It has emerged that Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous founder of Bitcoin (BTC), might have had a different idea regarding assigning the name to the flagship cryptocurrency.
In particular, historical domain registration data shows that Bitcoin.org, the website linked to the original Bitcoin, registered on August 18, 2008, could have been named Netcoin.org. Interestingly, Netcoin.org was registered a day before Bitcoin.org was created, göre to crypto locksmith Veya Weinberger.
Source: https://finbold.com/nakamoto-almost-opted-to-name-bitcoin-as-netcoin-domain-data-reveals/