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There is no official bitcoin symbol as of December 2010, however the ''BTC'' abbreviation is the most universally accepted form.
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
** 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
** 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
** 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
** 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
** 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
** 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
    • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard
    • Cons: Does not exist in the Unicode standard