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.

“However, after a complaint, the invoice amount was refunded immediately.”
Trusted Shops · 5/5 · 2026-02-05

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 2893887498

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 142281d184f5ee8859473b6557f76cb1eb0d585826e897767973db79a68cf636
Signature (Ed25519, base64): M54THY9SmlaC0LM06iq2KxA6iWPFLox3HlyfiyHLLTyoj1OYmRyu/952dcI4t6yckDoEPEVTACcobv1HS573Cg==
Merkle root: 2f068f3de56bebe7a575ba4a979c9244445d2350140e36238e088fa40fbfdd88
Merkle path: ["14233cbb016978449ca7eaf3852b7f672f42c9c3002f1a43ebd5e6204ccaedb9","a67abe2a8db2ae24438b42459008d0b8ac729597dce266f56fa2787f60995660","61cf86931a4a5e98136caf54c38158384634ef0845c15b7ef4c1dcb49981787b","22421391775dcfeb78026e7db8d6b2be76fd66733cea21184a388046a85cb891","705a098ddca0ec6c42dd345f231f99742d01bbf4a0074f2080ad5e8848e7f81d","50f0cc9064eeadfd20ea75b92b9775202f749c774964462a3e670daa74811499","7196eafbc7ad089f22359a0fc2c58fff9fc325863b48e33a1e1f449941ce13d2","cea8f18610267357093f4756b06511dc33bf399e2cc2089b5f395376a6474aa3","fadf75d787d1824cc3b87c78baa663f938a990d261147f09f844df96d3e380f2","ce143213b0d7d2b75f99c1cca7d8f67fe72a0932c32d6b7cae3cd07ca8c8a66c","bb0a45060c9930c51dad465c00cac4eb1887964117972af627743ad84b2e65c9","b8cfb68a145033d7a3285a85a67ec25a6d084bffd75ff809bcc332bbb80a7a76","3b092fa48a78448b4db01d94e347dbde2c39988a6fba76ec91ab78b6f236682c","03c5fc675733b417d9af5e071de3aba38ae7f09fa5781cbd0133ff9d4e234e36","98191c82333f4385e47f318835e01d44ca8835262c6d0df40edfd5f6a4dc5c19"]
Anchored: 2026-09-20
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2893887498 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af79f…
Expected log hash: 90099e0300c6e23b62e79318296ebab91bff130379d248ada57f044f77e72ccd 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":"v1789796056710","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:cewe/billing/en","quote":"However, after a complaint, the invoice amount was refunded immediately.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-02-05","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 (2f068f3de56b…), 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.