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.

“finding a way to cancel is seemingly made as difficult as possible”

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)

edecbdeb37e54128f6418f74029b6b410a3d2e9844bac4023439ae2dbeb0bd48

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

M1GUftY4OFaR+dYfAx85+Zl/I1XjCzpouehHhlCBvUzY9rY9ErZakYxr/n2Kt8WRlUOBuBGCTKfMksA21MiSCw==

Merkle root

f157206eaf0681e32c282b6c87b482d5b05edc0371242c4555dfe07a805d46ee

Merkle path

["eded9084c319ba620ac15ca4516ee6100581b232cd03f398bee96d3a497891dc","64c7e70f04ccf95834363df9971983aeb76b66b7de07e22ab06b347121d3ba11","8b02a6dc76b2e49140e093ae151e0d9370dd9ee91d23aca121ab2890197efeee","0fe638f8daa1a36e55bf1bb812b5eaaddf3659e0eadedb6ca659b1ac9968d280","f1557b9145a866eed3adf0cc204ebcd1ce903353690d670ff172bbabfb29ea02","19ee5a71b47d552dbd95518bce8a01f8e6915eb21c8377e6d93b39f7fd376877","2fd243bd68a37e75092200ea2dd2360c97afa9372c748b257098aa59277751c7","a8a3f96c3bb0115cb300f9ac12e305750aecbe00e8a9c6270fafaf873fb92694","4027d3b9dcf1412a3d9433fa6ee4a34c94457edeba3216bd34c519c95ff563b9","407e1ec889459e84ccbe507d7bd9ae1f22033078fbc13bd39a07bea77d45608e","23e86ac67be574b11607712f39bc9b618bc8c45cfaa11527544089ee8a64a0ef","b6ecd1c6a8a869039ee9da2769a74526266c205edfb3eabf09d49433184a87f1"]

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":"finding a way to cancel is seemingly made as difficult as possible","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.