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.

“And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.”

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 3199173952

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

589ba71e737adc6939d96afa8028ca60532c378447927db9201c699655956683

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

eh6nxP3fg7lpPm9DrtXavz+hrUU8QADo0VPIaIFPqGsUvTMOaFaCarjtHm4Q8DHqNKkJgTqu5pfGMqrovB3FCA==

Merkle root

ffbc979c8901fdf55f43c5151768b18a738fc1c271c9b2dc97349c3fa8ed35d2

Merkle path

["589eb2eb0ddf433f19e84c2f14347a6b588efb1ab27709f721a7d020123c6513","34a732da10c1b0abe37faaeb97228ddd6e5f4cbc686e0e451b5765001c4a6bbd","a38f07e3a47eca718845ba004b40c8a42636aa46d1cb5a515e85f91ba9b80365","bb7de9e5cfc85851c6ba91be505616fa244f7f8f67e200309db125ce51ab2a71","71ca5aee6cfcbf5203885f9ec9a409c21c5465a341467b377274ef9e0cf9ed93","5443a2ada4976565eda8f1899688e7b4ceaf3c10da1c5b605facd54f06fe2a26","0b0d7f7c94b1816981ada6f083dfa138348567d01196c33e3bbca80e394c0b71","b70766a1bf604e331fa7efe24ec8e29d4fe4a987e87dec826bab71ad3fe55678","2baa21c3d7f02fd62709baa4c7b4fec2106d8a1e738df906ef21e44ef5e966a3","2cb85bc750275bd5f495142ad7f4593993762f0eb1c104884866c9cb6bb24098","bf4520be0c0a25ff7fbdaba93f610644649eda79fd99e22008a4e6f0fefee1bd","45fc2238455aa65e3b4c8344b94c4c6c999df482a430c903a8e0496e105cabba","fbdeba35a2e566aa48ec8885bea50296aae01205515c3657aa205e182ee9d5ff","2f35432083547a52411b4b8128ab118601abc6a6e158a38894add0923255dc0e"]

Anchored

2026-10-11

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3199173952 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a85d2…

Expected log hash

3bc66074c7b0a853326bf5ba0590a111eee6455dac5c98c791c22eeea9a48920 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":"v1791689192448","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:everand/communication/en","quote":"And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-17","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6aac1bf7fc3f87d0fc486bd6","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 (ffbc979c8901…), 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.