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.

“don't let them do it to you. find an alternative ye mateys.”

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 2680856520

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

399f840e1a71b565a6fc871e539decdf1462bb0edea5ad1b79ec4fc667e6ce01

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

2kI8sS/YUc6CdNI07Gm4NP2H4W1oV6RzCuJr7XNpptgA6C3wL9ayuiSo+osiyg7H2vabQir3jUy2gJv1DV5FCg==

Merkle root

e42defaa0a17e226699ea4a82dc9c6dd27c28085170ffe1d62d8c6a4c9215db9

Merkle path

["39a8053d3a30bce4c40edb522d340526aeac94586aaa11fc4fe9adf0981920e9","6787b95c16b328616554188cca6d5e5c6152ea1f8572ad4e5915291099d507a0","96d42a346edc09bccf6e9a3416923ee23af09d068d241dd2eb0dc5f0dc30b27f","267b9ad9484d2180a39b470c5ba86ff0532e06b53d8f564eaf01c753bbadbd75","6e8f8037dce34509712ca71e5ab2483b3a5df091e39f053a9e903930ad1273bc","73c9a682fcf34430382e3f219d784765fbe62ef7249de88503f3212b0d1a1988","0c9de62d02b4a6ab45cccbd320131bd79c16d7f00c8f7829190956c2f6cea618","5b7bde28e1ad3e772ca166550096041ae92f82517f057410a586070be3a6b76f","153b1b83370295dea9abc088d1df80392607e86fe82300b7584705ed037d9d55","bcb38258ae7f5b0aa017ff6ea8aec6455ef9f63d4b671936dd641c63f715d55d","de4c3d0a568c17bc4af64591e797c72ef1655a5f45a77a916d01b10198117f09","41369746f2aa59fa228b16a55139d48ab9dc45564cd6a03f05940ea904ae680e","c525e2385afd6289d1612dd47b0bfef9d0064156d2a036af840c64615471bf9c","f9b10a6aa616ed717dd3cacc1714fe509709e95281fdde9fabb8c6943e906d5b","270a8fe791f18cfa20f43263c29329704ffea666703469cea18570c7ca1219e3"]

Anchored

2026-09-01

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2680856520 · entry 108e9186e8c5677adb25…

Expected log hash

356153ffa6072187539ea75dc6dfb23d03b74238aa8aa70cd6aa9a6a99e983d4 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":"v1788298923475","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:acrobat","quote":"don't let them do it to you. find an alternative ye mateys.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-31","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader","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 (e42defaa0a17…), 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.