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.

“giving you the option to use easier methods”

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 3082153890

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

313712b22fa279bae9115b0ff5f76706b8e16fb378347f3d9806a7e095689292

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

wZ+kDuDK8t2ul0ThtaBkr1LKQAcaFzAPJsJFeicqqcvorLM3CWsP2obf8dKvyFoVpWM2B7RGzUaKxtbVUDNBBg==

Merkle root

400ee8bc8bb6e48ec8bd5ac7598e893e5cb7545daceec4f0578b6b1d061e7911

Merkle path

["3138b19f292d6cd8069c338a96563b8a31bcc63677f655ee7e91f672438094ea","b203e6a862c525098617fade9982e8908f34b6d02eeece3a0e97df932dc62e0d","371b6e26b20b693030c1db98f17aa051100f5eb0dfcd2056ccb66fd75d107db1","b207fdc35322effe35c9b018b4fc245a6c74c5b61c654df7a36bd315678f0c7f","b51e0a2d11150e27d799c645e29b6666dffba690ab096b09ef81d37883e58d61","3617fede25827ba83d758ae7ffd765fbc19b8819a4934f3f8d0577b2aca288f3","64b92ce7919566dfdca5f00478f4d9af706299b3e6d821bbbabb48b1386897ba","e7a424b0d294050b7a4232fae777b828abd7fedbb1e9afc38df6f3db5c723710","b21b0867447c4bfcc39594db7f93cfc19e567d24ec54167723915ae82a76e052","80e36bd34a7c8d78b957dd6f1a17976f5e640227904dd46b583f1fe0d9475e22","05d8733660740b027cedcb5998f454a5064d0a35965fba3c28b1330e9ff2948d","1c260934ad839e3752daa759b4a570c4960f3263905f31ad5aa7610622752628","81e5928bbd5026857bec085d8693993066d3f6d2381ee910a23396515bcbc310","3e875c75273cb6de71b32afeb0515bfc68d941b50d1d4d965b5eec9b8f79e681","da3c78d15c3e7e744f2949813be9d01fa753f12e538edb94a65a960b11043d47"]

Anchored

2026-10-05

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3082153890 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a31d2…

Expected log hash

cff4076b1696aa395d1840cc38c433580d1b7821d298d64e1adff5db6503370b 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":"v1791175845570","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"brand:pdfgear","quote":"giving you the option to use easier methods","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-04","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a9aaeb9432e3d6e28d1c2e0","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 (400ee8bc8bb6…), 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.