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 would be nice to have a more guided walk through for setting everything up”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
2478ad935d885f739c6868adb750533eb9c4c194c678dc6a2f44a7966c7bcd3b
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
r807MHTq2qVbQ6qJhOmj275/cff9xQBJ7x01xHiiVnspQvi5iwYKb8FOGmyWqK+nG4Cmm373cxjwqdTIc3xqBg==
Merkle root
8af5f2f3f65c47a75dcdddbf363e3e76b22d37f4e953d150fcfa3e84bb04dba5
Merkle path
["247a1b84d9190d79dfd4ca5cf3225307a502019217fbbabb02698f8321562b58","134c1be7ca944712acd6d7b022683aa7bcd025f7cbb837af671528e5270e2257","5fac1d29b3edc5dbda6e6d18e9f8d6d86077d9faffe3637d50663201eb684f5c","69becaa0887d8a108e7e16843fc9b7dd450dfe60fa0e852eb95d52cd0eba0a76","cb587e7b53b27e7d8c764cdf69c14b9f330a189eda71c7424da0e7e437825a68","a02eead380e70e191bcca903b184746799c7a1c20342a8b8713c0f6ee20b6aea","6dd140ca35c39ee7fa450c68ee7c3e5dc37c2e546dade8800084de5a8c26b657","513b376258757361c116c1ea0a8b48b35331ab88cdb752f62a756163d297a4e4","0f29e5fdad128e3cf0a4ea99bc246f2e704e2da9f40172b202f5353496b18f9a","7a2b132917748c82f0f3df013e78a9b1ea81d59802357ae0ed170d5cafa2531c","cf3fd672f99fd3a12c561632c0bc7eef648128cb12006c0c959d1eb66b0780a0","69e0b278fde36472d775b547f81c80ab6a46676326bfbd973817b55dc3255d09","2df4d836b73633f71fa96faafac3d9d32f00951d180b99885afa9511763f7b1f","2212eb5ff51e97198ac2cd6542275dfcf712b9be9a8fab294a9bf844689bcee1"]
Anchored
2026-10-14
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247835674 · entry 108e9186e8c5677afded…
Expected log hash
306cff230c51a4aeee6711c8f2603eb2af6985e8dc9f5dc959efafe3398b8caf 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":"v1791944613264","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:expressvpn","quote":"it would be nice to have a more guided walk through for setting everything up","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-08-22","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.expressvpn.vpn","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 (8af5f2f3f65c…), 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.