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.

“However, after a complaint, the invoice amount was refunded immediately.”
Trusted Shops · 5/5 · 2026-02-05

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 2542879916

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 480788e4d9b41d39368740cc10065e76649c9626afb4a8d342db5d45d0f11d8f
Signature (Ed25519, base64): +5GVp+vS7/x7RBF1aVHhCGqUbhkngvxtvBOU//djIfXNXZzn6qWFRb9ihlciRtO3mAqAYUHdZYsPGBqncxVsCg==
Merkle root: 681242bb8cfa94d3b60cc06de1bbe3e5e124dc1675276b11df0aaabc9faee58c
Merkle path: ["48059ad7dc263cab16775c47c7a880c44da9b671996f7c1e5aff8122f66e89d9","b0744fe2920250a6c9ee0729827ceed818d1229c76484ec9c74753fc1d61d711","f84b17b36bade7c908811e4ed307a588c1e5a5f9e828da9e23004719021ad92c","09f7bbccd453be809c188521807f9402c4155f7505e6eb7a59facd90885b1a98","7450879fafee91b8bcd287b670d5dd5571b7fd902561a31eeb2f655b2f6a757e","204d23797f42084f02c88acc7cbb6ee6f258dcd2cef790bc9953b6b8bb3b768a","63b2f4bae36c3e44a218847484b7abae30fcaab0d49a1a7c4c607e806fdead47","dff868edfa9261e09fad6a61c8c6f2b440eee362c8011654bdbc3336b115f472","6543997dd8c138c9495353b73dedd2e190029885f7dd330c4d31f359d2aaa71a","872753b67efdbbbc2f82b2dba3e6ba822eba2168b9690e20381b0929b1964a30","193c8ec985e58e63082c7441e9f9bd5b88ae4baf809ad92bf75402bfcb40d80b","97ce548aa17d964696b9f173e45dc7b64b9cef42fa2655d3d3423462baa6b078","ca35c0fb2a839613499bd489c6b0c2aaacd771cea479126a5506cbbc9ba09ce1","018848b1e64bb342ebfcf3461012f852a9938ad88239203d89ee764353ea1567","78eca2193b177c5ad7546ff5d365dd6cb79efa278dddff5151740888f319c0e5"]
Anchored: 2026-08-21
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2542879916 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2329…
Expected log hash: 8337812f20bf1207a3c96eed87ab975d7e92ac1421dcded24507b32e456b788f 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":"v1787282728402","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:cewe/billing/en","quote":"However, after a complaint, the invoice amount was refunded immediately.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-02-05","source":"Trusted Shops","source_url":"https://www.trustedshops.de/bewertung/info_XE3D21EA81A56276ACEED1C9AFB85F941.html","v":1}

Verify in the public log

Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (681242bb8cfa…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
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.