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.

“isn't intuitive or easy to read or use”
Google Play · 2/5 · 2026-08-24

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): 75c4325f6b512c8c86afc5025645dc4eb03a41608e8b344566560a2d3371d9e3
Signature (Ed25519, base64): D7KId5aknJf54vqsEVFlIA+DpISj2g1csmZZTK+O6j4CblG2J8SeYIExgVXGHVRRItlZjtz8UKGTx8niLSmZCg==
Merkle root: 97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d
Merkle path: ["75c0e2b32038bc2950e585f6f2f5a678e1152a195b465d1b86f070898c10b759","291fd20f798ad2ee0b27e0c2bf13e1d2ba4d2e658ca2be1fcd73841cbf42d0d1","3333053e86c78df2a8845d0c6be685c6bb367dad777a0c881189d204515c5134","3e70f6c55af1aff222db63ab124ddabb374e9f188270ed3ab34e625628030250","28c685b2b0930ef77d3606eae9a1bb4b594b5ef2c283866cff015451e43dd1eb","01dd4affa5bf35833e91d14ab07214cefb7508c303bd8d5a6f54c7744df7f8df","6a86237375e6dbb87a696b92aaaeac25da09d41f5aacfeaaf8bc882d922bb6de","214a59080851e2e1b18bd5c1a7a7becd3e5f5da9c6b0e26d0cfae2220ac8c380","e2b42b8f89df276a3e8ebabfe26f43e56aefcd06fcdf7d784129f5d3d0ae62c4","47597394985c7242439420d1bbd0da62963087b5e04e407e71fefe5fc2c865af","af29131d06cf5d38c81cf1b17bfc06e6e5720db0c8182d9166073999fd5b8a6c","cc930d9a14ea152753caf04b31f0e79f0b00ba63dec8c58c38ded3f85cfd7dad","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/quality/en","quote":"isn't intuitive or easy to read or use","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-24","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xero.payday","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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.