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** Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people | ** Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people | ||
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** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone | ** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 17 December 2010
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 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
- ϭ
- Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard
- Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard
- ⓢ
