Apple Has Included Bitcoin Whitepaper in Every Version of macOS Since 2018

[StellarVixen]

Omg, biggest mystery in computer world, ever since “onestop.mid” in C:\Windows\media\

 

[User 6502]

Developer should be fired for leaving this easter egg.

Seriously? Wow, you seem to be unnecessarily triggered by this.

 

[elrojo69]

This is great. Someone at apple clearly knows bitcoin is different than the rest of crypto.

 

[GenesisST]

This was left by a developer for fun, I wouldn't read too much into it.

Downloaded in the wrong place, added to a git commit, then glanced over by an overworked senior who said LGTM and merged it.

 

[timonz]

I want my 189kb back!

 

[purplerainpurplerain]

This is great. Someone at apple clearly knows bitcoin is different than the rest of crypto.

True. It’s the most energy hungry and inefficient pyramid scheme out of 25,000 of these things and makes owners lose their minds.

 

[Kazgarth]

My respect for Apple just went up a notch.

 

[zv470]

Interesting, looking at metadata, the document was created on March 25th 2009 at 2:33 AM.

 

[NEPOBABY]

I want my 189kb back!

This story doesn't mention something.

There's a bunch of stuff in the folder that an engineer was test scanning.

numbers.pdf

grid.tiff

this one called cover.jpg

 

[Verified Whiskey]

That's what articles are about nowadays - people who have no idea what they're talking about but have to get their opinion known while the effort could be put into something else. Me included

Keyboard warriors… UNITE!!! 🤘

 

[peejer]

I love stuff like this! It makes me think of "Ready. Player One."

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Remains a mystery! Didn’t Tim Cook showed interest in Bitcoin not too long ago?

Tim Cook Reveals He Owns Cryptocurrency and Has Been 'Interested in It For a While'

Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly for the first time today revealed that he has personally invested in cryptocurrency and that he's been interested in...

www.macrumors.com

 

[Crowbot]

First this and then the U2 "scandal". Is this Apple's version of bloatware?

 

[NEPOBABY]

This might be the best lead to satoshi oh my god, if Steve Jobs is satoshi!!! 😂

Coiners are always looking for legitimacy and recognition. It's so sad to be in a cult that wants to be seen as normal.

"Satoshi" was some UK based person or team using Windows and coding C++. The original source code tells us that they were initially developing a poker app probably to dodge internet gambling and anti-money laundering regulations introduced in 2007.

 

[hugo7]

I love it when in life someone makes a quick decision over a simple task that did no harm, and then it becomes a societal point of interest consuming a huge focus by multiple individuals exerting multitudes more of brain power than ever was given in the initial decision that did no harm.

Yeah, lots of wasted energy… oh wait, isn’t the same criticism also given to the whole “mining” process?

 

[4r1k]

About 80% of the Bitcoin supply belongs to something like 100 people most of whom are already rich and know each other and rig the market and control the prices with algorithmic trading bots.

Apparently the inventors of bitcoin were friends of Epstein. I read on a forum their names are allegedly Castrounis (lead), Wexler, Rustow (advisor), Xu (advisor) and maybe some others connected to internet gambling and dark funds. This isn’t even a secret to insiders. The news just don’t want to talk about it because the editors are sore bagholders so editors shut investigations down.

Source?

 

[JM]

True. It’s the most energy hungry and inefficient pyramid scheme out of 25,000 of these things and makes owners lose their minds.

A local DJ bought a Tesla with his Bitcoin. He was crazy enough to risk his money on an unproven currency, and won.

 

[JM]

My respect for Apple just went up a notch.

So did the iPhone X 🫣🤣

 

[JM]

This story doesn't mention something.

There's a bunch of stuff in the folder that an engineer was test scanning.

numbers.pdf

grid.tiff

this one called cover.jpg

View attachment 2185245

WHAT DOES IT MEAN??????!!!!!!!

 

[the 12th Doctor]

Cue the conspiracy theories. Whenever ANYTHING happens these days it turns into a ******** of asinine people online claiming to know the REAL reason some random thing actually happened.

Hey, they are usually right.

 

[the 12th Doctor]

This was left by a developer for fun, I wouldn't read too much into it.

Sounds like something a developer would say. 🤔

 

[seek3r]

Developer should be fired for leaving this easter egg.

Why?

 

[Robert.Walter]

It’s obviously Steve Job’s version of Golden Ticket. Survive the tour at Apple and Tim Cook will give it to you.

 

[threesixty360]

My guess is that its an issue that doesnt cause any problems so no PM or dev lead is going to put it as a priority, given all the other bugs they have. And they have had tight deadlines for quite a few years now that they are on a yearly cadence for OS updates. Anyone new leading the project isnt going to prioritise that either.

So it's just somewhere in the backlog not getting done...

 

[the writer]

He would have named it iCoin.

no, bitcoin = binary iCoin