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.

“They refunded me everything”

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 3162293789

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

26dea62d6457c493fe5d4043209447d46bf3f298e3cb4dd532f6b49c4ba756a0

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

g9UOAUiZspf88+GEonjdcuLL5YpUpPnGvMDGinjzoxfgl4m+4uSpXsCggfc+zQPaBe6m7MJUlc/wdjzQmufcDg==

Merkle root

ab8d4de5853e13d360962f03dfb915842a42e1c5601cdaac4f2b37ad0ba96b78

Merkle path

["26d703b23a0b0b7137ecd2f893a324967d60fb47a93f2f8299f61d549521c79b","8875b33703ee96d6984737e911f4924d044e8041e445eba53ba162e0666c8eae","2eaf2834510e0c1a4b6e7454557cae04bf95868508eb46a883858f2dcd063eb9","ab713d1c60ad117c4cce38f149cb9b6e73e17760f45263f9b9ca59d2ddbea0f9","d25c29768b9a6b97fb95e684247aa8c294a1639de1f5726dea34b866f5b4104a","0a8d70f6e237ede4071808aff09ede90ec390864a6ea51da34b7bcb9f8b9f2d9","6cfc79e088c6d2f334d430e7b1db21733ee96f5caf4c0631ad9b34312eaa1d68","68357c71920834beac3cda3d0e74f733edad0bfb56082a7a4e16d59848ca4685","cb654b96c5efe6fd9e8854b2fb7d3fdfe4cfb2e8649e652cdeb89040c6fbc634","7e36cb106712bda476c8c8caf0ddf755539022a74c9abdc2b00a90a55103a005","df2fea832264de3af2216b44e205b061dc95cc9a14e294f66b51dbb027e708a1","1f4057a151ee201b828d97e6a824c448929adabf69bbc73546bb374356ffde97","b5d1a48b6642f5e918335ff168c322a90c6461c94c3bda6ded76ea663842f62f","6b7938d0463f2b633e195d7021170023360849e40ff5e64ffe0633d28e084f81","90ac6c76618b09f3702b50a6410c80828bbcb4ead0d9d85dda294a654717f483"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162293789 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af0ef…

Expected log hash

49c1b9c7cf9c0180248092c94f6cb48d5e59f6c65f471decaa61f120e90874ce 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":"v1791539611981","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"They refunded me everything","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-08-02","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.android","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 (ab8d4de5853e…), 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.