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.

“After a good two years, my tax advisor told me I should switch to BMD instead.”

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 3162293789

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0bc3739466697c073de61f6cfeeef024c765cf7ca43d19248c540a69424f90c3

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

wmHEkeLF4flLBQYTTD3DjW1PKxzew15WqwK4noSZtZfiZ61R+Ux7MH3d7Fn3MUGtlBlSkDFQpZYswGjwNt4ADA==

Merkle root

ab8d4de5853e13d360962f03dfb915842a42e1c5601cdaac4f2b37ad0ba96b78

Merkle path

["0bc46c02c5a8e582c169aca0dc064425791c7c02679514e63caa8606507cb721","dd93cc1e3dec7eaa83d774bf9c1cc86319dd2cfe618d67ba7d7f60b602ecb2c8","415d594ef9096d84a63d91319539ec7bb7e631560368b12f4e2bb55bc8dfc4bf","ac28fbe691205f7d3c66b68aeebabebe224d380a5085757008b6951eb08d1a3c","5e2e5d89c8264dc68e774eb469106fb87a6b23df0da3298dce3773a51b92ed4e","9c351a1f02da9bbf1230d5c576521e63dbbc13363709110d689c1258e6d9dcbe","f4b32570ae384d4fccb6f9e7fbaacc246fa042c21914b53ccd55e3e2710ac35e","8a98127abacc9c893e6454010bdacf0564f414159ab33283bd06b7c906849fb1","5cc223bf01b7e3d93f6614bded08fecc5b0e3fcce7344debea0cd6ca95c74ede","e18f60a49ffddbd831f0d95eaebf5d9e3abaea714d592640f492e7e9f708caf3","c05c95777d267c19c11a7321f727d98146b8abc20dc2b7086dcbe43b27c7245e","cc82dcedf1803fb9cd4fbf2969503996cb7816723bd49062350004454130bee0","b5d1a48b6642f5e918335ff168c322a90c6461c94c3bda6ded76ea663842f62f","6b7938d0463f2b633e195d7021170023360849e40ff5e64ffe0633d28e084f81","90ac6c76618b09f3702b50a6410c80828bbcb4ead0d9d85dda294a654717f483"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3162293789 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af0ef…

Expected log hash

49c1b9c7cf9c0180248092c94f6cb48d5e59f6c65f471decaa61f120e90874ce 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":"v1791539611981","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:sevdesk","quote":"After a good two years, my tax advisor told me I should switch to BMD instead.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-03-16","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.sevdesk.sevdeskgo","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 (ab8d4de5853e…), 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.