12.12.2013 23:35 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dear wannabe Bitcoin miners: If it seems to good to be true, it's probably 4Chan

The allure of Bitcoin is understandable. In the past the digital currency's pice has fluctuated wildly, growing in value at an incredible rate. What does a Bitcoin currently cost? It changes by the hour. And outside of buying them at market rates the only way to get Bitcoins is a complicated mining process. As with any gold rush there are always suckers to be found, and the pranksters at 4chan are always ready to mess with them. Today the denizens of 4chan's infamous /b/ board, an anarchist playground for horrific images and incredibly cruel jokes, released the image you see above. It purports to tell users how to unlock a secret Bitcoin mining program in the Mac OS. Instead it directs them to delete essential files on their computer,

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