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 findependent app makes investing super easy and transparent.”
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 2579634821

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 16e87cf7b97ec09e827639f6f80b9faa39b6a4840a1946613d5946876ce90582
Signature (Ed25519, base64): dBcUph/nUvzeWtM0JG53QKmSEGo4hlcF/AawCtY1Ss1qy+Li0lUDWfLf3kiYjd/8OTqhvz6stvAc9L6Xn3snBg==
Merkle root: bc9d0b5d836a216cf1886934c8d5ec9f854ad5daceb587a6eb8badcbb84ee02f
Merkle path: ["16e22a941877662e234fadfedf744048bba8ea5e759438f02b51925e63a51d81","dc6370fccc549c27c782ed39a5a6772b46103692bb78e71bf9de108fff406e04","f2debb8feb1d9a38f40dd9a48de6c56c13fe4b2972cae996f7596bed2fc58f22","f62ce395545f8c3a0065fd64bdce2066b2f0b9a69298af6a8ed4d7aa100a97eb","a175e477ca5524acf824e4bf3b8322c136a4d2984502f0125bec276ce363ca1f","7868a7dae03a0228a900c3036768ff9fc2fb26a1d61f3437ed9676ca1302813f","705f6c7b4bd08e3ade53960bfa7c0f6af6160f31fab0b3d6d19f0e3e12ed3946","b81b5e5dd50a7d6cc136a29bbb63ece85a2850feeb9992cb8b9d5f39178a62c5","c7b95ab22d48e137b8f251948900e52bb17f3356a36fe35e44a554a886f816fe","eb34022dce7faddf664910ab1899b30c9137a5dba2e35eaca6f13cd7a0b4183c","0e9181df06462400191ea1f0a225d9e5bbd205bd02daa41c32efc7c848715611","d3c9392978290ff4acc95fb24c00358022a18e8869378dd9b98ebf9e31ae3a82","04220d159462533e19180f38775a371ba8ff54ec137c48558e5c1452b7cae681","c78d02bc04c908a350115d0a3f5d200d8a666366962fbc37c05c5805c741dcc0","d687ea8aee79065a6ddcf3c31455804f88f0a27932c5abf16edbc09a81fa4670"]
Anchored: 2026-08-24
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2579634821 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae575…
Expected log hash: aa88a647802dcecd33319e67554ce6dc40636f337adca0214325bf9b390c4c88 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":"v1787544244896","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"The findependent app makes investing super easy and transparent.","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 (bc9d0b5d836a…), 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.