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 is very difficult to log back in.”

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 2890214870

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

b5974d0b1720918a04d61b759e7d75f253cd27758f7785768508378e4c47b47b

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

SLaceqahBW/hcg3Uj/oX7oQ1RVyTQfqzSlCJOpNOxIm87epe9UscG/Mik2923Q8RNwsGpZ8fzYU8O4CPdvfMAQ==

Merkle root

04b39eaa56e1cf8f75dc8eac18bf6942167c8418ea731a7471223f0be60e3e6c

Merkle path

["b59681f809a5d4f50af1f5f6cf7c1d4ea9ac7fe03e086469a9be777d34fbfe0b","133258fd6d051cb75cfa76462379ecedd79786c3daeaa50c89fa9cd63e25d506","925d28b395067ff9d86bbb0fa24b37990b906394130ef56164aae7d0aa9fd13e","a1faa61f445ef32d8385f725ee873f1c215e78baeaeca59d500739f0f13e9515","d6824e59b8f7cca07804b541fe32d20d3193e46f383411b477004bb28ea528b6","ae78f35748fa757507be66f69de1f5765b73532a61c12489d3e20e367233572c","02666ca1bcf29a53c07f31eb7f9792255d7c5efaa2b49587c40c590a021b9574","932b20c61298f53ba30484ed0f444882ebaf23065b7a9ee87e47bc1c7e1175a1","c7ce26acc70d486ece6d49ad5552045d9883de835591f6dae7f24a8fa85f03be","82eaa91c53a53c220eb9a3849abad4ee3ee1cbf6c19e1e22bcb05eeea433c358","72ab03cf0a054e0fdc289f854fef48f1de99add79408f163ff324c778af2c860","e27b6f0d2a6e378ff36cbc28e04f11599bd9917f1291e082191342792770949d","2f760d0f42bf27702bb03975eaf8d6ea5e036b0f49b2fda05a97a4b8e2bd9942","8f074eddb198349108c1e544aa98c8c80e756f627b29b4943cfd74cb3331adf1","3ba88b0016422cde319348a72d81ed01eacc4bd155bae80b5c4b6ab6d98a745f"]

Anchored

2026-09-19

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2890214870 · entry 108e9186e8c5677af53b…

Expected log hash

1f3acef0f063246e051bf412e40f4279cb96ed334ff7b0647a13320c1b31c4fa 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":"v1789722569406","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:taxfix/ordering/en","quote":"It is very difficult to log back in.","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-02","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 (04b39eaa56e1…), 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.