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The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by bigbillheck »

alwillis wrote: post #72
alex_sf wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really though? I’m confident there are 100 RFCs alone that were more impactful.

We’ve seen many instances of documents that weren’t highly thought of at the time of their publication, with that changing radically later. Vannevar Bush‘s essay “As We May Think” in 1945 is a visionary document that describes technologies we take for granted today more than 70 years ago. It’s possible the Bitcoin white paper will be looked at in similar ways, especially if Bitcoin ends up being one mankind’s most im…

I'm gonna need a cite on "As We May Think" not being highly thought of at the time.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by cschmidt »

reb wrote: post #117
humanistbot wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alan Turing's 1950 article in Mind proposing the Turing Test (Computing Machinery and Intelligence) IRS Tax Form 1040 The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights The US Constitution and Declaration of Independence The Treaty of Versailles The Paris Treaty The Kyoto Protocol The Bible, King James Version Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther's 95 Theses The Communist Manifesto

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Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by paxys »

krsdcbl wrote: post #84

Honestly If i had to guess, I'd say the answer is as simple as: a freely distributable, easily verifiable document was needed for testing purposes, and some engineer thought it'd be a cheeky little easter egg to use that file as bitcoin was starting to gain back traction in 2019 after it's first big surge and fall the years prior.

> freely distributable

Is it though? The whitepaper wasn't released with any license. The original author still holds the copyright.

I'm going to guess someone from Apple's legal team is pretty pissed right about now.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by pstrateman »

paxys wrote: post #163
krsdcbl wrote: post #84

Honestly If i had to guess, I'd say the answer is as simple as: a freely distributable, easily verifiable document was needed for testing purposes, and some engineer thought it'd be a cheeky little easter egg to use that file as bitcoin was starting to gain back traction in 2019 after it's first big surge and fall the years prior.

> freely distributable Is it though? The whitepaper wasn't released with any license. The original author still holds the copyright. I'm going to guess someone from Apple's legal team is pretty pissed right about now.

It was released with the original bitcoin release under the MIT license.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by dullcrisp »

ChickeNES wrote: post #97
crazygringo wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup. I can't even think of any other "famous PDF". If you asked me for a famous modern formatted document generally, I might say the screenplay for The Godfather would be a good candidate. But there's no canonical PDF for that. :P Plus, copyright would prevent that.

How about "Attention Is All You Need"?

The Bitcoin whitepaper was the “Attention Is All You Need” of 2019.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by walrus01 »

paxys wrote: post #163
krsdcbl wrote: post #84

Honestly If i had to guess, I'd say the answer is as simple as: a freely distributable, easily verifiable document was needed for testing purposes, and some engineer thought it'd be a cheeky little easter egg to use that file as bitcoin was starting to gain back traction in 2019 after it's first big surge and fall the years prior.

> freely distributable Is it though? The whitepaper wasn't released with any license. The original author still holds the copyright. I'm going to guess someone from Apple's legal team is pretty pissed right about now.

As the identity of "Satoshi Nakamoto" is extremely unclear, the only way that the real satoshi could identify themselves now is by moving a bitcoin out of one of the very early wallets, which nobody has been able to do. The australian guy named Craig Wright claiming to be Satoshi was clearly a fraud. How would a person showing up claiming to be Satoshi enforce copyright on this if they can't prove they're the original author?

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by ashwagary »

berkle4455 wrote: post #155

Wait til you realize Satoshi worked for Apple and used stenography to embed his wallet key into that image. The PDF is a clue.

Wait till you realize we never heard from Satoshi again because he died on October 5th, 2011 from pancreatic cancer.

Re: The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

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Post by eddyg »

crazygringo wrote: post #87
krsdcbl wrote: post #84

Honestly If i had to guess, I'd say the answer is as simple as: a freely distributable, easily verifiable document was needed for testing purposes, and some engineer thought it'd be a cheeky little easter egg to use that file as bitcoin was starting to gain back traction in 2019 after it's first big surge and fall the years prior.

Yup. I can't even think of any other "famous PDF". If you asked me for a famous modern formatted document generally, I might say the screenplay for The Godfather would be a good candidate. But there's no canonical PDF for that. :P Plus, copyright would prevent that.

I would’ve went with Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” (converted to PDF via a faithful rendition of the original open letter, assuming it wasn’t available as a PDF originally.)
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