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.

“The tax office just takes forever and the payout time takes a really long time.”
Google Play · 5/5 · 2026-08-16

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 2948162176

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): e46f51502f0da567bd7a901253bbd27199560ec3e9e67b190ce09ef3b48ded0e
Signature (Ed25519, base64): XKmPp0hP6euEhjuA717eC+1cDdCDhCy26su/ppKdPVp5mJGfnNWZuBrkGRNHgmff2VDwjFfk8kg19XTJDtzoAw==
Merkle root: 5397210619679ac63434abd334c13f5aaccbd1dd184ad9d8cac5ebeceaa346bd
Merkle path: ["e46e8b1ed717574f4fc5fdc8ae2af346c086951e65914dfc23cad65dd5801036","1e6952ee8f7386d60072f504190bb1dc458d7d597d4caaba7775c1e59d38b02f","714e6764ec150189a33fc0b5c46c9095fa9f934364de218f9e6fe8edd8d7ba0d","696e41141641817e03dd7975feb30594b3cad6bbc5d96318c7b79d20a9bc3864","78415ff89eb05aa38fdd7bdd570e21139ff792d0edc811720ced49e51e54d200","424ea3da115da98402737e797ee8398dda6b272795a3b49cc91161cbb67cd54e","989aceff976ef352386a1022b3439c205c3f39115d0827348d9219f4658f6f9c","a5789d6585c58e26745dd562065f3770bbfb68a05c92bb03b004cb2c17fc5de2","d16cbcc6258f2500c039a967a894d4f4cf9c743221dd2d6d7ad13e5ed0eccc62","a73c98523dd06aaaf48ac105a3d031114ea0d76d343dc2ec6e9666f9459bc14b","d60992637bb22397d5bfae3fff728cd28fad6f7d54df1da8670930d436bc8926","2b37358c7252f903ec12e33f1d8c9795879d270812aa5678bbf73d51654edb9b","06275dc2003d93dff6ae62dae412a16841a241c39c4d4453231315397101e1bd","aaa7b399bae700ce8013bce7d22a5956b227f2e0adcc638da32f9fc5e72da67e","77ebbc5a767f49a9f64068a716a8c843de0ea8d44adc624726bf46e2e415a41e"]
Anchored: 2026-09-25
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2948162176 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a61d4…
Expected log hash: 5ff8f25b7934b5d72d363d6805344624efba4d637f2c851f11783b259b9d81be 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":"v1790226990092","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"theme:zasta/delivery/en","quote":"The tax office just takes forever and the payout time takes a really long time.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-08-16","source":"Google Play","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.zasta.app","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 (539721061967…), 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.