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.

“the follow on / after sales care is useless to non existent”

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 2514629481

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

358d9805e40558e8810319bc696ebf421377b8fea4638b3dd0fcf520a7406d5a

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Dc1Wmk7Ndr1acuOsjwtVNl9jj3gYaE8LArHt3+RzP9ODKyMgrdyWDQuCA/7O2/dEX1qQCGThb4rUg5gWjeCUDA==

Merkle root

3aa12e5b2bb49befac906908c9a841e9a421f12d0bee8acab9c1f906487adff2

Merkle path

["358cfa54cd3c12d01bab617155aeaf95431ee9d4cef294e36cd1d87d124dd1f1","41a92dcf8293f72cbb24e3c256b7bdcb2430277eaf9b5c74a6400b6c18079e8b","75b7dcfb7f10f1c0843bb1f42a96419bb7865c80f6b8c3b69b458121a9489b2f","3d98f8edcaf722b3626a0d054d46ed7fa88e5fb731d93e49362a5dd63c1738a3","d129691ac1953f164013fbe2e25a9172f5c3e20df9b94ddca1f8e682a56f1e48","b20a2ab6e46fce4554fbb49b030e3324945279f1546aecc6922a3ef5a9949e2b","55b3a8ac7767e6715357c9a82ef8664f7b38fbdc6a2b0d31520959a46d125936","3cf46ff69de4996117c1ead8a57ccbcaffcbe4f9a296a0c840f3333d97f7e708","859f93f1c3d9fd8f4692295d3bfa5dea8a0d603507f597a265d741426c605c13","9c9b374267d0e8c9080ca49491069d56ed5d5692c99cb251a0530241abe48f24","c8d60862b4e86fe489267adea81131a7e5e3a271455c67cf574c10273904c2da","c10bb5f46eb36cf36fed52cd233de54b10d44a15ea6a5071510334fc522f0f27","a0680e646c3acbbabfdf8601219a4845c3cdf4b239e192c7eaf9f8e26bcf7dbb","c3a6c334f1acc8c0b843c5d43c85ce54d647d519ab035a8287aee565097a2ae6","6099970369039e9ea9943621e6c4ddbe6cf64be652afb6debc70debb01455286"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514629481 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8c32…

Expected log hash

d923130994e40329302180560c0ed5b43e4400136d037befc932b83910626f34 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":"v1787131980797","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:fossil","quote":"the follow on / after sales care is useless to non existent","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-24","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a6357f733b9bc059c3676e4","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 (3aa12e5b2bb4…), 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.