{"id":11329,"date":"2023-04-06T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=11329"},"modified":"2023-04-06T02:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T02:00:50","slug":"bitcoin-white-paper-is-apparently-hiding-in-apples-modern-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=11329","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin white paper is apparently hiding in Apple\u2019s modern macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n<p>Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s original white paper laying out the Bitcoin (BTC) network is seemingly hiding within every modern version of the operating system for Apple\u2019s Mac computers.<\/p>\n<p>An April 5 blog post from technologist Andy Baio revealed that a PDF of the Bitcoin white paper has \u201capparently shipped with every copy of macOS since Mojave in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baio told Cointelegraph that he was \u201cjust trying to fix my printer\u201d and scan a document with a wireless scanner when a device called \u201cVirtual Scanner II\u201d appeared that he\u2019d \u201cnever seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By default, Virtual Scanner II showed a photo, but when Baio changed the media type from &#8220;Photo&#8221; to &#8220;Document,&#8221; Nakamoto\u2019s white paper appeared.<\/p>\n<p><em>A screenshot of the Bitcoin white paper appearing within the \u201cVirtual Scanner II\u201d device. Source: <\/em><em>Waxy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn&#8217;t looking for the Bitcoin paper!\u201d Baio exclaimed. \u201cI was just trying to fix my printer!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Baio said there is \u201cvirtually nothing about this online.\u201d He shared a November 2020 Twitter thread from designer Joshua Dickens, who also found the whitepaper, which Baio used to find the file location.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Weirdly, there&#8217;s also a PDF of the original Bitcoin white paper: pic.twitter.com\/JjPnI4fyzc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh D (@schwa23) November 28, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Baio created a prompt to use in Terminal, a command line interface for macOS, so others could bring up the whitepaper easily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started asking other Mac-using friends if they could co nfirm it, and all of them could,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Bitcoin white paper makes its F1 racing debut on Kraken-sponsored car<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prompt successfully opened the Bitcoin white paper on three different Apple Mac devices tested by Cointelegraph.<\/p>\n<p>In his blog post, Baio claimed the file is found on \u201cevery version of macOS from Mojave (10.14.0) to the current version (Ventura), but isn\u2019t in High Sierra (10.13) or earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unknown why Nakamoto\u2019s white paper is shipped with modern versions of macOS. Baio speculated in his post that it was \u201cjust a convenient, lightweight multipage PDF for testing purposes, never meant to be seen by end users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cointelegraph contacted Apple for comment but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine: Bitcoin in Senegal: Why is this African country using BTC?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-s-whitepaper-is-apparently-hiding-in-apple-s-modern-macos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s original white paper laying out the Bitcoin (BTC) network is seemingly hiding within every modern version of the operating system for Apple\u2019s Mac computers. 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