Bitcoin symbol

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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.

To type Unicode characters, refer to:

It has lead to the following options:

Proposed character Description & Pros & Cons Unicode name Unicode decimal input Unicode hex input
฿
  • Pros: 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 used for the Thai currency, and might confuse people
THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT Alt +0E3F
  • Pros: Similar to current bitcoin.org logo
CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B Alt +24B7
  • Pros: Small b represent the unit bit in computer where capital B is Byte
  • Cons: Small fonts are harder to read
CIRCLED LATIN SMALL LETTER B Alt +24D1
LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL BARRED B Alt +1D03
Ƀ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH STROKE Alt +0243
B⃦
(Unicode Block: Control Pictures) BLANK SYMBOL (graphic for space) Alt +2422
β GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA Alt +03B2
¤ CURRENCY SIGN Alt 0164 Alt +00A4
Ƅ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE SIX Alt +0184
(Unicode Block: Mathematical Operators) THERE DOES NOT EXIST Alt +2204
GUJARATI LETTER GHA (Indo-Aryan language) Alt +0A98
ϭ (Unicode Block: Greek and Coptic) COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA Alt +03ED
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
Purposed as a smaller unit of bitcoin. E.g. A hundredth of a bitcoin CIRCLED LATIN SMALL LETTER S Alt +24E2
The b'at

the b'at

  • Pros: Is round like a coin. Contains the B for Bitcoin. Borrows a style widelly associated with the internet. Not used for other meanings.
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
A 'C' with '1' and '0' inside [[1]]
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
A 'C' with a 'circle' and 'dot' inside [[2]]
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
(Unicode Block: Geometric Shapes) SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK Alt +25EA
[[3]][[4]]
  • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
WHITE SMILING FACE Alt +263A
BLACK SMILING FACE Alt +263B
CIRCLED KATAKANA TU' (Japanese) Alt +32E1