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.

“Ich wünschte, es wäre einfacher, damit man kein Konto erstellen muss.”

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 2685152720

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

094d4760b82eb085775b0c0a2a22cc15b58f2c49c831fbf2fc6c088229341e09

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

d8izVv3icCh3GdIRMHER7MGJG1H0Qw9s3SHJM5lVtdNPZ3p/X3YnPQf7T64pmlqbVZLWUWZvIu2Bgd9Ph9zjAQ==

Merkle root

96fbff9333062c6f240ebc674c358d11c91e32417964c7b74e7a085ad09b3148

Merkle path

["094e1545a574970b9176f74414aa332fa7de1e9ba6c06a0ba90e07c81e9bc29c","73cc4136187f906ff0714356cd520db7bfc53862ab68c8441c2f3739d3c16924","0044765318763113531e47d5e429de74206826c4a14f00da5961de07d6e18a89","168c652a41a8a74afe80a9708262a4f4a601d9dafa43c596b07ec0aa71777c5d","05326107f1c1475ccbe5dedb95f7262fcf201a7f798b1d51da2a4ddd47011b2d","d97fad0cfad73c46eacd46446cf1011ac1c126ccbafdfd0b63bd9dc83877f72d","c2b2dddaa4c79a8c717c1cf5003efddf8ccb4d287e1238abe032445b61a677fe","af1d844e48ff5e7b7c0ee32cd857bbce63ab9be722906100d6f07f3ad55b7ceb","ecb85b6cc4a817ed52e0b7eaedb84db68ff377fcc3f61dd6e2671c2e472fd9bc","ebae1d59b203c7e7be7108a103e45c0dca654653d61aa95015f17e44271ebbf3","cbabb4f88d5d161601f36440a16813353b1cfbd132287ce15dacfb167930dd08","94f788ee88a3a5d0527e939fc2fb4326b3a860536a5801cfffd8d3c9817768c3","79a4550b200fde9b3a943415990b5226f73c8c365540528c8ac5ff0f8d838204","392c4ff19a61c37ccb09c095c4cdb0c4164ec867c437a8e3033cfe3fe2edd46f","60ceee9d6856471604c29353be774f78386c382c47f03b784bbb0ee7fd843f1c"]

Anchored

2026-09-02

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2685152720 · entry 108e9186e8c5677adce2…

Expected log hash

b48044e152c7f9f6bdada08baa42518b66cab68608ac945b90bbbe4a8f1ed0a5 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":"v1788347082424","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"subtheme:proton/ordering/konto-anmeldung/de","quote":"Ich wünschte, es wäre einfacher, damit man kein Konto erstellen muss.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-23","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.android","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 (96fbff933306…), 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.