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.

“A very clear and simple app.”

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 3140838741

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0b00e36ffb0b4eebbd6858c3c2003934f5920a0baeb35fdf55fcacda969cd902

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

pZOR9sOjatrtSt1xQZ4AR9JCzu2hfRf9kRmI/DpMmewuEj9BVB8ceAEYQt/nBV15jlPgzjxrcqpKO47g+gr4AA==

Merkle root

68ee5f8618d9ce1aa33f2cb5b6f3145b5f909a3c35a03ccc3d10e979b2f81082

Merkle path

["0b00de007651d7f60cb63e91620acf3f54e26db9d808c5d6f3a4134c3c075852","c5d7bc242ba47a3240f0b174f4a4a16d979fe996e7d019c8bbc2feb8b58a343a","eaf95b346517c94ee79722bdc787f2d0d81e23197b5f78950f1ebc3f89745842","9d368902c7c4a1aae3115a276b6f23b359565effed01f06e1bc0bb129a81db10","a1b2a2fd2f9896c9cbf7b1b77012880aef49377e5604c8df5f75b79ce74963af","05655c92d3df2911567305db7668082dc88d986c6fa0402eece8e3d9b9c096f2","36c1d002bb285a36c820b67ab1734ce9b6eab7c9b58fe30331d5ed241df93275","9f8d64be64a4b520983d355941f1ef62bc858847eb25f084c198a052f58a491f","5eed86cf1771202c9a4ed45b42e38ca74d87d3306e22c66a11735221b17a3a6d","10c86027b0ef63f615898c52372eedd3ddab59594a8d18ef390e9c41ff8e2d04","e9213ada7e329b7ec9e91b5f2b11c05e30a6622d2bd072cf7b5757a128306902","43121300a82da93d01b3fdc8bb17f432c227d8a918d31c79ee0d99fa14f29075","e6960377f92ebdc1b41fb37d3ed0decff1e5fba5b62ad653e7be0f8408d1c6c3","e66299710f80b56c392136748910ac59d79a991f3e479ea8a96c5c23e200aa78","418554fa0ebde54d6cdcc03145c7126505ed96d3734e8e7ae56dc0dfd8ca0a2e"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140838741 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4791…

Expected log hash

ca4949400cf2d29b49789563ea2e672fc73762380548d6fd65398e40c0d98728 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":"v1791433229105","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"A very clear and simple app.","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-12-19","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.findependent.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 (68ee5f8618d9…), 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.