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.

“Findependent is an excellent app solution!”

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 2658211220

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1e40d1de088209d9117f14dc294f09472b7bcbd0ee2f9cfa1a5c96ce65365afb

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

lAKjxxB6La90gnIkEzK+USouYD3N297T/OsPKh+hcM85RLbDguCM20Kk6sgb8YfcsiK/5uohur7zDfwv9Ar7Cg==

Merkle root

dc262458aa22478fffe21ec338d01c6f4cae4a788ed9fea3c30831a82c06da82

Merkle path

["1e3e35bde77b426f10ad693a25c75c6d644f0b9c4db83631af88dfe7da31393d","0826f2e0189086664f6938a1e4907a6941b4f0d96c28d1d052016d43bad5a601","9d64c4f4f06c91d0eedd03c013274affa399353da8980c69f6b0a19580bd79c8","55d72d0d6bca9a272a4936c3189863c7caeabc28e25e050aff22a7a49d14e857","4c0a9ae83f68d275e8c748ff233ac65223a83d0d22fd02b8fad03e14ee7ccc59","1818df92183a7392f56bd71750bef537ec95d3b2aaebcb5195ab1dfa43c96672","0e2f5f78b62a1961e96a7e47f41f4380853b706b050a8ce53986cc7d550c94f2","8de8daa101864df42757d4a42438987e8173124356f62edef2c4530859d31e27","c75e16d15c25ca136b2650dee1b60d3dc356f473a167594edb16c138a71d016d","6863e4b207efe6a501919ac3739f086f624c342520f6ffc2dd6ed461bbf18360","dcc8894c339eb6b4285d8a3a5fad8c983c2d3421fcfcf67eda8b1c03b472472f","d81e27e13630db3d9d293f6d79668cd1c78632307ae9023530bc5592b492c941","bdc9b750f877995745e1cab86bfadadf81a699dc296c03b30c7a277ddce4ad9f","05b68ff1f996fd6d87089c04d3b63d00c2f9717b69cfa4ae5a0251e3fbd668f9","fa0b5c0e2afc2db7f6b3a78d277777500a36d9f343119b2becbe97376b611a16"]

Anchored

2026-08-31

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2658211220 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6833…

Expected log hash

34743b52c53937c552d8f13f390474d4daf1803bc63770b1d5dba985fa233896 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":"v1788149612113","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:findependent/quality/en","quote":"Findependent is an excellent app solution!","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-10-23","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/68fa8274b2717738f7fa3f42","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 (dc262458aa22…), 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.