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.

“It feels like no one is reading the previous emails or taking responsibility.”

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 3162767972

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0497f0a94bb109336e3204ca0bb80067e26342babdcd1e969830d606b24f775c

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

hn4Jax5cfA2RkpIMBnId5XKVP70G9Q0+L+Q9ZldmvwYRcHYXAx9nhpbguOn36dW9ci40cjOZSbu9BqsCyoKABQ==

Merkle root

ea9653d48be6468e8b38c47d968f49528ccd17e229f6df41b5fdcfc232720ce1

Merkle path

["049c0000abab0840c1068f9115ff5891eb655c55d135e3079d4c1b4a6a64220e","2958264535b81d2f2147d1e6d49f69fa59ff0cfb65537bdbf6a92f53443ff8cb","44d285d17d01b79043823695c327b20acbaf35aa19e5ed8c4c1bf3042bae157d","d7ed633d602a3262b53a2d5c37c5d4f087051d6d087a4826642a3cdc7bd783e8","0c0f6e115361b9bbe8c2e57885276677dbc346622483a4a5a95d38adab49a35d","702e5989aa7eac39501b7be1c65a0525ba2ac9c08fa8533a04e754f590532018","d865080e87205938bb96609e0c57a3cff8550065cf1a95971ce1b53baf789c89","a5365d316e683ced143b486067c8ad4ac233a770291324704e2e7963df0a86eb","1c03e167edd960397c7d2c8b171421787ca307fbf8a54fc014928743aa6422a1","116efcb63e7b58338afd3ecf2f0db33f38599b3ad61dc52f2de3b9ae4b3f37b4","8444d3d652e532fe6d6eb2594f1ca46e7d5ae67947fdaf899185da9628f2a5b8","87ddbb9bb9e3d21d9efd04f8b9dd1aa98d488bc655541de4e7541717605e5bd1","6cd34e3dfbc2bb436f1bb9314162b2979f7ca90ac38686f80fc39acf8dc29914","ce40f5d4a6c2a1f06b7e5ce375094f8c75556b02f37cd3d94ca98fa0a38a1e5e","142248530d485121153c09b780e08c6af592fdb4c333042d3cdd9e4160c6db55"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162767972 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a40b3…

Expected log hash

ea8f60b663262eef5ec0ce5a9fbc0ace913092ea47c37bdc70ac392578ea0c35 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":"v1791541525227","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:smallpdf","quote":"It feels like no one is reading the previous emails or taking responsibility.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-29","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a6a00c07d5654e09fe2e996","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 (ea9653d48be6…), 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.