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.

“why do you have to change stuff without asking”

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 2582566803

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

16e21bab3cd454f0fc86ede88037c8610e8af1c45808b847f5064a8237fd1b69

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

MYD0fF+Ieq0dJLTJpGZmClegXSHH86dBjB2oxRYaGkO9rNLsNQEjdF9NI5k/2lt225jFIGDslSe4IwipVzNyCg==

Merkle root

6a443ec8eed9d782158d739b7e41ec6a701af29f823a7ab1de64875ee7b0c951

Merkle path

["16e33599cf7a8452d9f6640a2d2fca1e6edb0e924e78f051db6d18708b8c3981","d9a90142b05f00862a1c424b1e00595a1156834c53930eb3f40cc4bec1a7a916","36f59cfa29b28d343258e07f0ca759ce792c2361debc16195cfb01dfe25240ff","cbeb1d10d6807a4a309c103cb78d76cc8ffc9e8a57ef5e769c5f9cd676d10870","39eb6d4a9b825eeef6f51d9e5b157107f1b338332ea649b6abdd4d0e0e4d55fb","50a41dce9c3cb1e81a2f4ab86fb68befad4e7a53497f781127ae05a5b1019782","4509bbcce7c69b87241dece5cb8f1df8a75ac427fa6b4c2af41fac041d73b8d3","9b4f22bd73eaa2c53989d938b09648621fc1f6fc7d93a163f5d16606b39e514c","13a3c0651a661ad221e38d5116c9ea85c44758ef410a6690781cd195083d6f6a","4132f24a8b9e78ff825b77cec3a4d15319b2db89c69b6918a1d1f6df2643cdcb","1be49c14c127483b2b3e086a5f0dfcdc51aa7f16ea923379e6183d63f2f397c0","d1428aa021f92df023950d5f7db3ea57b9cafac4dd436d734f3a48bb3b809bb6","29476cbfe7722f8e2598a733d0ac1fbdb48eb18b1f5c573ba269ee97e9a0fc53","b0ed18eb18040acb126fb105dfa9a6793027076086da4abb61b60f692c09e709","453a3492a63413cfc9df7cd796916e7949d5f2ade376044ee3eeebceed9d4360"]

Anchored

2026-08-25

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2582566803 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae2e5…

Expected log hash

f4f63b54e78de54106e8bd57b374f79ad9ebb7e6cc5e587c172fcadc2d1a0c5b 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":"v1787556373580","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:audible/communication/en","quote":"why do you have to change stuff without asking","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-07","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (6a443ec8eed9…), 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.