It is still unclear why Apple has embedded the Bitcoin whitepaper in its macOS version since 2018.
A copy of the original Bitcoin white paper written by Satoshi Nakamoto has been found in every modern version of Apple’s Mac computers.
Several Apple users have disclosed that they stumbled on the file while using their devices for unrelated operations. They found the file in different Mac versions, from Mojave , launched in 2018, to the current version and the recently released Ventura ., American technologist Andy Baio suggested that the PDF file has been shipped with every copy of macOS since 2018, as it was not found in older Mac versions like High Sierra , released in 2017.
Baio shared that he found the file while fixing his printer to scan a document. A device named “Virtual Scanner ||,” which he had never seen before popped up, and after a few more clicks, he saw theThe technologist also asked more than a dozen of his Mac-using friends to check their computers. Using the command: “open/System/Library/Image\Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf,” all found a copy of the whitepaper on their devices.
“It shows a photo by Thomas Hawk. I also found the device in /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices. Weirdly, there is also a PDF with the original Bitcoin white paper from Satoshi Nakamoto in the VirtualScanner.app Package Content. Why is this in /System? Is this really from Apple? What is it good for?” bernd178
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