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 is my go to website and highly recommend it!”

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 2647547434

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0c4cb525f99accd7ee4fef50f060ebc7c069f2334a3ac5d273675a8b7b610371

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

vQzsTxL9Jp+7IHUuAhdK4QdFQqPcONI5G5XXmpHY32oLk99pXME3Tecc8vACW9Tl1CD3uoHgZENdsMiGMk8oCA==

Merkle root

e4013647f339499bd419bb9f69745e1d5e6273d32dd17f94b6c35c2fc080d1e8

Merkle path

["0c4e85fe7c396834891714cd9572e3f383f83ee3ea6130f2a7c62b7fac4063c6","2ed2233e52bf51f0a3a123d0b47573b37bd0d08d33b07e05a5fd7eedd27aaef7","c2d97b83a9b8f7d2620060427d2c5fc23bed4fe76c5d1eb9cdd311bc8166a17a","751b8760386a203a00263af9c41c12f3bb8064c983ece79991f62b23faa22e7d","c632c52571c1fec47e7380bbe52d83f19ea5dbdc95db123ee5559e91225071a3","86c55d63e706efdad35bc659ef859f856008d0f78afd0bd780c15dcc6a599ff3","532ff25160717b375c550f2f8d9ce9b167b6a536506851e201720fb1c1311217","4d48e0b38e12b680d84959b6d39fd5de6a6d8c782fcadd863e12b6e85e1b7f8e","82fcbd58dc5c4d9dfe8551800fe3af7d99f2892a355b68ae7e3d9d90b370fb49","8f02af332722cfbde8651f3ddbfc1353b8eaa51777d9e1a1850e2c6b78484be4","c3e09524253379088a1a9b411eb2d328fbbef7f59cfb78a0bc1f301f140bbcf7","84157a9cf885c89da85a3c686dcc74e8c468265987b0fbc6d0c7bdc1cc8053fd","df8342363186f2e3b45c88fa26a77bbc6852f833f9b39f10d9c7965a0af52872","3b1a28d2ad07744c06a00c9b4786a6cdb14dfb04fc76bcc1cbaf73cffed41efd","d68efe45fdecc3c76847a618a62019c7deb410aca5cffe58288bdc27d0bcb771"]

Anchored

2026-08-30

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2647547434 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae1bc…

Expected log hash

fd8e30fab5cac12236b44671823a2259ebb0774adc4d1a33fd6a7c90ea280d43 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":"v1788063921301","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:smallpdf/ordering/en","quote":"This is my go to website and highly recommend it!","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-24","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a638eda601a944f105b5f92","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 (e4013647f339…), 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.