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 old program was easier.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
16667df494d729adc7fdd523bb98de6f01d483461b38806d565c8648cd171850
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
/Wc3h1sL0k/RAHBItOf8T3J6EkG4ucCkaqLNGUvIh1myhEgaUXJXtX6q33WxzU55h9aoqOtUY0N5vxnKZZUFCQ==
Merkle root
97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d
Merkle path
["165aceb211640c9d923410125b8a62fc0e726ca17b97497854d1337ed6e316e5","410c63e913eb268dc82d7d9dd2558b62714926128c12b3cffcb7f858768e94f4","f5846240db3789ca8261ede97abf0a06e9447711b0388c347fefaeb646b1bdb7","852848d07eb92e087fc41bb57f7db6fe5bb1b79def013a4fa94bfd95f397d71b","90fdd63eac3ab25d0ccea68c5213f2040454e2a0b494f08871a135ee1ca5079c","f1afa36897d47ebb44c94eaae7c201ae9dbc7bdf689f519a78b78f05751030eb","252cc9527598b930f2693c5042d0e5307efdbd116e73c9e8e63ad172aafacbe8","c671a5cbbfc8aca473cc6460176ffdefc716f03dcdc19bce3889db559f753ff0","346f4f9d6e7e8fbb70a7b0ac84c8295db9f5b611f5307e0614f0c083c87170b7","395b180c77ccd11120a7cda4cd1dd93f02a32dda4ea752d18370c9990eeea689","3debd39a24af6852066a31af419923ca1fb9349fdf8444f76aef62b0f9a98230","7fc459298391904a3838099fd1a0b7e635c26503d7f861328c446e440a4bd8b4","5b47260d99d2c4ad6e0d963995c990c8506dbf10eb0b146a116c3fc6ba348071","a9559f2ca8536f2c18bf059f3f0099d62235a93ac35dc17b09967d392b72be7f","01242865574478f13dcf9d888236d7a907264abdb87f360db7db06de0945075a"]
Anchored
2026-09-11
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2789279696 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3885…
Expected log hash
05c7009ecf7ce5cf315c252c2a1dd135e64989a02cacdaaa3c5a87412a2e921c 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":"v1789017464005","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:acrobat/ordering/en","quote":"The old program was easier.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-07","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id469337564?see-all=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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.