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 file conversion can be a bit finicky”

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 2514188040

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

14d9b3fc695ca037089bce76445d7be41c04eeb0ed0ea29f81041c6ea657706d

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

zzVEtb84ugGyv6KTZ5mERBZnrg6KIT4eFa4wc9HQq/T79oo17Yn8MMP7Wslj+Wnkd5r+N5ptjcLwyQWvHtExCg==

Merkle root

6189a42bfe294c4034f316d047a716a5efecb511b8dbe64c4f7f543872c9bcee

Merkle path

["14d8cce7c3c152fa87d0bd3c10e0eb13fd2736eff56a4d607a4d04a60ce74860","1880af3986768e50e7f703c449d243ca9e4b19f0ad0a9a9f9ff7d020ada8b738","abddc55caf1b0ddff3ee4e1eeabeef430eb236767123beec9c618246402f33f6","06957f25f19d9f4efe70a2bc6ee1835ac8a159bb3c5475c114abdd35cbf0cb9e","f2e6ea0537e0c1c817f041dcdc327eba452c0a80c228a4627cfe1e6d624c5581","8c2752140dfecc7cae2b4d78f8eb700be507faaf2fc3ce71e575abf6fffe5de2","cb012ffcefbabef02e7b93a15d39d02740b22ed4c68979ab10a16c0c2b0822dd","02d58031f2940c7b4c8cec363c6b71ea5ffd41cd334ba107b7accd3a6641d1ba","dcf09d4e0fffa4f36024987bb5251bf5251d53201297f95175637e6e1af355ba","5c65561f86c012d010af922af7876e58cc3ac643bdef1bc82a68ee1f3ca4c25c","5b8d56b067ad922ecff2f16d30031da957f09e0b0964e83af0d1f747af2493d5","228781b612a0c77f141df0e4e12827753e4b858f9d480116c6ae58d010c6d043","b958a384cf7d9aa03e4b31b4f9bf91c7373d0ec1d74c1ada80be4b2b501d99f5","f786ac0debae9f349ddff34e280cc8a64ab579a73e0a3d3745d84df0612234b6","e36acd56aebd26af88e4e41e8d5bc2a1389f049dd914bc2c3da8d68ac2fede4b"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514188040 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac9bd…

Expected log hash

b0fc1d11450dfeabf778635bd8a8264987fbb7e682331541ce1f5d7507d4e862 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":"v1787125125654","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"product:acrobat/convert-pdf/en","quote":"the file conversion can be a bit finicky","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-03-22","source":"Capterra","source_url":"https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/","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 (6189a42bfe29…), 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.