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.

“forced upgrades to top tier because of payroll numbers”

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)

6401781ff4b807e2d2a12eea803824ef04bb1337ecfb7d8a76a31e2bd18517d6

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

wQkLSEDF2U7iLB0OoI0sf+rI7zFO0cbKVlpLxxkK0NmLxXFTrJAEcH9O7U5BMET0wB85Ksv7XAa4DjBJaxTNDw==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["6404c1271f7833d5f392931820c075373520ed57686863c58f6b4fec2bcadaab","b874c4075a7fa8443d560c7e043a14060e72c7ec4fef079a314281301e2599b8","7ed61c4a66c207ce7c205d19fba5ef525758f8cf49474ddb59e0130fdddacf81","5d2236a7ff8d29349eff7556bc483b9df384248cc7974563c7ca7b57c88ffe00","1bcdba3725de9e3b1a5e355151085752e59e31e0d5b3cdbf646ecc62b1ad2526","808607c87723c499b8e03944fb156268baa95ce67eb56b1e9313c3562398413b","a9bdeefcc5aa30fc6f4961bd2a4cd68bef926cc9893016f579ade6b7ee223e02","71c9c20592a512c7062367780e2e3835cfb4fc424641395631efe80e1826e7fe","c5be2877faba3d29b3ef03817e8b7f69f90dc1d4d77e8e8b242c5f38a69095ee","13901e227fddf482a4e3691b7ebcb26144a69a565195feac8e1210ff92a1800c","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":"theme:xero/billing/en","quote":"forced upgrades to top tier because of payroll numbers","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-15","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a7fde86a85822a9cf451155","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.