Every Mac Contains A HIDDEN Bitcoin Manifesto Written By 'The Father Of Cryptocurrency': The Tech Genius Who Discovered A Secret Dossier Reveals How To Find The PDF On Your Laptop
- Every MacOS sold since 2018 contains the original Bitcoin manifest
- The discovery was made by tech blogger Andy Baio, who questioned whether it had been placed there by a cryptocurrency enthusiast working for Apple.
- Bitcoin has seen a 24 percent rise in value since the recent turmoil in the financial sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
Every Apple Mac computer sold since 2018 contains the original Bitcoin manifesto, leading experts to question whether tech companies are secretly collaborating.
A white paper by the elusive 'Father of Bitcoin' Satoshi Nakamoto establishing the value of the digital currency can be found in PDF format on the devices.
The discovery was made by tech blogger Andy Baio, who asked if there was a 'top secret Bitcoin' working for Apple.
The term 'Bitcoin maxi' refers to those who devoutly believe that Bitcoin is the superior digital currency.
Others pointed out that it was strange given that Apple temporarily banned Bitcoin from its app store in 2014 amid concerns about volatile cryptocurrencies.
A Copy Of The 2008 Bitcoin Manifesto Is Hidden In Every Apple MacOS Sold Since 2018, Expert Finds
The discovery was made by tech blogger Andy Baio, who asked if there was a 'top secret Bitcoin' working for Apple.
Bitcoin was founded in 2008 by Namatoko and was the first cryptocurrency to exist.
Baio was trying to repair his printer when he found the 184 kilobyte document that was sampled in the Image Capture feature.
He asked 'more than a dozen' of his friends who confirmed that the text was also hidden on their devices under the filename 'simpledoc.pdf'.
The paper, titled 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System', outlines the case for implementing digital currencies globally.
It was first published by Nakamoto in October 2008 as the world was reeling from the financial crisis.
The founder, whose identity remains a mystery, argued that the way to stop future collapses was through a digital currency that allowed people to make payments online "without going through a financial institution."
He argued that it would prevent greedy banks from abusing their clients' funds.
After making the discovery, Baio wrote on his site waxy.org: 'Of all the documents in the world, why was the Bitcoin white paper chosen? Is there a secret Bitcoin maxi working at Apple?
"Maybe it was just a convenient, lightweight multi-page PDF for testing purposes, never intended to be seen by end users."
After the post went viral, Baio updated his blog to reveal that Apple employees were aware of the issue but had yet to take action.
He wrote: 'A little birdie tells me that someone filed it internally as an issue almost a year ago, assigned to the same engineer who put the PDF there in the first place, and that person hasn't taken action or commented on the issue. from.'
He added that the document was "likely" to be pulled from future models.
Social media users were also quick to speculate on what the link between the two firms meant.
Roberto Nixon wrote on Twitter: "Either the company stands behind Bitcoin and its mission and this is their way of pledging support, or a rogue engineer is about to feel the wrath of his legal team."
Bitcoin was founded in 2008 by Namatoko and was the first cryptocurrency to exist.
Little is known about Namatoko's identity and it is believed that she used a pseudonym.
In 2014, Newsweek incorrectly identified him as Japanese-American Dorian S Nakamoto, who denied having anything to do with cryptocurrency.
In 2021, computer scientist Craig Wright appeared to be unmasked as the inventor of Bitcoin in a Florida lawsuit.
He was being sued by the family of the late David Kleiman, who claimed he helped create the coin and therefore were worthy of a share in the fortune.
After the post went viral, Baio updated his blog to reveal that Apple employees were aware of the issue but had yet to take action.
Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto was incorrectly identified as the founder of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto in 2019
David Kleiman (left) and Craig Wright (right) appeared to have been unmasked as the founders of Bitcoin as part of a lawsuit in Florida, but the court never ruled on whether they really were 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
While Wright lost the lawsuit, the court never ruled on whether the couple was really 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
Since the recent financial turbulence erupted following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Bitcoin has seen a 24 percent increase in value.
The token was around $27,925 on Thursday.
