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.

“Why have an app in the first place?”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
2525855fbdbe909ac2f535658ccc9546dd888acc260ad31c413b419b2c9a04ec
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
jg1eUCZBwY9ieHKYWGWXlNWbm/HSj664ZN4OZIUhhf5k+VUCmIKW4ZeYygGTvoUPPZXtLJapKpbyI37PjlJqBA==
Merkle root
d8f145f4dd25b18e2b87daaf2aeaecbfc54faf99bd3bfdd8f74aa4efc5886bf6
Merkle path
["250e27f25e68e494a8d3ef56b95ec0ccdc7dafd9c876124d27882f3386008838","32ff67f9378e74195e83196013bda17676377336481d1aad9254d4a2ef03b4c2","61fff1dcefef864d445418cd10e641447c52d212ed561056c03ebf0144d9065f","3e95b68eb3993192a97a317772e5bb4a4b4d2dbae28b00bf9f178d8d1b0279c7","bedd0e87bfefccfca6dfe90b397cbc67b80a456831c6ea0f26d9a6c1827fc05e","2d7bfb82d10698ff38d26b7cb59b9e0022370c09488fa9be73958713fabdfaca","fc7549e6f698144cf199bfaca579da4b2bd536489e2d4e5bc6bf3037774f97dc","3689422ac782b82696e7ef97b53951c6468f669e7b99c297f5ee86fbeb93049c","c39c7d1782d1b2fafd94a688f2efe9981b924a9df2382ae7f31b1f7d93d681d3","b0f254d3962e0520cd4412196959630b123009f09030dda011fd2f0aa2704bb0","c7085516e8a88727b07d77e9ff38229ed50294f65ba290d3ae62948e686f4a3f","2e900c12d34400e39fc8c3ebb99077c31758e236ed2350484065df834f416d2d","4a105e509823ad7c5361d9c34172b0c0d78481a597dbc352d26fbf6361d15520"]
Anchored
2026-11-03
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3668944551 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0e24…
Expected log hash
29b4e6eadc957394341c639515bb23b43b99093d34033c988619822df54fe84a 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":"v1793707472796","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:pandadoc","quote":"Why have an app in the first place?","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-07-29","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1210645479?see-all=reviews","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 (d8f145f4dd25…), 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.