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.

“This appears to be a scam website…”

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 3273402563

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

d73c6f6d2f0b6e4bf77da2afa90f2fff98647dde1da0f7b719dda0380c9188e3

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

l5xE1q/uJMaWRjAYuOerejE2maH11hwrpnM6uSf50h7xPHAaPSDsz54dJxvOFsYMNHzpOpV/EOXPlJJpyIzaBA==

Merkle root

f157206eaf0681e32c282b6c87b482d5b05edc0371242c4555dfe07a805d46ee

Merkle path

["d730d6fd60e31ca7e59c30549508e1e65f7bab3b2df9f6ff05b8a8829a6d5e97","0e38293855e189007e404d52b8cd501567acb8c0ea98c11805eda4da2f3fc0ae","3dada443f79ba17073920a80a5fa600c75eb1321928313103d9bd9e3e4ed6504","4c5ae5e763a2a673bdeb6e7facbd0a2cd0739f3eed3d05e2af20da361b27395f","d6673280ef0c412e639a751aea94f6316cdc5d35d3312c217c9f27c77ba47d19","c4fd90becd3fcefbc9ee20ea5b1556f25711929db8f5fbf017f1789a3bda2a9a","1dc331bb9c9b73a8dbbf76b2ffb10570faaa05f08496c45f51e483b8964cae4c","0ade083d707f920e45954ba875d18bb34d174942d6e585a82c9e04277f41c57b","6b5724f1edf69848c5e0183804bba7da5f6a4f532f16fc9c3599e9ccaf3e7940","3fc580777b7016dc8714a43c9b32c5fa35e518e2e864cd487cc87741769ad7a3","714a499e118fb514dd0e1410a3cc5c53df5a7f654faf32f7b312a1bb90d4d862","42fefb56d680975be61b3287bc5f98c8c30e545c31f434814bc9d76ec754c1ad","bdbf26617ed72bcc7e854dd2503d7cef77faeb2b6efa03dd28139f11ff6e93b6","72cec015fa128b419dcf741d3ca687936e9595c259ab78dfd4256d8340270e61"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273402563 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6df5…

Expected log hash

d39be9954db9139b182dabecbcfa2b9510337ba2b23ae56a3f9ebed18578385c 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":"v1792122859337","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:experteer","quote":"This appears to be a scam website…","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-10","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a29656b97c175c59a651225","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 (f157206eaf06…), 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.