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.

“awesome app for small business owners”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-07-23

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 3667758936

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 13392923082057c5c06bad32068d7184168e3f3b06f91a9386b1f86c825afdcb
Signature (Ed25519, base64): wQuKdY3+ECaQGO/7xCefn4DuBrNRw4I0rRSKKTekRGQ90mJ0Twzx3TwVoL7gzExX2MyxyK3oxelOU2lddcloDw==
Merkle root: 310b64369d9dd4f7c8b82e9d51fc60783f65ea997f09c79fbbc0b2f157e320f4
Merkle path: ["13380542769ff6c4bb22d6af3113aa189ecb2099d288153d758156c8bd253594","52f2ce95e196bb71049ca5ebbde289c1626ed6d2ca85fab4921d36d69ba271a8","a7f2276f5223ab1bda69e71fa572746cd88775fbc48d52c0faca6ef9f191ef07","f7113cf307872d7a10f9282ce9ab915fe1ea910742d648c81051d119322dd660","2ada0aed6300544df476502b41eaa0c8bd24a78648ac96f43a7c89f2fa116dcf","05f3c3afee324b22a12f2d9e2bf35f573b413537f2d78928642f1c64c6938792","110f5b9d0b968a2a9c8e72bd2ce29736e6844cbb466d13da8f1836b62ea22dfd","de709a7880b671f839f35b850c5d7c2ac19e7590192ae546475e1f3cadf1ab5f","9d6d4a26b9158bf9d26b9a721d68c608ba31bcbd1443edf6cfa29e09c35d911d","6aad2d9104b0b357e1a21ef0219abe503e84e4ea2c558bcb03c18651365cd9ae","376caef7bc817cb00f9a62cbfae4ec58a0512bafd2221a44f1ed8241081eda0b","5322f96a7b239e91cfd7a27c238ef9e8d8f262b62a815169b73496f781239733","8e148846dc01159f1d851c01edf8fc4473b549b2982c2167fddf072d6df0fe4a"]
Anchored: 2026-11-03
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3667758936 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae637…
Expected log hash: 9a33982f3342f86c5c272d43e34326c44949ec2e7c02d33c4c9f74b2890c7752 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":"v1793704544999","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"awesome app for small business owners","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-23","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waveapps.sales","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 (310b64369d9d…), 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.