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 best alternative for those of us who like security in open-source applications.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-01

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 3637396099

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 09d68b341a534a75f260e2b1f629e4c4bf654226af244137fbd29603ea190ba9
Signature (Ed25519, base64): qXkDB+Kd4olE1Uj7YBA/0M7IJF4RwMbU2ABG/5IpiWrKZpsLyj+80LrkwK417zlGQI70nKU4cabiiZ+fL8npAA==
Merkle root: 8f2c2f05f88c969dd850965729c24c32c52cc6403a26008c0bd53784ae27507c
Merkle path: ["09cf0f61980fffd5b401878668b020e4d13e882a58f9a95793aa6b87b0d870c8","88a651939966f26aa3de1e1bd2162b767cb147d1c53350fc17c1d4ca297854b4","1b176f88bd4477652f1c554438d4d0d028c938e7809b2acc3b5bdda275f2060f","284bba6c033595717bd4982c6a32b6dc802b5a378e1812111f6d10ead16d7be0","fc2ad92b90cc3986c27f1af13e11643d7db0ae2d3ca4215283855dfe3b822369","e23091bc5548367fd00be28649577d922f8592120d7df212e3060d9e7c5c7543","f116cfd296da8025c9d310e448691111c1aa45ef0c5e461f8cd07b6ca4251ce3","5037b85ac7d8094e4eb3fbb4f9c2c0bee2544a6d2e234b35ef4ca641ceb1a393","04c30f8c1817fdacbe3ef9d512a9b33de4a33a3e33dc60c0afab972064e14e30","acef9474edc08c67f71966b565f0fb1c62067a443a9dc5e4943324a57bdce542","9e3c04fc08bd62849a8af91b719f66804ee8710de126ec9bcaca27dd74c0b3ba","a4032a234c9f4713654e6a84ab5dbda9df3bf27d86ebb8ee6e761e0263dc017e","1cc438269a1190f75ec95ac8b661278f7f1bcbf699a11b5ba685e615e03039c4"]
Anchored: 2026-11-02
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3637396099 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a241a…
Expected log hash: e2625e03ca8112d902567b372759b1b1cfdf1591befeb5c03dac093cdf478b4a 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":"v1793587598614","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:bitwarden","quote":"The best alternative for those of us who like security in open-source applications.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-01","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitwarden.authenticator","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 (8f2c2f05f88c…), 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.