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.

“best in the business arguably”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-04

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 3304616757

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 163ae0ffea970eff3c310b6ff55f473d2396bd08bf73224b87ea0c4da77e002e
Signature (Ed25519, base64): vm7Sam1brfzSidGwEZ9Piu2HRFxzh83ZZI8LZETmc9zcx0YbFnTkwvy6gAl9ty44dyBxqtzly550D6d9gfV4Ag==
Merkle root: 2e430f8af8ce99087eb52c520bcfec9c7745da371e80a44c53f178593db80e43
Merkle path: ["163868a81bbd7fe201cb3d281fbeb41824cbabbac916aec47f3f7eeb386721b1","94520b19596063d4568db1108f7caee690190a50cb4195a72a0dacf353f852d5","a3f576530b8113ca51300ed9310d68736ca87c195916235c9aefe28b11c4aed0","380a992624b4d0f7d9ff5add381ecd00f387d616bc8d2008363449d88908fd88","17396a05bfac9c1365ca1516ad1268579b93e92cf28195e66bba070e8c09dd05","03b38f6586925e73e6c920edb184418019b9126c82fde4809db07a0df60e438c","fec229ba159a66163018a3647a03713fa115eb9e6b2a07af5fed76c3af14cddf","8f884760cb1322c4c29d2809426cb3407709a153505dd914d45bd837bd3f7148","a3fe14aa154fe86e3a4ef9851e7a2c0242e5eb7ea5655f7ed7e7554ec5c3155e","e2a645e53e0cee11a53d982d9b2eba2e0e6714594a7a9dc18c07c2b20a3898c0","b698e290e91981c94a2c15042f34bf4f42596cffc271aa1813d91c997864e64e","dd8858bdd6932cf95839a0bbbbffddbdb81842bd77358a725c8c0e903d04a580","79a26519bfd63e811aa50c9f6ec20de38c33194c5e5671e72fe87ab77793ae98"]
Anchored: 2026-10-18
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3304616757 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a83be…
Expected log hash: a0fba1125c7f8ea996ba73faddf9851b62585f74ff5f7e4242cedd1df157f403 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":"v1792290386675","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:bitwarden","quote":"best in the business arguably","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-04","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.x8bit.bitwarden","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 (2e430f8af8ce…), 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.