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.

“what you guys are doing is ILLEGAL!”

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 2544236959

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

cd3b418ece526b0dea6fa43a0500a105ef6a84ff9d97d3e70d4f46281be04678

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

7rxq92476KvTcYLGV9QaZl3aVuP0nqjTfehcZagXTnBSmkfziQ03oaSBx5kmHrY1f4vQxHMcAk8yraVAQAiUDg==

Merkle root

cc942239c46f13b1af6cdba0960a24a6cb62e7a7a462aae1e8126c0182dbffc3

Merkle path

["cd409d7a6b0216cc7c1eabece199e3580c2c699cd1add3b4065028436a77bebb","9b03baa6ab53a8fe8f3f139e8d745437f0709daaaab5bc25f7944cbd1b965ab5","96b99d39de8d4cf208363c5e0bd0a484740ce20c70b5c62e7d0727364453af31","c08f9f56c5801b81671b3dbac59207c9d22a4a795b9ecad0b836a3c19b68e26e","f506cd576a2ceb478b81eb06a629bc3351f7b786750502e17d3e4ff027699fd3","f006558c3dacd3c1dcc11fa33d304a9e97fd4dbd1bbf332046b6b6384ada142e","c1ed9612984c8742716e1334d603a088e2f482a076014645c712ed8ec2babcf9","bf66d4ec071b8f1d3035156b23757845b33b21b55ba02f6480ed6d1e5b30ced3","3e6997ca6d999261877e5691c8e9e2841ca6b24865c3e7fce663c33bbf28cee9","e495ed847fc3d8162b406665bc5afae5152a4a4cc51ea8bbad6074abea9a2deb","448fe1427b72735761aaf1e2be4edf7e37a58cf49883bcc292a61ba9a4ba32ff","b87faa0d8467b0b00e1313c3b491a9a461db3068269ebbedf9443f51c7acbdbe","d5c0f48cd876b426b1efca655d0aed02857d58331679df8cebb7a18a1e12c472","60099dbae313e53e1410c43a173e183f13f26b3b253db87c564730ddb5969e60"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2544236959 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a0341…

Expected log hash

c82e13ba2a716d66def44df55ff50c2e9db35da204570a7fd5650a8bc2702db2 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":"v1787290890795","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:mypos","quote":"what you guys are doing is ILLEGAL!","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-15","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a8052dbd67232a6c7e17d15","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 (cc942239c46f…), 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.