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.

“Could be a bit more intuitive, but not much.”

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 2514967984

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

634d7169b47789bcbedf0dbc39e7f761a1c409e13c4b12d5caf557b55d55151c

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

pqRH0Rw9b2UN4YMQU6SFy5co9OLbvHfb0iULv5ElGHB8s/Sh2zlbki1XQFXyfFGYWcByFOxlAGanMmgGSK2uAQ==

Merkle root

9ddf6b9053b6e5e7a2f15ee7f3bfc8dfb72c48a1917ae5b7e553033e3ded6523

Merkle path

["634d546bef4f80bbbbd8d576fb15dcbd5d1648df9975514cb553f98dc04c68fd","9354c08575ecacacf457b008f5d714e6297bea1a9d9900c8d2ee65ef30dcb287","919f19dd35eada149909c3c023a1d655f5f7f9f7501bf0eb26eade1af2ee80fd","6762854d6feac1d499a2b2b101cb62d638ab4c5a3db571e3b5c0b09a3428eb81","84572cc050b9769952546f92743359acd651f502dce40183ebc6c9791e07cd93","6706c17996472d4b5e1895668c3e761aad14aeb7d5c51b9feea1377b507a66b1","43b44ee9907efcac6fc33d3e18486bf11aa65db1d5ea36b2545b9960713f3537","f420097c884a8afee602055b6ff321be00787d9f1d4691eb514e156167f1840b","713037c0c49b56884dfb7cf0262db32da9774ad01c7a6e8bec6d176b55150643","a49c485edae3f18fc9028799ee439de0c8568b9af9b6a6be3ef3acc9b280d1ca","1c0b25bac6c7fce446c9b131c10096bb54f6a6abf30bed5b4e0c1f9a8f7e073d","2b6dee3749b82f13b3b8a641bbe3341e0b73743d28edcad040b0254dae05ac25","a21260a3b3feca1d6975bcdc8cefc8114d0a842f3a7e63f8b9f1b1daec35bd2a","ea40ae0189ccbe6f115902554a87d5a76ecff9d4f22c2848cf6df598f3744e11","50c4eca268fbb41f8c6bc36d8a5d1b6cc09733d96f0fb33e6cb584096c56f695"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514967984 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a902c…

Expected log hash

be0cb34bbab326d10b25013c37c9294b14554a6c6e9fac3dc68c06dc2c3c60e7 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":"v1787135269737","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:storytel/ordering/de","quote":"Could be a bit more intuitive, but not much.","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-07-01","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grit.storytel.app","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 (9ddf6b9053b6…), 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.