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.

“automated features that makes all billing process very smooth and efficient”

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 3273174405

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

217dbddb4ed222fd9241dc842d2c2440edba2249840858d7aea7af52be400eec

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Wdhx1UCwRaomnNcv39XRMMWfx9FaRu7DwsoiMoFDeOQ/CSARqvZIQpSfAsg4bAHXsUpvzPPGnrHcfsNErF/nBw==

Merkle root

a69839899d35e428e965dda22faa8c37ab9f1f9e8354c5c301a0cc1dd97ec994

Merkle path

["2175f17b6b88ccaa79e8a8c8dca2f09b7f5f12451b9f986d9cd2791f2f117469","6f3dd6bfe13077df609d4a811a8ad821197e0e32252700521160a83c1759e76d","829755a4d41e46e5d2c45a97b69d734dc7a0e9020819edb4195cf1b59d4760d9","b1e1971774e2db645a5ec0daaf7eb26ebba1449114b5c7b8b186633672d19f86","87ab661ffb58d4d731a374afe6dea3133541db14155d3e38dccbfc9c4982e025","79d38b702ca0b6948c2abbef4915e1eaa0658b68eda037a0d5fca15fa820086e","f165e8193c3e63c69d85ddd820707d93bb0446506978d686585b3ee74d60195a","a58788b252bfbbfb80df72aadf55de453c546fd1835eed87370cfb9f868fe73c","cc8346aae7c7121dda9e61e8a8e3c6905d4c3a519c55d3f58afa26797e0a45de","00a8ae3dbef283f1f2ff2ceb33124ea1e51cf34bf52bd8f7e4e06cfc1e910923","ff7277eab9fccc1be5838f9d5ebcf9f1572e84dffe953d855ef70fe521412a13","48072dccf34406d20883cec701fce66bc2705f5d4c15636c2ca8b10cf03adeb2","c91b6bd41b0d77873850967d2a33b58afe5c9b2077c41a3bc5e3eb1e0269e91c","baf50621c43237ae6460207428b54bf7432b36069b72ded7c303da6c80c67c5e"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273174405 · entry 108e9186e8c5677afa7d…

Expected log hash

a8603da072baf84665c1f8a43f623ad1abcc708773f195fc7b697ae45f09c136 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":"v1792120797404","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"automated features that makes all billing process very smooth and efficient","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-07-24","source":"Capterra","source_url":"https://www.capterra.com/p/142390/FreshBooks/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 (a69839899d35…), 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.