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.

“But it was easy.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-06

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 3140627354

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 6f61c888100b3eda1a3b2870fa5dcdb481315607d874e500d13552da81f9a9d4
Signature (Ed25519, base64): 5NMnXzwE7bzSITdXke+DJKKH7R+Y8HTVHy3e0q5HQcpZBsbs49OnLQt2q1InK849+8WffSXGKFHbDFAPgD3JDQ==
Merkle root: 7e5597bd3c162c8b6d828ec7450367f642ce11ee386de414b88376dcbb621ae5
Merkle path: ["6f5f6a07ede4689144404f6ac37c9fb797073bb6aad89b2f427dcd8111dd0ac9","2271e5c59cf0f64ff91e440bf8052fa695fa6532d1a9158e24ad764ccccfc63c","6a0527b6264f2a4dd03339a46c580e92db91b4ff6c44bb98bbe0c65b782ffe29","564fe48d8e7454593e3f8f8538ec9ca56d209da02784e5027fa3558e300230b9","18e684a18a4736bde4c9ac7fca8a597cde74971c64b3932c634b08c2ec8bb543","41e4908bd046966ca7bfd5ca1d0ebb3d6c60cb83dd04a61343c92e5a193b8f7e","89fc85e40714ba4030f6ba73b39d8fc9591111b1001be1c1bfa8e7357fa76fa1","00d69c7ceffa85fb8ee7491afd2002db41f9797cd1f6b07734e8c83947ab5377","6730f3385d3353128bd360b6ed4a42b4c9460ec582bfdb68b34907e2dd18da4c","e5bcfcca228f7291e409dbaf294c2d9e219730c0d1cd52c8900fd062dde3c4b2","676534e5a347a9eecafed70d6ad3a0f6e0d139e148ef3f8f0927cf14b4f06e23","0f6ede56f12e36267bf24fdf23705d8feaff7086284e609c045f36f343d5bc4b","c00a6a8e0eaf8442cd4e55ec120c0bab22fdb2edeb08c89262f10264f3ec3df6","5fc193f72843e5ae060e028dd49b5ed7a5ae6baed3b43902a359628ad39c7321","76edfaff3d5907039be8c493f114c2f6ba10fbab7705dc7ab77a269ec79893bc"]
Anchored: 2026-10-08
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 3140627354 · entry 108e9186e8c5677acc98…
Expected log hash: 82c9bd063e624267c60865e2416c3d714724e2c3b18c4773424cdf17232dd6f1 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":"v1791432333296","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:taxfix/ordering/en","quote":"But it was easy.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-06","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 (7e5597bd3c16…), 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.