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.

“This site was ACTUALLY free.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
018be915a7acb8f83fcb6735b03fe317729a28a4c1a153da8ff68e674ee0132a
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
2R06ac+Cp4MErsqle7MK4C1OtT1xqcQt/nf7uTIqUK69CF2rwnZtpqECRsKaF2LyTbqv9fxJm7XO/Pei0Oc2AA==
Merkle root
c1d49fab62e94ee1796f3eb15e1a21f856756e9a68ad117a17ae6c9694ffe1e9
Merkle path
["018a251be69b77f64ebe52f529d4d188bd69527d7ec621605536ffbe8d78ae1e","2db993eafce55f13113ea21b5adbc9b97f5deeeaf7587bbff02450a769698bc9","b8b25553b808b442d9e50e4dae4c5c10e68ebbe29b0987885107099753c248e3","78a88a667339340f5f06d439d72c98a799e1d87dd4039334f1707e8ce0b1c51a","1c33e353a070ccdd347f3f689d138c6f332f05aa17d11011ee6c8b7316cb608f","e4c6359dddf5c37d5cef2cbc3cbdce471fb40b5a0faa478c48d6071da2f1a297","44ee0d407b1d0e74f38ee2c158fabfe55c5bbb2b0a4298b0fdc3d2e195b5f096","53490a17d891abf478c70c47f22e2a59257df8d417c9e0af3b296b2dd8310d05","8c8deef4d7706beb3fa61b30e69a9bce1267a403ce2db49628cc9288751fc3ed","e6db3ed0df7748ef325ac55dfbce627aa766f6ed408ac7ca078e7168bd572ddd","d3ed394b86f69b760fb77a1c3c31f997206df8fc3466086cc195eddf9b175789","219bd599cfb89fbe7096defae6a66c994562ac0a422a5db43368bd9cf9789683","856d9a6a3e94d695a98fa0bb5ce8d80e9fc70a3794652b53ea754ef3c0720b7a","436050ea3288f64644ca44d910bc166b737265d33885dda72495c78f7429279a"]
Anchored
2026-10-15
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258717636 · entry 108e9186e8c5677abf47…
Expected log hash
30640a6c2a3bbbd5aa6e5244e634da7339a6d42d7209b3c3a5dde0fcd662474c 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":"v1792034121129","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"comparison:smallpdf/en/cat-convert-pdf","quote":"This site was ACTUALLY free.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-11","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6aa46531e4fb4d6a52526754","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 (c1d49fab62e9…), 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.