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It has lead to the following options: | It has lead to the following options: | ||
* ฿ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">฿</font> | ||
** 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 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> | ||
** Cons: Wait, what? | ** Cons: Wait, what? | ||
* Ⓑ ⓑ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ⓑ ⓑ</font> | ||
** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone | ** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone | ||
* ᴃ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ᴃ</font> | ||
* ␢ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">␢</font> | ||
* β | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">β</font> | ||
* ¤ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">¤</font> | ||
* Ƅ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ƅ</font> | ||
* ∄ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">∄</font> | ||
* ℬ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ℬ</font> | ||
* ઘ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ઘ</font> | ||
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin | ** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin | ||
* ϭ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ϭ</font> | ||
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin | ** 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]] | ||
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* [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png|20px]] | * [[Image:Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png|20px]] | ||
** Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard | ** Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard | ||
* ⓢ | * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">ⓢ</font> | ||
Revision as of 03:05, 19 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
- 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
- ⓢ
