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.

“The people behind it are cool and professional.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-05-09

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 3666689888

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 0900e5dcf9fbdd53677fd12330c7a77de283a1743c3c9e1c77517183ac641aa0
Signature (Ed25519, base64): 1qqOKfJ1wbjP/ZPh8UN/7D88kjB9piEQO9ugK2e4JvrCgLqj3Xzzr/pqCEQb5MNPB+g0QK+DkhRnUIezifFBCg==
Merkle root: 2398b9ffe5a3df5012483239ae50d07265a8714a6b9a03ccf48b3559c47e03cc
Merkle path: ["0916a3d7140b7969994664ef3e47135057e58116b3e9fa0d61c334d9282cf556","7a43f1f9ac90b611f2c37e41d06b8eb8d0becd16d9b38929378a677510296bf6","7ca4d1f9ee884d2b3f6e717d2da3eab1ffa284abbbb082ca9498b02cec3810a5","6017c2b7ca213e4f1db6b2e0af6b5744014421504d0d3443dbaa16d046f4df3f","75890bdfbdbc84c37862c319e5295f3816e28ab30de4365ed8d337e717752f12","0c0341f2c45f4b7a79749d6bfbe2d086e7ced9d2509733ae9f1ab5147ea65353","2a1a306de33d3fbe5c664658bdfa84646257b1eafeb7aedeb1dae0c7d0b3af56","c4687e03b2f0fbcbc678cc986fb90bafacb1f3b0a97bfc86d5d796376c6e4ca9","a5cd2e5e3a2f38c5e0dd99970440dc07083b144fba86a21784469bd067570425","6776a8a030abb1520d2064f18194a96132775c499f48072ec04cebf82ecdf3d4","a505e83ead23bb585f8c086da9b8f713935fae2b0f0246680b2710029f91a4df","3c9498483c19a648725a0d444d70aacd539e3c6670689e94505e87b6aa5f9803","69e20c73bdb345f66641353c13ba7e73f98bd05396ec371f55992c40dd6b22bd"]
Anchored: 2026-11-03
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3666689888 · entry 108e9186e8c5677add57…
Expected log hash: 081173480bb584ab401065f32774d38ee3dfdcda0f372573695ae49a257a2dc0 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":"v1793701859167","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"The people behind it are cool and professional.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-05-09","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.findependent.android","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (2398b9ffe5a3…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.