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.

“lieber null Sterne wenn man seine Steuer abgibt und es nicht zum Finanzamt geschickt wird”
Google Play · 1/5 · 2026-09-03

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 2882354328

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256): ff7f89dce14eedd34776ccc1e3b0c4a1bf4fff3c66cfd70a1acb7ceb800792ef
Signature (Ed25519, base64): KVb+SUnLr80i9CxxBcxUdrFx5b/+U1NE515fbb7c3aT5ygUaJlBXb5fIrwKiGadb0kFLOSiA4LlWU0H5XYW0DA==
Merkle root: a893faa173c6b378c8d050262e841ab57fdd89b71985eabc0906c40abd5b6a6c
Merkle path: ["ff7f951395866be54780c72a4fc65a69ac626dc026feaab29fdd5e793b4daf4d","0199fcfc9915c7d0bc72106671f225cbb8f1f9db8760c7ee44304f93eaaba024","df75f0773400f0b056608f5b1a067f98e3e8ad81ddc182ecf2e05889dd5e7ba6","4d896c90fe5b04668717828722047397b24ee531ea93c6f7d80c571ae87110e0","98ba3584953c7b1df4bdd9087d0a05daf9f1be47d7eb3b0ba00c4cd39304df8e","9ea1378d00b5c6b99f62d9afc51a623c8fba3576c70457bc748c0f0a8facf494","ebbbd480b0c9668882bb2c2f2976e7de9522e09f491aa381c60e4b6603bf0bdb","7eac25dc6ff86fa26a152fe942b86f262cd61d982c0ac57728706bdcb8fde98b","f60b18a98a1584b9939b45c2d8c6604cefdac1d8769c51aa71365c0ec0b2cba8","81429326a3806a2c63f015ab022fccfaff957d6c50fbb18750ec2dffb3e479e2","1fc33f42dc35de199363a0769df48782d994933f89f7e5730f05c9bd390125f6","142316fcc45d8fbb9a33df6e9be8f563650927c4e612ee96d4bcac9064ee60c4"]
Anchored: 2026-09-18
Public log entry: search.sigstore.dev, log index 2882354328 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a08a7…
Expected log hash: 5510a497abfe2e680a39c301b0d905c2a575bae0a1f389fbdd7b86babf05240f 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":"v1789619628558","kind":"published-quote","locale":"de","page":"theme:taxfix/service/de","quote":"lieber null Sterne wenn man seine Steuer abgibt und es nicht zum Finanzamt geschickt wird","rating":1,"review_date":"2026-09-03","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 (a893faa173c6…), 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.