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.

“I very clearly communicated this is getting out of control”

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)

feb053e0f71d0a5eb5790b6fb1a17e853423d9effd8589718f92ec8141dee138

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Wx3vO8ezdrwlv3LCZI/bdVwXT7EOb50+/xjFYEiOKi2Igkh0up99If0Jn8aBxto0WaYpqfoTbvb/Cl+DsOWyBQ==

Merkle root

bdf558524b6fc08556728f259e0f09161d4626349b700d7f30fb50b05a626ea1

Merkle path

["fead6479600fe811d2484bde3e3529f04d93d676c6c85c929bc89c883b721a18","8b21e1948bfbc1eb793b64d210f8a795d88e61c7ed03b72e07b57f93e3a119b7","ec2aadbe729e681ee7ef58f7d98e14e6a3668a913f58a736e392d5ecd060cf44","30d23bed670de8d26be7025f8a765f631a79377bff09d52054b233fdd4deef10","930d8451de714e2baa1d1256503cbb77dc45affe272773c32e299fa8b004b2f5","035ed01cb8f3aadf18de439b219009a679c14b6149245a1a6ef955b8b82cff1b","d95a8b476061d4c46e7bcaee1ac14aea07aed0ba4e145ecdccf47db6a0911a7c","eb2cfe2eb3417e96494983ecb5f2ebf10e62c928371be1d24949090fb8cabb16","aca4eae4b433e8544dcf6e6a034cd14e0db7c764caa6294fa8dfc32c08b5885c","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":"de","page":"brand:salt","quote":"I very clearly communicated this is getting out of control","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-14","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a5639b834ffb065bb048629","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.