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.

“It was much easier.”

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 3666689888

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

1ecf49d64830ddd9a446b029f8747499da642403833985232710c637734250a6

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

t3m9tp4os0Skk3UMM3q5JnHbkT9E+iJlcQ3Jfd0z2y9BzIiSKnmhZf0lsBkk38Ol6BzBpY1Virlk2dpFzUNuBQ==

Merkle root

2398b9ffe5a3df5012483239ae50d07265a8714a6b9a03ccf48b3559c47e03cc

Merkle path

["1ed0e6a4ca990d21514e1004484192e8a4aeafc0629e47d918d9a8a558aad269","5aa22c17c371e0b677add0eaa5afe516cf7cb2867a4cda38ab92768f19f58166","f5475c3be7abbd41415fd89d7821ee3fad6d4d14e01bbdbdf182941114ca4d18","9a5936683ee811e69cf501a81eef491530cf8585978c16ca04963f0095bc3b48","22b699e3e07359d5a52d3b6e75c96576b12f52b5d92c5879534402361d8fc932","4156407fe174ab6bf65897718ebd58630c85e792f140ef8563c64816e1a47e99","8a84c2443a08f954b840e3e8d99ec1f5b7c68480733b3d6f735829ae20e0bbce","7c00945c20bbda42106f3de01505e3a2b71de8a1e634b796b15bd92ecf51e548","1dbc9aca4515a1597c19af4c2cbc771963dee941acaccccbef5b38fecb7f3a4f","0060a9d0204afa146108afd7c471dd439426ec51f9eed1fc598da8bbd67ba42d","a505e83ead23bb585f8c086da9b8f713935fae2b0f0246680b2710029f91a4df","3c9498483c19a648725a0d444d70aacd539e3c6670689e94505e87b6aa5f9803","69e20c73bdb345f66641353c13ba7e73f98bd05396ec371f55992c40dd6b22bd"]

Anchored

2026-11-03

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3666689888 · entry 108e9186e8c5677add57…

Expected log hash

081173480bb584ab401065f32774d38ee3dfdcda0f372573695ae49a257a2dc0 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":"v1793701859167","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:taxfix","quote":"It was much easier.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-11","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.taxfix","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 (2398b9ffe5a3…), 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.