The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Every Modern Copy of macOS

If you’re on a Mac, open a Terminal and type the following command:

open /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf

If you’re on macOS 10.15 or later, the Bitcoin PDF should immediately open in Preview.

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Source: https://waxy.org/2023/04/the-bitcoin-whitepaper-is-hidden-in-every-modern-copy-of-macos/

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Interesting…

50 thoughts on “The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Every Modern Copy of macOS”

  2. Oh man, it’s crazy to think about how much hidden stuff is on our computers. I wonder what other secrets are lurking in my macOS? Maybe I should go on a scavenger hunt!

  9. Learn C. Not just C++. And you’ll be able to see everything as in plain English. You are welcome.

  10. Hitting Shift command ‘.’ Together also opens all the hidden directories on Macs. It’s nice if you need to find sys diagnose and tings of that sort.

  15. While this may work the idea of entering terminal instructions I found on redit bitcoin feels like the easiest way to loose my bitcoin

  18. Stevetoshi Jobsamoto.

    Satoshi’s last post was December 12, 2010, and he is widely believed to have died.

    Jobs announced publicly his “medical leave of absence” to focus on his health in January of 2011 and died later that year.

    Edit: Now the hunt should be on to see how far back in history on non-updated computers this was there and when it was introduced.

    Edit 2: Seems as if it has shipped with every MacOS since at least as far back as 2018??

  19. Maybe Apple is trying to send us a message – this was not a mistake.

  20. Pretty cool!

    > Abstract.

    > A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending. We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work. The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they’ll generate the longest chain and outpace attackers. The network itself requires minimal structure. Messages are broadcast on a best effort basis, and nodes can leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the longest proof-of-work chain as proof of what happened while they were gone.

    Bitcoin Whitepaper

  23. Tim cook and apple are definitely pro privacy….at least when compared to the other big tech companies. So I definitely wouldn’t be surprised to find out they are pro bitcoin.

    I guess the question is, how high up does this go? Are we talking some random programmer or is the company actively pro-bitcoin?

  32. The owner of the virtual scanner app added this. It’s not by Apple’s doing.

  36. LOL, the “real” bsv sub just had a post where someone claimed this document said “Satoshi AKA Craig Wright”, and that this shows that apple knows Craig Wrong is indeed the real Satoshi. I can’t find any screenshots confirming this except the one they posted, but there are several disproving it elsewhere, including here. One commenter even said “I can confirm this” then added an edit saying oh wait there is no reference to Craig Wrong.

  42. Tim Cook is pro-Bitcoin. He hasn’t said that explicitly but when questioned he was far more positive than negative, giving a political answer as you’d expect for someone in his position.

  44. Wow this will be a really cool relic for when everyone is asking what Bitcoin was in a year or two.

  45. Actually the fact that Steve jobs died in 2011 and if you search up “Steve jobs Bitcoin” it comes up with something from only a few minutes ago now it seems odd how so soon after there’s almost a concerted effort to say there’s no connection.
    “Puts tinfoil hat on”

  47. “a deep rooted truth that can only be discovered but cannot be destroyed”
    Satoshi forever.

  50. Apple should also hide a wallet in there – would be a good marketing campaign- who can find it first

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