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.

“Not being able to resolve payroll issues can result in fines and legal trouble”

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)

7cbed05784aeb252a94b913a5afed696e1ad1bb0e5aab1eb36a53c3a9d463b95

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

xDSOeaHlkYbE35KvnOw/ONN0XmhIh4Qh6X3KQvl7f8BV02MwzWwO/ARjq14wq8U34NkFodwXJaxg53lj8/FHBg==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["7cbcca9491a6cb702fbacfc28883d510e963a53ba5dd990f3cff8dc58078fc4b","7b8993b3589d43800082c13b4566ef083bbe4c4b5b5bb532bc92502d7f5a4be3","3ada1284bff04d0c38c83277354326b4c5bbd9f82126c03950dc6f1cfd7087b3","a063d22df17ee617c27da1ea4cc9996f007c84533a0eaae1508eacee77b26831","b7633d7ecc446f5f1eb67e5f5e7c47256b394e2a6ae694c0b9d76a7f2aaa85c4","8dea1789c6ddd5288699406cde25367864282c26809f8aeabc2e4eb0a0238598","158ec6756ba3f128d49cc4dd7a83d958bfe039d82bef2d7de6aa88874a637920","1e5684d41eb0b631dd3c95f28b8bc5109b942469a85b53ad190e2d9ffd62e880","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":"theme:wave/returns/en","quote":"Not being able to resolve payroll issues can result in fines and legal trouble","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-15","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a80b5e0fe51d152991a2b23","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.