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.

“they refuse to return the money or properly explain why”

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 2543978942

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

e021fb91d16c47d7f6b4f777ce11890981d2a27c3f412c3a916c3c725561fb25

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

A5OQnHynwCgwJZao6A1jr20qohduuQlANQDMtC1smjyxj48tF6F1njFCkcRmg8hRlhdVbRURTiU2ps0PUypvCg==

Merkle root

3ea09355a1b22a15fffcd33ac0d37e4039cee2896092e637dd8c4e7dfb5d507a

Merkle path

["e022d763bb636b26442dfc6b11ddd13a2f973fdcf2b840b99510c9c37d52c39d","578bc70621f4b7cdb5b381a69c403839ed562fa4564bff4f7595351ef85117aa","fe0ceeff955cc74d81d7beba7e578a5792cbd79590a11c1da9b221362cea4768","9e0fa9c1fa10bcdca3259d82e371c1f264c5cc817ea6d3ce3e6baa4becc2c7c8","26cecca04ad588104fba9421d54ee01d6878e3fd188d1ac256781a1a926a1128","958929b50081adf959c58ec644982ea17d9abcb33f35d329c7e71d5274bc6d2b","109aed670fcba5e8df4f612bbb698a9e3c008759c41fe5c340f4a2885d05b6e5","2950b0fa772e0bea371611dd6d91939f4006669338e2a648ee434db39ad17ff9","37b66bebc9df160a07fcbec1f05e360ae0e8c67a968b3837f3a66933acb14f11","8593a14d8a86bf849c0e36cb20e5c2ace10396750c7a671e7cfa27b0d7fc3d69","6ebaea69378f1553e2967b16eefc557fd1d41e9864d2c804df7b9ace1e2d1f7d","82594a36e75716dc549c40473f8ac79bebd2510d67637b2fd560033c292a7632","9e72e518c6434a6e0c542e1f48a14f35526f13e0776a1ab92f1af9bcefd6e13e","246f8342235410c48ceee34de37199612052ca8bfc8a05e2509de9ef8e0e7796"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2543978942 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac836…

Expected log hash

69ff2d97383073bd392d75b79533a80cb25c69be55aee7dcb24b1acf4a379172 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":"v1787289230204","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:stripe","quote":"they refuse to return the money or properly explain why","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-20","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a877646d5cdb93ea3656357","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 (3ea09355a1b2…), 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.