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 wasn't the perfect fit for me as a solopreneur”

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)

21b2d51e9f129337773711d025d5fd15bc0dcb1e3c60e3128b57c6397bd910be

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

b+JYJjRGp8FqvWjYuTwtmSGrLb5fd4yZEPOEGwUwN426BHOmbj/6aWZ0fGXQfrvU5OjmaPd6NRCyKzy80wioBA==

Merkle root

00eb1252356f6576712ea4fb614a5236163b3b1821e2db4cf332fa9ac5a6c4e3

Merkle path

["21bb4dca007012b90c7aa6c50c40d139a180b7e1125ab3c21b59b88926e47a14","8e305b2c6c6b8504cb1b39ff1e1bc85f9975a4e1c9410412716fa9f96fd0571d","573e92c41a36c92bfe95231db97fd0ae9dba76dd2b0249caff15963b01387de5","b283197dbe13b800c88e47111374f2a748004c6af3263c85543c64b84405e35c","527dec7ff43a131dfc427c5929859611a255867841faa249f736d2cd94ff2d45","ff3837444d2324ec60ac26f1cb8ef2a850f4b3160004d85759e9847d51d475d7","0591cb84864088469a803fd61f4cd333ed3e1628e079fc29bd7d9f286d94da84","ad91e3f9e0ace9a5ad70b430656684068538db748975de08654bd60b8833a454","1964af1c7a9e72ff526813defbebc202578255c7a947b4c8c30edd85dbd2632e","639e6a4a99b6319f37984396e2cd836e4595b7a60b8d68af5598daa8ea4ff290","926cb1ae0f46a2402972a2725590821d31092c1ab3c48acf36692561ed5b7536","cbb8d7eb6214a7c50d0e5882819412f63b1580e46b6de02ff26433012cb08a5f","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 wasn't the perfect fit for me as a solopreneur","rating":4,"review_date":"2025-06-02","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 (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.