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.

“My account was blocked FOUR times in three months”

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 3096409536

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2bec0d97b3a0a1e7bb29a641568c2ab945655f6a22da88c31babc662f3f9d0d7

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

MIp8PTuZ+GO9V1n8P7Lyw3cUjEV9PF8d652bpKCG3NCu9+icjUF24nPtNTEZafCFcFHiHt6cAWC6Tp9O0jWKDQ==

Merkle root

a249ea91ed6d494b0d321c9d53d89a7bb9616ff6f558eb56f9ac9b7e3eba088a

Merkle path

["2bee8a0172e704ad569a8536f07f514599ef272d9a05843dfee78682053d4c0c","29c8e2d49f56001bb4d5415d34b67a73efbfd4e35d82703cabb8e2c5ae71c35d","5ef8fb9fd72003fb2e8620d98557761248085c9e2a47b21f7763b9af8b4f8b03","a5c2339712e752eb1a851637f4495ef0144af568714fed00e80481cb917ca426","17b7c63001762f94bc25f693006acc57eff929477b5cd036d7b7d2b76418d9f0","0b964732d0e40da41d808de6bf4e7476bf38f736f9e5ecc574733872edefb979","d25c6cc59a1b42afdc1eb5cde1b33e82f25b9a3577a1cae870f6335dc18f9690","44bcd1c61c05d483bf201b74231e47b3eab3ae0e0affd38655640833ee54b744","3e1f0a011fc2ce213d53096980df58c1c971b6aff3b84460493abf0c390dfcc7","ce17bf95254c0d8235c36ee6222ad28217c3d7af53de9c9fecaf6f307f0c0dd7","5d08cda2f89757c63256888f6d580f1a664f5101572b1479178dda37a232d17f","7e83b0036f56bdbad3ba0ea2685aae20baa2141460f046f1075c0f8c74f340a7","a13caf334f924b3a1f76b72f847967ab0da2b3b22dcd88cf3e85ba1b401a1870","c5153a29de53059fcdf4e9999712d92e644add9ca8c65cc5e8b2550b7edfa09c","281950cb809ebe3e75d0ee6e38a13b1a88e711d70d03b47950c14223d365015b"]

Anchored

2026-10-05

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3096409536 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ab1e1…

Expected log hash

f1740c5ce7036e4f36513fb4ccb4f6bf95b5dc879a1fb8a1f0778ef42370576f 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":"v1791238940340","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:stripe","quote":"My account was blocked FOUR times in three months","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-07","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9e4a274638bb1b1f4a1569","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 (a249ea91ed6d…), 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.