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.

“it is wrong about 99% of the time”

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 2543857133

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

66377d7ec403b80d97171a50df83270942bc0dc4f4f2c18d35ae246e8e68fe54

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

5gNwISADLzbpYu+VyPxfsxAAcbeWU3XnoWb62BOd+Y3K/ZmPf38eRSquJNAcdIFnMRBzI+v99J6irEKqqu9HAw==

Merkle root

cee60bb6c0816d1bc69326ea12cf0c5c00cbea13afa283147bf24b52e30f839c

Merkle path

["6633d5c89350bdef08e24751c942a126b714ce43c3557ce7df466c5d6e521754","a59e9f3461c8e14eabfb8f4e42034fd3a8a5eaea507ca506696ac7f8dda1b358","26b665683159be0c3dd7391c5c6a7556cc990286047d136772920b7e8d4728fa","1a53367d83f6981239029ddcb9ff41e0a8bf866d920ebd5c9675e010f6fd7596","ef6d6d01e3ff908ea1515ff8d15252e9772fd23c509b754ebf658193ee40f80f","d056683a1f9b62d0c2255d747deafb521a6b130eba0e501fafd16fc6bee0fc1c","44d9981ee3865d10f9eb7049c79ed0e90f7166ba66fe770f2e79b7a9eb2c777c","00ab287298447869e2de1e30b43218423750f22e80ac15f11afc678fcf896726","3f104d5b100519876a739e8d24e7d5aff36247d75d782182b2da40d797e6d543","09e871f14ce39a4e7bb4331d2736bca09d42bb29bfc7ccf732d59ebfc332028c","f071ff0fe90eb090d530737bea647a49c6ac03cbd9de375459cee4a3eac2f1c9","a38c05fec9f7756f543ce7316369967ef218f420bbd707b00cedd3722b7b49cf","1a634c86608f8872bc200c568ce8705aeceaef5e6ca2a6b293c8a08d19857cba","6d215dc9023570789455be9902e0d62b0310ab7bcbe811daa69263c90da55ffe","57e3801fc0af4bd2492130e334ef2d0425fdcd10c95109df38ad0d371e279fbf"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2543857133 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a5231…

Expected log hash

d8e1ac8b740526c2915424d7f7c6bce881a4ef05d0a3a3dbd88e4c760e36623e 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":"v1787288037224","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:accuweather/durability/en","quote":"it is wrong about 99% of the time","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-04","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a21e5254b79c69574b257d3","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 (cee60bb6c081…), 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.