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.

“It's not as complicated as with the VLH.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-11

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 2893887498

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): 724e535df36f3c1b792dbd83646d13a66a7857f1450cc6f49b5dae7a92d0112d
Signature (Ed25519, base64): kj43IpgXXNGFF5tj5rdNMf33g6cHKeRXva5DuFfF2KvdW2JlN8VoSCTR+1tknPb6mqY+IoBdWIDcFcv0qO/lCw==
Merkle root: 2f068f3de56bebe7a575ba4a979c9244445d2350140e36238e088fa40fbfdd88
Merkle path: ["724dbe2845d29121874782d4802c5adcb50542c4d8a4f0b11b4d7cb79533f6a8","c75291b67be4be86fae030a90f4227a62bab7eda3ae125352419ae334ed65616","c11b7b71eacd035cbee0bb4905a07b6efdf00e9535a9a7b519ca4dbc13d024e2","9134e1ec5e0590641e1a8ab7667ecddd43e4ea574058b3b6130a4beec7e52114","17af73a78cb91eb083b644d93fbc9619ad649b783f2dfaf5dedc97e612cf2ca1","29624dffcdd9a558cf84cc98430bba2c22155ddf123bbc332e32271605df3c52","d747bd453670e5b1afc6e840f29d315008d45e251235d7480ef4afc74a43ee16","077978e54ac50d0ed2f5ba42df45ff09b49938c1bab5f3113649054f5b98e843","0852ef0e460c061b0d8340d760c872187bd7810afbda14799b331ae4ac0cc104","8536532eb2a22e91919d4abd7c09524a5d8e3523a70bd368a2ce4101adfb645e","06b6f6d584977ae367194680dfa67ace6b01d63ed0e55b7d9e3bb1ac505c121e","3c6ddbcfa48be5df39d5d13fece3ba9fab7f6eec0e8fcf21a13cdbcc6729a93c","c5d2216bf0003f30213891a39e09a3edafbc50505093b2ae98f61a9c067b5a3c","f2c4543851e26fd9d1e3721e592d66b00f142e537786e975d115c14b9cb61c0e","98191c82333f4385e47f318835e01d44ca8835262c6d0df40edfd5f6a4dc5c19"]
Anchored: 2026-09-20
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2893887498 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af79f…
Expected log hash: 90099e0300c6e23b62e79318296ebab91bff130379d248ada57f044f77e72ccd 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":"v1789796056710","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:taxfix/ordering/en","quote":"It's not as complicated as with the VLH.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-11","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 (2f068f3de56b…), 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.