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 best alternative for those of us who like security in open-source applications.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-01

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 3272785693

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 3edfac4fafd0e09048762904b83123b61b22599b06b8583716b05d29e7394d2d
Signature (Ed25519, base64): nWVSC1HRoALVl6XfmjQEFTeVP6uhHnbmozYgzx93MdrOsFEtVI1lmOBK70h8YShnxYoAtBhuQhjzZnkNViIoAQ==
Merkle root: 42ee8ba4b974d737f78b7f168d0af8ea0510697ac4ab4c6db44b5522bd195660
Merkle path: ["3ed6489b5a2478bee7659e00e7eaf2a5451f3d641298ef903d81ea3184613021","3d9708b67b12698dc3f64b83db6ffa91ab2ac1dadf45f3283ed1d089cf4dd0fc","f76ae6ea7230b372dfc3f939c8a04faccd8fc4391608d3c9b40aa1750bce2db1","31c06df2b119c3d96f06876f3c2d4b4fc3aa2f3c2e4fc96731c993002613c86f","f1ab6908c0c2f458b769ac9a4690e2cf9b4e2cc514bb6def01261d2564b7ecd4","6bf381acbc2f33958959ff90d00aac071d6bcd97c132ac8004573c9a60016a5e","91c1d01e16953f3983c1e348f844c2931eb1cf1d9a0f686b43142abb3bb21900","066e31f2f54eabd45b44c5a3b30695f30e24dfdfb3402989cc24bf1887725c48","ccffb700b11d25f1c171f133dabaebda3119c08d9c102559c7a5e61b8ad6adc0","9171845b2327d734e48cb6be7661d5fabfe03248837cd78e9e0561d9cfe1f2fc","7764d86b730d711f75806183bb801c476041112791ecd5522dec8d27ce0ad154","30d3d9f9bc254eb6bfc8c827b53feae0023a247bc9141fdcd1e9902234b39648","49dd732b74591111793e90f822c8febb6b4e9dba2f427a61f4d9f7035d4c82e9","c77ac7da32c6d4db47aeb73e606322601c1bed1566533de53bf56d1599928d0e"]
Anchored: 2026-10-16
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272785693 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad5db…
Expected log hash: 3b93391ec0595ab5c0ff73f2540eb1322f56c3c1302e6789c57b97c74423deaf 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":"v1792118508353","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:bitwarden","quote":"The best alternative for those of us who like security in open-source applications.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-01","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitwarden.authenticator","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 (42ee8ba4b974…), 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.