Bitcoin White Paper is Being Removed from Apple’s macOS
Apple has taken down the Bitcoin white paper from its latest macOS Ventura beta.
The document had been hidden in the macOS system files since the Mojave version in 2018, and blogger Andy Baio discovered it.
The company did not provide any explanation for including the white paper, which led to speculation that it might have been an inside joke or a nod to the growing significance of cryptocurrencies.
However, the reason for removing the white paper remains unclear, and Apple has not commented on it. It is worth noting that Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged owning cryptocurrency in 2021, but it is uncertain whether he or other Apple executives played a role in the inclusion or removal of the white paper.
The discovery of the white paper sparked debates among Apple users about the company’s relationship with cryptocurrencies.
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Some believe that it could have been a subtle endorsement of Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology, while others think it was merely a practical choice for testing purposes due to its compact size.
With the mystery surrounding the white paper’s inclusion and removal unresolved, users are left to speculate on Apple’s stance on cryptocurrencies while keeping an eye on any potential shifts in the company’s attitude towards digital assets.
Alexander Stefanov
Reporter at CoinsPress
Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coinspress and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
