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 help provided really helps an inexperienced person move forward.”
Apple App Store · 5/5 · 2026-06-18

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): eb3c8c8c4e787be35eef5658f8fabc8d6a9b6e0f54c5fd9eb134baa5b0bc4e61
Signature (Ed25519, base64): Kgf2YwsNlGh7sV7rrVQ5SU7YKmj3EZqDvjRzThALt6IpoGQrTo5yRM62y+mZwrC7EgwYl9rU+uGZ3sItPfIbCg==
Merkle root: c9e6077a1bda893f1455402f424b1d526c8cf2f47d428b611fd8d7fd8b45f80d
Merkle path: ["eb3c208d2a39d9b16f8a2cc2485789ee053ad641cceebd5bef22f84a943f7083","41f0798ea6bca27c131860feec6afd120512a4010abb27cd0a282144e73eb6b5","fc95a401ba168833c86034c247b9a6735232716d7d9a6017bb2a0c811bc5358a","6eca49234a857ae99d02e32cc7fa8f1659e39211f60e8096dd0acb4f6080bb94","00cd83dd792a6272e82d4e0e66dcfaf43734577d0c1df4e597d164384d6b7f89","2c9df18d6682a2e96ac5dcde29bc44ee3436f8b1f02c23cc3d1fb64dba7cccdc","3545a4bd4fc1449681cf026cdbddabfa77157daae6f8674784207e55b8b16336","541696ec2ef012ba05302fdd99b001eb15a528c6f936e8e4d42fbf7c84cceac1","69966cdc74129af9cde3ca42b2e0aaa8b0cf24f59d43645862db32176a2dbde7","1cf4ce4e269b9432a9a6ef18edc3d37bf77df6c5a4944a74bd847657cfe6fa4b","39cdc1aecb9b5a392e87c4a7f63769ba3398d97ffa698e1019e307550b1f8a0d","66a5f7d6068759996afdfa9d00f50f9020d047c19d8fc7cb242a00fe086d7aa4","eb0b801b65aa56775c6fb8c0dd57438657dd4883423e938d1c08ae311f20eae8","595afa49ab9420d8429afffaf39a6f4725518c7a8b9f2c89ac8a7ee0fc958fd0","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":"en","page":"theme:lohnsteuer-kompakt/service/en","quote":"The help provided really helps an inexperienced person move forward.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-18","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/de/app/id1586330607?see-all=reviews","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 (c9e6077a1bda…), 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.