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.

“Software ist nicht für Freiberufler geeignet, obwohl dies beworben wird.”

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 3029042635

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

b3defeea92681acc1fbdd3d83b6fac4bda2c3bb1c0eafa4ae79c73fd08aa427a

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

7nomOmxr6LEOjqYcYz6Reo+jMHEIXJEgOTGIRy2iVyf70AdMG4Pt6DsS8jqtxHsnzdtWe+3l9rR2qGNJtqUuBA==

Merkle root

c9e6077a1bda893f1455402f424b1d526c8cf2f47d428b611fd8d7fd8b45f80d

Merkle path

["b3ddbdc25848536cd70c2f380399706d9337cf46306dfd79bbb4db7d17bfc5b5","b6865f09bb8fb27bcaf1c16734f8799660d9b8f85ec8814a1ace552cee2fc657","8104ac3c618131e47c0c536fe5093feefa0fa4069b6a36b650fee078add5229c","b1728735d864bce18e31f72f20ee149726f70ad15950e36013f73a95f87b9c75","06ac60a6cda653d63405c109ad5df52fa6bee1dba9c739e5bede355c7d26509c","cd57d86ba643901b5d3372d20998c84a489ac3fe33b71e105f116aff215e50a5","d1e68fbe07e526af4e18209c0cbcceb79398fb4faa5f0a9e5e3190b3ae30609b","60dc28c85119f1ddb1934fd285e1cb0e38a04e7f0912811b95c3c86512df8a8b","c4bfa380ae8b856893ddc6024891657e49befa066fb072e0573d6a11beec41fa","5d538a8637b56a8c36dde2212d1679406e1751f1484f427ed0607116adfa37ad","233f5f4bc493713e27397963a39b9dfda22a4e116b881dc9865c13a32073d102","f48045840b6ad6e37a1b03f1e9b01ffafd69fa187ab874c8283c164218ec7ae6","8d810c8f9c62441734c87c36156dcad8983bbe1dc90b3b2854fb49cc7a54d2bd","1616c16ecfa49e18821de7767bf3fa1e1a6fd3ec2fa090ad2f10f8770da252c6","e91b4f1cf428f19a0932cddea6de9c1c364010417f9e244d933b133a023a7aa3"]

Anchored

2026-10-01

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3029042635 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a4403…

Expected log hash

38d9b7e95b1b3c998a8128983d818774fe7ee047adb6f05ee608495c2d7aa418 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":"v1790741815621","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:lexoffice/quality/de","quote":"Software ist nicht für Freiberufler geeignet, obwohl dies beworben wird.","rating":2,"review_date":"2026-08-28","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a913f9365de375aaee23084","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 (c9e6077a1bda…), 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.