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.

“Die Verbindung bricht ständig ab, egal welche Einstellungen ich wähle”

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 2579329594

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

17f127a3b7c541c8a46bef2f224b763afdd1b805415679670da7310379bd25a4

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

nVCXuizDUwYHm3i6YCjmKJDUzfmG8NPDlO3vt2186OIg/c2I1obvrYAVNt1XdQ0HXGLUZKVABVWw9icuKZC7DQ==

Merkle root

61c0358904092135da9dcafe8883af2adb0c61440bf491948394c6fe07255cf0

Merkle path

["17ee1c9d74ee1b2f6933bcf08e97a765961e0f0024e586b498bcacb24aaeac43","54d8e1998815d26b3fdd05dabc57a2a5d71c6254d7738b106d25eff3f77ade4b","5eb966b72d66a4ac61d834a4e5bbe1908a94294fdd1d4f717c9d4cff011ee0ea","a48e6975ce8498ff3bb6ad87467c99062386a26f2a85ab6a0788f8e21d9a8661","9256cf50310d9f50390847b79618a85278d72371f14651524b1c694c56191674","6e049eed0f37d6e76ee4ce1ee7f22c65f91c62dee496449b5b0f3cc6ef357d77","066efcdb38d5d6b3e9d0b9a8b7b198f0ae7dec8ac3d98410f75e01bb9b41ec7c","1cbd20f759e8217114788c84bb9f761f3e4c97f1cc2ee945ab6e0fcbea241b30","2859a960ac1a2c30c2e89b3572c799a2f24fc9d30bab0b4dec66103ad3b26e80","5cc7adda0dff51dad87ac1ad7c48afad8596ebf42b550126b755858efe7a038d","d271bf6bac47df993447020601c567ff2b4bcb045daf2184834525ac16bd8786","87520a43200c2a64131784e9fcaf857a7240782996abb4557bb54db56d1e2ad0","71cae424255aa4638e3d855f2e4d0d3ec8f410d9b00b335969ebfbb7884e48de","5f85197a8394f334f8f9e8be202ba3ec072c11f71435e83d07f11a0a073ecf02","6b5b9926e6b590cb1bd6278f63edc47584ee36101706f8e0b22f8404af273127"]

Anchored

2026-08-24

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2579329594 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2f40…

Expected log hash

bb1ce4990105a11e35218e4ee0348633e0f4be8179db75acbed652ddd79f7a87 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":"v1787538369368","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:proton","quote":"Die Verbindung bricht ständig ab, egal welche Einstellungen ich wähle","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-12","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.protonvpn.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 (61c035890409…), 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.