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.

“it is wrong about 99% of the time”

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 2579313751

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1d0a43f7101253046a4ff01b66a38a5ed66076fae301f5e780178922320323dc

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

/71BHLrzKVzSouEavE7KBnYRoVToDfxLN8/6DmH4WYhTqz74qhbgZW2/B/6T/DcY/FaDT0mt1xiXgj45maASDw==

Merkle root

7d99f509e7ace975d9131b3c79b0696005344fbfb76691d26003921d8da3f0a8

Merkle path

["1d0b252e986b1fc038b41618cfe32014585d6c97d59f7127935fa212b89caf8d","34d76a5ddc6b4038db41411978b2b2ca1ff04b81a0573a4e2e252f68a6c6f5ee","8589d9c1239caeee79aadf8f69360a2431090d93087ec60c86017be370958cc4","fbd622bf53c49bd551f93d158b5e6e0eaedb9e60a5335fe6d948b134c36ba9c5","092771197de6797d276db6b615ae1506575a5f9e5edbc6468ecd743ac7c8b732","dec2301f1e13057a2eb2b57de7ba0002c098adbf2098b43b775c832e84cc244f","90090d2b3e6e265c6e6608b6021d9c5dbfb96f7cf8206a7b27fc4a85f4dc56ab","889f1f39a63a82f71c2db14291e86ac313e6b329620a203da88bb5c30a0f2062","c681c4aa0cbd744cc23fd807dbae56de00064c8728c7bef1321b8e27224eb097","4af612a817e29861f4bce3b4df141775b7537c38789605c3fc5d9f1595a15293","6ca8620c9a2d06ba041cabda3de8293c42fee0517fc42ec34f6c690667475674","7f3dcd624d9d64bf7219f41166b72c6b161cff0c7d1b33294e5b566d2704b559","d2b7e5c12695b255ce635bd70253d91722143b48b301c96d105af7fb07baf59f","b2d461fa5f2c77d97cbab53545a3c371aae019615d29ddbac5455b43209b8b7e","aadc4b0adc99de5691fd30e8e3c95e2c0cd69be4c1b13f7bdc389fe5361fd614"]

Anchored

2026-08-24

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2579313751 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a5f78…

Expected log hash

0bbd23c1386f7dceb3083c4e5ded337a3a2fd7f76cd0c544d38ca853af72ea2a 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":"v1787536862564","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:accuweather/durability/en","quote":"it is wrong about 99% of the time","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-04","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a21e5254b79c69574b257d3","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 (7d99f509e7ac…), 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.