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.

“you don't have to wait 3 months for someone to turn it in at the library”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-14

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 2684045120

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 17073f677c2d7c16e649f470e3f7af643e963b37bdd8e13097593fdbad26e8d7
Signature (Ed25519, base64): PJ6/GEQXDQBEaf1UkSU7/x2e58HzNSKTmpofV6X1fn6tK01YmkE+5IF/JtGQsu1eC8FrFpOP5hjAi4ajgs9lDg==
Merkle root: 1e61eced4e661484bfe5b6f5b2703dd6b75b86bad22e189b3c366c9d28063790
Merkle path: ["1708990faff7414d9c54c1a797929f6120c1568bc76d588d5795224d94d6c7b2","4a8dc3a6546d7e902afffef4e1a879d8aa623c27f1515a40bd4736c7fa053c4a","b62d99e29fee46e1fc6ade2bee5af11ede5a48f9a3506a938641f33c40a43b9c","6610124b63f07d2efe6ac6d809fd46bed11a461f9fba1d6046860e466b839630","1a74882c79eeada73f9f9d62553ace214990c54c3cc84ec45a5d0cbcbcae0f95","3ebc7f544e3f6edd13a864eb6778e64a46d6e1e3f678c773345729bbf31fe315","77dd0cc6d61adff57d75146dfdecb30950d59ac8c65f6f63b622808d7c255f26","691d89482262c8a81e719ed172990be723fd371d7a2346bfb2195b11e7debf7f","0fd2acb8cba7113d1a3687f1a07c14ca103ba1afcef17b5aa73d17514e741eed","a65374b242231820b7d0c04bb1c502d1c042fcf79d1d8238b6d7eadd6b0a61b8","e6349b3c7cc29b652f849fdc03dc150074d8d0068ecebdc84590341f8e646590","9a70a2514971316655867b1f61a2aec04e72a31daa04a2281af3e8ce8591717f","54ee0bc4a4c2b45767c35fcfd5bb7920c8fd190b1fed30964e0a25b96be9cb33","bf1bcad2903dfb9abf4b8f024fe3c81bcae7bbc24b20f79dfeb4175ee7010ee6","c6abe42054f9c95975c60fb1ff77d61160b6c8ce936c4b4f55df686a320e02d9"]
Anchored: 2026-09-02
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2684045120 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a1eab…
Expected log hash: 991cca42189213cf0723c834ba6ddec4f1bf618d506ffae30f68dbb14dfac402 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":"v1788333005708","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:audible/delivery/en","quote":"you don't have to wait 3 months for someone to turn it in at the library","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-14","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (1e61eced4e66…), 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.