Bitcoin white paper is hidden away in macOS’s system folder for some reason

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If you’re using a Mac and want a refresher on the basics of Bitcoin, good news—blogger Andy Baio has discovered that “every modern copy of macOS” has included a copy of Satoshi Nakomoto’s original Bitcoin white paper, hidden away in macOS system folders and accessible with an easy Terminal command.

Here’s the command you can use to open it on your own Mac:

open /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf