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.

“Excellent recruiting platform for small businesses”

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 2525257308

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

fd6f00440a05680ccdd1c81215ab96353e2b05c4cdeb8be1af0fb65d67464c3b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

NfIjdYh0Wx7CgDfv13lhcIMG6XaomYOAVUWqgb/1cjelxMh0Bz/Abym04ZMCLA+BGam37DFktLZgyZJKfHdeCg==

Merkle root

bdf558524b6fc08556728f259e0f09161d4626349b700d7f30fb50b05a626ea1

Merkle path

["fd6bd86cb2415a2cce4b023a19a00bfaa20dbd81f3c026c6aa58b14e2c9bcea6","ddd7fa7fc65d64dbc9fcb4ce0c31ff6d1ab9e1e879fc651260b6206cfbc87296","445d4c73a7ed474b6cb4a82a6e59ba9edc01f578d58009510b19e4a02abde049","561b6db8c799e0cf9373125d5f3b359cc58fa6de0ab189e8654182d46cdb6b05","833f4ac6f0d0293a23da3590de829dec64ba740d3db0734a39ad07116cc61db8","88f717f13d09e3051c5fb44cb7eb08077a7d9eec13e0aec4980b07a47826d0ed","0c92a94664b6ca9a8b91829a8e51e8620d5bc1965017e3b25b12e5f6bb01d171","bab49a6272dd5478a8c6e0aa7f27e829ac97ffdbf716913f0adaf3efcb938d16","968fac84544941b131a529c5149468cc05277331fa006f9e1b243a300e6374bd","91e7434404e58000e6f1e805244d8ca2f03bfa8bbb1f02665e0001f2b103654c","12a1128cb0949bf83c45f164d1e342972de0ccef5d201d067013fb4fb658d946","3d0742974b3f0c289e1fb2ae2167e507c87fd383a87d770f58fd281587e12662"]

Anchored

2026-08-20

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2525257308 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ae552…

Expected log hash

c7cb1a1a9418331323cc64d3f101e644ce5e79412d6e55a22a9342e33025b7dc 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":"v1787195935480","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:joincom","quote":"Excellent recruiting platform for small businesses","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a7c053d3a7d1175243e5cae","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 (bdf558524b6f…), 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.