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.

“I have to close the app and reopen it”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-08-02

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 2515243153

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 8b988b9baee92e8bab44de3f994643a9a7e5b4caafb8fbe786c97413bb23eced
Signature (Ed25519, base64): PKkeew162ZNRJLatfoMa+LyvdrXQmwP2IvURBZUIEMnTHgEPKtEnGNYcqxpGE+Fi0rwFFlZJ0YRtYojyCvlyDQ==
Merkle root: 30b81ce96f52ff8c37a1dce6a2cf1045c2f51663c1ddbd5ca071d040e32c05d6
Merkle path: ["8b9874ca2ec75ea16e454e3ced19e5f41fadcc0322eae77f0ebdde9c1d1904f1","e1062f08639229eafebad8799283390db6427b476cdeb9ca5b8aec01daa7ece2","87fb442797c677efc391bb3c26175e2ae3cba7c8c278c97fd36fcd2ba31a6e62","0c318231dabf0263b80d7ce66ff86211cfbe3a55fe8b0fdf47d5da7ef926cbc9","d7baff884a56a137ef8f6a0e7c20a6da4920d30ec03f5c970dd59d031c3b64f4","ddea607b81b0437dced1e5fad798dd779842814f2e85680b8633a6354f13327a","6ee1b19833916d09b2f303bfa050e474a2c7d06bbd9dbbd0be0e85645bbb0e32","32e8afe23a0181ae9e7a43cf0dd47a5a423c1401796214e5d031bc03173e10f6","dd45a56d62621071352cc73a9c315a1720dd0f9f996b0d447828626346bf2577","1ef091e936ca8ae239d26bb763f1934c42f1cbe22f4155850a741c62c0fe811f","403f9020cf53719882b5a5beef084f73ee64c5153e77b18c3fa0aea2e82f5752","0872621d16210dafd55ebc910beb30ac16999c23b17abbae8f9cebf9760862c1","0afb56aa9b1dab269e4d7e686a093b4dffdbb488bafce3fcc9dbafc5813d2f51","7b80345d7bd213081fa8cbef47938ae80dfc899b90d35aad15f2a6c5e9b16063","dd9b0a9d584b044c4116e1c10c4b8cf4a06383a771a07c9f3d39f998f23cf36d"]
Anchored: 2026-08-19
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2515243153 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8eb5…
Expected log hash: 314ca716b1ad71ca29fff6da960e81a719fe30fa5fc14d8646acca79a7c09353 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":"v1787138594002","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:accuweather/durability/en","quote":"I have to close the app and reopen it","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-02","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accuweather.android","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 (30b81ce96f52…), 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.