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 importing process of transactions was muddled and therefore never felt reliable.”

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 3272274666

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

43497b32f31904ac5dee6f3ae82e88d90e64ae3fd275bf85ce5a46c3218fb002

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

jDe8Pb8fmvvZspdejtxDnANam9l9esKlecOiGoEMz8wswNo73LWtWit4X6GvkUIP41atWLLD5OHclUwsh3tFCw==

Merkle root

a4d47c2a34f6eeba31e2744fb1551fe9a0e34820dfc152f1ad93a68b24759c3a

Merkle path

["435126be7a28a88bf332a15cc096d044f8b92151906b026c12b52fe67ce8c0bc","79169f5540feed351b194dc17a12184f64a5d8181484f0698426083b88a10a80","8fee7570b62792264425c9269a6967be161a8b8232932c96c08fc1033a8ab72d","df9fb3a8afed845da9f6d3cf036ad6a3db634cebaeba00d5b18f2599636052c1","41b480843cd6b9c8a5058e6c2d3b62e0ff6fea378cbde8cb48ae455c5865769f","056b12c97eca74d1382062372b82c145094599aa9fbc8b53c589064ee2fde368","d68b8761eae1434c35f711a59322cfc38d737e570a28e5f0a0776358beaea54f","b6cafbcac248171ac1d4d367ed8aa12f659f5b0bb734ea4bba419f1e576a99d0","d6ff45f2c7a87faef9d3efde6c776ac8fe7650a043368d71177913b8adc401f3","234b251913a4b9cf6e5e752f39644b57b8861e5188ffc3a9e35d5a7870ba29ff","0aadceef0f0d856f742d189406dbaa3aa5c755ebe9fec69552e8b54169d5a407","349e15569e0a1f4fe3a9d16d01f014e54bef7124bbf1f14bdc15063bbedc0e8a","0d7c4faad4992f205f2c1ebb2b0e4b1b7e9d070f1f77d3f8d64b80626c324f46","35108299fffbb5c1a0d86f074b5805457d73da5ec7c848a19bc9a928f6a42a99"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272274666 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2724…

Expected log hash

d56e71820b4c8c62b755e9f6e3d2b624566d12db6dd1606e99ef55749400c387 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":"v1792036997995","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:xero","quote":"The importing process of transactions was muddled and therefore never felt reliable.","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-09-06","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9dac15ca1ebef79876fe8e","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 (a4d47c2a34f6…), 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.