ca50498648641d0d8ab97547d60a8dfcbaee4fff8c545b18b2154","9b46545d43d7c3016b0f86a4810f6659f5a48c9e8e6b2ed49b07afdaf090312b","53146f4d6a72a315f32c22a611a83f48b847e78bba0afe1aa753b4a3574b69e0","b70813fce94d1df0d9c7c0fd189dec3733b1f2ac72283c037289bd5b6d9095f5","a86290d910b777ae138a475456c22edb6cf83ff2f8a140015b8687659437d084","2639228cd691c621ee7a756d384d990676cc3cae0a7c43cb76b6727df25e4c36","b3e3af803674df40d8986f40c898c971ffc4d17851d913c6cca9c525009284f4","c2ee4fe25d9a332676fd42646daf98013b5f33e3428ca4374fce42cf99b9eebb","bcdf4f278691b4ebb965bba6774d2ac8bc8e40aa9c419512eb200791bf27d1c2","b664aedd59253a101817371f6973f3ca14935497a42c0931f41c5d27323e805a","7c2a47d18c854b35e854df94bdb271e2f0c2b405c9a18e1812760cf71ae1ce9c","59df66a914108a429ada69f9b0ec5c7aa11a7c4be311cf526539d0c5d6277105","a7b86baeeff583be985d9b11344856a35a889289dc600aefc4e2b1a3564fefe9","5dec716281725808bed0364df1f1b242a9cce0f53a1e675331a87d799bcee6c1"]

Anchored

2026-10-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199819547 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0b40…

Expected log hash

54bf23963e2d2d167d69cc8eefdd91558bbc8835be34c5469b6e0b1af30e4d15 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":"v1791691808362","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"It's a very easy way to get invoice paid","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-04-08","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/69d58039bf89121ab1762704","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 (00eb1252356f…), 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.