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.

“It's always a foolish decision that wastes time for no reason.”

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 2789279696

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

52ccacfdceebd00175d5bac996950a0dd1a9126498d464d4a5e06ea5b78c1148

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

3Z/6JuWQ55upaoWGMpJoboIpiG3eOHEABnai++xMZ7wmeyBbzlsFiyAxi3F+iJkGnmMnABfhe1Zozxtjfb8UAg==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["52cac1a8f94767e787432e670ca3a3c20c952056b100b65ed08d1303e5637172","8d7c61af16e58c09a72f8de0c6c5862eba777fa335bb9aaa742e74d4dfc6955c","b00b707f12a5cc4da942edf2111f966accf2cea558d3a6795dd7e7833985f09e","356fd72b18a5dd2a4ec82be8cea4ebaa9cb893334c94e8b4937a3600534c7399","2ddfc94df774995608be126d0d87167fee0072aec9c66008584785db91cb28b4","ae612127264116c0c9c70b41ab1ddae64aa05663b64f76f4577261cf5bb9f4dd","48dd30f84beb4917951844e31526609a697b3b7341e2f9ced8bb0250fa2a2d7c","7f3b178ec92547ee75d787a202a80dbcd5cb883b95bdb9e587bdf923c6cc4be3","08cc9c4e99456a067ef6f019e369f771bbef23799bb23b12cb0a38d91196592e","fb5734327cdc512f6f76994928170066509612e80e473473d7f6dc718c93d4cf","cfd5277386e631c114cbc654fd0b93b8cc704b4a485df6a59db98989a72263c7","36283db7bcf119c11be277705ea4507f983056a8ea68a309c763a3cc8b414991","66d13e8b5300f6cf7ae49f9f9692863758845bb98773f7a2bbb28032eed5ad1c","90e3c3ed08ff9f4dee6683cf95bfff311f4715cac07e97ca75ea5b9bcf13efe4","01242865574478f13dcf9d888236d7a907264abdb87f360db7db06de0945075a"]

Anchored

2026-09-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2789279696 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a3885…

Expected log hash

05c7009ecf7ce5cf315c252c2a1dd135e64989a02cacdaaa3c5a87412a2e921c 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":"v1789017464005","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:xero/ordering/en","quote":"It's always a foolish decision that wastes time for no reason.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-05","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xero.authenticator","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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.