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 cost outweighs the benefits.”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-09-10

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 3258490685

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 2bef180b978b39cf8d2dcc44bcbee9071878e3d9d81265b0e5a91c24ac8d2106
Signature (Ed25519, base64): l6eUqF1TXLvxZS2pMvnfKEO2/cPpY+JlJ7dkYOXU8YGif8hd1hWzenvQ7wjVnapwTTzlMMdzBJ1poEhlqP3uCA==
Merkle root: 2824dde473714ae3dd30e88823a625346b1b80d9a55db059d813071b78952b5e
Merkle path: ["2bec7e146e0b145764af6cc1192a9e87c54c301b950e774a89e7cc49f235c83e","4f553d20ec243d09ca3c1f0ca7e7653afbca4b982bae2fed62df20f9b7b7af62","b5c927c0b483eece9eef1a0c6750031cf62df18e98c6e7721265a17ca46ac038","739bd2020c1ffaae0d450976af5cf4b729cf4886d4911ef5029e53ee9b59a60a","a7f2f0d139498165753fca21e50b14262982294a97946a5af6799eaf922a5eb9","ffa0d361677f16df364792b3ee115231b7517ef66de664f6169c457f402ebafd","a5de89ebcb313717761a7255a43fbf524791ce003e64a72b5490baa07893c518","acfb359d8a681fd21cd36293cf0755cb087e0cfb10f548d90fc6d24437a993f0","43e0ca2413eccc85f848e00f9210f981fdaf1e8ba6e6521295381e22061f9ba4","aa84ef034ecd12623dc48199d0c401471046d41ca264040bfa3f5b86a681fc9c","716952c4b3f4d5eaac217f109209b5193e771e846b39200d2f4f443482f463a3","d6bbb08f9fb75532ce4c76d4d84bb93a214afb09f8a4465fc6b0ac552770a707","592828a30de1f38ebd3532fd0b7bb1288bdbe2c152bea05374fc6e7c174f1dc0","c0fc8298b38da3131f46ba94c60b50a7d3f5bfa16abd1c4c451dec4dd9f28f96"]
Anchored: 2026-10-15
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258490685 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a9f14…
Expected log hash: adabd3d63ce5c0d8fcac6f6311f5b010ca6003db409229d5e92687bb33c3624f 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":"v1792032587528","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:everand","quote":"the cost outweighs the benefits.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-10","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scribd.app.reader0","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (2824dde47371…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.