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.

“QuickBooks is really such an asset for my business”

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 3288590621

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

355296d9064cfda0785a5ffff6f6a0dc1fa2a4dbc3f72a3c0add9606867f5471

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

i968WZFlO+RiXk7g0ujtFWh8oxCG/ZDgGTSITgfJgpJGYyngYnMtpyfTq73YY7qWD43OzqaiphUY7MpP0PV/Dw==

Merkle root

5ee295eff08f25e1ca2fd839bd395df8ebef79af0e57c3d4ee8d263342a19422

Merkle path

["354dacbcb2670e92352b2c49a58ff07bac9d7bccd8c4bdcc77361ffd53fa07f7","47cdc8e18b32047afde8316ed6769787e51caf3469747ed62f7e09259241b5b1","ecab181f7f59f0b3580391380ac36856b1bbba6d52b37ba0e468a9ea8905529f","e729acc4f5251b126834e2a710dbcaded7eb04e8c7c0afc55e5d57bc30a1eccc","9e299bfb9f9a027ea20a00c54bbb19024e604f04a52800ea9308828c5c3c62af","e3e630de01519195063ef2846909d8049d9d0843439669cfc87808521e2a3bb0","da26eafe3eb06acd977edc28fc5001efe2a03917bd898474d73eae77c2e9d4c5","ce3958e333ad50f992ed8717c417097f4a1952a606082cd6c3e67fc3512d8450","e134a07a9cd138e3ebd004f85d241974dab8dbac2c43623f39ae1541e2234d2a","bf497aa2789330d5ee2022a9a197554a148878db87fc9c82f09cd9ddaa9e3b11","1796b7a61028ee62986581a9c2f32c92a4b98e8f269828a155dab3bacd878595","41ff37d2ba7c20d129650a01caa12fd58478b2ba725f6a1900a5e8a6edde7742","149a88e487e0a55b368195abac6188b4f1a5ff2534a675089a6bffcc120ce8bc"]

Anchored

2026-10-17

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3288590621 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a25c9…

Expected log hash

74cd7239ea435495013841baa58ae65725dc6474b09f06da03b154f0c5d58357 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":"v1792206865504","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:quickbooks","quote":"QuickBooks is really such an asset for my business","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-20","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id584606479?see-all=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 (5ee295eff08f…), 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.