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It has lead to the following options:
 
It has lead to the following options:
  
* ฿
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* <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
* ☃
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
 
** Cons: Wait, what?
 
** Cons: Wait, what?
* Ⓑ ⓑ
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ⓑ ⓑ</font>
 
** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone
 
** Cons: Do not display properly for everyone
* ᴃ
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
* ␢
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
* β
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">β</font>
* ¤
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">¤</font>
* Ƅ
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;">Ƅ</font>
* ∄
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
* ℬ
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
* ઘ
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* <font style="font-size:1.5em;"></font>
 
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
 
** Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
* ϭ
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* <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
* ⓢ
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* <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
  • β
  • ¤
  • Ƅ
    • Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
  • ϭ
    • Cons: No visible relation to bitcoin
  • Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion circled struck-through B.png
    • Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard
  • Bitcoin Symbol Suggestion rotated power.png
    • Cons: Do not exist in the unicode standard