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.

“Am I being forced to create an account?”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-02-19

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 2907673729

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): d7d872cfa72b436b4c99743f92441c0abc7be5062c42def147d8b34adb1dc406
Signature (Ed25519, base64): HYUvVH/I+2ipUIuJtTEPawGBAQ5O+wYpBv8Nnl2dMATtm39zSWUJ6FJFjKB/ktVqBzqOzTNFi80knDDqphcYDg==
Merkle root: b9a08f9d6d76dd148110a496219c42cf3205c6f982800d84d5c85d77e9461e02
Merkle path: ["d7d8068b5b2e0cc7f70e775febc7e1143130f5d0d176c65af3e5b95cd93a2e84","007f260cd29693e1fbd6b171b35539ed2ab4df97294c2fd0e727054c8b337d60","0bda938fa13625440eb994d386a4a9e91166b8ef4ead59670b7be83791089a3d","61826728e9ca93be107c49609044fae3407355bf29239b20ba4be8e426a69c54","dc4f0ce0006a4a22aeec3096bffd9b3f4b52d82cdd7d62a81ce23a446adaaa6b","24f63233501a881c9be73b9f6fede23c4627035541cf1c65c8706bca692e622b","fd9ced3dfe8a8f170d755e723020ef92b90452a9198b308c3db0fe132fe957f0","7e1acc8df15104066f294647226ae36a747daf06e3cc6608d97028cb1e7281f0","e5ff6e344d4638ab8036e0d981436a700c5bde6938891e5d86821644ed0ae12a","1ef2d32327dec49b078f60d82e96fe63ff04f9e28e1f6ac4531459cb8e763e04","5fa4d2509ac4b266680172a1d644b9603830e2992eb99b956b8d4389a86690d7","1324e7f8581b1cc3455b81e88efce3958a5b23eb7205ddfacaf930e32b10bd47","ff0ce3b59f4b6fff6b806e01d20d764fb2b7a5651693c19ab4bf8a8b5ce5f968","05978e8b9ad5fd39833c65b8b951e8c80cf426334c441fa8a8bff8eb8eeaf534","4543e8b9ac7bd077d9526acfdae449f0a0d5517cbb42414f50ef930ecdb9470b"]
Anchored: 2026-09-22
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2907673729 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a06ea…
Expected log hash: bf9a74000249ba6e66b1e29aae9d8cb95c3400dc118569a80e5c0949f3e8ac62 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":"v1789969984102","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:v-zug/ordering/en","quote":"Am I being forced to create an account?","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-02-19","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vzug.home","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 (b9a08f9d6d76…), 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.