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.

“John Ekilisie was incredibly helpful”

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 3273342496

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2b9d6c15301ccd1ef9e89f6d8dd1f43ff0d6030692b7dad4ab4bc3814c4407e9

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

bpBMw6AK0m8lORON/Snj8s8+E/9uCLuVsnVDAXhHKzhoLYdXv67ExoAp5HoTima1wmS7czVrS7PdhFusDUQ/CQ==

Merkle root

a6a2b4c9d7d1eafa4a3ba3595aa08f11c105165de84940ffc059f837c445104f

Merkle path

["2ba941ecdd2375d8a9c8688827b37037cb74c49af91c0f3c34d74a6d2fdaf284","9394746680c1ca5b1415169670246e1c1a6fd35edeb49ab8aeffe988bc81f19e","9d8450ea5431b5f23473476a8edbd2158bb21f67a471c29ff35b261be1008158","2320ee420f4c2a311c5751d64d4ca082360277fdb8ffc7dde9deabe71158901f","cf7e8bf1cb55972d28540fa354bb4c1bc98302f35d53382a275e14283f9e9816","719a88f6c05b703bb4654aa8e50792d6dafc2b693523e9e307e83503c91d6368","8328f86063d494124f7ec9b7ee6246e8c83061778b8775d2541961788ccee453","1c24b1181155510e08796a67a571b89632ed1f28de93442580307c6d5d103900","3f5d29545ec44f36c998b2063ae6fc13ffc6254a8cdc7c53783c32838ddf2154","04e2828ae75e06363ea23cdf79c3e16ad5e28a6b8b3a93507ae73331f21b7661","fca4148b7d63d2155bd4f2c250f595d4390b55f1371317ad1717a801e3baccf1","8ceb1cbfd39c6c4db73ef7ebf9abc517c7ad214544f8291eb9ba9ebb0a70e4ff","95302ff16156d5e277933eeb7a8aae0bcc9cd9ecc1e7491c1aab462ce098abfe","d9b9cce27629bc902030340ceda068fb90d53ddab20309d3b3d8bb3949c170f2"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273342496 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a66d7…

Expected log hash

8a8ea4260f3039926c3342603d4fca7ca9e5c627d841ac1c7142e303a049d0c7 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":"v1792122420855","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:xero","quote":"John Ekilisie was incredibly helpful","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-08","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9ff6393e343e35c56832d6","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 (a6a2b4c9d7d1…), 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.