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've never had so much trouble setting up an app.”

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)

b0efe164d92b3f6cdb28861eb3f28f9629868607974a07770efc6be6b282b993

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

1mgCZt8RrGBKMp1H446CYYFqVF+l/fK/mIhdevbuWehnnEDys8eEI48LnxLrbCldmiD+7bejIZy6LV+QaYqkCw==

Merkle root

97eb1062a862b99998bef0a84476eb3c3812bb77c2cb927f4fd2933b59da9e3d

Merkle path

["b0eaf1ff0295cada4e01ffb514f03f1e11d84938ce0a5299599b4bf0b893c1cd","4e2627daa6298a0d7370601fd926353755ef1e6dfbd3061a4e075081b6cfc4a5","61aac5dafa8ab22c8f682f9653b2df698599698e6973238720f9521f0b7e771c","3d7bdcdcf2f25aa7d3ae0e5c05a3975b62ba1c04c410c892f274c58399a0bf95","8e923f1e796419d4cef459ce63a0a47cbdf0fe2504d9bf78b93c66166ca642c1","1e2fc688fc48306e84262cb1555d5d8454bc57f452ba140069f47e8772f0a802","1ef354a417c938291bdee9412184cfbd38d9c82cf22c6ce0e218ff82b8031ef7","3fa870a4722e7e6aeec956cbab7ce7ca42ebff26e0da07da95637ee03d2aa12f","83a8c379054d3fd63522cd86bedd1bcb2831775bd85b83988aba3f92d556ef5d","a53c88522dff89f27e041ce0d0d2a83c52e1a0574bdfffb16228a21a10bd8378","46b9b279b944ab74dcd8719347239c10a7c86b6f847fbc5b238defdb13a666d3","f331b9b7b0f816973fc5999e2ac6d8d10c8908961884acb0adfaef58ea6e81a0","054c6c39d1f97397366b9a1b659a373f0607ed1b3f28fe998d444aa71461fa00","fb01c9b29e184d558c43a512ba05af475ec20eceeace4dde365559da92299892","46bcfbc656e0e2a380a8a94cdc0be3d8b4c668e5f9e54a10ba396a45b371339b"]

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":"brand:xero","quote":"I've never had so much trouble setting up an app.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-05","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xero.payday","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.