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 Software ist unglaublich benutzerfreundlich”

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 2969645630

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

3cd06972c774d32e19cbfe52c1fd653e709566c441cbad143656d5d735b1bc77

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

JZFAEdLLCO8lLwcIKGdOpPhK5xEPr9xnUfjCVbjqWNcrA8cv1h1byKJJ/odsDQyZlp1dK0MHX2jzBH6PRzfSAQ==

Merkle root

714fd5c453665fb7238b83bb755c09ceea4f24c6bb04f621046ea8b9d5da1a83

Merkle path

["3cd13c7bdf9815b7be20699253e2c4e9dbf91dd06cf7c4c34da7c0d69b9d97a4","9f69db07c951f77fe946d3d253d00390e4ef94c7c8148056bae78c915df34bf3","56f97fa8e1f87eab846dd12346ea0c5a8a0f090019b9062d865c409edef76f0e","f888e521b0a1ee5cd51b1140838abf5e24ae6f7881b643c2da4475b8d9ae7b9d","39d791a32000d50f4831792bc2feeff7dc3286000e5b5c166c2603e87f3f362d","4377fa10e36e9afbf1a9a2a26466e89a9cf3d23b241bf931753847b6a08ab11d","ff09901106827373c369b70a956e7c58238839562e28049020ca2b0080a128f1","b48390881889f7aad255b13ae61a33ac0eaebb9e9b366b6ff76498b2c28c8880","33ea2cc6b668a1ae40fbdc22a78fbfac28ddc0f8c03026ecc4b8b7c21c116c98","8ac4622483a8c55250d05d12b19df3dc0bf79077068f99c14d573d518965aa9b","d8ebe25bdbb70820f98576258210a31a11a3947fac38db1b3ac37c323d3deca7","9d4aac16fc2f1c28d2f212f9f82ead6586570dbbd5beee78442716c57425577e","845fdb47367ecc34e59993e716bac94f091281e8b7d978616b0716239d2f69bc","a74e96815829544928f52d566d2e0783f4233c64b908a508f65038e2ffa1590b","0657d6cbf3a92507a9a9b11146527ccd4ea9969d68d2d85c40e1ac60d2ab4392"]

Anchored

2026-09-27

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2969645630 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac05f…

Expected log hash

9c269d3e82dba16de30aab3330968f6013b6b7908bdb2f7b3ce0083771a2fe3e 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":"v1790397996853","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"product:lexoffice/belege/de","quote":"Die Software ist unglaublich benutzerfreundlich","rating":5,"review_date":"2024-11-18","source":"Capterra","source_url":"https://www.capterra.com/p/182953/lexoffice/reviews/","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 (714fd5c45366…), 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.