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.

“simple enough for somebody who’s never done it”

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 2969645630

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2d551df0adf8bb4bf49081e2b724a2e3632c04c830c3b727d59d69bf731db22e

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

3jHL8XbuA9Ab9CUqyZTDVC1lvSPduDpixSpibNWwNoz1lh7kFARBxx28TK8NG/5WOn3yO/a7cTDNPp7rO3AiDA==

Merkle root

714fd5c453665fb7238b83bb755c09ceea4f24c6bb04f621046ea8b9d5da1a83

Merkle path

["2d5b2f240cce0d0252ac7617fe87b65cef17631f3c199f158a40e0983535c3f6","c887f05ade3b4b3f186df77070636ea88c3f42347cb1ff8130073d76edfeea56","c9c65c67f9b69e8827cec2456baa7dc1c1eb04dc989fd9cf0dc5af8f9fdd884f","0ad6fb43559d38830a173264f9f530356a9d40e9421ada263295a1523f726454","de03539bf21df8cc00a3d3fabffd0f0c75df1ee0237aba0839b22ecdc863246e","8b8ea7e413eb169bb1f7b14250b2c57b55cf65489203c0684cc72f1c2a9974e9","e2b86b9422e57e871660ad71c5c2a3815a5517768f1e6295ca1c100d97e384f3","07cee55caea385cf728d944fffeba83103a9c11b5a1d0bf6b80604c86790a6de","36d3ebe439338ac54ef9c6af44e97b25d356df49eedf2587bb33539d879991de","48e456296cb43f9a4b4df6f935fd822e0ae88273e578b9f940e6e6370735d3fa","c53e2a1f2c26cd59778b063576b65d991dea8ac5d436e6bd4e30c2426e89e14a","ed38531d5a3f3ebc270e0492a8d6a4cc4d2035032431b503cf55aa15e82c3f8f","845fdb47367ecc34e59993e716bac94f091281e8b7d978616b0716239d2f69bc","a74e96815829544928f52d566d2e0783f4233c64b908a508f65038e2ffa1590b","0657d6cbf3a92507a9a9b11146527ccd4ea9969d68d2d85c40e1ac60d2ab4392"]

Anchored

2026-09-27

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2969645630 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac05f…

Expected log hash

9c269d3e82dba16de30aab3330968f6013b6b7908bdb2f7b3ce0083771a2fe3e 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":"v1790397996853","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:canva","quote":"simple enough for somebody who’s never done it","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-01","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9733dedd97c0a5944c44d5","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 (714fd5c45366…), 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.