Bitcoin was almost named Netcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto

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When starting a new service or business, choosing a name is frequently one of the hardest decisions to make.

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History of domain name purchases indicates that Satoshi Nakamoto, the person who invented Bitcoin (BTC), had another name in mind that was not included in the whitepaper.

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The website domain for the original Bitcoin, Bitcoin.org, was made on August 18, 2008, by AnonymousSpeech.

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a Japanese company that offered an anonymous domain name purchasing service.

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It was discovered through domain purchases made under the alias AnonymousSpeech that Netcoin.org was established on August 17, 2008, one day before Bitcoin.org.

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Further investigation revealed that there was never any material on the Netcoin.org domain, "but only when it was eventually repurchased by another person."

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The discovery aids Bitcoin in separating itself from those who have in the past claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

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After being cancelled, the Netcoin.org domain was later registered again in 2010 by a Web.com subsidiary.

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