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.

“Cannot skip sections if you don't have the information handy right now”

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 3273084324

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

4907968dc4e3ff65ed96391596e35eb7761c344303a8bff39952acac863f9c16

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

cUB1XYaYww8+1TqFX58LrjBaCKVsgUuFD16gQ0kYlb1Htw7g5ie7AD3y8oLnZddLRbNIGj4X63YJAhMKaw3RAA==

Merkle root

4591ccf5fcdb01ed421243d02df5f30203ce391c077d4ade1ff5ee97e69e252d

Merkle path

["49059a16963eab12e05f4e15b16467dcf1f344fccb80157258bc4f8045d189a4","7ef19d4f530aaa257a2299755d81054ce06e0d1a156016283c83f4b011ddfefa","86d8e953872e3681420b07f27311be00accea46ae9c46546419cfb1e89dcaa6b","4d7d06e5c97ff1335e6d98a937d12faa5abfa47bf3e524d28ed644f42e313bad","16411e743a2008b1cea14d44620484ba33894c965dfd1cc25a25ec06302d4db3","048e7521eb5c69155a500d3ff38938a24c7bf2233cd349ff3cf04d0b31a4302e","1781375a632c9e12c7d46d8bd373d173fc46dec56df1398e132a1ac3a3f4c131","6275333db0f7cbbfce05c1715eefab8c6e2b315360fe1f68f609e99355fc18af","2e2454ddd30574d68415946be4ffd20d80310e9984a22ac51dcbf787269eed1d","44846ec350c276b836f8942b787fbf96831085c44ecca954d83f3bf1691f4c2d","4077d45f7e9b4c595bfe3585b1dc6afb588f7ae2c6ada74452a93c7e85829009","71deffdc3e60d0983d04bac22af47799e28ca987643ad6dda198476b887a69da","d52611af45c7ef524ab63e970b046a1061f8173af77bce3332bb854291964d99","04789af0aae7a52bbc7d5e129e675a1c89df82999aa606ccdd23b89f718c4ff3"]

Anchored

2026-10-16

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3273084324 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4edd…

Expected log hash

52df3e0fd214b96d6c701f5f337408916b7566fa39826e2404f759c290be1eab 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":"v1792120358245","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:taxfix","quote":"Cannot skip sections if you don't have the information handy right now","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-08-27","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 (4591ccf5fcdb…), 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.