Making up a good name is one of the hardest decisions when launching a new business. Historical data from domain name purchases suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, had an alternate name in mind for the project.
Bitcoin or Netcoin
It would have been close if we had talked about Netcoin instead of Bitcoin. From the data of the party that Satoshi Nakamoto owned the domain for Bitcoin.org bought on August 18, 2008, turns out he was thinking about Netcoin the day before. On August 17, 2008, someone registered Netcoin.org with the same party in Japan.
After further investigation, Or Weinberger came to the conclusion that there was never any content on Netcoin’s website. Until the domain name was later bought by someone else. The decision to stay with Bitcoin may have been crucial to its success. Different people give to to be happy with the Bitcoin name relative to Netcoin.
The Mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto
To this day, we do not know who is behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The mysterious creator of Bitcoin has managed to remain anonymous all these years. Several people claim to be behind the pseudonym, but no one has been able to prove it. It seems more and more likely that Satoshi Nakamoto is no longer with us.
If Satoshi is still there, it is very special that he or she can keep quiet. The person in question has billions in bitcoin and has built something that people from all over the world invest in. It must be very difficult to keep that to yourself and not at least tell some friends, unless Satoshi is of course very afraid of the consequences.