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.

“Candice was very patient and understanding”

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 3247778771

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

38f10c0cb95e10b339c9d5401b9e4d0f9439c015198306a7853f10e9c9aa595b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

4ZnSDiGg1ezrU+MnXTqwZTGYgX/Me1cDIT4uKSzqkjvIrMOdlW4MPqBrAZ0KEClp8LaftDg+mAIDKuftCISUCA==

Merkle root

85ce153ffacf452dbbce3fe1023cf2b1831b0714a52ddd4756cd932ee6118eca

Merkle path

["38f251dd5ca7ac1e09e69b8b4ba34b0b23b8f94de1edb39d724c9b2cd3355679","eaaafada5850d3414f90482a45b877708413016f431153e44074d089c87302a5","8aa9c01007c0a3d16d861ab01b084ff393559dc015380811afa54a8100283792","d7526eae9b7a93e6c18b1cb47fecaa2a46ac03baee8d7bcc671cae80610942d3","a9bec04c212bcbdeb651a272e6e89e14f3f4cf5fb78c2ccf10756b11fba63988","6658ed4bf40799cb38ee0d152c138087676963e59a5ac3e6d36025e4af71f7bf","fa0c4f7c8c919bd29893c7a8a4bad7105f44204b5263c052f0a080aa225a368c","7287f576213a481534fd5c4ca2f2fac1d1fb8eea1bb7feda6cc920d8cfa7eaa9","4d37e91ddfabe005728b02f218d89b88520dfc38f8ca35635bf4dad252f92e60","575e17d73f3a3a420eaaad0c4cb6f336b35b6e1d17dc0628270da029098564d7","ff4ea57da49c8e3ba6d0eae06fe13cffcfe51236c3eb1e5bb9d61ea20cb90c67","13ecb86d7205c6af820084a1af08cd607610606b428f099390b03421ee60d731","18b18f071e9c71d8c36d555f1bf037316eae5e015564bc049869377ca5d7af3d","18e09dc9351f249cc916f25a12a638ff411aa18455e8056b5bab6122f75e7984"]

Anchored

2026-10-14

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247778771 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a205f…

Expected log hash

d4527e154b8f284d35adc456cc8f260840ef237a57e84e3d79bf64cab7ccc901 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":"v1791943580112","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:sage","quote":"Candice was very patient and understanding","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-29","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a931ab9f12c379cace0c057","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 (85ce153ffacf…), 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.