Apple's Secret Inclusion of Bitcoin Whitepaper in macOS Since 2018
TL;DR
The original Bitcoin white paper by Satoshi Nakamoto has been discovered hidden away in macOS system folders and accessible with a Terminal command. The 184KB PDF file appears to date back to 2018's Mojave and is included in a system app called VirtualScanner.app. It is speculated that the inclusion of the white paper is an Easter egg tucked away by a cryptocurrency enthusiast at Apple, and it may vanish in a future update now that it has been noticed.
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