Apple Removes Bitcoin Whitepaper From Latest Beta Version: Report

The digital version of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper was an easter egg that was placed earlier this month within the Test Scanner app on macOS. But Apple has now removed it from the latest beta version of its operating system.

With the removal of a demo scanner app called Virtual Scanner II from beta, the Bitcoin white paper – along with all the other stuff it was bundled with – disappeared as well.

• according to a reportThe document will not be available after users update to macOS Ventura 13.4 beta 3, which was released to developers on Tuesday.
• On the other hand, users who haven’t updated their Mac to the latest beta can still find the file by running a command.
• In a blog post on April 5th, American technologist Andy Baio revealed that he stumbled upon a bitcoin white paper while trying to fix his wireless printer.
• He went on to say that it was possible to add the PDF version of the white paper to the system using macOS Mojave, which launched in 2018.
• With the story gaining traction, Bayou later updated it,

A little sparrow tells me someone filed it internally as an issue nearly a year ago, assigned to the same engineer who put the PDF there in the first place, and that person hasn’t taken any action or commented on the issue since. Remove it in future releases.”

• This discovery has sparked many conspiracy theories, including speculations about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
• Then, controversial computer scientist and self-proclaimed “Creator of Bitcoin for Bitcoin,” Craig Wright, accused Apple of violating copyright laws.