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.

“The webpage works fine, but I chose FreshBooks over QuickBooks because it claimed to have a more user-friendly app.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
2100ee8ab0121981c9c0ca951cbea7d3a9550312773a78d3ecd621b467a5814d
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
6nvdgNNEf9L7imRtheoTxC8mA0rOMBNiH1PCYMHnrWRgcFcD+Jin2qtk7OMPI28YuUuZFgJ1nsMxco+1HklRDg==
Merkle root
1da6cf8d96c8876e66e82e9bea7529c76d7e25eda1c07550505caa1baa49c4d1
Merkle path
["20f63b2d292abf38b78a70e6a989c3b5330947a6a9cb331d0ff1d8f78c0d6827","873d897a2be3571d21e22090ac27b1b59463f07123a5f832eab18b409eaae653","da83c00fded3034eb10f82885662b02a57e0c476ce989d4a46ad24431f6487b8","f372397e89459cdb028fddeb84c888030dcf82721d9cbe77b7c6849163165d6c","1cd57fb98116ceb8139c582d1a2132b27b49083adfb3122ecd1072095a4952dd","42685360bf5562b7959954822bfc5333185dafabd9bd2c80ce0328748c095359","5b905ecff9e6dfc9cdc44cd67a8ca18096927ec0d9821249c0c79240b4ad2e8c","020a9da28b3e8ddef90b1bcbb4642e00f6e28ca77d310cfa5900ab65caee60c7","496d36316070cfeff809d008d0508d71d21ff4e899b37d033562ecd49866efcc","33623d033badc1e3045bda66a3420dcbc0f4457291b810654d7c274662730e68","4538d2af88491ec228f1721babceab1a37ac1f9230be10303e5ffe866b674232","ae52329abaf68e9da165e516499bae5b8b1835a4e008f4e52a7a7b160cafc13f","d0886e619546ab8e630cf9041b21d39a146861d5b7598b5044808c3537212a80","2d81003ff1cd2149e42eace973cb0f4cdd39b653f7b06a20804a1f1025023ebf"]
Anchored
2026-10-13
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3240367269 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acf8a…
Expected log hash
f6397ecd2b8639a3c60345d0c567eb602411c7eb1bead248c760bae850816087 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":"v1791861381931","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"The webpage works fine, but I chose FreshBooks over QuickBooks because it claimed to have a more user-friendly app.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-21","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1052884030?see-all=reviews","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 (1da6cf8d96c8…), 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.