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.

“die automatische Erfassung von Belegen”

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 2969645630

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

98732a517650e2ab34b82ff722ec043c3bdb3458821e9ca88065aa1593a79d8c

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

1UdtYQmDJYa/lmHsug8s/H272AElcgF4ZBmREekV5JrXntd3g1zo/bmNJOFp5AIElM+cvemG8htZSUm5TXI8Cg==

Merkle root

714fd5c453665fb7238b83bb755c09ceea4f24c6bb04f621046ea8b9d5da1a83

Merkle path

["9874e44ecbf9a4b4d182e314d82350c374417e12cc9a550996124b2b0712a7b2","7da49e5896db35d28b1998a2c91e7de7ec5fbc2bd423c9835e44c79e324b115d","ed345225995c0ee1150195c289f9de3407b4f491a2e9ead0cb8b28d963ffce3e","bdf75be35d3fb0020736c04a2b00623d072cbc456bf691393543b85445bcb90c","6e384919e95d9faa5bf8f7e4144254284d86ddf8200790433e20fd16d8fde020","8332aa3cc4d12beb6889ffb21a6c8456555f75679cd1b9408c919db3259a6c1c","e105f77028159264bb6386cac7246ccd52c1bc2342035a8b59ca88eb6157e45a","db79574e2538991b3ec624beed1b186ef95acf265ebcff9069162675b896a514","086fd0cfadc2063d466c97604d6e94754f912d3b6366c7e38cb110b4d54b3c50","4db28a078273a283cfd673d124dfe3ef28cfd5b32f9cdd9fa8d0b64d11a53404","bc09de03478713fa7d86a1e1ef51bb53a46a140b56bffc65405c80111e8d4da7","ffc6058a33ad9ddb7d8cd6f4a166bfedd51c9087a36621fbcb9b1601ac90593c","47163008fa203c3cb3106d569db6512eb1188a0c538bb86119031584c0998d0b","ffb210b308bc632ecd4d5ca929c95e61f0e699394237035809779b12d35fbef5","63158f878f18fbfd8c365d55048a9cce8cd0631f6b0e87630c3dfd5c86aff59d"]

Anchored

2026-09-27

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2969645630 · entry 108e9186e8c5677ac05f…

Expected log hash

9c269d3e82dba16de30aab3330968f6013b6b7908bdb2f7b3ce0083771a2fe3e 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":"v1790397996853","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"product:lexoffice/belege/de","quote":"die automatische Erfassung von Belegen","rating":5,"review_date":"2024-11-18","source":"Capterra","source_url":"https://www.capterra.com/p/182953/lexoffice/reviews/","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 (714fd5c45366…), 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.