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.

“And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.”

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 3162173160

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

e3552c3a0fd3237dbbff973c1fbb43bb8f8570bc7ded43e5d1bf145c800d3110

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

6lOid8NVeTQQiThIgNUb1oRAckDxPitJGNS6iFRQaSe9qVGT1b7nyzOShPynSytsMz5uYNv2LfDW1+DqrqBpAQ==

Merkle root

47aef0bbc5d347d2f064428fd7eda9e99f7cea2d49004267bc87db0e45c42023

Merkle path

["e3556697a2ddc3e64e8b44be05b6340dfddd008a9e2a18a0dc547a728a4765e4","3e8281636846451bd5c52f34faf253e4c2f4a212773c3a7e9c88ad294a9dc670","0c1fbc3c745aaf304fe7c8c2444ddd64b277e979803a1d8e13c6de5ba8209f3f","e380de765ea404a2edd76eaccab3575b2fd99a9e295b114ee1351f0dbf5a2398","1120b6c9ffcb7d30174883e240ea4eb1f3b5b257e51503aecc6314a8fdf6e671","be2b29216cec9356b5a1506bacbfb71a7e5de92c1026bf1d384c4e40fa3d2ad8","286470106b2a19bd5d8481ef3ceeb746cf84087273c0f1e3465e02780fe264e8","db366e6c4a45f14a5eab573ea2c5b4b8d5fc103f270a36b4fc68c0d02081cdfc","a5436e1751a76bc7d55ad56f41dbaa72ca5ed474f1eafcfd7ac2da6d3578c9f1","ef3a659197dcbb1c1de0de3478e31556bf13d613b28964117859e6d57f64c3ee","acfb4657caeb35a28150332ead0a5f8ab11ebfde306036e11228f290138721bf","3bff921f8ad8ff8a2b0a8c6f635cb4bfb0702a1fff43d3b5fa31e857245f1f4f","bfe23fcfd35baa5e7d6d531c0dccf5ade1ed6dc1453fb74cb040e92afa0997d9"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162173160 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aaa5c…

Expected log hash

00d82a97e8d5da8f3bb4a78d598390d6b030eb8338f0e0735ffde6aa5047ae68 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":"v1791539060014","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:everand","quote":"And it happened even though they promised it wouldn't.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-17","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6aac1bf7fc3f87d0fc486bd6","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 (47aef0bbc5d3…), 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.