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.

“Very painful to use.”

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 2524110285

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

fd0ff8b38808e82f962727678dcbc314a431763812d2e42a885091662abbcea9

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

IzU48x5lrPKrjEEqWtV0IqR6tRDUHoWo0n6vVBvrc+TEobNH6pPwSZ181Qj/3/q70ddXBV8W5VgENX9AdJGTBQ==

Merkle root

1154a265a990612db5567445e00872656e7ced32aff0b18660887a40a375699b

Merkle path

["fd0e9e6d8a87704617ef9b972b9cccd79259a9f74fbb4d9315044192d4466d6f","72557577bc4312419b3bd7d351ead3c7255fdd6fb93e8d1ff52e4d5cbfca2437","a1628354886ac1ca04a7cd169089317981b2756a942b0cde78bb81f45502fb2a","2d67c3daed9d87bca3ce44f1eeb7f66795b4718e1c836d9d320e99a30509e360","b99df7fa62c258f8106fb1849de88d7b64726cb1dda1052e8a555635d93755c0","37638979016559476c1646d082fbce3477e5a1b681eed7be1ae7590792307a0b","58ab516ac5999018e70dfcae1d1da6794549a472c46fbf05d09161c5e16e16c9","73029bf6dd0864ee493d278edf3b8dd655adffca288e73be6c38679e922176f3","6692bdaa12d355e5f2e5a9f10798834b75290392d35c178e8b823fef627c1b6c","06eda532573e99e3a0b15d55cb18ed8becc9695543c82e2495ff9393a356bc0d","927e297663bfba6729b108961517b19fc4240e7fcfb428cac97252cac5ce2b84","6582bf463441a0f746dee63f79e2eb8ddfb802b320ff38b2c284e620eeec3752","c074572ea564d761e3fdede17d9fb4aa1789eb76e0c4c618fc78ca85de5c8a2a"]

Anchored

2026-08-20

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2524110285 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a87bd…

Expected log hash

34efb4ec1aab60168b83ec62d0334b8e10d9814c0de0cc0d3569d176ff20bc2d 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":"v1787152786156","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:teamtailor","quote":"Very painful to use.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-05-12","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a02570ff280b4b20743b347","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 (1154a265a990…), 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.