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.

“Playlist management has become really unintuitive.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)
aec89852768aeb771e66baf1c3139a0dc0c26b642581ed2af15ff21313ff7bcb
Signature (Ed25519, base64)
w/LIMx2HDH7pJBJBfGwvnYBx3/Avv2sO253X4XW1mDjTqjBio/upvK4LEND4vFyIxk33DgefcQ5hASWUKIvmBQ==
Merkle root
784ff8fc3c42eac43c7d399f0d67bba55d28073a7e106789ae0c6c3f5ac9dcc8
Merkle path
["aec4b457887c829e18b721e26ce40d29d0095603260ec4c29a2423c9ae64ae5c","34e1dfb7cb3ed7013c06685f3e09bd85ed48afd53e20f39369a7a49f636e5e1e","976d037f4c02cbfd29d25537f18e33f1d85462da5c4c70e9eab870aae8782659","c04960412813cf102f8e8c86eebe16742b9dc08d074c90dc559c811e056a801a","6196fbe68d069e1198ae5188265faa7167d96002785575a01c4a878b101880df","2748bcc6f86b48eb8933be2b20b0a9fdd06c88b33767c92c29d9a6cc52b6df8e","cedcf9b88b6b727b40399b4dec9a3b2f10213fca7b16548808295aacd7d8b3d5","5e6c52f431a0fd44b6a72453bdcd7636f4aa77a9105e5937f6b5b136cf0b45d4","0d9039cb2da0af232d8fc6c6883f2e998520f4e23d033a171f77f22bd58d01a5","abc0e67c8e73033a080cad730784055d6c0f5e100bfb515e6789c09bde79956f","7c5cc44bf3dadfc3ea825fa7b6318a5a806b0530e25ed30824b8eb94da7bfef2","0201c983b09fe2a6d85a2aeed3685fb6092ba44209b47a3544cf19cc36add4be","961ed00308b1bffaa9d4958ba201b674cf19653b91d35ecfae6b978cea02e075","c0acf811319c30afcbe8b77293e97c6cc46544f39bfd9b01931c88a06aefa19f","5fa09e3847513934bffaf71960ac2a100e20422698698ab1e19a4fe8ac133514"]
Anchored
2026-10-09
Public log entry
search.sigstore.dev, log index 3163352270 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ad020…
Expected log hash
a3ae0badac804d14d314abd0e71726d06a96c43a3840dc1d63acded9268c461e 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":"v1791543790412","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:spotify","quote":"Playlist management has become really unintuitive.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-20","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music","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 (784ff8fc3c42…), 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.