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.

“We're in America, please do better!!”
Google Play · 2/5 · 2026-08-01

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 2612065734

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 13a27eab6d4022103b23150c147d2e72c0de940e27bd1eb810e89cb3a674659c
Signature (Ed25519, base64): 3szprnxEeg5PcOFsi88sk4kheq2VsesVGqIIh0m8ZvFlHnDyvdRnnsRYQOZwZ+2k0MBK8VwjSJc9th1Rt9mKBQ==
Merkle root: 62493148956a8c17abd53a8c9ed797b64e65ad5bb98d36b7aa8d51c339fff025
Merkle path: ["13a309f5da50dc04a499d0de4c396dcc615766586e3b3347483a005c16b2b73e","951594daeaa05d43a5b86ce4a22be13913af466a0a506d370d025d2c3b4c6836","30041b1d3f22226f29dee7c34f69c48b89af04a3d4fc3ac000479ceb2ec39656","1fa1c863a4d33bda35e35066d718651274fd9c20640cba765406440a1e47c718","558eabe9a01aacba5b209a1f5c79a01d8f93a58486dc474f9418e7121ea62865","969b307fb0352ecec16a9953cd48eb0f63dec1a9be24ac0a1b12668c04ec8582","ae728cb981446ea59951e4b65634912eed2e8264f75cd144a0333acaaf020627","3cdedec01088241bc92ebf4e28134a58fa2626e96ef36b9e8b6341357b34bf69","ca8cfc8714331bd33a0fff9fdc88f03a2e40af4f94f9f2b2fe57e3a3279fb9a6","3ccd0972ecdbbeb2411fcaaf1a0675a56f15fc120df3f10b79ba8379b3c16eb2","ab3a12938713e647343c33bc800af25bc24b0a09ef6e271892d72b021e454ad9","aa27e16e99a5c7264be75cc6d887e1542ad1b5d8e7c00024d09648982d3b9c13","0d5bfb2982eb496ec91088407bc450b593806e0482bfe81826869f4aeb42c62b","8c6d2c7076ac2ee0b8e592fee4b535c629bf4ba08a80f3d9ff8794fd682b8ca0","81ca6ab71bdfc38d6690336508e82bd1e82f9a656f0fefa771d1028af8c796ba"]
Anchored: 2026-08-27
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2612065734 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3494…
Expected log hash: f8318c40dc89e43be6c4faea0c023b4821c7ae9aeb6f05e59b451eef93c53bdf 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":"v1787797679240","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:accuweather/fit/en","quote":"We're in America, please do better!!","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-01","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accuweather.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 (62493148956a…), 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.