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.

“Bei Findependent gibt es nichts auszusetzen!”

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 3247957099

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

074114bdad6d6c6f7962bad91d20232e398611e75ee3aa2cd29bc47a18cb96ee

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

CKB99Fo6gowJxNmx8WsFJ3rGZzBiRcvPxmrNq+90LT6unRGotfw/vB3hskMyat/sX03GmXeAyOvnHGHASXOXDA==

Merkle root

417e79c5636392fe3ad064f685f70971e5d532c1ab257f052022be5e8b8c0dd5

Merkle path

["073f2789e82d17100f2362921cdcdb5e5dcaeeecf8c62e7f1ff9959ed4006aaf","88bfa3e3936358c7ffc13e9f6f15cd300caa294c6e891d894858f5efc0a588e9","adb0e29c51dc84a57d8b63f67012bf44a262983fdfe9e19e0017f8653e91892c","9aedf09ca6e1e8ff0c902592e20ee2a60c4875c3b58311596b2e3e337cd8573a","997fc9d8cd6646abea1ac3fd4dded02485b8915b667341d9697d2c0cec3b64d6","ac6d7214b4c408b89f0f29580703010a73d1378665da6a78ee44b7ee0bfc0727","f7ab5e969c93d94d8331cc1ec8db7180c255d58f119a2f3dac13215e4ae4c59a","12d92d521ad49567474df89d28d533820dc448d16d04a1a77e2c46bb1f1ee5cc","9009c0bf434a4bc39181880ee4454ebe48cc68dc35dad9dac7af1f582f1cc7bb","260b5f8c37ad8bc8159debe95a37b3aa3512981efa2b49fdc0013cd899a9c287","9848aa7690391972fc1e1c527156d4ff6421d5bf48b49106c60eabbbfb4edc4a","97cb88af2d1e7978a1c013f49971981dfc6f6640d100770066cc14dab4231824","a3445df7b332a2879d9dfcbad4af79652a13ea138d6afeb81448d347f1f2d128","57e0ae13344994ee6a0ba58ca5aa3276e7427d3c63abccf6f53bc322580decdf"]

Anchored

2026-10-14

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3247957099 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aa2a1…

Expected log hash

86fba1d35010991e0e45c044558780825516b744aa3dd43e559455260fbef42d 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":"v1791946591199","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"Bei Findependent gibt es nichts auszusetzen!","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-03-25","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/69c3aca87731310cd427c207","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 (417e79c56363…), 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.