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.

“Die Mitgliedschaft lohnt sich.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-12

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 2969645630

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 077fcaf3d18e7b9d90e9b2ab26e1a977c9725a1f0c1193ca8e730f5dee7eac55
Signature (Ed25519, base64): jd3HZGZsdTlqhNeONi6dt7HqZnNQMtAkIJQZ4eSxRLMscvyhH7lbrLjX8MXqv2YuOQs+OIFJgw9PDP/0kSKeDA==
Merkle root: 714fd5c453665fb7238b83bb755c09ceea4f24c6bb04f621046ea8b9d5da1a83
Merkle path: ["0781ca6b95f330efbb8f68450c1b794dd97c7b8440d0cf4ca8124f5bd05bdd73","9de656ed892bc9091faaba541995125e24a8505c771a8a16fd10a304424e29ee","760820baec38453783d78cfafb3fb2c60d5b0192bfab87ab8d82909d41ae5ab7","231133b260d5c1253262b0a9c880e55e75a5990c650f3530f7998417762467af","9007178743683608e24d2cd6caa8897ae334d46857c6127ce13779b22df28405","c7b7bee39b9c7ab9aee68cac5dddfaac2fdcd424fe34bb5127721d9b3fad33a8","106011432a6ad7fbe26c82879e4a1428d0c342f0beaca9b9433367dee774a4ce","3fcf11a64150d8db7af0121dd49ce46c92b54fcdc28a351c4fd0791bcee00d98","79229bd50c15d034541dd9eaeac79e51d6e650e2fe38b0950a33821ee8ae26ff","39473ae45e1a707a06d5e99ce6ce3c02357936185b6da435884ff961c04f2ed2","50f99c063fecd367b05573e1a62feb08e803bcd5cc2840ba172cfff53ebd31f2","a6fc7f67c8dec1a5a97b5d9458b8a57f50e32d9fa436e584b82aadf86ba4d49d","ce1ff7273d6d96bd265bda28caf6843fd2c81dddfd8d1deaf6e8068db252318b","a74e96815829544928f52d566d2e0783f4233c64b908a508f65038e2ffa1590b","0657d6cbf3a92507a9a9b11146527ccd4ea9969d68d2d85c40e1ac60d2ab4392"]
Anchored: 2026-09-27
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2969645630 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac05f…
Expected log hash: 9c269d3e82dba16de30aab3330968f6013b6b7908bdb2f7b3ce0083771a2fe3e 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":"v1790397996853","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:proton/price/de","quote":"Die Mitgliedschaft lohnt sich.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.android","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (714fd5c45366…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.