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 couldn't even view my own personal paystub without being aggressively pushed into a premium subscription.”

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 2514188040

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

53c6b9f801469089df1be43255e946116be63fa9ef782a0c156f447f54458545

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

2IsLStF1xw1uy3TOD2P7HmpuJ9TnBFx2Wa1y2LTY0ZpgCLtf2HnINWc8iZfG2hhhhng5dBLGHn6zsvDfBJYOBg==

Merkle root

6189a42bfe294c4034f316d047a716a5efecb511b8dbe64c4f7f543872c9bcee

Merkle path

["53c3e385671895ee3dece7b4f6a1b4c099d2c998178cdddf6c5bd41adf767fd5","612e94734427bef6bd0bf405fb24fd5708f4ff2ad43a56a3bdd9ecc4ef4326e4","4f26d0441b5510077ec847672813ab24ec4bd6d5cadcd2af04961e6c201d3675","262e438c9fca94424d9f6bc9d3dce7685df7e50ee426df7bdf2062ef62bbed9a","2392abe837c20ddf665b23806997979168beab23dd90aaca187dd1bd53db9134","e3b47b9e44c17467e73c660b6aebcc129611bd3ba062fa1be454096889d1e306","b95f349a1ba8e7b51af23f3a857df2469c8e505b2e83221d2c5aefd5b307e689","93dac934f753a39ba64393f6d44466e7e33de841ed2a660e563191a41f8bc396","9b2968e99024252a49313a85ecec8a50bb85d6d7339c110bea0924ee953e6f07","3a12c0e8d5633b1eed27147bd1f1774b305005f67009e053322a0272f92cc733","bf0504ec9f9732d4cf24edfa382ac85d0fc1dddbf1d1c60b4b6a960763d7cad9","f0126cad3e08b09b369afb9794b28b6cf8e526bcbdc25738f6f73f2a28a820f5","54715b684a7aa1790a643866cf5843a2432dcdea9093898d94c331b19a70418e","f786ac0debae9f349ddff34e280cc8a64ab579a73e0a3d3745d84df0612234b6","e36acd56aebd26af88e4e41e8d5bc2a1389f049dd914bc2c3da8d68ac2fede4b"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514188040 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac9bd…

Expected log hash

b0fc1d11450dfeabf778635bd8a8264987fbb7e682331541ce1f5d7507d4e862 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":"v1787125125654","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:acrobat/ordering/en","quote":"I couldn't even view my own personal paystub without being aggressively pushed into a premium subscription.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader","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 (6189a42bfe29…), 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.