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 connection never drops”

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 2776103867

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

17db9148feaea31ac053fc0cc5a66e33960b957aaea49d2dce71724e4cdaa2c7

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

jltgBYArKFFJ+Iw6jIkMI7G/+zT7QFsOMjjPiIyS7LDEes6QgB9riAokyY790qgLCw984bO+8sw2g8tLM6FNDA==

Merkle root

4dc0bd79ba3e9442f7f1feb21f347e2f6fdbc72e99098aa5164776a6202654a8

Merkle path

["17d8df6210bcb6639b25af6830a4d86b44f80ff76b432f75f29dd50058fc451f","99d3b5131852e903a579340715ec06c46b7fc77977d316e8d7d8dd7f5256c10f","4233de4dac6effdf0d523e135248a38ec0d593d2a36da3542883feec55a75042","0252c0a9e2965fbdd626f6bc7411b35d2c3efc9257fd37e1e67690c4598715cb","bbdd0c7ddac71cb743b4fac23c74ab7a671060b2bdcae89f0be1710529a9c305","a0d515c5c9023587a7a99998c204d0a94587e3be436d84b5e439f45fd2d1027f","c7245d8d2737ae8afa257d515ae3a1f4a8139387c2b8cb40309c1de4f5e967ff","1955925713ffee5cecd8a1158b45e340f16d1848e872c4fef69503faf8b4fb25","622bb39729bb696ad0a26b5e4687d7075541c5dd472f0227ad2ffd80388478f3","b78b81ed5963022e27a688339adbfed546aa2e32b309eaa7d7f2099cf50dc7a5","2d8169de2efa09ba8ad743aaf7ca737c0a9d51ed76f84b94ad0d20e13a8866c3","d610e3c549b439cfb5c1aabd8830cc14808b683b9751722225fbfdc069352079","b64868d5884e6ca103d8fa1886b59a755a471482d82618eec868304914b8e334","72f96e42060ae616ed33b8fd6ac687c1899623eaa8a351026bf33e2e7a041d34","e60c2274998b06992577796b6abe86bec144203fe960878f7951a3ae12c9e532"]

Anchored

2026-09-10

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2776103867 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acd4f…

Expected log hash

2498329b7eaf275d309293dfbac35d05dfb8a55c65956add8448561c05945f28 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":"v1788848066028","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:surfshark/durability/en","quote":"the connection never drops","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-26","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a8ed5a4dc2ee4c365075760","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 (4dc0bd79ba3e…), 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.