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.

“The lack of transparency creates unnecessary confusion”

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 2514967984

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

ff42c6306fc21d9b592f63e6ed019b336d09a171ebf7453c7962717265704323

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

eiOChkZRegwUX2wqXFPP0Tqo8uJRZ0d8lU9RjMOxcLTAv3CZKWKyTsAd0Wh9XzqLWFp/uMfmN1hfc5tjbPFhCg==

Merkle root

9ddf6b9053b6e5e7a2f15ee7f3bfc8dfb72c48a1917ae5b7e553033e3ded6523

Merkle path

["ff43e311e515df404f9e18f66f3b517ca0fbdcc521846a5ba552f011fb876674","69c05ef9fe00f8691d2b88ec112f98f9a4227880f5abe95e1ce45876932812b5","7937c1f4c58e2bc736af7d8dc1a4e66d1419f2989a643d170b25164b0f9b9eb2","13df2813b47a080dce3312cdd63a06638249c7375c01443755e86b17666d5143","82e171f8197281e655005f9df33956cd0320076dd4a24162e926e2271c54d486","022573e93a83a94bfe21d16713394ac3d305bf35e03ca90b41d51fea10b86298","225db921cfc76585438d9c1e08861fa13404c00374dff8a92abdff8213cce579","e62567641753e339ac17d90a66ccc38257ab19dada9af2a2f5babd7716217bb1","2043c6e12a3cdc72ff67b6c9a8e3a8f4bf9154d9135f14d7fa9abbc3993a4f8d","cc8f04093350bca4888aa571d1d7c2b29cd97f5552c5831604b23073aedefe3a","71c5bfbd8cecfb6fa6d98b2ee4ed9786d8fdb5a2a7e5e8c4e6da47113e35eed9","a7f93f88a87631241c84eb6b5e4f60aee1d6a0fdb7950bae2a7c5cc7f1234330"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514967984 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a902c…

Expected log hash

be0cb34bbab326d10b25013c37c9294b14554a6c6e9fac3dc68c06dc2c3c60e7 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":"v1787135269737","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:swica","quote":"The lack of transparency creates unnecessary confusion","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-04","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/id1451930779?see-all=reviews","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 (9ddf6b9053b6…), 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.