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 like it does what i need it to do”

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 2514341362

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

62b9e68cce10d10202a840747355fcd94bd8659e6630794953c8eb4983c4e459

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

TDSM2lszh7ZIn+tK1hxc8Lz1CYkE66mXbYtucNNRp6/w4DJ9EbuXmKHtvPCWeGdiEljUGsYMRk5vH6YcZaVlBQ==

Merkle root

2cd516e344e4be63e12361494ae610d89d15708131c24034ae0c7b134b8bcc53

Merkle path

["62b946b8627c19b3cf8ce219eb6adecee7985acdbb8089045a547a674ff5dc15","3b0867b5960d07e76a77785063908ccea5e4ce8de4b52114c72322b0bfdd9473","5e6751cb1763a7798daaf29ea2d227ce586df94059c6776392478edd9f65f4fd","6a765c86497e45fbedc080c9d78f40eda10c28ebc49f7dfb0dc35bb76f192d8b","4695e9dbfe42e971a57b34ccddca6a292e6f6783043716646d5219e949e83b4d","92e7685b0a7e6d256c6db1e417c387ea87bbd8b3a5a5f0dc5cbc981bd1d0cae9","22524e6b7881677eccda3f97ba51265f1eaa889a4b0f105c9666300d675ce8de","3170f18eb23bfcf2f6dd94706cb755f53e10fa0081d78a706d5a5340e0a1f395","4984d53ae87f74b89e14d2a26b61a548dea6684b6ced0a714f158e8fb466dc75","c375f15db64bf833eac381b95ea44e1f0365e921e906c65daed1ec222fe122c8","ab83ef14b8f7fba53dd9055a2d1b796975c008aa70b9e5a86f6027e0729ec3d1","796cf9ea108b9a9048baa6f78f1315b449d5173aca6114b571a48a18d03a2371","1ea599b4152d264cd8b482e9bcc303e2f6987750c7c2b5a87cca39f2b78ee024","54ec8fe35b61032acdd3a795b276aa22207de669eab4043c431a0246c2258612","22334ce08b4f33f031252a9b7a089423436312a37092b6e742f7471c7ed075e3"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514341362 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a67a1…

Expected log hash

81a850cd5c32c6b6ee86a2774571659cf829f205adaa17a6b9e9a6f5bef7642d 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":"v1787126744998","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"product:acrobat/convert-pdf/en","quote":"i like it does what i need it to do","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-02","source":"Capterra","source_url":"https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/","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 (2cd516e344e4…), 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.