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 findependent app makes investing super easy and transparent.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-01-07

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 2683647879

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 0ca1e1a91b5ddf0f496887f435eca5c693e868207d25d4efe59486afeac8136c
Signature (Ed25519, base64): +b63kLLrgPbwMvTMI3vzp7O8+xpPjWXnJxayG+KZ0d79NJSrUTVzEwYRbdLRCEDfnwl0o/tGOc/c/iKSJ59/CA==
Merkle root: 2e3d871c1322192f29eecddde09b1d60f3198d79e780fa1195a664b4bd06a864
Merkle path: ["0c9dd830cb9b5ee24306c439defb3917efdd5ebe8ada62eb0f4e4bee5266b55e","c64bb6a536f2d272b71e1d320096e6469c64a4017c704be02525a7ce4c097e23","6eba08fb528530b449d15765693bda7133550bb4549debe06c10e6c34601500d","fc6980d4d9ada0c109a105291270ee17d299b748a0441237183c0a8224108284","9a2a59965e86e8fe764a335626ee1d44fc793fd301216b286103ce3e8647820b","db3414aa562769917989f5c98a8b077b030f4a70105b813d44fc77e2bd19b26e","4fff2c4c868aef13ffdd0b52863e8d03d4011a3d4fd9080aa2d150fbebc14b5e","aa759643cfbdf8680fc4fd158214aa317fa56a707004ebc377991c415cccdf1d","97ce57a210f5a7b8adb6a37b2244dc679d1d1ff2e6a03d20063bcf07f2285b91","84a5f9034371f848bc4f8dc7932f9889a40ae09baa7af83cf83c7c492f0b1074","73e711aba12263249c5dd5dc9acbde19c7e5a9d05149e66073655175eb84deda","0a3d33fc893d1918590ed750d53fc85f13e25e4f6ff7a207d21b4e073de50d53","2d5b9611d8c1e5387c2a259b0d33678f993a76db53de4243f9d133a0209868ec","628ede9e9b0730d1cc332c261be38ff7c8dd0481f36e9cb85c838852e27c80d4","8951511b8bccb72998a9f731e365024a5c886ecac866e59c397ec696591e8130"]
Anchored: 2026-09-02
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2683647879 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3d9c…
Expected log hash: 9b4e6e5ed792dc8e5468e146cdb00002a33cda5d0fe16d325e3fdc5cc54bfd3d 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":"v1788327458165","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"The findependent app makes investing super easy and transparent.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-01-07","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.findependent.android","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 (2e3d871c1322…), 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.