Every Modern Copy of macOS Contains a Copy of the Bitcoin Whitepaper CryptoBlog

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On April 5, 2023, freelance blogger Andy Baio posted a post on his Waxy blog that explained that every macOS release from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current release hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin whitepaper. Mac users can type a simple command into the terminal, and the nine pages describing Nakamoto’s invention will appear in a PDF version in the built-in image viewer, Preview.

Blogger Discovers Hidden Bitcoin Whitepaper on Every macOS 10.15 or Later

During Satoshi Nakamoto’s so-called April 5th celebration, bitcoin proponents discovered that many Macintosh computers running the macOS operating system contain a full version of the seminal Bitcoin whitepaper.

Screenshot of the preview PDF file.

The initial discovery was revealed in a blog post titled “Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every modern copy of macOS” on Andy Baio’s Waxy blog. The freelance blogger found the hidden file while repairing his printer and backed up his findings by consulting more than a dozen Mac-using friends to confirm.

After typing the command in Terminal and using a Mac with macOS 10.15 or later, the Bitcoin PDF should open in Preview, according to Baio’s explanation. The blogger also provides instructions on how to access the file through the OS Library folder for those unfamiliar with the macOS Terminal.

“Of all the documents in the world, why was the Bitcoin white paper chosen? Baio asked in his blog post. Baio also discovered that the Bitcoin white paper had already been found and written on the Apple community discussion forum.

However, the news never reached the bitcoin community for the past five years. After Baio published his blog post, the news went viral on social media. Nobody knows exactly why Apple hid the Bitcoin whitepaper in the operating system, but the crypto community liked it. Bitcoin.com News further verified that the whitepaper file was on two Macs tested by our news service.

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What do you think of Apple including a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper in every modern copy of macOS? Do you think it was a deliberate move or just a coincidence? Let us know in the comments section below.

Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman is the news manager for Bitcoin.com News and a fintech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He is passionate about Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written over 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about disruptive protocols emerging today.

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