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 needed this app in my life”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-12

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 2913636507

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 4e21a5c5afd36c8e590acbb41aecbd3ce2f3f885661e332cc476220cb9e4a084
Signature (Ed25519, base64): ix+jCWwKzHmHr6T/VuoJNDXAKt3Ldk/bXqFUbqAWSki9QHu5ACZjXaSvCgKxGWz5QMTtS2W3JwTilpabXkwJDw==
Merkle root: f26292e960b34f73f9768b4afc64585e265549d794b35b8167826c2bcda92ef5
Merkle path: ["4e232799939c6581a4289bf63e77e598b0991b53c65dd4e01a51162a95cdf6bd","b6363375386c67bb3a3cff1edc746b55e9e69b52570733d699ba3afbf543f2aa","f83c3180e1ffb60e8aa4085f505b6ab32c9840b4a8f534da41a572bff2f606ec","7f8065752c9b3c5165432cf24918597548ff5cae624b4304598543baad88c1d1","995d7cf1a4048896cee7eaf946ebaf1d970808740759e565eb0ec0def66c9298","355b6ab3665688bfa6689d53872e94dc9615b641b33b6993963129ffa45b1a48","31efec4f6de0f647736f7bf21a75f6af2dbae4e0d443c143db575434639ff018","dd750acd7fafda2784a83b9552264123e8b197eadd4cf0e4dd99c2be55ea46c8","6ceeff3b52fffb3e042d083b258233b63abcdfe4d0ef53802879a93f7108acb2","ab90e630bc3b314fe9d928dfda3158d4f044c3781d72c7c4a0a859a930d5aa3f","12498701ec80eb322027552740b37329e5ce7260f2d8bb670d3a26d50a0d6874","59ed91997728cb88879bad2b8337d3faf9e7582bde33c223df4df42a8d4a6fc0","eca7cd52f5c219223fa262f727815d7426f47ee6fd8d3c4a33225271415ce785","7a8821e5f39bd89945ecf080ecd049c93644614124901c8b74f26df2e34d9289","e95e880a53b013b49906f2e6b9dcc652726333d77986f48029bb634dc427e2de"]
Anchored: 2026-09-23
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2913636507 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aea51…
Expected log hash: 417fac9b806377ff48d30ded01faf8424eb98406df713fe2564ee9077747e6a6 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":"v1790070376053","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:everand","quote":"I needed this app in my life","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scribd.app.reader0","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 (f26292e960b3…), 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.