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.

“the onboarding process is absolutely horrendous”

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 2543857133

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

b5fee8b2b5d1b1805587e67e17e949cca7adb58a5a4226665ac990abb9d575f9

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

VZ2Du5Dn21Eb0uSOOMm+bUPkGIoBoFoahnthkFTXIa9LHUExjLGCGpCw16F8eIsqbQ8a9NrLcuNnwTIPmyCWDw==

Merkle root

cee60bb6c0816d1bc69326ea12cf0c5c00cbea13afa283147bf24b52e30f839c

Merkle path

["b6051b319b628089f5f2dedac1299b7c3c00415aafe2cb8261c44af4c28a6bc1","7335ac86801bcd2d3026facf0a99bf2d1e5bf3b5ff11532c7f200ac281223c2f","899c0e2fc7c7c9d5b844a4f75e21b864dfbbe47291c41f36f92e76c6c34eda67","0640eda04b4ea25a1d683b1f1560187747045f8e65707d955de1da0903e197ad","5a071b31aafad4c8385a108f500087d9e6dec37b4fe44eaf31e77af1349a510f","0be01ba5528279289ec8a6c5b42c9f7abad9bee4c2cbed66bbf7add69f288a4b","9b8511f6c3d0630ce1f84735974b64053086a577da96395e601769c31c26487d","7212f21efce6838dac22734806491a71ba1a5ebfb3c54b8d39bc73fc7b61a9c3","1363e148a3091ab413ff584f8d23b0dfff86f912a01e6f4aa73c9814c09a6ba8","b0cf1727b6e56a3d364d0049501c2b4de6715828c3356e57fb381bc8bc995284","c27f35d678f9af2ee48053cecf52f8bd85d5a2618eba6083c972da8890a09091","7e080327298c3290117c531f77fa95cbadb23f6b744e8bc715d651a10ac29e6e","a00b4601749348f2fcd6f79560c522307796ec3ce8055ec55da33a69b027ab14","6d215dc9023570789455be9902e0d62b0310ab7bcbe811daa69263c90da55ffe","57e3801fc0af4bd2492130e334ef2d0425fdcd10c95109df38ad0d371e279fbf"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2543857133 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a5231…

Expected log hash

d8e1ac8b740526c2915424d7f7c6bce881a4ef05d0a3a3dbd88e4c760e36623e 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":"v1787288037224","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:joincom","quote":"the onboarding process is absolutely horrendous","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-02-05","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/69849e89d19486909663ca0c","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 (cee60bb6c081…), 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.