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 literally waited until I got paid and stole $69”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-09-03

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 2776103867

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 394522bfe8fedc703544f4e397e9470839a3ab2652712ca6ffa6dcf1422f72ab
Signature (Ed25519, base64): qJaGCeLDfSSgVJ127APxDsYLBRvZ7ADAQyqzoqcBXT1E+3LwZp5HM/GItvOXH21Wizndhh3x4JbwBqA7yZa/DA==
Merkle root: 4dc0bd79ba3e9442f7f1feb21f347e2f6fdbc72e99098aa5164776a6202654a8
Merkle path: ["39474491c70bbc4b93e68838c8b5c25972f2d9449dddf3c7ae09aff4fb0ef19c","8e0cdc60758fe50759d0cbac7ee26c6fefd21cf48678c5a99c76e3482d082854","e2383746d293d107a5698f48949b5ccdfbdebb5fb937c2a1f067bb9048787d54","e6c1f0a3f121a432aa89a4c3a897f2862483cbdabe35870066d28c7d5c96c649","0048d5945606c31e12b405b9ee936dfb700e7542a04adbabba52e60915fbdeb1","890c10b7fc4b7d1a49179a48facc34493427df122f40634c3aea98429eeb1208","9f2860bc3e016465cd5dbfb43e802d996cda1cf5ca95c72b6786a6e85bb37f85","0fdef155de350188ed49171645d70ef05d65c2140b5504488a723917d8def875","6bb6134219108587731168a3a868141aec4faef8e58462dea4a15cd14db282df","87f4586f780ce449ea3c6f92511e9725b067aa30308659e58170d4f1ab511a40","b4efe8d72d913688f1a64f42759a85b060555bf4a8654df22864f1b61083f1fc","cdc9b547a66b32bd7e3dfe1dc71a93d8d8fc3b198c1af0cc5d7f17b576402dde","aafc4d7abd1fbd48f01758db3e1a1278331dd8c09b348c20be15802d81136ee9","72f96e42060ae616ed33b8fd6ac687c1899623eaa8a351026bf33e2e7a041d34","e60c2274998b06992577796b6abe86bec144203fe960878f7951a3ae12c9e532"]
Anchored: 2026-09-10
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2776103867 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acd4f…
Expected log hash: 2498329b7eaf275d309293dfbac35d05dfb8a55c65956add8448561c05945f28 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":"v1788848066028","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:surfshark/billing/en","quote":"they literally waited until I got paid and stole $69","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-03","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.surfshark.vpnclient.android","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 (4dc0bd79ba3e…), 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.