Apple is known for being a rigorous and structured company. However, there are some mysteries surrounding this brand and its products. Take, for example, this fascinating discovery that’s present on many Macs, probably yours too.
As MacG reports, in a surprising and inexplicable discovery, Bitcoin’s founding document — known as the White Paper — titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” signed in 2008 by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, was hidden within some found versions of macOS. The text, which for the first time reveals the principles of this electronic currency, is located in a series of system subfolders within an obscure application called Virtual Scanner.
A secret
We found it on one of our Macs, a MacBook Air M2 running macOS Ventura, the latest version of Apple’s software. Just search for it here, open /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf. It appears that this document does not exist in High Sierra, but appears with Mojave and later versions and is still present in Ventura. The reason for his presence remains a mystery.
This strange presence was reported internally to Apple a year ago in the form of a bug report attributed to the engineer who inserted this PDF. No comments or changes have been made since then. 
In addition, the Virtual Scanner app also includes an image of a beachfront identified by photographer Thomas Hawk on Treasure Island between San Francisco and Oakland.
Now one may ask why the Bitcoin white paper of all things is hidden on Apple devices? We do not know. However, this gives rise to speculation and theories. However, this white paper could also simply be a PDF file for testing purposes, not intended for end users.
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