Bitcoin Was Almost Named Netcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto, Hints at Domain Data

Domain purchases under AnonymousSpeech in similar time frame revealed the creation of Netcoin.org on August 17, 2008, just one day before the creation from bitcoin.org.

Finding a good name is often one of the hardest decisions to make when launching a new service or business. Historical domain name purchase data suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin (BTC), had another naming option in mind that was not published in the whitepaper.

Bitcoin.org, the domain of the original Bitcoin-related website, was established on August 18, 2008 under AnonymousSpeech, a service in Japan that allowed users to purchase domain names anonymously. Domain purchases under AnonymousSpeech in similar time frames revealed the creation of Netcoin.org on August 17, 2008, just one day before the creation of Bitcoin.org.

Did you know? A day before the domain https://t.co/oDfOFzFVNi was first registered, someone purchased https://t.co/KLzoDxJjrz using the same registrar. Looks like Satoshi was considering between the two names and then gave up https://t.co/KLzoDxJjrz#Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/yqwZYRefvX

After further research, crypto locksmith Or Weinberger confirmed that no content was ever present on the Netcoin.org domain “except only after it was later taken over by another person.”< /p>

The decision to stick with Bitcoin may have been crucial to its success due to many in the crypto community pointing out their dislike of the Netcoin name, as one :

"That's interesting. I'm glad they stuck with Bitcoin, it sounds a lot better."

This discovery further helps Bitcoin distance itself from people who previously claimed to be...