Is there a bitcoin whitepaper in macOS?

Every copy of macOS that has shipped since 2018 has contained the original whitepaper detailing how Bitcoin works. The bizarre discovery was made by developer Andy Baio, who was trying to fix a problem with his printer. He discovered that in the Image Capture utility that’s built into macOS, there’s a folder containing sample documents.

Is there a bitcoin whitepaper on macOS Ventura?

To his surprise, they all confirmed that the Bitcoin whitepaper was there in macOS. The file seems to have been added to the system with macOS Mojave, which was released in 2018, and is still present in the latest version of macOS Ventura.

Did Satoshi Nakamoto discover the original bitcoin whitepaper?

In every copy of macOS that has shipped since 2018, Apple has included the original Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto, and no-one seems to know why. The baffling discovery (or rediscovery - see below) was recently made by developer and waxy.org writer Andy Baio, who stumbled upon the PDF document while trying to fix a problem with his printer.

What is the Apple & bitcoin file in Mac OS X?

For people creating theories on the web about Apple and Bitcoin, I’m sorry to say that the existence of this file in macOS has no special meaning. The file is part of the Image Capture app, which comes pre-installed on every Mac and lets users scan images from an external scanner.