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.

“It's a real shame that quality is being compromised”

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 3083089221

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

08eb9130af115d58347e0b34732e08e7893d182b3ffadcac0f1c33d018178e9b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

+KhSQNSi4pFLsxYbOLLnExX3pIfs8jEW5byqSNf7vXYtUw3LADr2S9TJwvmO7RQffMfQWb8h4AlDYtuqTEJ4AA==

Merkle root

8286585306e2f6535f24bc74a0e420351a30ee784970721b6abc81509589dea1

Merkle path

["08f466fb016066cae8be4c94354642a0cac960af45e9cfc3777a4fc5960154eb","a7f89efa4330ec1fee26e87a5b0ee1ad4b174796a0036c8e241342a763840615","16f4f297ea2cb3bc38a0b61a8e520e3fc05f962daae9a4ec26894eee994dd9e5","6b9dfac05d10893ee548dedaa5c47ee9778bb1df8b68ff995f1245b0af9cd1d8","fc549fbebfbf76f7eada1c7f5f05fd19e5d3119b930b92bfd8f330fb00defdab","c5237d4cacbc1debad0ee29ec68bcc52a2991e8559d10ea752f1586b0687bf72","5e1cc17e73a0132c5dcea19d953663846e5cdbc8bfe7de41d40cab667bcf7219","9541763745a415b54dafef41e5c4eec9a061f4fe9d9974b52e13a11996ec3d37","197f03fe9b930e4abecef2415463ea290a97387152f5bfd23ed12cca776a8648","091dc6f8ddd6a935845f3b1486c1e61ea63aac481c2fd8638df62a1f27a2af1f","6b9b6b7b20933247125d46a3778c26624fd78d7e70b27474b1ee95c5165e895b","b1ba68890d7d4050b302c55e9fc041880078575c5fc0feadd296dd3bf295de83","ce859ea8ce635c9ffd1621f04d68a115a3c98b15fb7bf1c903dc4b341afc09b3","af2e4d420aa1ef9b02bcd5685cce04b06f2bee585143ea34d6f5bfb6f2e80383","b2cc66e06d74621e7ecd1bda89175ab0d03f2896fae7cc58f9ff8df8f8d14499"]

Anchored

2026-10-05

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3083089221 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac51b…

Expected log hash

74b336b309bcff3112628e1f4c16da8950920df5b515dca6ef51f80bb0b0d24a 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":"v1791179522617","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:cewe/quality/finish-workmanship/en","quote":"It's a real shame that quality is being compromised","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-07-25","source":"Trusted Shops","source_url":"https://www.trustedshops.de/bewertung/info_XE3D21EA81A56276ACEED1C9AFB85F941.html","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 (8286585306e2…), 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.