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.

“I was able to add my background and publish in minutes”

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 3138947147

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

2d1fd80be9d83b572c624c096272c169b9ba1aab2671a4ba955176b64e076a95

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

39shx+aKkIoJpGl58OY6dJAVpIccZmKlT0siMXQlK4upwKdAR0sE66YSmY7idtptK4NUsIW6eYqVty/x871TAw==

Merkle root

1b26d1b85473caad1868633ec4c931eb970e81199eea87926818f3f1753af37b

Merkle path

["2d1fc97d42e9315b1a119260d32eedefa314ee6d986ee721b7a682f521e4163e","37b236e18ce8838c04dcc8a8faef20dd03e77fc67d36d523236aeaf10e58402f","a57eaa0d40c0baaf4cc02f08fd931c6d60d10909a3c1c9939bed9f7dafc859d8","599d8858e5d13732c0fd5319aec5dfa719189b823d1d16bb2c5d92dbc3a1fd34","087ff3b02d42f47030f4d69106205ce866c701cd339ce7e934d8acdf6c45cd21","ecf15869b7e5e8dd8834bbdcaa4482037277df59a50f11dd2c994c39d50214d5","1f6ec2442aba7c5b3dd83bb0a96e1941840a5c06016a19a1ec10cb3a47def2d8","374c9266183aca13fa711a0faa41bface4c0383f48db193019a27082a8f6acd1","7bdf6acb099243f1802310a27e2e3ba8fb8eaa3cd94c0d95e35e393ad165c3ec","a3bfb2c2f9a8e302b70474cfbf5a6d16a98811308fea71eb8cbce31b3fbc13bb","f2f9fce1cbc4bbc7d11040ed36da59170eefe4b491c304fd74a825f660080620","3e245e6d740eb81c4f09792f11d7fdad46833a72e13bd136ecc679eef2e69b63","0a715bd63526388883fdeb099e9129563e4c22e6bfb87e7eb3c16d297d4dcf78","a52caabaaff23a9dd211857be614b6dbb651e724ed1f53485e9621733590c1c2","06054c91b82ccf7b99bb6b4fcb7c60afa97f93295e6829b75e5bf1efe9493e63"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3138947147 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2712…

Expected log hash

8f66b765b7efcb11dcdcf57b81c46ed3317a5895f5b870638e23b76f1efbb2d5 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":"v1791425549743","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:publuu","quote":"I was able to add my background and publish in minutes","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-10-01","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6abe4dec1c16d6d543090393","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 (1b26d1b85473…), 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.