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.

“Well, that's just how it is: it's a flat rate!!”
Google Maps · 1/5 · 2026-05-14

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 3273402563

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 6ec224d2e2490bdd3e98bf7c560acf5ff4e307cc81b696b8afbc3c34afde9a63
Signature (Ed25519, base64): mEqusd2LK/ZHOrDUYN3U9bECcdhkVFBPT52hxl7LZvBjPCeaBLNCj4moS6P1VwpLmTB3/8f92wvAghvY1XpODQ==
Merkle root: f157206eaf0681e32c282b6c87b482d5b05edc0371242c4555dfe07a805d46ee
Merkle path: ["6ec53f3b5495f9d2a63e35dab67b79fe01c80bacfe18cde3977fd83e04a8199e","b6e57029aefe3546bc0fd042b1dc30c57e232cd5cc03f2b0abf6fafbb3baa5aa","eff40ce9103a62dab2302bd97608b7c267f24f464e63a7d395c8784f1f08c36e","13d0ac9af6ae5083aafcb024aff6fadfbd9e2ef360c84bccb8b6e3b982ca8c02","ee34014a0fac6bea1ef04464378105ef385b5d574d235ad04347a0a62da7fc9a","f3bef3ae176d27ea0b3f637f29504abb08b35f1d8f6f6bceaae86981fa1d37de","8d11a84925d00b56546c856097db2e6bc0723a0a2ee32c9ff9dc408f33f33681","e0118c7355909128cd9b118548c23c8c1993ae324866ab067c526f024165d74e","21fc7d9acc8c183266b71bb9d4ee6d158186641947603d086b7734408092b08b","bf620f03c0bc52a3cee1c19175dc2d8ebc28dfcbc70e57f2efd72940dda8a5c5","e2d5588a1c570a207f77ae6b6e42eae1465d4799cf7dd7c185a4df0ee6f106a0","0ec3997da78c0441022b4f7641654cce724991e23e156dc83ab76349fc3b21c7","bdbf26617ed72bcc7e854dd2503d7cef77faeb2b6efa03dd28139f11ff6e93b6","72cec015fa128b419dcf741d3ca687936e9595c259ab78dfd4256d8340270e61"]
Anchored: 2026-10-16
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273402563 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6df5…
Expected log hash: d39be9954db9139b182dabecbcfa2b9510337ba2b23ae56a3f9ebed18578385c 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":"v1792122859337","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:gerflor","quote":"Well, that's just how it is: it's a flat rate!!","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-05-14","source":"Google Maps","source_url":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2tobmNuZEdXbWRSYkRGdWNXdG9XbGRPV1c1b1ZsRRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x685d704fc7c47f33!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOkhncndGWmdRbDFucWtoWldOWW5oVlE%7C%7C?hl=en","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 (f157206eaf06…), 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.