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.

“Beim bloßen Nebenherhören verliert man manchmal den Faden.”

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 2514476227

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

694059d25663217ada27c1e461273e013f85d676c8451def1ca9cb82959e4434

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

60pfaHh/cT+eM+RwpYfNN/KNvKyJbE6FwP7iWFsoCg7WKboZ43qcWVxRQQmdsKE/OXI/AIA98dwRx6OP/MntBg==

Merkle root

a086f9fa8309b32cad6e06b6c84c12133a405483807f462eafed4cabc6f3fb99

Merkle path

["693e57f5fbf9baed60340dd344b17846e81ffe0ff1521a69efe3588f0f11479b","658d6b0a4489ec2e206eab789dfc1a126c8a444c1285c4cc6e3f90cdf78ad044","5f68a3047b3d42108d0c4dd5bf3d890dae63aa5699f77d9738b437f7ef9499f9","56c630205161872a75f4861368b8e0069edfad913957672bfbe5ad5f8529390f","7c5536566976725b1582813a3dc8e55f342f5c281c5ac77e9a9dbad3f0e0d682","4e477f3d7e0d3ae6a2475f24556c8155625ff787e43386eb9467eb88a57d97b9","23719846afa51efba3614181231ccf1769e4339e38886e8a64ef28c00bf43115","bb193fa7532d552e555e5588804434022c44ba76ccded6bda2f8c7c7fa0eb9c3","0ae7b35720d09d8266944b420d43e48a319cc0575792ad11b1ad577117ae3662","842e859550ecec36a2748bbc2d31a1988b0958bf808407bf8f750ba8ef144151","ed43140511e693fd8c2e288e0d6f70f01e95786a313c2e1d53efc40ae22f0054","246afafffca2f7633ac3b302d7076540ed8eb1b54bcdd20ea0afda4f6f41b399","c1423a4d1e3405e61a7dfa0f9f0d35446d77e6ae8a2a30431655b9bbf5a67719","1d7676f67710cf1152e64179021560b173262f0f0c11c7101c22e9929c376319","d4cf3fd862731bc6a1728d66b360c0434f801f84e015a828556d2731bd771b26"]

Anchored

2026-08-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2514476227 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ab19c…

Expected log hash

9a346357c8991b17bced8f12238c2332c4ac3078c0d9a283ee00f82b3c69be66 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":"v1787129084398","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:audible/quality/de","quote":"Beim bloßen Nebenherhören verliert man manchmal den Faden.","rating":3,"review_date":"2026-08-14","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.audible.application","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 (a086f9fa8309…), 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.