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.

“Top, explained simply.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-09-07

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): d9fc69aacdac5f07c24895d2f75d86dd72fde1b6cff86372fc47b7f487ebcd82
Signature (Ed25519, base64): hzLhVPZt6vUtJeYUxzzc5OAR6FhynWVH+2ws8AFMcWTBuwSN3f5nVCgtM15HuwZLt3RZGM7r0bx9+v0/8dwrAw==
Merkle root: 2f068f3de56bebe7a575ba4a979c9244445d2350140e36238e088fa40fbfdd88
Merkle path: ["d9f4b91ca5ad64500bedfa780dfd5b98d511b27583c47ca6b773b931f396e550","2c33839a89c63a374a0bfa102f75bd7b91f22ed0a8d5351d85e2a3c72e40abe8","19c27acde00bd13a0bc7eb121f2865675d65730b27e39822685178015412ec62","5575c2891c9197588ffcb392bac0f65599398ada69f6dabc024fe4b6ad289aec","741301a1771d6b0b5282362252ee0d67e4fa5db12038c5c0546073c9cb3b0a74","9c3b9b70fd90dc9d7cfba79b9fecd8ed40499aa4360c29a142d9912b002c3c45","e71a37d7e955e69aa52d89b0332252a4a2f90284209615d6d667aea465b272ed","cbbade9ca895c1005946c77e83940b98e31976e07c1c5854f147a9b0c174b0f6","89f31276ab018d4f1a9338ccbb959f8375673ce29f26b0e6a65f9ae698fd6c8e","a4f3fc44a534950232a7fac6813a5cc3caa6b463c5a012ef7cbc60a46afeaf30","5bc36c2568ca5b30081248b7276a4af6e8d9ec71d5e6d689b0d87ae24e574cca","4c50ad53b7f499e0679555fac955a3a7f15d25b2f16f07f89bffb825c220a814","f798c0971d32a6ae8da39cbfdd643aa26fcc32dd200aa7f9151048a02f8ece59","537f00dd60bfbd8c049786f7eae4da8a735af5b60dacd3bc1b6054b8ac3175e3","58a3dfc9ad8696e92f5fc9960e9c6bc4cc04e270091b574a948593298b33d1f5"]
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/quality/en","quote":"Top, explained simply.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-09-07","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.