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.

“why make it available to download if I can't create an account”

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 2542443729

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

728d3775983228b45b90f06ead097d726d055d02cab44dae6136b3daf7b6a705

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

3xOjy0o++UEVCFQSvehYjamupqVaK2SOgevDor7dXTF8JdJOojfKgIFfmWK93bkvSWw7VZHbzmY0okLod6J7Cg==

Merkle root

4354cafe0e2ee66c200238a4bfe005f997e761de26d9e528ed6c12dfe1b33129

Merkle path

["7289b89a52a5343c3763e486b9fba2db99b78f0682dd98a3c216fa17beb43a00","9844ccb243f30b61aeffcf05dfb0831a2ea41af51ab1bcc30faf4acc5371117d","a9fd85df52c8d4ebd3799168fb0896f105fec04aa499b95f3178886f4be6e74c","2dad94c73378afad4fc1f05749018da6db894aa4e819fbc440c4d3ee0077c3e7","f92a7633dcc1ae58860463b1ad3a1d1faed56ed570056f447bd56bf49f250941","c5492b1373605afb387bfb8922a57cf49157eb4607c5fd4c3b2d4c56628037f4","6c2609461485b082cd29a701341a0058c902d024474906c60fbe7a679e5b0f52","fcbccc3ebfce137a9c15576eae88e378d230296d9014a53d6c80ca615d7f95d9","9055f00e65869331ef72af92031e033fe6ba89248a0137670d99f163ae01f32f","0a04092cdf6cde17a05ed488bd71e0660beb94f40014fe674ef98e674cd35ef7","e3c6b69f4b9f811a47451466917bb91860d7250365992c0df563065e8b50835b","562094a4371f74846c5c87c1bfbeeabaa173cb62a761690ee55d6e20f604307b","58001a430d202986e5fa4168d8e078e3b00d2bdf639864028966a0604dbcff6d","eb13252a020300a13cfcd1aad747dc15bb314823d4af7c0fa17270669f143f49","16ed4be9ece293c235c5510e2cd19a05055f034548e73c12f8a9947de7b32591"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2542443729 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aface…

Expected log hash

1f12c9d846c7a9fd8aeda84057eb4d8f639bf78886a62c6290a2a60cd48e0812 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":"v1787280389476","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:storytel/ordering/en","quote":"why make it available to download if I can't create an account","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-05-28","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grit.storytel.app","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 (4354cafe0e2e…), 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.