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.

“Intuitive and beautifully designed.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-07-15

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 2621233673

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 152432ff5954f7a61f27dd543a3f40802cf53aaf116b3068b9f34a520d5f2ba5
Signature (Ed25519, base64): tGdJCOOa+OKVS5dVHzusZPuUfDZyd4ErtWQEAAwENLFtvXt+SAYsUM3YybP8Jx1ehiCaolqfbXCyj2Bg9RBrDw==
Merkle root: 3e5b84dbb37ce6f75730ed2b32f91cd71f3a65addfb4db0a36bb6e93c637284a
Merkle path: ["151e6b2eac7f6f61a3aed0ad93e0a7d4f72c8bfb44770bfef78d970f7ac27ce0","3da6c83dcc7234d2b39285da8ac6c398ce77af749209ab22ce9b522bc2eae1ca","dee9530e0d06b54954f3edb1622b5e884a55f79df97d42bd753dedff225b068a","330d344cc0d643f17ef6132923df7c2981f07223a5fa40abda69081ea1a554d3","c90d43b0cbc48adf642d43a71c1eefe935751135d3c5c32108e9fc0bc50585cb","a7a2ede123dedd4b60618450c54dc20000f99b03c9d39e2940c8819ded249514","b13241a4df751124593e01af1f22696b108b0bc12b55657959337e798355f704","85e56baab7b522a5cbc6398b960057b532e67ab03e24dc597298a75283dfd583","901395b11a498f3b5b7c2b7f910a7aa20caa39eebbb8b8141ce2b2c6f4d65919","3bb5fd581fc055d29569cdbd3511521fc9d6f326cab658a22dc0a88fd3d6e932","07e586853ed7df60dbef618524eb346f2dbbb4d6eebda4c9559f971e8876deb1","5e1d55cc495e25a055082f31061576a01811fae87e315b90c56cc742da8c21b1","09ffd4ff7f987b3f51093f1e58033f05d70251a8231cecee13929f5904d44057","4b83a60597c484d00737793c9d1e20749c33d1394631936e64d7dcd8530ecde9","359169a64f9c96ceed911524de6d7935fe237a0309f08d7968d6105d6218494f"]
Anchored: 2026-08-28
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2621233673 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aab9d…
Expected log hash: 8f69f81c385ed6162582e2743ec87609f0e5a311201997ab1f656c8ded6f904e 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":"v1787884205203","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"Intuitive and beautifully designed.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-15","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 (3e5b84dbb37c…), 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.