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.

“they literally waited until I got paid and stole $69”

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 3273209361

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1494e42ae840c4530941737a3a3fe0bb29e1eafa6c203286cb218ebddb7b9635

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

zfrvhBSZbCB1i5Go+trXHXDgk/7RLOna5kdaok0O1Gucvh77grNFXeF1Pg5/5HJBHAX2uSqAi1qeiSn4I61SDQ==

Merkle root

6ebb2d3fb78e4a08533ac6b6852f3c84687141ae9b0e78424d88bb4161267bbd

Merkle path

["1494c3f193ec1b29e6bd2cc933c0b3adf5b080ef007e8498f1ec4f8004f0e3ed","fce298f369148d6c2c57b605fd3c4647b22a63acef270e0d02e4716a859e0a9d","a52e6a43ee5903cc2c9dbc10310d33eb893c640509fc20c89ab31ac35fc7fc10","3a8fd660eedcff555aea4fb6b855d7c632b77d313103cfa482527c1a97efb818","ae928636abea2f329e876efee7aca265dac75458be19d21507b8043de011be14","7ee2c7ec8ab5dea26b9378515445b470f8fb1200bbe7b830a35ede5532e53c01","a9482b8bf02cfacf868e1de15472e7e2af7a83f6ad98b057c48f303124199af1","2374ddc1dd8e28ab4564b07b29225b263a1ee91ee02604042e1eb6ebd60f88f2","056565e321825599e14d605aa13f03bdbd6c67aeb7f18c33314ffd3027823c8e","8ab4829fff01c9e69a86cbacaf8f4e8d04582fac8508110de65ddc964958ccc9","aa2e036eb98bd52190de0b95f7750b5dc663ed2d2f55dbf32cce04f860e4b44e","fc73c2b0627636c8f676f008d05fbbd4dcfb7ee0af08432d0bea252601b2007e","b2809ea8af334e57adb596cf07ef2c411ca41ee72761a0ae0fbef01d75a71a23","32d6dd564d479cc6b7834d44d5078d8ebc72c40210e72f0d380fac04d2d8e87d"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273209361 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a732b…

Expected log hash

bdbef22d23477d2ccfe2ed182ce8ec54934b3bae489c9913db850af171e33062 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":"v1792121074379","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"they literally waited until I got paid and stole $69","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-03","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.android","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 (6ebb2d3fb78e…), 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.