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.

“Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.”
Apple App Store · 5/5 · 2026-06-17

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): 4e0b5b30d6c61dc9aa012df6802dfdd501ddfa159600ea9d773fd6963171f533
Signature (Ed25519, base64): d0iKhQ1TR52E3rAFWq5OepMJecerS6lCdb891nwLIDt3DjDsbYdNBIcGeCkAEzL0GrBUEHzVXUJjhVrgJHNVBA==
Merkle root: c9e6077a1bda893f1455402f424b1d526c8cf2f47d428b611fd8d7fd8b45f80d
Merkle path: ["4e0b1f6df3958a3b4edae87274d9cfa0dff8c238f41bbb10bb9b9c07dd9de7af","fc4b08d2e989acaa75417d1fb8864d89f5946dcf1bc2a0455f9a54830e292cd8","2cb606fd5128ac9fef9600c7cea4d3d1ebfe3a5a413eea84aaa615ae8be36039","578d87a583ceaefcc757c43cbcc30f3175e3b431c223c945582c8483443b17aa","e6bf7a5ed2d18eb514e98baa7e5558126644012ea2bf78c9d3684b2eb6a8da35","2a5d83049746d6f8d5bc4302be6bb4b375de6e5d54885f4272ed401ece635231","1fcba5e5425e286c92fb0d20b7217eeb3d09e06ed9f42d10454ae436c7a1dd0d","608a5db6bc1169e5c15cecbae804789fbfe932bb30ef78df62f344b6e57b40da","f604e4017b448c35e400fa2617ca1059dda8c82eddf27315328538759be9a77d","3db8d1fc0333f8be4b9c4783bd004653371117a621cd2a29cfb8d1df365f1471","30fc1083398eec84acf34f60b38f5c10ce2b2d94bb9fd6c13d6893c831b5321a","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":"brand:lohnsteuer-kompakt","quote":"Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-17","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/de/app/id1586330607?see-all=reviews","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 (c9e6077a1bda…), 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.