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 just added this company as my payment processor”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-05-12

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 3240231023

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 33c48757028055e8ade8ad82a13710ed719364f6ed4dbbb5eeeb6bf60f6aae89
Signature (Ed25519, base64): tjLEYx41zVediRloirq8lKx9iVN1o4TdjFH3yzkyISp/j4WcMwKsZe/DpmvANXB44OxMYI+9n/eqq1meFFAUAw==
Merkle root: 888a38c73939ec95e6f226dbfb3637325026fcafc5a795aa4e227b811d6b2c84
Merkle path: ["33b77d4347a73aad1ad5083b92407d5bb5f59cb460150e325c8b02bfae8ae6c0","14716ebe6fcda679e5a69bf6cda58af88b61f9f1d09dbdfb36df24562b7a5827","c040e5cf0e46eb9ef2a62124fd1269f5b7ee899c142ed84ea62eb3af497e2ecd","4c449e788eff79aa9a2a86ad590a9623bea24b89b9e5d038edfef5d495e5665e","829f75148abdcd9c3b4f9ffe18a7f9e3956d95d2b58b024886ea9df094e29749","42fd7024ecb0562111aa3ef4cd3c5764f5e02867381b4746ffcf25b6cbb8bce3","2a7f60f206bfdb6097e1b137099a31646d4280a6244a3b955ff6bac57b8f4ecf","133f41f1ac779f5bea169617dbce9bdddfe2614b8256cd5327d29540e2a44dd6","29db67718dcb182637bfca3563fe9d11bcf3278c2af7d7c0af0aa61936bc67c8","b474201a458e05716064da261cdcd6400c5072a1aea81c38037cc52ccfcaa3af","98b53817122fc86b6561e134e40b506483d29662f54858e04123e9f55ec0106c","cfcf82b47bc6a006b7c11e5183fbaa666e00ea4d950e64e1f574bdafde8e1583","410ad2e8ec6f218bef120c1cded3462a092f61baab59fee462fd9704d436d66b","f46648ad2fd9f2769b9fc0ba1c434d2040de67cbd8b7a61df7b7575cd5a9206a"]
Anchored: 2026-10-13
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3240231023 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac0ab…
Expected log hash: bc440cd3136178aee800fe49b9cf2e319542a645c9abbb8553c6ae1e354ce201 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":"v1791860805798","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"I just added this company as my payment processor","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-05-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waveapps.sales","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 (888a38c73939…), 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.