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 app is super easy to use.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-01-07

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 2682369737

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 16ddeff1962febc02bc466c0bcc080bd139462cdc339f79d814cd581898a7c77
Signature (Ed25519, base64): /j8DwSrjvsNFiGTmV7KNV5xIjQ17W4nciHbhODNw1o05o8DMe/e+X24UNZiLx2eK1DXVmF8cXdcdPKHIwjpOBw==
Merkle root: 596f968cccc56e8e000b63b9dd30489d92d97de49657c3c152b38018ff4fca5c
Merkle path: ["16dec2d1dffd8b277af9df11435ae6f7c6d1e3c9dd8c9b850a554cdf9a407621","25420d00a528e113bb1f65f728728f0f2f8914e66db41b228b1160d891e6f5a6","4ddd2b3a10e3e148899a1ed844b46ff7fd93449771ceb1a75e4650a7c8b7119d","793843cdff5a4e8e126aefbd94d0660d71df3266e1b7dd9c0047a0a412690c98","dd4366faff9469fdc0a61088c69be1310cc7425e684d7b4b1810d9407812a0ba","61871c7f813f837e2b6639a754a7f0badfcf00f95a1e07d864beb40ef1fb4ca5","0a192f68e2420f9ebfe1c3af0ddebb4c201a3106bfd1363956a81ba6e978b281","7931537fef4f90236dfe896d2c316d771ff6a564c834b10f2ac0b1a1eb91ea7e","c22cf1b414ae95f1a9a4fad02fc3c6daa4670e076586eee70b611a20a855b870","d04ce4f4ba94eaa7872c65a2896f34043801a016c321e178633901836b1c030b","46a76d1d889cea34855bb6190d99874f090f4359fdd983df40090e76b7fd50e7","a2e63b38a500e0e747fa2ee593ce640601b396a882812dccd45f6e723859d791","8e868d52b37c0ca851c758cff6792552e789a45811741cd2ab35462dd346c599","f34a99bc2eb0f4358a151b675878bdf5ad21628e2f02e9070ad22d026160a11f","1def65a8c7022796c92bf89e3ba0ded5702ff898262447be3bcca696fe961465"]
Anchored: 2026-09-02
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2682369737 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a1ae2…
Expected log hash: 21add9acab3ef5374d6a20f71e18493c941f530ac81d350c83b699eab93536cd 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":"v1788315101182","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"The app is super easy to use.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-01-07","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 (596f968cccc5…), 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.