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.

“And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.”

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 2913636507

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

ae4f835083834cc6e0116b4a745630014c9be1017e974ba2c3c011cded5cecda

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

hAadts+NI5G4J4nja9GbQ+V9s8AvYmWTNU7A1baH/8/4TMyiUAD4fK6ZpSa993ff7ZkrVPKJ1xjMSPCAM1LnCg==

Merkle root

f26292e960b34f73f9768b4afc64585e265549d794b35b8167826c2bcda92ef5

Merkle path

["ae4eeebc9578ddb7899a32e5008a3d9ac9a8c8419ac0a6ae785d3f18b3d4d1c1","0958be2e6a09d99d0bb68de39f024d73473bae560e476ffb4618420fad76e753","2fcff934f9273cf9ff027317f7de3041e1ea0da47ea9d86c4878322891c47a2d","ffdef8fa052ced0be0349593dff42a689a10fe827d63047b67f433fc42123b66","ce6721c3a724d8ed7a1d11dc9f1c3cb9f345e9dd196fa0c9ebf673e390162d7e","397eb9b903adb82213a927399a3f815024069bcc56f8f4ae83935109ed6aaa57","f6c67036d4f18ac097e9d2cfb64deb5af960d8ad23a373c7982b86ca7c884410","2dab7e9f25c05e6eab47621d289db25b550226d38b630de50777e6d86824d864","94ffd0941005891e5271763a7d7e51e8d7a5513b0827b37b7e94f423b345d040","a4c98db39fc2993a0ecb379fb8527a1f6c7fbbb97631aa37c38d646278b8a1fa","c186131c665189d8743223e564f3c5d47c8a6e341ba1316fc1a7b2fe92be72a5","e31d9f62bc1945f2fff2fd8f17f37520e88de15489b867ff62948cea41d7912d","fbc83ea3f323a853561b2d18a7d5d816b1a8631e4674525eac3ed9b0d77501a2","ebe1651655c8b61b6b5364f1f9c2df6d3d2570b884eb1475b1f154f5054feeba","a616224c7837fee9e37cf9dfa53b6dc52945555438d928215ead84ba8ccc7b57"]

Anchored

2026-09-23

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2913636507 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aea51…

Expected log hash

417fac9b806377ff48d30ded01faf8424eb98406df713fe2564ee9077747e6a6 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":"v1790070376053","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:everand/communication/en","quote":"And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-17","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6aac1bf7fc3f87d0fc486bd6","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 (f26292e960b3…), 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.