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 ads are always the same.”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2026-09-20

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 3248278454

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 1ad784e52ac1a63aaf44341ca5e931166cd43aa8a3949bf4ec86684185457c15
Signature (Ed25519, base64): cSn+Up0xXm5Apl/CjxfV5CnU9fJmIIxVkqrhoDX7FrUKBqQ3fMdnSUgM9ex6YCwePyduqoWeBbcZ1jcTrdlLCg==
Merkle root: 81db1abd6b6e636da393518bb64e907fa9c48581b44ac2be5a9e74d02608e451
Merkle path: ["1adeaf9ec59217167ba8202630b9acefd7b36837ab71e5104eff02984b43ab63","942c3af645b990c220a2018edfaaaa07592ec0ffc469ad3777f45eea5a1a10c2","9799d2a42f2b0dd9165e861d9669d49d6de9be26d2098bc9015024a05fbc4c98","2000dac5c0aae3d869519295aae7df854a77004963880da7d2f9be028a4651c6","6155021eec19c457c446d43aba7ae122944cee45cdfa332860908724236fc578","5af2c5868bd088485cbba5a9357e5a8d0c373785cd6c5eb67ecdfb05d09430d4","57e283b6b4aa0ebb90c52c5f491e2b41305b360bb172e41293a27ff19774a965","93aa67dee27f3312a9884a2520bdfffe30d803e6d136c4a6af467d79c5c181df","16dc6cc1cffb97b8761419de342feed8300d01975ca4bac20a0e16c428ba681c","7555ca7755ce0977aa97344e9edea28c77141a78774910cf9dd1ec7f5be52ddf","f0d849fe2b2b2e8ac46eb31ce8ef0940645609e0ab080116168fd866668ba7ee","0f8ab31a8b7f9aa6ba4ff019c72fbe9792e5837d40b3bad40ea1cfb0cc79e40a","4fd1b36929337d346b3723be273df6d7588bc7b080f058260d538b3f309857bd","6fa310e475466f0115dd6b7ba199f23e915f2a513e2610274356ac5bd367e940"]
Anchored: 2026-10-14
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3248278454 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af67c…
Expected log hash: 4dfbbd25ce402c4821f7e2d50b18e091e9a30465f45669967c545fb71910f358 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":"v1791948368672","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:spotify","quote":"The ads are always the same.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-09-20","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music","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 (81db1abd6b6e…), 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.