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.

“Offered help, then told they can't help”

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 2594955598

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

165605e6ddac996eccd6edf8dd0745796af61e1bb9998d906f276bb83c33d9b7

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

BoLps00PayHMOMHPHbtEc+FVu/sEqmDxAffFNIuITnGWgmb+4B3RiYdfp610OdqrapkJ36DL1K1n5JZJeXN0Bg==

Merkle root

5d9e24aa3407e67ea2f2e26a5653a6d0076935845a1bad3488d2eda2ee88a81d

Merkle path

["16575648f4fc464e10cfdd1b8588260a80d8cb54348ab610b9dfc2c6a3458766","c9f3654750348c1a43fd93a97bcb09189095915e8a50b95eaeb461dbdce7f9b7","60983e782934f5ac556a9de2ea9d9977e765985ad0554932808c546ac8cadafe","6c1fdfd8722f7c46fef872caa9207b0e31a889089cd5f8d7bbfbe5ef47334167","27e621e458640382286582da9e496bc9914b7d88c8f3b000c1d670473eb8daef","e2cf92f19171cb3fa3d4a2c60df7ef03a46a5c85fab45bebe278df125b9cd6e2","c6ba4af557ca5e577daed3cb2aaafe4bb7ec0f7491c0b3d07f18fa821b1c07c8","740100a0695005864a867e6897d2ee1296af857af56b91fd4fb3d8e1dea9698a","1c97af8cf82e2eb84cf5e919b2b4ba757e7cc6cfeffc70688cdb901994fad41f","de257b14b54bc9f70494cc049143c88914429b46ee097bd1873b3900ef643fa8","f78c065a55e807142d1f2f099be6c006ccd2e6ca1106e8e97ee80728ccb72dcc","c8f76ca8defbf8ccb375fa4489c615b5d155a09a82432439ffbe5296f7a55c87","88cd2e092d86a2cce16a67d96208f41b86bc5e9926af919d175142df77f901fd","d52b5f7abb2d6c19af7e500fdba55bf56c359acecf50179e194e26dc83476c29","0df45e9918aa8c399d7782a38bada433a6ea05fc7a52d0a6a2d9fd2f836d191c"]

Anchored

2026-08-26

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2594955598 · entry 108e9186e8c5677aa8d6…

Expected log hash

98300f71cd632ff600fd4a8df7e6291aeb56582c5916b3a391d1e3bf72ef7104 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":"v1787717033238","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:sunrise/service/de","quote":"Offered help, then told they can't help","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-07-27","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a66ff2759536404f5d0b1aa","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 (5d9e24aa3407…), 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.