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** Pro: Gives a currency-like look (it the symbol for an existing currency, the Thai Baht, but other currency symbols often get reused, like the $), Displayed correctly on all known OSes | ** Pro: Gives a currency-like look (it is the symbol for an existing currency, the Thai Baht, but other currency symbols often get reused, like the $), Displayed correctly on all known OSes | ||
** Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people | ** Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people | ||
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">☃</font> | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">☃</font> | ||
Revision as of 07:36, 19 January 2011
There is no official bitcoin symbol as of December 2010, however the BTC abbreviation is the most universally accepted form.
Unicode symbol
There is a discussion over which Unicode symbol might be the best suited for bitcoin.
It has lead to the following options:
- ฿
- Pro: Gives a currency-like look (it is the symbol for an existing currency, the Thai Baht, but other currency symbols often get reused, like the $), Displayed correctly on all known OSes
- Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people
- ☃
- Cons: Wait, what?
- Ⓑ ⓑ
- Cons: Do not display properly for everyone
- ᴃ
- ␢
- β
- ¤
- Ƅ
- ∄
- ℬ
- ઘ
- Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
- ϭ
- Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
- Cons: Do not exist in the Unicode standard
- Cons: Do not exist in the Unicode standard
- ⓢ
