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There is no official bitcoin symbol as of December 2010, however the ''BTC'' abbreviation is the most universally accepted form.
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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 ==
 
== Unicode symbol ==
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">฿</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">฿</font>
** 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
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** 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>
 
** Cons: Wait, what?
 
** Cons: Wait, what?
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ⓑ ⓑ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ⓑ ⓑ</font>
** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone
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** Cons: Does not display properly for everyone
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ᴃ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ᴃ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">␢</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">␢</font>
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ℬ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ℬ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ઘ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ઘ</font>
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
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** Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ϭ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ϭ</font>
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
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** Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
 
* [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion circled struck-through B.png|20px]]
 
* [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion circled struck-through B.png|20px]]
** Cons: Do not exist in the Unicode standard
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** Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
 
* [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png|20px]]
 
* [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png|20px]]
** Cons: Do not exist in the Unicode standard
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** Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ⓢ</font>
 
* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ⓢ</font>

Revision as of 07:41, 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: Does not display properly for everyone
  • β
  • ¤
  • Ƅ
    • Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
  • ϭ
    • Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion circled struck-through B.png
    • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
  • Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png
    • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard