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.

“If I listen passively, I sometimes lose track of the story.”
Google Play · 3/5 · 2026-08-14

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 2524810465

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 625eb9c8559ae69b806014cf64a1b1ba0d4120f1e463a4aad7662a327fb1337f
Signature (Ed25519, base64): YmRhyKTXQiblpY9IiSGCCeZz6DUKjtz7+/gK5RHwjF9nahgpJ5cSe/oUTokG3R9zVS685+jfJEmPZQxAhvs3Cw==
Merkle root: 3e1c67438f658ba7fd015e6979c1bfd82d90efb0848cecbd4d902d6b2ed171d3
Merkle path: ["62566b7592472508fa14b7264bf67b3f0a7789fa5f40fc1e2676de6a9e13f2fe","fa8fa2d0bae7d5b30225833704981d74ba6ca578e86d0c249de92c4280c1ff28","775c21b79c4989549e8d673371ea34eb754ebc37ecf4e878420b87b0e320aba3","e3a9ab664887ad3d2a744398943d1dce45fca7f54ec140ffc8a3a7f7fb1422e8","32f2b39346340426acf55cd28c463babd70edb9d24bf6ca3ced1b74bbfc2dbcd","cbd4104e12ec132d3ee7d3bbb2ae09d7c769fd9505eb10b3da93ceccf208e148","2cb9ddbdbda5aed4b7b5dc4870e92ef19da4e3136801cced95ef52624bac5a98","44c7736b00c2230a6c5f54aed40e654b27b76ab9a1747a0b771fd04a0063ec5d","48c17bcf1ca2109a07333575bd9b42f3374045cfe071b4c34c34f4f853bf905f","5a5f99e5b7d8e3350ae4c42c3b151f9b6015dab0c266973795f3b3e2ad8e02c9","746854386f8f12bbd3256a032f840493051d001850691719276a200b1fe9063c","8795cc9548a27d4792f561ed0be236baf1443f07eafb28127c878d07543db8bb","985842e3b7b7b05d065d3478b9548322db9ef51189928c897e184837afc0a836","16ce5ef98bea97aaac8d473cbc69dd111bbc7f7387aea9596c8bffc373b8312d","db72b82118c1e08b77018004fa72584377d6eccdc4c75ec19bef6a78273f75c9"]
Anchored: 2026-08-20
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2524810465 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af074…
Expected log hash: 129b219cb6155ac24569a579c61e8fc9cc2d89305732944b8849d5e719dfd073 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":"v1787193927339","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:audible/quality/en","quote":"If I listen passively, I sometimes lose track of the story.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-14","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (3e1c67438f65…), 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.