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.

“CAN'T CHOOSE THE FREE SERVER ANYMORE!!”

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 3667982630

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0ae620dba4b955db85283ec5f00c32c833a7e977ddab0d5eaf126145cdd4fc36

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

UuhTyCz5JgG+WB737+/ZQyJBgiJEvAgQMdtGX6JP4JsKfNXCf7jML7yCtCt3MgeWvFPz3xzKbx+Fq2o52k25Dw==

Merkle root

d73d08690811c81c8d5fad65324be4693c01a2aca1755d426ed86660151bff23

Merkle path

["0ac8b390fbde99445d5bdbbb922be98af46922a9f9bc274a760a22d5e191c43a","bf8737f063ceeded54c8c1e17e98d2492bec496ab27ffb77abcb4b0228b3eeb2","a36c2efe16d5ab9b2713171905ea4457445fbb0cf2e6fd6a540feaba465dfc22","e64515b96667fe9e0101027e51b0e726b72b24dd2c20a016befc3030067254d7","2daec151ca919c90ad95eff95afaef7c81d3d7ec2845381dcd48132cbe89ee43","4999610e9f0d4837f8aa8e7aa376014fbeb60431c9cb2409a1dfabb3cb599c74","120369d66f699e8931e7836f7c4e22c0474981d3d4dbc688313f29868bd9b01c","c935db4dea803119a9d17114d5edf20e9f795fd80e6021e505703a70cd5c2791","f10b8dc5c7f5955f762c460d889fe5dfba126ca965ebeeba4ba664a23cf8f15e","2951e0ef77df974e410912f473ed278fa4be30bd85b81d8577a087a273550c25","7006f776def9ddfdac83382bd6282fbc38c85ebc80f7f9fa65de47d0a6522fad","4d9e8e4c864e237b344dbb0a541d9f67cd70b96deceb3066c40d8aadf093ac18","3fbfcefbe1233089f918cc9e7ac6d44fa339f7ccb302cd07cbcea4200db9889c"]

Anchored

2026-11-03

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3667982630 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a838f…

Expected log hash

5182f3d0ae634550e25d5f8f78d800f39fb338d1b74903dc2e1fe643547a5358 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":"v1793705160515","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:proton","quote":"CAN'T CHOOSE THE FREE SERVER ANYMORE!!","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-16","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.android","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 (d73d08690811…), 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.