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.

“They've also been driving up their rates.”
Trustpilot · 5/5 · 2026-04-07

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 2685374445

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 35699954fe3d70bb4ecd14d34dd0810ad29e8af7b3d94376a553477a4d54c75b
Signature (Ed25519, base64): C+SlmV1AgxEVpJUA9Q8UGQQ5lllSusdLb2cnwUHCO3/cSyeyjbb6ctUeISnSMKAahzuqJNeSKRRS2UEe5hGUAw==
Merkle root: fefd76293e002e3e9b1a8c28dd2b21a6a31f7840085e07fed39fb8f3e1a027e1
Merkle path: ["355b26c7dcfb0aeb9ad9de647893bc2ef0433fa33dea4d8e9a53a3d06620889b","6f10a199899c879e9525e64d255bde98a1eb1b45bf15b8e2432dc8eb1f21ed2c","b6813b33824b87a735c246fe4d1593e355f4140824859b1a138c48c0276cd088","acbe136888f61a8a1f328e8d134b5471ed9953e7d64ecc823b85d210644eef7f","3dd1a50fddf75cedd9fbac9b41f0533e966b43415b3cf7860ac68ec6ec78cda8","3c644865537c7065d06a15c349967b98c1dd2980a8e0df223ef8dde5b3a519e8","fbc850fc7d4a9c612d8be8fa44e5c99670e1340d218ecc8e8c2e4a2a5b2374ba","59ef59ea857791f6a1dbaf9bad97e025eeabf092db4b58036c8a84dfc05a1a29","fd4ba3f37bd24c5644da6eb920f2504e8fcc7b549067e8c65a5bc659eb1a864c","e0a15cd268c606361204af91274ae229554a3d4becce79055e239bd26401b82e","804cd9abf29b221c223ecbf8f438d4ecae62cbd17a35835ca285c1e922f81549","368d90096d1dad78c0452040310b66a4f78f013c1275a844c65f56ce5c532da7","b33f49013ec35601ade22b53753891ecd57d0d1932d0b012133746ad4927d388","7a42de951be4e00d60ec0bbe464a0e0231a5c4314a65e01d8dbe2db19807a7a6","5bcc0454d959fe45b9d8cceb30d3231d2e09d219fc5bea4ea59efa077a6567f2"]
Anchored: 2026-09-02
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2685374445 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad2a6…
Expected log hash: 8052ff4797a042637f5e0b94324bcfdc656477714cef5f2a8f0c16d93147fe68 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":"v1788351002274","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:flipsnack","quote":"They've also been driving up their rates.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-04-07","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/69d54505670120c6af0a7965","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 (fefd76293e00…), 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.