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.

“iLovePDF app is an awesome software, simple to use and its free.”

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 2681318538

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

196448867682bdcd15f97f9572a91b5d8fb0b356d5f08053d9faab84e8157558

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

2qpYpvvtegLYDEYe7hc8FIubIc79bQwrMtqBcFc140dWkD7nTFc+hqmLEhFuezsJjovKq+EnansDD/a955IPBA==

Merkle root

80545feed588a969110bcd2c8e526c8c2e400cad7348c7872c323a1674d2355a

Merkle path

["1963bebb5b0446400fe69cd24e8ee7e3f41c7f744eff4e72271999d7e091335f","52fddd90645a9a6dd139281fdf42aa195688f411ba8271fb46b940ed13fe27d0","e98db774c02fabadcf3ba97a154d189456d996f40e09e1fae4fd6ac3831d0f55","986e0a5cb7fe2f5018e30cf73b0c080efa879f9278bcb7031631d184680beaba","b9c301c3e1369f84fb65b13fe5d9596549e50b294a529166eb09bf58a8418cb4","da63d1ff455b501fd660c5e15ed54464a690990dd53526fd3ef0ca60064f3918","522b60ae1cff2ab1c523cd047b47c68db0b6c3af844bba7c967ae7f052701c1a","c0d313ab8dab71a909419070f07fc17406a3553239eb2b03ff5bfc8e52c8a5da","a9a52ecebb862edb8df220431beb45328be9a9df7fd523c7d59296606f4e5e67","21482d0a59572fe87bae034967e0a79e78df2d49aebc369b74108d3639a6c53a","2ed6135c3aa75ed368bcd2bc2c9461ee1e8438e1bb1d0f6b257cf27939a4450e","c3f886ba525355d04397dde87c1cf01fe0c5bd8ee99840fea4f0625559d30130","cf85b24fc1eda5aee2e6660fb94d01e1afb915d56f864de60a3987cc95b2cea1","8378d9d6ade0d6214a847a4a8145a9f89a0810e29d8d29962807c9aaac17e271","fca9ab6e6247b2eeb89a8619f295121cacecd7391ef0e06251791813430b969a"]

Anchored

2026-09-01

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2681318538 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4bab…

Expected log hash

663cb0c78a61cc964eb6f0e00407fec6844129fb0623d2ac072b7b2e4274054b 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":"v1788302168109","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"comparison:smallpdf/en/vs-ilovepdf","quote":"iLovePDF app is an awesome software, simple to use and its free.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-30","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a946b268648fefa4c1a4202","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 (80545feed588…), 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.