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.
“This was marketed as an Adobe alternative that was free.”
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 2631758752
Proof data
- Record hash (SHA-256)
0b3796ed230fe9246ac4adac2d9475c4271e92cef6e213ea8bdfa02ba07dc5c2- Signature (Ed25519, base64)
2wh0fvOgQ3cQb+jqkhqr5Pg67bmM2wmBhGanlLhG/aH9wiDDVF7aMqDu6WqrSQWDqT0ovs7CZ2+nQS9SulSlDg==- Merkle root
a705e7ecc0d73eb5dcdfda7cc03235bd57a2851764423cac43118a70cc8e7b3a- Merkle path
["0b31e7d02754a431da41dde3d724d6486980bb31e25b8ea5a1f544fde0097292","5eb49f7fd2eb87347ec62f312b62d85da337f1e2ed98c3317c4c8c65d3e9565c","2db68e56ee0d0f9407f56e220df2198845157afb1039032152348732da4e78e2","58ded476594aac7e84e9bb3531423c2a9aac821d58210ebb61ff5dbcca9e22a8","f69027a8cd1b0388e2b41dfe0b67a9fb7ddd0b67eff3946479c3f1e5ccdb6907","345a2fcf6184dac97838fe62b467a24cefc023eb857308475966521a0f2e32ab","f0c3d85c2f38bc2bcf755fa4b9c014f4ce399b47e3e7b4e2fb6b86409ce411e2","c2cbc4b6e073bcd87e2f3af7a459bbaee71a16e76cea2a4465bfbf1ceaf7d74d","fbd91637e8c6fc26dc44ff2c056fb67c9a2763b722f87f922f6d1258c7dc272a","eb2c0df0ce17569867f7fde0ac52c350aac9eca6c7062236340507eafe39c2a6","2eb67b6dd2ce13ead3a6b8bbe53693e9ae2e03b472c64c48d866f83223e73d64","3d0dd87ae572e5992156e110773d66a0f1bf3ed6de2e93de25b994313f23112d","654e62da0e54472b4b5b9c8deb017fe0e371cb74d7538ff4ae544207e1da0bcc","a2d692bf5b7994c15c39856193482ea7c968acfbc3ff4915a355d04b18f7a933","79a9e38b2f2eb947c3bdfe67a6a6b2d9b99dab4a357fdf9e6328275c8035e767"]- Anchored
- 2026-08-29
- Public log entry
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search.sigstore.dev, log index 2631758752 · entry
108e9186e8c5677a44e9… - Expected log hash
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b9abdd1fc769097342b82449a3caa919f2ee8419634ee5ba00692ee6314109beThe log entry'sspec.data.hash.valuemust equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm. - Canonical record
{"dataset_version":"v1787969636370","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:smallpdf","quote":"This was marketed as an Adobe alternative that was free.","rating":2,"review_date":"2025-01-12","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1485259500?see-all=reviews","v":1}
Verify in the public log
- Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
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In the entry, compare
spec.data.hash.valuewith the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (a705e7ecc0d7…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry. -
Decode
spec.signature.publicKey.contentfrom base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json. -
The entry's
integratedTimeis 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.