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.

“BitWarden is by far the easiest to use with its simple, straightforward interface”
Apple App Store · 5/5 · 2026-08-04

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): 7afd21100a17dd948851c7a0d76c17f333aad96eda250deb5d443490ca927c30
Signature (Ed25519, base64): CMMyeOWDZOXR30xVESwbVoW13TRMkrozfGbz5IchOtdH367inpoEuLLwI9Y/RC9fH2YcNTy1CET8iCn3kI8TCg==
Merkle root: 97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d
Merkle path: ["7afcc5a3c27f118cb0783094dad1ff3301442520b97615c7e03b519e7acee4bd","5babef71c533e3dc944c539bdf73aefa1b0cf30201317f302c9b87c17a337176","d5b2e826a2e54918b62995262b8faa10d5b6e897d72503b4f36334ebb46655b8","5561a3a8e31303124f8d0d038cea2e234eb68f7c5414474f25f14024b57de997","a07ac6ca5fb61118afa343f34ef223cdf8fd798a837602f2c5f5cd12d5a37b42","130bdc6629d5a9d377fdcc37a80d8cdea87a442adec3efc88c46e9c070611bf5","f3a6c1cacf58ecf0dc1163cc1124d73d45645bf915720df70371f89ea5c22d76","59af406feb985ad19a5365703cb69c0d2701cd86ae2e818b229e750e1d558117","f6eb18f3c0909d2d5df51bf93f40eaf8d3cfb3b09a8a01702334cd471cd70a2d","2d8ecb41f8400c70f915406462ee47efc269e681ddb12759aa75be7bb6a1c1b3","4a7da3ae635c518c772181747583fe91b52dc970a195f2fea0b029288d95f308","ed5206c0018c25fc911a5b83d48a4b07edf1ca07ade25d7e56162349167c269c","6772a6b2cfb742f4baa103e424787f6ab6a8cbdfc294db886f1451f7c9752077","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":"product:bitwarden/family/en","quote":"BitWarden is by far the easiest to use with its simple, straightforward interface","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-04","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/au/app/id1137397744?see-all=reviews","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.