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.

“Why have an app in the first place?”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
32e8632bb57ab27ab36d26190c20ce0e2bf2ac0417d60522e579e37273573bb5
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
A5R19NdxwurZ9iTGZ9N1CLpFTA2lDv3ZBC4Oc9QdkSAUq24BlhIdnjrh/AHmlQAqLufJvmlwOCcgIBJF7999DQ==
Merkle root
62493148956a8c17abd53a8c9ed797b64e65ad5bb98d36b7aa8d51c339fff025
Merkle path
["32ee25273155d6f40353418f74429d994db3330b30386bf72c7a67077a0d2f01","4c216478e879c628f3c931cfae945221c95a859fa2c1dafa5bd0980efb5d0ace","a8586044ee19c21dd3dcfebaff98caff4b148e930358b27aad33fe92457007b0","2c03c48837eaa1f79dc79f33ad8efa7ce8561fc5bb8686efc113f2328434c7db","cb36dc72d4e0a2fc12e0ddc9c6b61c59ad5825a6535595b1acfdc4bdf3b46a2d","2581fdfb9be61f9b1f17ccbcaa0a4e6ff777d38a2e07cb61999dc47c2502fccc","54404d687217456754f007c8c4882d40645a42ed835529896fb1eceb230aeb71","e25463ef8fd28c2c21dbdc486c09dbd0f0b6b2eebeeb9997003a6bcb39f53e26","cd8f57542bda22e84fd24ac5303fc3017b16d129473b6332a0d20eeea7bf83bd","044ce31e745355418c4cdb9eb53e1f9074197ab466424e3e6905ec0edce1c5ad","c7163d4576dd21277223a11fc04097ecb990cf68d2bab2140788e8cd4acf9874","4f0ac90d4842fa67a8df5cec2ad5bce244fcc9ca2c6353f022176904f82cf1a2","feebaeeb41d57f1f1744d02cb727243e20f28593f21b0937c2fa48acb35d7304","8c6d2c7076ac2ee0b8e592fee4b535c629bf4ba08a80f3d9ff8794fd682b8ca0","81ca6ab71bdfc38d6690336508e82bd1e82f9a656f0fefa771d1028af8c796ba"]
Anchored
2026-08-27
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2612065734 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3494…
Expected log hash
f8318c40dc89e43be6c4faea0c023b4821c7ae9aeb6f05e59b451eef93c53bdf 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":"v1787797679240","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:pandadoc","quote":"Why have an app in the first place?","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-07-29","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1210645479?see-all=reviews","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 (62493148956a…), 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.