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.

“I signed up for the 7-day free trial of the Pro plan, but I forgot to cancel it and was charged for a full year.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
094b71d854678ecce0f704f5519f2deb4032903acbaf9ac7649e68f4c52141bb
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
kaM53lZi5IQRyMYbu7PrHnwVPZHX/Zd8kYJzb3ZsMjWQuu5mB0ziiknzPsHboSGi2u4idgFkX74m+8nFe6DmDg==
Merkle root
82972b26bec55a4dadeb51e0ef4817fd240d012a15b1107cf4ff41b6bf857f2f
Merkle path
["094c5d68358aaf59a1653fe5c1e68d87c54cc5f7f0f7ef4fbf1f19584a28a2cd","9a5eb1be852277d6a283c975d6acdc41864db244f3bea315681b59627a0b5281","87d630c1039d1861af65c188f786174be244b5c55e66a679594c697d4df03690","1496a036d23e3d984c375796a21f9e9c29673db372e4d46b7748e928a4f03be2","96835bd8c658a5f5060ffceb4e681e0955f13e948bffa9d77989c45c3720d09a","13d200438b4f6c57f01f9558eeb3e375f654a74876c418d7f5e74b7e2e4136d5","84d472ef70a2bce4a4ada56047c9fed7044d195f157008c898dfcaf6d90f0693","d3b5e905066f8d44425d39793ca747fb28ebcb7709a35dfb72f8542c4c2dd9e4","90e046ba196dc351351c2fa30670d51f0dd729fd185d5203fddf61201eb448be","8fc7c57e4a4ff4b600a6746ff7c613a4f9ae9b1d15c3fd9c69200c1464d4187a","c01c413f1eca2f2b8f01b6bc720381e368a84fca420e26e68607f25715a380b7","bae19cb10ac53f9324ae9d701f1e918fc75e9e05c7a57a3b9c634ca6056288e3","6b680ff8f968dd80e3ff74aa3a067ab4e5daa264cdad81a3262bacd1ac87d56c","73fbce4f3a295bbae478090c5a38fa056d3343dfc0fd9542392d2ae79d50f95d","f4e711c857ea1ba2d5a944450f4184b26f960d0cb1b2b63658495fa9a35aaf91"]
Anchored
2026-08-31
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2657086861 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aa85a…
Expected log hash
260fef646429d420c2862b4a127a9c4a79609ad273de18fde93cd5e796c16b27 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":"v1788142990944","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:smallpdf/billing/en","quote":"I signed up for the 7-day free trial of the Pro plan, but I forgot to cancel it and was charged for a full year.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-02-01","source":"Software Advice","source_url":"https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/smallpdf-profile/reviews/","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 (82972b26bec5…), 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.