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.

“Fast and uncomplicated tax return submission without any issues.”

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 3029042635

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

49f2f07e97766d5e4a191930d17ef043f4a87107f432588c4d9d675db48122d6

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

VP0dPwiES5yEvmXfdukzDqtxRAj7GX0+o17GWWhVaAT0DsFV+2UcXJs9DRT5JPinkYJ/xK4gxan3LdY5FuaZBg==

Merkle root

c9e6077a1bda893f1455402f424b1d526c8cf2f47d428b611fd8d7fd8b45f80d

Merkle path

["49f4159f8fc1c9337dc666a6c3b54e39085ea7b4112d074f0535e09c19cd5003","632bdd8fede30c7d9635161f63720c574acdf20738ab5f614c73c4610f4e23a7","203ab1c297e5919a64fcfc161a11a6f586a1d33b4438a2a23b1d5897566d4c73","f4afcfc932f60cff869f17313f803ab50dc4b577f8be89e564055e6ae4cb2d1b","984d1acd60a32da7d6dee61e1b4b41241bc3f7d0335b239d55c27bfec12d5742","90599d10b2259c74c4475ecff1c9ef338e3fe71f90013f364373a37f144ebbd3","d1cfa0463bd429489fb1f8306bcb7bd53883576bfb23100c97af9957c8fe5e39","4f7573d9526b14234633d3e4d765bb43004091b1179ce0c764d65e3dfdda8587","f605045012efac0880f1c8796e5e8cd9a3f693ba74744b5a80150fa9a27ab591","09d8a5794d79b6812e534b9be2ff0cd3411884bc9acf6e091ed3dfe13f762a48","e716050b298dd445ebe2bd3a1215a2a1bb7c360bc4460d26d5aa07217467f280","77ad17870763b70b21faec0de64495d7703fd0674b5718a54f4f7b3fa2194b17","5434394b9627a4ebf7fd63155d59abf9174230c181f6f2ffbfb36e5af0b4c369","c9db0e8749b6887bb580bf4fdb35a1633fc15dc78bce76027a2c70ea28ea9aa5","5322c97ccb72daa49a07d25ff9fa0bd42fe425058f30f6fb1f272a0b90ad3b60"]

Anchored

2026-10-01

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3029042635 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4403…

Expected log hash

38d9b7e95b1b3c998a8128983d818774fe7ee047adb6f05ee608495c2d7aa418 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":"v1790741815621","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"subtheme:lohnsteuer-kompakt/ordering/intuitive-interface/en","quote":"Fast and uncomplicated tax return submission without any issues.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-03-10","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/de/app/id1586330607?see-all=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 (c9e6077a1bda…), 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.