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 web site is the worst piece of badly designed junk I have ever experienced.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
27a194e37ee5b8bbc9779cafa3e9fb229318ab89c27f1225db322b066f4940e8
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
tYCYFB+tmQBNgwK1VM/VE/T9E8jh25ehfz7BRL/PWJtg3Ozei2kgbPRPGTR22oQyW7RiOQZ2vEYlQR6jyTBECw==
Merkle root
79268b3be1e951447ad916daa23d94d3a225505999279adfec84e5728be030d6
Merkle path
["279fd0313351340f9b793cebdd529cf014a32ff562855a7e5cd9e9160701c021","0d24c029521fec72f432cf3a2dc0c065aabdcfcfd3e9a635cfc4528b330c40c4","16631f76a7d3b930a37ca0ccf37af514fae3f80099a2e5f5c203c8d0bdb0089e","bf8d680dfac7ee587f73a098e1b653c73d49e5b69d4d852bac178c434e1ef608","5372cf0e23a59bd60f8c81c970466089020dbd017c4ba5293db1b56796f7a07e","2c0a2f3d086371f00024a7fc0659bb9f8148e8ae3ddee82492d5a01c0a959e46","ac11eb3fa3eebd1008ad386b11c7bdbcf7cb117611e31ee14dda5abe64d3648b","69e09d0b5753beb84819f9f5e1be5f4eb2b60f3448354f32c44ab4b3a23244d7","17c093756a540cfa25412baa3c1c5853b3fdcda860c0129c4e2082593fd687fc","4595cd41d020b459c7032b48c73b102d4a0bae807870909b5e85d6b1c34096a4","5a1e1b396c4abc5f483318c0b890917f1ead6301ec76c4fabaf6c23b0d600b19","74ec616be75d7ddfa42f796ae5ee64734ee2aef3c18f854d94e8278d3c2de665","ca0926b42bcdad354c17320adc5661c1a0407072f1d5c01424cc2e7f9a3515fd","b8e0a41590cdecf5ee846d5a4dcd3ae91c8a0a052b75fffe7c4c5f4e2ca53884"]
Anchored
2026-10-11
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199014646 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a77ce…
Expected log hash
55430b734e4d00e4ba9c340c7ab064436f91281dd4cbc27c1ffc37d3e26a0e3e 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":"v1791688566698","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:surfshark","quote":"The web site is the worst piece of badly designed junk I have ever experienced.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-04","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9a9292fe47ae6c72785ea8","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 (79268b3be1e9…), 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.