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.

“Viele Verbindungsabbrüche oder Server, die nicht mehr reagieren.”

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 2647504463

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0c974abc65bed93fc8c6cdc912e610024ac1caa126d5c298ee655a4b41740138

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

1mFrlqPPe4NQ9nSNPfCuoTeOKuHpcGyGBUuc6LBGTkBvRHbUbNrfNS3EQdVh0KwQv7A4sikchTX/jvWSdvzdBQ==

Merkle root

fbbe54686ff192def9dac89bdc2006ad47a493d00db3b3a9ff43e3b123308061

Merkle path

["0c97237b6720f364a836a9856c7267cc392784cb205d16d133b1f117629d0d10","7098a2e8e12e6f737895b93853cf3e8250c84e94ae2364ce81d8249519f40fab","6c16628cb1b2ce6bb1fac322b95426dc2eda9951b7d810e11b84edbc095675e6","925e877a42457e2863099e36e60c773212b37567579b69f0e474bf096ff7cf97","44013ec8be1abb34c462c0ccaa6ee34d704eb645ae183196e325858b01a28223","2af3cd213ae3dd07a38d0abc9d5a91f92890d80b48b765098c50594efc9cbe4b","49ec07c5b175cfb2faa085f90960bd846e8f1ff7c23b5b556caef49d94bb01d1","f069b6dabea58948cb087931a9658865ea10bec4cbdfab7ff2f9667134121cf5","242fd2373fbab371e158ab2293169870780eeb15a3c3ef0415a88335808ec7ab","263d470def7580ad6e06d5702530792cc2575c633bd36550cc310c9483f9dc0b","0e6f6371b58cf2500327a70b004c370117a0f78370f876c41c96de96ca6b9321","81209070664570597e8bf61666e34f9722287e281f0452904740719a0e227776","625eca1bb9e6a91dfa6035d766ca1bb6ab8a6b58b95ce694996f607f2e15cc42","924cd389915044788bccd2a79bfcfb29ab0fa44adbc43b1e7877ad3c03c87c9f","910ae6498c24b3e218a7772cda41516322afe32b5ccc8489f6bd972bc23cc14e"]

Anchored

2026-08-30

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2647504463 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ab12e…

Expected log hash

3bc4a58498687620ad93cc1fb735b54a6af64886697db4c643becfe466e70236 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":"v1788063157670","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:proton/communication/de","quote":"Viele Verbindungsabbrüche oder Server, die nicht mehr reagieren.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-04","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 (fbbe54686ff1…), 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.