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.

“The tax office just takes forever and the payout time takes a really long time.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-16

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 3248278454

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 55903f855ce49d69700da05035a8958e09108979ea3e5109a8bc2cb83ed2d29d
Signature (Ed25519, base64): v2LbPxNSFUa1O7u2OB0HZ6MiThXJSZG85aWL9uxcNU1z1yr39bs6C29szzDPIMl0mvSzn1DNFN9gOuOdIeZOCw==
Merkle root: 81db1abd6b6e636da393518bb64e907fa9c48581b44ac2be5a9e74d02608e451
Merkle path: ["558b0db0a282bb0ff6c58d82b5138eecda725a8dac210bfe7aec08a109ef9b24","165cf8d73fc7466c53df1c3eca5f9732edf312d586d251b8bc4fb4388a1a1393","3d75c5fe8e10ce3f6edbaaa2bf1d2177e1014301524d1504a8e3d36762fea8d6","6fd95baac2bcb460a1fa77def5005c325d6ad33d33b111abc6c058a7666071e8","37e9cf61594df65668a43a33ea3008850864f5977f871f53fccd511e51bb2fd2","6517efd96049a20bf28182c22772afc5039946ca5a2fef0cc59c26e849916f75","8c14b91d065a71b4a5f9aa8da463388fe6024f7b80aedfe2bcc32f4bf7fab4c9","182fe132e54c9919133ccb2b26e42f89056641332456c5d060bb9a167ff736f8","70a5b8423616571fe252da06b6f46426d78649d708d1a4c505c65f5022428e47","fa6ccde5491dafb2ff778b45d3e8a09145a1c3f73ea1c2557d62b83aeea5355c","cfd5cd803ada667f9ca2715e10233c8921b1a46fc863f814c429b8b24bca26b5","3fdfbce5ad21b885f11747a0e764cb6dc9b91f78a8b6101f3123635e0a22e27e","4fd1b36929337d346b3723be273df6d7588bc7b080f058260d538b3f309857bd","6fa310e475466f0115dd6b7ba199f23e915f2a513e2610274356ac5bd367e940"]
Anchored: 2026-10-14
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3248278454 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af67c…
Expected log hash: 4dfbbd25ce402c4821f7e2d50b18e091e9a30465f45669967c545fb71910f358 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":"v1791948368672","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:zasta","quote":"The tax office just takes forever and the payout time takes a really long time.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-16","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.zasta.app","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 (81db1abd6b6e…), 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.