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've spent several hours chasing my tail, trying to get into my program”

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 2789279696

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

327cab633d59621dd2304db93412cdbc3b65452c769e10fb78c5a9163883bcbc

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

paVzgz4bdCwqUCg038ehkVmoAt4gFZoyNlB0iQtSNWgvo4+UmjU9+hJPmQDZp6GH6nsRrgZyy4xN11zDez6MDg==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["327c376da78211e114b617d63bca4340cfc1ee8d8b19f1894645dd8b931cbd66","b079b185676af491019258640f838e88c3b61190e90924212926b86f025bf617","b1b94388e8843300be653cef9df579cc29297ea77e4ce03157b4a63896135ed0","4a8bc5a5c4676b1b2d19dd7833c65818437653f03d2505eac73c78957b23a919","b1212f23996ca12224c80acade776619578002bb3c28ee356031eef117b6df8a","9a5c993246ce201ef9c89f2f603757deef879fceddb768de1e3e81c723c2a04c","0a0ec4c7fde7e727b06051cb55c12cb9b98e257c9909dccaf1a0d1107c19568c","f36132ff5ef21feca05a3fb2ee160e3c9b52683b97f286acbe8303b2d8cd90e8","7a894232238f1bd378d5a0f75ef78275ff7c326be0f8245819fcb60b3625499f","aaedbf1faef8b71818405fbbf49f0e69ca532fb562a9337eb9aa9c179d9b334a","4ad681b2b161baeeaac06e025dd3e2569324b50388a8ccfbe6ef45b197a8542e","c3f635ba717eeeb5ba2ef9ddb3d4150c23b49c53fc05a76fef371e9ad8330b6f","b2cde2091952330dc6d7773f9467df58d2e8463851174cad44d4f743c8f8617f","a9559f2ca8536f2c18bf059f3f0099d62235a93ac35dc17b09967d392b72be7f","01242865574478f13dcf9d888236d7a907264abdb87f360db7db06de0945075a"]

Anchored

2026-09-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2789279696 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3885…

Expected log hash

05c7009ecf7ce5cf315c252c2a1dd135e64989a02cacdaaa3c5a87412a2e921c 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":"v1789017464005","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:wave/service/en","quote":"I've spent several hours chasing my tail, trying to get into my program","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-24","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a8caa41bcbc5467fa6147c9","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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.