The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by indy on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:30PM (#35461320)

Every iPhone ships with a bitcoin miner. It gets activated once your phone is over a year old.

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by sebzim4500 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:37PM (#35461418)

I wonder if that would generate a financially significant amount of BTC. Would they ever actually mine a block with that little compute?

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by pas on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:50PM (#35461551)

if the hash rate drops by a sufficient amount, then they could :)

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by lxgr on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:14PM (#35461799)

If nothing else, it'd generate a financially significant amount of USD for Apple :)

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by paxys on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:51PM (#35462152)

In a vacuum, yes. If you account for the fact that a large majority of people would get pissed with the battery drain and return their phones, no.

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by flenserboy on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:20PM (#35461858)

So it's not the battery going

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