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)
783f2b573e607db010dab3ca6c532ee989552750ba76084a627cc283e0ea5309
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
43HUY24qblWpRi0E94zDQDg9NUJgPYL+F43hQU6y5Qlx0rkU8dmn1bm+2/KK3Ho3xhwYy+CWHGru+AuDoFd+Bw==
Merkle root
97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d
Merkle path
["7841487c1c20042d42d175ba76c4c46d9bfd3e0492ce5d209275bcfed9729d74","5e52462a69975dcd90c5d1128834f8464838e8e1f78048d7467874f5fa2a7e04","d0ac5b7b30afa0b352ff49496d9b9890b59e56927293bb7bb58e877be4f6fa7c","89ae71f3ef1645eadf7bdd480c8a5703940e1c54b41c31369dec13ca0c4e5b47","32a66446ff97c926d6a53537df3e68d2a6be3d64fdb6b0f6d63fe26bf11f500c","f38d4e1cf9ca483c8a895721c1995d255b93e83e6180607f3a0e3a6fedfc70b1","33408947fbff2aaf286aa4bb380eab37b4043d27f0779d5c19497016f67980c4","c1930a5cb89fb3107d1cdf50c3856437208cbb945df47e6445e521f79611e89f","995f7907be0fe7608a5d13edb4be59a2880599ad5b35eff0a63b397868a9a764","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":"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 (97eb1062a862…), 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.