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 have been a 30 year quickbooks user”

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 3199014646

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

36be17f927fbc4c065fd37e6ba8a85a84cc4b55ade03ee344aaecac7d5516978

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

RgmEGwX7uN4Ig9lpuFEO+9Fi3mCulZ9r4U/ExGlsul7WYo3iGaU5mtX/oChwNQfUgWhugTwaTe5rl8yTJQYoAw==

Merkle root

79268b3be1e951447ad916daa23d94d3a225505999279adfec84e5728be030d6

Merkle path

["36bc442be9aa807c5e9bbb03a359817f762453f35febad6ccdcf41f3c27f05d0","606f0241701ca203ee8dcb45088dff17fd7214ae667c017c7ffe2c5e33306a9a","f2abcafea1df05edea620a4e4d771d524ec30ddc27a7ce184203926570664110","92e54d5a77f295bfb8ef1637d76d3ed98c6e1b19d3ec3b79b2defd021aa4c8f3","64cea1cc4b8849193b4ee732870b22c1d5c6538e2b4bf913b6c2c135d24143ab","13d22f49cdcad6be0d2cfa3756ef1a8d304fd94842cd63c2313bf2027fa31c54","1391dc0cff9742cf282ded89f32267bffdb8e6a526b2e2d94fee994295205035","93c2d5e70f766f931ca697752e706a64f94607a9c3ea1e8844ab6e56844092db","72302ad3a5535434d4b0773f557a5cfff103a21f6df5403cb2bc2e67baf12f73","cdfbcef4975961f78a55221aac6a64ddd84bdab30176a71ab6c65379df34bd54","a4d1ff2d819aaa70e4a72904f49d47077caf98f4a7e3424ae6a24222996c3c7c","74ec616be75d7ddfa42f796ae5ee64734ee2aef3c18f854d94e8278d3c2de665","ca0926b42bcdad354c17320adc5661c1a0407072f1d5c01424cc2e7f9a3515fd","b8e0a41590cdecf5ee846d5a4dcd3ae91c8a0a052b75fffe7c4c5f4e2ca53884"]

Anchored

2026-10-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199014646 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a77ce…

Expected log hash

55430b734e4d00e4ba9c340c7ab064436f91281dd4cbc27c1ffc37d3e26a0e3e 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":"v1791688566698","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"I have been a 30 year quickbooks user","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-05-20","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a0deb7d9d97cad26814a023","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 (79268b3be1e9…), 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.