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.

“Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.”

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 3161668256

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

fe1ae01184f884bcc373dbe337f2abfbec63e85d2755604e384646e2a828b39f

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

S43/beiXTU12VrK1eRNBrHqGIcdUGThxEbVm7GYRHzGbghDQSSguGvbMuwG6VT2sU4/PAdWVagVjvZ2ZPIBzAQ==

Merkle root

dae11b7f399fa27d7e91aa4463415971ac3f4413815a3c608e4b798805e78c60

Merkle path

["fe1e2520e664621b4749de6a6e5a734eb6846ec310c1d8c82f887f339b7eb770","ac53dfd773554d317a5fde20d2faab3783114781865e3e33e9d17f6f5bd61c65","a814187f33f8623b3a563b77991a589bae7dc70a8778dccad11d1a2a06c81595","50760856578b27605ab259f68d5cf1873ca796d5c7b9d41ffb80e00c1b9ad0c9","79e99e8e57f2e554e35503a4558c5ebf857a6dbaff746402de11c620786a6c89","d53de2e3dfe2f299e4f4bcf8c8862702e99e729a03e6a35fc10bca0a279d7b15","8773054f1bfdfe1de8361e397b51338172c7b199009f624f326908cb066683d3","7d4f4dd0ca7b75f291b3d125ec4712cbf4a1896def561ed2445a34e784957b9a","a81ab506f10bc204465beb62b42ef9315f98c7e2ce4aadc053ba1cddfdc1a6b3","e9960bc509d7840280da8733f66470cc31cd73e5c9e18aae901f64ac93f24732","db20d10ebb36547872254dba622cb301cfe51421ee634f0c422f5f3e9d69e786","a4016cbf85b292bddb2a78e7d4d5dbe840e93b4793013a99a9eda4179428d4a6","cc863bff7f0e26ca10ced4cebb314480def4ad1ce33050b75174cec107c26264"]

Anchored

2026-10-09

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 3161668256 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a744e…

Expected log hash

dbaeb9745833827bd692133822ce98bad4dbbf6d52d00fcfdadfb4c533d214a6 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":"v1791537031439","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"brand:lohnsteuer-kompakt","quote":"Anyone can really do it… it's quick and easy.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-06-17","source":"Apple App Store","source_url":"https://apps.apple.com/de/app/id1586330607?see-all=reviews","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 (dae11b7f399f…), 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.