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.

“It is very difficult to log back in.”

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 3258859570

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

0de272226cd4831cd44ade4bdf9f665630f049de498b7690489492ee689ffe09

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

pq0PDdg7i6fW05L1g1K9vLm2SiNn1WRfbnYDUyUKsrqLNg8pqZhk7sgZCNkDTg0cdpVUU+RctEUFlziDvP3jBg==

Merkle root

ca3049e83faa90e23a8ee728d82960c74b9da8080000e4c92979853b767b75e4

Merkle path

["0de3a34f852019facdab5ef75904d678350e438da3c5e910506fe0b47a99875f","07f01154dbd4949f4568e3002153d1f04ac8bb9af36f037efbe24d0e0bf34c35","c02edecd82cd6ce5c9612b100d07df71a71918fe548142297b15ae32c2060ce2","89bb288bdd736cb2bc883ea11985843558400d45c30ce1f7932c37dde3f72add","d6d13a69dd763a834d1c038c6ba49c0c8cd80d8bede60e2b1c214a089b6e6857","59df7d38d552c1235f28751b5d25278489a05e6aacb25f349a47762d30be4300","2c770b2901a6e763b3e8794981c0086d93a7436d9ca5047b43cbbb54faee0f67","2282921b71c74f4fc83905c470141b60f3c806fc92028321aa6d8d40cebcf2ca","db2a1ba8f3fa2b050cbf1ebb2d4a01724f77ed146cb0b439dddf9e121df4c85f","ec33680bdf48dece235131c83bd2a728f78f4428a4454c6c7a0412b932625c21","82910a5026a7e6ca5de409e1fec5e3a85e26dcb97a04bb4734e3b891249e3f3d","c528a565399f1c43ffb0fc3019a2c2cee2d7413a87787555bb34d4d613541976","3eed51977edad6c2579b7e509587049321fa77487298d3b73535214036c0118d","7614ef067de1e21e5c4ed10ec802ff07f79b9dfb75186edc1d9abf343905b9c9"]

Anchored

2026-10-15

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3258859570 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a8fb5…

Expected log hash

37382a24206a9b79ef105a983cf477ccafc4b4430b1549876c44fbf5fedaafa5 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":"v1792034893828","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:taxfix","quote":"It is very difficult to log back in.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-02","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.taxfix","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 (ca3049e83faa…), 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.