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.

“amazing app to help for small business starters”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-06

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 3140838741

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): b1158c451875127a6b7021026857acaaf854b4bb1b1b278518ade95fe7067b38
Signature (Ed25519, base64): JTPSw8ZuOUrvNnBAHRe9POSZGAzkkgqbWlUaPBiY0qn3n+Cz+CwcvNk1aOaKSIf3J8GkcKnNjvmGKA6FzPknAw==
Merkle root: 68ee5f8618d9ce1aa33f2cb5b6f3145b5f909a3c35a03ccc3d10e979b2f81082
Merkle path: ["b115f433cc960ed1a8e541a194bd3b362196c3ed237d7d8c5200bd0fc1775bec","603860a0b24478dd97ffacd7ce56597031913a1af1fbc5a462bbf45fee6c564c","05a93c57318d71d89a65dd4d8ca58c11b94745d241812ea45f2d30ddeba8cffd","04adbb6a4997a37c4848523a0f01519f166160a696718ebe72d651350626d2dd","cfead4e60abb5a5fd4764faf07ae266338d76e642de373dc423a5fdf971eac21","3253ffdd484b529ba0afd01b07c8062173cede17f05dff29b4b99bd1ed7144da","61f8db5361161b38ca6eb27ee5abd12ef8af307ead4e387c66aa970672d3d274","e67db89cb05ecff82c40cf2f007818ffe436122c1b1a60472a7408c07d5ddc18","5e295b556c28aa43f12e67d1f0f36cbc10fb090dc14c1c66ae7ab4a39d242033","31c908fa0cde7e9c3e95bca70bbf2965e2b09cd6bfd3e3156d7602aed504483c","613c7a54deaea880de2f90c3addfe1a9eb79204606cc8973e29c47e36117e1b6","d308ed26aa33e6583b9c3bffee658c14c60f68a86ba341920aec69f22e129000","6a51893e356f5237142345fbb4d247bc07582fec6fdaa61c2c3de34a1617528a","d4477c34f5adddf1a37719c473b5e22e5d24c5bd237b4d0a607b953cc77a4964","418554fa0ebde54d6cdcc03145c7126505ed96d3734e8e7ae56dc0dfd8ca0a2e"]
Anchored: 2026-10-08
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140838741 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4791…
Expected log hash: ca4949400cf2d29b49789563ea2e672fc73762380548d6fd65398e40c0d98728 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":"v1791433229105","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"amazing app to help for small business starters","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-06","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waveapps.sales","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 (68ee5f8618d9…), 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.