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.

“Prompt invoicing encourages prompt payment.”

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)

5d3a4956aa138a36b505a123344e43b42a78733d88b26be9dc9e85b4ee949a90

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

3Q9Bs9nhqG2G4q45/fRKGfdVYRJBglqY9OZJVcUN0L/Cjf7syMug0ciUWNowBk8BeDS1ZM/t3ntJVSucq7MeBA==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["5d3c43eb4c00905e872d906cd759102973c730ec2a3780268fa0a3d6d26cfe85","da3b3140830a4698dff290378b356a02dbc69676dfa8b600b729fb099450a4e2","0161dd7aa8b17f0d9448b960363a25e6f147e32caf46511ba7b66a8b40f5f617","535c25f381492a084285fd4a4ad0fbdd3fe7db96805bcb9298a15685ba2b3840","f5ebc5e51cfa1b7fda68d8b48d97b7257ead8884fd2e415f5c6abf5354e4a80d","f01636735c709c310ad731e16e5ee426145aebfa9de76e37e1b593c18bc89edc","86adec360fcb9828acda6571a7ced4c4c2576f8156e5f20257530989c87622d6","7bb051d51c900dd3960926720cff3968f4a9a201c78911d896c8092fb3764872","9acd6aa4a14619757662204bc900d8eb2a9d0ce721a5d5ce87cd82466d68c139","4c2af23fb12c5d6a450127251aa43eca70b40c3d6f6293167efb30c5276a9227","2196f217748a850eaa5fabc558b411155d5e5a90e74d5991bb7a1bd20efe4d14","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":"product:wave/invoicing/en","quote":"Prompt invoicing encourages prompt payment.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-05-21","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a0f4b02577e06943f7e633a","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.