Bitcoin symbol: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:47, 20 February 2011

There is no official Bitcoin symbol as of December 2010, however the BTC abbreviation is the most universally accepted form.

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 used for the Thai currency, and might confuse people
☃
- Cons: Wait, what?
Ⓑ ⓑ
- Cons: Does not display properly for everyone
ᴃ
Ƀ
␢
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
ⓢ
the b'at
- Pros: Is round like a coin. Contains the B for Bitcoin. Borrows a style widelly associated with the internet. Not used for other meanings.
- Cons: Not (yet) officially in the Unicode standard.

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 * <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
-** Cons: It is already a currency, and might confuse people
+** Cons: It is already used for the Thai currency, and might confuse people
 * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">☃</font>
 ** Cons: Wait, what?
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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;">Ƀ</font>
 * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">␢</font>
 * <font style="font-size:1.5em;">β</font>