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.

“Went quickly and smoothly”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-06-14

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 3272274666

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 4e818a91dc49ec469aff85bec94a5acbe21005f8600b8af3dc7f80769091fbf5
Signature (Ed25519, base64): yVWiv0HLhlfKSH+NYBMA0tmrrdxPL7a/f9K5DLTubgO9BvvUrwEezl+WZfmbyM0aDzuhrSknjFa/P5IQXwSoAw==
Merkle root: a4d47c2a34f6eeba31e2744fb1551fe9a0e34820dfc152f1ad93a68b24759c3a
Merkle path: ["4e7e69b3cf08a46c8e0079ccfbdfd4a814282a0b39dc12e9ecf7d49c9de432bc","e9a1bac6dc55c696e91f5fe7d9b0cb491c09e04086535a3f196609b54398138e","d88b87af2e919309460cfb1433808cba13edf69b039caa7a6cea28e258f0f8a9","c169a4ba8a3b56231cde320bbe3fd884962d798909056038a75182e7c9525733","ae998b7313f8525948c8de095f7be64cbb4c72413c505177a1e8f8b130d22e7c","3a3061f3128608c0fb4c9e2bda57e99cf88bac9381779cc7556f4c9fd1caf898","eead68dcc83567d8bb4cca69e806c1194adaa44613d3a8b075c6425ddce9968d","065d2ccfef6b06342d2af73cb36710a6c865a7a579a2063978ef6496b10a9920","b3c4560c18a0db7ca97c33ecc071473954cdb6dfc9620969f3021da6608b077b","0d448c92f9269d5b4149bb5c6d2229d1e2d427cdb1ae21af75d5388cbec1ff4f","fa5c6a8395cae267a2682d4e80befb78abfc6830a64c0e388d9d487ecedcb652","349e15569e0a1f4fe3a9d16d01f014e54bef7124bbf1f14bdc15063bbedc0e8a","0d7c4faad4992f205f2c1ebb2b0e4b1b7e9d070f1f77d3f8d64b80626c324f46","35108299fffbb5c1a0d86f074b5805457d73da5ec7c848a19bc9a928f6a42a99"]
Anchored: 2026-10-16
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3272274666 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2724…
Expected log hash: d56e71820b4c8c62b755e9f6e3d2b624566d12db6dd1606e99ef55749400c387 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":"v1792036997995","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:taxfix","quote":"Went quickly and smoothly","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-14","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.taxfix","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 (a4d47c2a34f6…), 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.