#187 - There's hidden Bitcoin in your computer...

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1. The Bitcoin whitepaper hidden in every Macbook

2. Airline, MLB, and pool party NFT tickets

3. A Mutant Apes city-builder web3 game

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Somebody hid the Bitcoin whitepaper in every single Macbook

Ah, Crypto Twitter. I can always rely on you for information that makes me question my reality.

Today's piece of mindbending info from the web's most diligent degens:

the Bitcoin whitepaper comes preloaded onto every Apple MacBook.

This is the original whitepaper written by crypto's anonymous father, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Published shortly after the 2008 financial crisis, it lays out the fundamental motivation and mechanics for the Bitcoin blockchain.

And you can find that whitepaper hiding on your Mac.

Based on several Tweets, it's been preloaded on Apple machines for around a decade. 🤷‍♀️

The whitepaper is hiding inside the Virtual Scanner app in this location:

You can open it through Terminal by entering:

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

So this can mean only one thing, right?

Steve Jobs was Satoshi. Confirmed.

omg. It all lines up...

...Or, some Apple employee was a crypto fan and used the whitepaper to test out the Virtual Scanner app – then decided to leave the pdf on consumer devices as a cool easter egg.

That's a degen move right there.

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Check out these 3 use cases for NFT tickets

In the never-ending search for NFT utility, tickets are a use case that's often thrown around.

Sure, using NFTs as tickets and passes might not be the most exciting thing you've ever heard.

But there are legit reasons to use the blockchain to track your guests and customers.

On that note, here are 3 projects that show the benefits of NFT ticketing.

#1 - An Argentinian airline is offering NFT plane tix

Customers of Buenos Aires-based Flybondi now have the option to activate NFT versions of their tickets.

Tech startup TravelX is helping the airline mint tickets to the Algorand blockchain.

Why an NFT though? 🤔

Blockchain tickets give Flybondi customers the power to change and transfer bookings.

No waiting on the phone, just because you decided to stay in Cabo for an extra day.

And no extra fee because you accidentally put your name down as Mike instead of Michelangelo.

Or maybe more seriously – companies could batch-buy these NFT tickets and airdrop them to employees as-and-when needed.

#2 - A web3 company has made NFT tickets for MLB games

Web3 sports/entertainment company Candy Digital is back again for the 2023 MLB season, with more commemorative NFT tickets for select games.

You can nab one for Braves, Phillies, and Rangers games this month.

(Last year, 1,580 NFT MLB tix were purchased on secondary marketplaces.) 👀

Here's what they looked like last season:

Why an NFT though? 🤔

Collecting ticket stubs from your team is part of being a fan. But these days, pasting a bunch of QR codes into a digital scrapbook just doesn't quite hit the same.

With a commemorative NFT ticket, you get the best of both worlds – the convenience of eTickets, plus the nostalgia/keepsake of a unique stub.

#3 - Ralph Lauren is hosting an NFT-gated pool party

And finally, Ralph Lauren is sending out invites for their private Miami party via Eth NFTs.

The NFTs are made in partnership with Poolsuite, an "ultra-leisure internet organization" known for its online radio mixes.

The invitations, sent to +2,700 wallets, act as collectibles and permit holders to register for the party guest list.

Also – RL now accepts crypto at its Miami flagship store.

Why an NFT though? 🤔

Because... 🤷‍♀️ Ok, I don't really get why this one needs to be an NFT.

If Ralph Lauren wants to go web3, couldn't they have come up with some kind of limited edition phygital merch for those attending the event?

A wearable ticket – now that would be sweet!

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