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.

“Simple, clear explanation.”

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 2882354328

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

7ed321570eeb2e9369e46a1d766a9e3704f0d2bfc41acc1c42b09c6de156c7fd

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

ZMJuUgJrdL5Cay/6tMzEXJTmOLdqZmEak8M2A9a5TnBUWUND0UU6Epo7/ffSgr7J1cxslhUAJcL/b7ksmchfCA==

Merkle root

a893faa173c6b378c8d050262e841ab57fdd89b71985eabc0906c40abd5b6a6c

Merkle path

["7ed6c449da03016359bf04112ad974c9e706f639d3f304067170837313523c14","4327105829ddfc65e05414cba0ce3dabc6719e9c5f4e311799973ab631771471","3f048c676e79d1a9605ccbb2835d956edc433e63ab612d60d19fc7de48c1a698","791146b9e62c0c1c66c4166a7e87caea46c801cf1395187472198db048b3d1d7","d17a8337095106e4df869af6ac9c15242ee14ca819592b6346957048eb873098","e6aa0c88bb0a7a90b1c41cc427c4277c365ed9bcd9db7577078f820d753ecbae","ecdca6d775078f16dab3249e57d8e2f4e36ce424ffbdceaafa16874e3a8c0fc8","6e7d5db3112db27df320321394106ea49e932caea3e07cb1bce870008927fb99","a6dcbc42eb2aea0b7d3922f4638bd6097626ecc9fd56ddb6f8827097dc55da86","6684f609dc86b73d3e9c1d4b8da0cc9334d1a39ab5b2fabc08bb21e7b0d6a7d8","bf0f231002615f7a0e37278297f22c94c429732d8c5ef69c00664141bd4f8e5a","39e1e03006452fd270793aada40126fb17dd5cd8b3ccc2e379a2492bef47a199","d116928dd89f0a9ea13414b0fe2d577ce3dd16007ed8754e9f46163a67e25fa0","c2523440f419decfbfbb1761ac468558734f6da135e5a329b4c6dba0ae899966","5153df72155ae00831ba1e4416296382c39280ea82c989972042c066f445006a"]

Anchored

2026-09-18

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2882354328 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a08a7…

Expected log hash

5510a497abfe2e680a39c301b0d905c2a575bae0a1f389fbdd7b86babf05240f 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":"v1789619628558","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:taxfix/communication/en","quote":"Simple, clear explanation.","rating":4,"review_date":"2026-07-30","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.taxfix","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 (a893faa173c6…), 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.