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technology2 years ago

Apple Removes Bitcoin Whitepaper from Latest macOS Update.

The Bitcoin white paper, which was hidden inside the operating system of every Apple Macintosh computer shipped since 2017, will reportedly be removed in a forthcoming software update. The nine-page paper was discovered inside MacOS in April 2021 by a user, and went viral earlier this year after a post by prominent technologist Andy Baio. A study of a beta version of MacOS Ventura 13.4 shows it does not contain the file, which may have been placed on the system for testing purposes, with no intention of it being discovered by everyday users.

technology2 years ago

The Secret Bitcoin Whitepaper Hidden in Every Mac Since 2018

Apple has included the original Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto in every copy of macOS that has shipped since 2018, and it remains a mystery as to why. The PDF document can be found in the macOS Image Capture utility as a sample document for a device called "Virtual Scanner II," which is either hidden or not installed for everyone by default. The identity of the presumed pseudonymous Bitcoin developer and what "Virtual Scanner II" refers to remain unclear.