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.

“because there was no 'do not bend' note for the mail carrier!”

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 3668793196

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

03f3838b1e5756f0697fd738d5faee38bd11226ebb81c59eaade3a43cda66721

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

/dk1BAfEdypusbG1Xt8BxEy92pOvkamfz5Z071kUdK0SOn78QXZjfpPw+ZgF1OUP6wKzPLNeHUlZtnb4doD1Bg==

Merkle root

8552de27836d9c1d73f2670cf2bc11df6459e7443d47ace4674278484e3a6d8e

Merkle path

["03f971554a093a543b27c572e2556af283bd68e5f8b7a10a8c8e33ba999a3f9b","4cf04f65afabffb695c50a5c27b04ae76b104492cb6a0d2e9e9cf0ec8d99b8ce","0e7274ea9929884f30ad34bb891fa7b21d29d9404dff67b09251bbf871d7c938","11263541e6eab98803b76aa625513d826f892d5b5faebdefffde504921438fd6","1450a5a5cefceac45172b0e2ab1a8b1ec4007afab70098410f96906f10526599","9732ac117a46200c83c78d3db467b6427e9371c8eec4fc0dd0d5b395dd705bf7","4fa683011e8b23eb0659bf0ad398dda6e342690c8192b719a46581026586292d","bd7680105cca0422f35f61875ea6d06aa28842d68663a98eb3946d4432685faa","05a0133faae5b41888fa08b9ab118800c7ee3f00b79ac5bcfc95749160affae3","7835ca71fdfea746279b7644da599f2720670e215fe623045002700f11ed5642","4f17a7ed38c98f7a470320811cda3089cdb974f325cd6f8590ff2ad504addacf","521a2de35e4b98beb07bc39254cf192902ab2b5298a659e0538f167d5630eb48","06f625e80da47a14c2d3e7027b88f7f89c63e459e05ddda58b98e60b36bc2518"]

Anchored

2026-11-03

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3668793196 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8c91…

Expected log hash

f099839a063ebfd0b66050d615b9645cca5be77075ecec449f1aa0148fdcbfea 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":"v1793706932685","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:cewe","quote":"because there was no 'do not bend' note for the mail carrier!","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-08-01","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 (8552de27836d…), 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.