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 raises the suspicion that this is done as a way to increase sales!?”
Trusted Shops · 3/5 · 2026-07-09

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 2515095234

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 12093d5da7394c35284b186b7e546860f6618bdf0f35dee196bb261fe1142918
Signature (Ed25519, base64): OVrU9WBJ8BBsqkeq8XiWcS9sfSNvb8wSOrgcpRYq97I2sWqd2wh9TjJUDLtTMpUcyY7sEJt8Ii0CdSOdOnb4DQ==
Merkle root: d9909e7ff193b610d96d9930fa8111baf2fdaa08b732478b03ded2b9e1e52914
Merkle path: ["1205c84f75532fe6c77f394786d642a104c96f305c5af3df7cab8b615ab48dad","6caec6f85723f478c353a6ddf849a14be2e5c3d4e24a8102218c991ccc9e372d","373e0a0129064e20c61d32ecfa2f3f46b684df16c2c19eef980b6b6a84695e47","8d0fef071f24dc29541a85546a956c8de7efff8f4d56308e389933b31fde2314","639b5776cab54c6c897aa54f3f160d229112840b5f832427a34144177465f939","6714771920d17d606c27a3fb0fb1c940bb2edb1d05bfa297d91a671b9bcf97a9","b6ec1d4b6f994d13da9524bc4816e529b0e83c9e6dc6c764e538c4952477271b","ddd92942c0957949ed7308eefaa60eb659d84a46aa086850c6b5273dac7a8ea1","3519e221ca3aa3cf3f8b3e0a0ba332d5d4b7be9ae3a6344d8516cbe8c8ea0cbe","ca615ec362050b3e86f49c1d8130ab71fcb4868099f921e6b27b2e97331f4965","23bacc8063136eee0538c5fca4900d614216b82643459191e73bcae8b27251b2","d0c545501ec6b40886bbd7f01a63b389d170722a1f58d9eb61157cf85e3ef9bf","717fc4742794be36cf72805fd12ab627b31b870eb5c244ddb55c2504c3c85510","c8967a31c6292f2cfc7ed9c390f7083b1880ea886157cf89b881616d7130d93d","2aa33c224957c89d7d414cc43142ae7c4368efde4f1a1b6051ee910ab17bf997"]
Anchored: 2026-08-19
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2515095234 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a299c…
Expected log hash: 6f0abb2e15f57da153d99eb9fe756fd2540bcac51fcddbf7ac60c4be3cfb5f7f 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":"v1787136684512","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:cewe/communication/en","quote":"It raises the suspicion that this is done as a way to increase sales!?","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-07-09","source":"Trusted Shops","source_url":"https://www.trustedshops.de/bewertung/info_XE3D21EA81A56276ACEED1C9AFB85F941.html","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (d9909e7ff193…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.