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.

“You would think that a business software application would be making the lot of small business easier but XERO is adding to my administrative burden”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
71670109870874b0290d433f313bf028a7f4b8a50d646b0428c5bb521eaac788
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
y07DXsDiqjjdMpju5g4O/wAmXtlYDGGOeOhJ60nzCPBNPfhJnse2U00I9HChS/wHUF8gNBsj4kYeKFzX1rCRDQ==
Merkle root
2f068f3de56bebe7a575ba4a979c9244445d2350140e36238e088fa40fbfdd88
Merkle path
["716ade842c350043cad6463be3b0923348568053bbbb06b8e9a82755cb72fa44","55de2398947de851fd5e343f0f9946d8d7565b65833fae5e83914e3657a751ce","57f08fd23ed6c4ebf8e10bb545e08158337f1df5e5ca241c444699b8adec6dcb","407efa864a34d56fb962f45bcda03bef2529d1b0dd74b520aaae9e7388489b86","8584e510f074d0a9699ab6d2a03b8e15b7b6add80f3a4c102e3423019f83afb9","7d22ce8bc03479d99d04c5bb652dced747813209a83925c955e36067d29201db","95f74b8c141f4425110bec85610c78be207b495611f61af53234e5ea81f250d4","8cb882ccd43f012ab83b333e61090a2172ed55fb5b9c1f0d6efd59ca0b4b103e","0852ef0e460c061b0d8340d760c872187bd7810afbda14799b331ae4ac0cc104","8536532eb2a22e91919d4abd7c09524a5d8e3523a70bd368a2ce4101adfb645e","06b6f6d584977ae367194680dfa67ace6b01d63ed0e55b7d9e3bb1ac505c121e","3c6ddbcfa48be5df39d5d13fece3ba9fab7f6eec0e8fcf21a13cdbcc6729a93c","c5d2216bf0003f30213891a39e09a3edafbc50505093b2ae98f61a9c067b5a3c","f2c4543851e26fd9d1e3721e592d66b00f142e537786e975d115c14b9cb61c0e","98191c82333f4385e47f318835e01d44ca8835262c6d0df40edfd5f6a4dc5c19"]
Anchored
2026-09-20
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 2893887498 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af79f…
Expected log hash
90099e0300c6e23b62e79318296ebab91bff130379d248ada57f044f77e72ccd 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":"v1789796056710","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:xero/quality/en","quote":"You would think that a business software application would be making the lot of small business easier but XERO is adding to my administrative burden","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-03","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a99ed1d07ac1977c5f5c503","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 (2f068f3de56b…), 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.