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.

“Great customer service!”

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 3221102617

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

219f16976f8d152cf461310c779091acec94f3d6332bda56c4de31924e570a8b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

t2I8KIG+v0AF9ZdZkJNykw/fHyotyj7adtIkqRZ1GNSnLQ2s6tgnNz47mn3ySkTqHhT/9Dx0kUk4xN0HWdD5DQ==

Merkle root

0eabe705d05480191badde562bf975cad5c107b96758d59c47efce7f02d55f90

Merkle path

["21a39d5cb717b4ec7685387bd6c92ecaa589883c900fefdfe57595d6797eea6d","2c60c7a2230bb549adb1f3597baa169e2ba1bf4abb7d184cb3447ed7a60b6b03","9397e17147947312cb548ca8d1b80a341831da404a083a70c1b4f59e9866a255","92e5293ba2ed87e591159d0331ec9a8f45b74bf23dfc7a6ff9879d27817c5c8b","05b31fa3194441c6515f965b77893e68dac1f0fa786f4201b94ab1a3415499b9","bb1ad59a42443b0ad8c86f4a73b50a8b3f6ce6965083eddf39c3f90dd4b053f6","28867f3c93b5649779b8d9f89d28396db5b9b6a34628bda34737d24357d0fdf2","c422c2650a87eee5ba34e21c5285fdeb152410aa00a3cddf6aa4a233302b03fb","72b15e0aff77eb986a9bab647b7ece2ff0ddf4718d6a330aaf669c300a740b5b","6f43109bf2ae95bedd7a44ceb97cfca9ef9634df5f4c54d8303f49d0dbfc230f","7232acd2dfdb4f088090eab03a52ea2d5aa35d51e392dac0824cf82297b6f8fd","82f5128b6ceeedb9a831b08ffc6d055ce6f4d46fcb0cd752cd3e29e60363adcf","77b2b0d1c988b3add7b1fbedc3ecc12dd0cda6044be7bb06798825ccc94efd81","2e4cbc8181996227b6c5ce6cb00a4128780f0a2cf8618660b840716e64b4286b"]

Anchored

2026-10-12

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3221102617 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a7ec1…

Expected log hash

701a9a476cb781c93a6209c8572d258b6cbf70f6f15d478bab1da1537af9506b 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":"v1791779915538","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:freshbooks","quote":"Great customer service!","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-06","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a73c390ac27f7f5fe1d3b79","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 (0eabe705d054…), 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.