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.

“Can't stop this scammer from deducting money from my bank account.”

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 2684249937

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0a86ff500e20ce5cfaa4693a6452322387aac6711e696eee2c5a65217a31bba5

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

Xa6b2zo3SZRWx+V2ttEOL1oUVyM9PgODNC4RLRNbZcX4BGXRopGYZQngB6dyoMLq1603sqR7cRF4xnUlCJh0DA==

Merkle root

57e60dc521a4ab8ee39747670ba01310ec9c3f92c64800e03425c0a645a7f8c3

Merkle path

["0a863121433a9b1d96eb5077876ddc32917c82afd7a28c3492204c5fe8f8b1b1","b5c6bb9544b77f7f31aa1a03cc3e4ee38f15d44e8fe6c78aa29a63ecc0fcd372","43ec7b15e9929179a2d16e8effd8435200081505389b17a75a73962e66f194a1","5f7946b28c8dda447f181680a3b6d44889c0607450f9ca6733bbe4d5913186eb","3c4d0210c505abc435a8381bcccfb6d84d3136036b950d3daaf9814e8b55dc1d","e4aacc894892f2c1dc6445941ec83aed6df002a77e67cbd0faf18a1c51c31dfd","8073842429a83a7d8b330f58ea090eefbc88bb51985c94ebed1ca8d1400011ca","6b12952051008dc894640144d00b0fb0e8e01eab4223d27e829b0f9f7e0377a8","fe1ba3a251c937404d732c8b70bd7d668fadd05c0e77ec3b3cf3889b00cf68fa","e29289300e7e5fb4ab57148d1f6ae3dcf174621ea612e26fe246750d901c4882","727fd922a23c440ac2a60248f361a2b3785869137989ecad4faf9b75cf8b3fda","93c63a80b8e3489d0ab8339ec4503845df462143333ed3d531894d0e245f4a12","fe5d111587316ff31f5b38fa29f046572eebf5a2bd99ba16667a173d27f92a5c","dcda2bb48f4a1ab26f6126b1aaafb184e5f8d3630133c0cad42caf115918a81c","a1d5535cf9f405ffdd99d322e20ae6357cbed1419e88c64471b565623f0a674b"]

Anchored

2026-09-02

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2684249937 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a47d4…

Expected log hash

46538ec60065603bf54101fff011eda05a02a8a062bf118596692399059b11c2 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":"v1788336087966","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:smallpdf","quote":"Can't stop this scammer from deducting money from my bank account.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-06-28","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a40642906665431964d8c0d","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 (57e60dc521a4…), 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.