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.

“Software ist nicht für Freiberufler geeignet, obwohl dies beworben wird.”

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)

0de270384e0fd5b6f4a5d6d1cc4bd00d17ff0730c74df4d56afa20466dbb6695

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

RUmDUhD9mhzns4QQsGbDe2Mz+flKEyKy1Lfzh918upSddzgUFnpEJ+qcLJfYPAI7Brt64l2ZfmVoak843xS1Bg==

Merkle root

714fd5c453665fb7238b83bb755c09ceea4f24c6bb04f621046ea8b9d5da1a83

Merkle path

["0ddfd74fa0753ae37c2af988a27fb42c83af9a31c7ab51cd1541a42da2d61563","9be2e1491903d4c62c3ced84c1ab96983cfa43cb8b3aba048c76ab4680ff8b42","d09635825b4459a13cee071eeb8ebe50f8a5cf26d527a14a694ef2807be407f6","0bbee1fafc2c27542740830a7d93c52a3780b38321854453a4798bebd39b958a","023860969574fbb376711f76890c1e441a50c94fad5515797873016e38bc2cd6","a7478b48fb86fb593610db34ea915206a3435ea8eb9ca2cd66dd75cde0c7ac48","16f67ef14fec47a44224c7e5e25c638a5d22be8e80f3b4331d547baffbcb1370","d9b1985af9ef59fbdca646120f2f8b1d697a49c8c6356c7305ff118f57f74b22","2456f2cc28e947bbac388c6277196d9a2f357e11cc582bbf811e23bd0e663d66","9d80ed5afd69c104ac4dbb1d7fab821bec84995f53cb2edfcc07094ed030c252","841678a42a43403e499c3643ba008509cb57f989e3d6712b502fd49bf3564d1c","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:lexoffice/quality/de","quote":"Software ist nicht für Freiberufler geeignet, obwohl dies beworben wird.","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-28","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a913f9365de375aaee23084","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 (714fd5c45366…), 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.