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.

“awesome app for small business owners”

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 3140627354

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

b79194eb4e7ce5b43a2bfae828cb0334baa0ac2f527fbf625c81da258349a30e

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

tvzVil4kYf9R4Cj8tofytmbbMioerUXiF0B21LyQQwmXxET/tXvS9+JjqDpfvsHSN3q3PR+sMJMl1RUFTG59Bw==

Merkle root

7e5597bd3c162c8b6d828ec7450367f642ce11ee386de414b88376dcbb621ae5

Merkle path

["b792e7ff1b9cde6cb7e9f387f53d34a0fcf44b1261ed09871cf615ba5ab2dcb6","67a02b82d67b96612c33366bbe04b553ba7063d8f42d6995304f71f3118d9c85","8ddc36edf12f651cfa17f52942840b8be4ec18abee7b84288b271340dbd9a037","0caf61ae8b9e5cb4a63fa80ee593029f8a45f3641000578b754f7407cc7800d2","740c929e8612e19bdb5e7adf9c5ffb4eb9c174f1e7ac29e9f793bb881da39dbe","e8c2cfc81ffc872cda161300d6b59d2c634a1c3b23ee7a7230a974af8e8e0dde","07eb9ddd54d141b5d38eafbb35e1911cb73d8a5fa4c4d1cf7aa86ec70aa2fec1","1bc59f0c9fee96ae84d05196a39b12a2e0ac76d4fd9ed6fdbcb0a193a4ec8179","4a235086f75b2a9693abb0f154ecae49c5e1d68bf9c957b0e979cc7241c5279e","c4cef49ded199aa082e265ae5dbd691b09d692d885e60cfecc5865958f7f6686","a6c4ff5d080c366a25badc1e138d4d3c243165204994f2a43701d2e3a6fbe95d","034b9694ca21b9a5a8e3086d900c04f27c0cd73c76e0604f9b440f3a887b0a63","bfd78085aca2bfeaad696f75d7eaa469b1bf2e4cc1358a035d02f82fa7863412","5fc193f72843e5ae060e028dd49b5ed7a5ae6baed3b43902a359628ad39c7321","76edfaff3d5907039be8c493f114c2f6ba10fbab7705dc7ab77a269ec79893bc"]

Anchored

2026-10-08

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140627354 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acc98…

Expected log hash

82c9bd063e624267c60865e2416c3d714724e2c3b18c4773424cdf17232dd6f1 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":"v1791432333296","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:wave","quote":"awesome app for small business owners","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-23","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waveapps.sales","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 (7e5597bd3c16…), 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.