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.

“Could be a bit more intuitive, but not much.”

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 3273402563

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

14969afab89d019a1ca5760b079efb8763e7b629337e94d7067568d414288156

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

H62u8tnuVzOpUSbisDBu+JtPG/JrfUK4MlvPsNZVkjFUGDPaOVXUkxlmgT0QajDltFc/gCb3sJOKmkxM0MTrCg==

Merkle root

f157206eaf0681e32c282b6c87b482d5b05edc0371242c4555dfe07a805d46ee

Merkle path

["149912f89d1e308a8c37b3b641e5beec37ae879c0555e50f0d692f6aaeb324be","4880f7421ec145efefff7bfa80e03c0cc56d611add14ecdabc8071709513ae01","3bcc3659e5ff0a80f95fc75cb4cc02bf5111acb343200e8eac9bfd7c4277ae90","7b19c91222738bc27b0ec97ccfcf7368700b7e74a3ab29b1ac55af2f31510d31","55ce05839ca2b297923c8a3c4bb243c3bc4bb97243064cbe258b8bd758a4c62d","ab3e566cbd97b0862e58ba61cb71e4944d5b042cc3f453193d18e2f1b2f7a2fa","64589449f7c0d68aabd04093bb4e6ef6eab46346bbe6d984df828c25b3b1494c","248b592627981eddeb0a901146f4946fbcd464383a93ba49fadd21ba01991c04","6d035fae613fa0f0b07b1f688e5b49a6035bb9c3ca479a67a486c7d016aa7e3e","c2d4d9f0451cf088ca10a5190ade587a7e1e05ab40aed7b9236da6ed97b4dc66","9c625a75a9274c71647d761c2cd9f5bf940d702ef86f2a79f09f19f7e4637b11","c983079c81f3fe3701fa74b1f3d07ba4ae521d2aa67e53391f4fd7e312ac9423","18d3f68accc8835a5c40f0c374bff5769347a644756ac8ed830a1459ec4a0187","72cec015fa128b419dcf741d3ca687936e9595c259ab78dfd4256d8340270e61"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273402563 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a6df5…

Expected log hash

d39be9954db9139b182dabecbcfa2b9510337ba2b23ae56a3f9ebed18578385c 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":"v1792122859337","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:storytel","quote":"Could be a bit more intuitive, but not much.","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-07-01","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grit.storytel.app","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 (f157206eaf06…), 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.