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There is no official | 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 $) | ** 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: | ** 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 | ** 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 | ** 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: | ** 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: | ** 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
- ᴃ
- ␢
- β
- ¤
- Ƅ
- ∄
- ℬ
- ઘ
- Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
- ϭ
- Cons: No visible relation to Bitcoin
- Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
- Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
- ⓢ
