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.

“tiefe Gebühren überzeugen”

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 2543266411

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

16e852d9d6ba5a1ffe0e62d8436e35ec25961e5d065a85daf9a639001b28258a

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

sfhTPQZe1AzhAPYQrnM4zL18fDmgP0njecRv5KRN2j0cBVPWHygedpr5puNXbvXR+gsc4ZTLAH0efI4yy+csCA==

Merkle root

8ffad6e97d1457610bec7a891f189d1ba7dd7a92ca672c69ff1ce3283acb4b5c

Merkle path

["16ef0ef33774afde88e97ced1bd73050ddd5825ac47d05db5c76b482d2de5242","5285baff5f3321d755e2c18710c0478f5f936ff80b9f583d337303a2ffc94341","59ee80617fe1a6ce7522cd4a1a4bc4cfd79fc64fae6100d9338565d571d62d63","8a8d80c06d4a23297b7d33b3588ecf646517c5b6c1ce22b89722b7a236f3575d","f805ab4bfbbe1f4b6914b01319c324041696d14e6892e437568878a2bd07eecf","3b5be8bf037dfa3a464f8553aa6d04799e31c80511be9898c0729a24b6bf6c9f","8047175ae8850f0171d825d1f9e08ed308a90cb875c6c2d936040f64844cfcd7","c3cbe95b677692b981d5384a7a2916e731d0bc4add283c0f673b9c169be25669","85f0462933a4674e0a5d79c822a9815cb13e27d8549cb00fa7765f242e063eb9","13decb0bdd1c42f1e4bce22d77f628ec9f32fd7e2fd1d7a9f3b469e44c5ec301","1e3928a3bde2db10da8a6644444e3980debd83ad7fec905ac20693e611210898","d64f3721b92c9ae5b9df50985c17025ba26aaaf1939e950e5e063d45934e49dc","a96778a5baf37ff274f68eb2f3763035e6ca2771bce9e48327b04149f6a9cf89","c3da944168348f2737a3a033a43606f7965e05f20058b59547dacbfe770ef5ce","e9f7ba9964da1314f660fb2f84a68d574ffe9983879b5b54001a09ca5cb5f33e"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2543266411 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a241f…

Expected log hash

443ef8f29d5167ebb4c56a46778facd07b7651afa8db2d089c14a991ce0d04db 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":"v1787284817344","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:findependent","quote":"tiefe Gebühren überzeugen","rating":5,"review_date":"2025-12-19","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.findependent.android","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 (8ffad6e97d14…), 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.