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.

“patient, and knowledgeable”

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 3083528439

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

3b9058485f95b373e09507de53c9ce0977ef50cf8a036daf1f978b1e7aabd6f6

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

xeNSbz3iBGPz5SyKlj2Ec+g/DFaaztJ5mOexqfxsdXoWLRB6jOUO/lRa4cFfF1f0DeHuRIJ6LtE9UAdCVlI1AA==

Merkle root

3ac2a65164a98b25d6607e9cd20ce9559bf4391886ca2eae943b9792fcb8a323

Merkle path

["3b902c62bbbe047244389609b78f1b204b1f9574de317bf0c658c9e7a0f754f6","2004c7020b92ffd6fcd4bbe5551418356051230160b3a9f2dbdcd1630be3649e","24e52ca6a014be5ae56df332f62d4070fc11514a53ce2b8093d2f6f2cc51898f","fb646f0d1f19db099ecf546f7bc0d8a963074c1d668605d9ad67e13b076ce33e","3697d77c1dadf8f6a661a306cbbbf17679de8019f445ac49fe2fe9cc8e74ebe8","b5d1c5b421efb615ee8bc3c9add2e67320dc7015b5debbc7a21a74485f1abad7","77e968d2e86c5e11ebebf73b71c9d7a94834c021c1a6076a56c5e3c6137346e4","d145ab58c7057d1b911d3a7c1a0c59e9630cdd1e0eb3441b1e16daf79c16197e","359409423ac5a105278f57326db9745d8fda819d9c85e7faad5ab2023400ad3c","7356f1d559d6a9b5b8735b242497017e74078e963f82a0ddea480720d5f9542c","35a5f0d183dca59268d3ce3e0cd98adb27c46c7e80505af080c7fb5350e2cb9b","c631dd658079c3a27391797cb110fc7d05b1b9f274605472a9cd8f62dd136d09","18d7e09a11c1aefd8f659754a760d772ba4400d2a964c6d68bd3555565e60300","900a8ed1297dc836a8b3be52e4e74bbac6319948157ba123cef010c147d9cd86","b933f107006d8bf043be83ef3bd88a04368b06893809d6915935ad1f675c78b6"]

Anchored

2026-10-05

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3083528439 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac4c0…

Expected log hash

8816bf48c9e6a0b1ef2758b04fc7021824819cb4cee30b879cd603a10d38b8a0 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":"v1791181418024","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:xero/service/en","quote":"patient, and knowledgeable","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-08","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9ff6393e343e35c56832d6","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 (3ac2a65164a9…), 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.