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Got bored this evening and make some buttons.

Examples: http://imgur.com/a/Wzp0i
Archive with source and examples: https://mega.co.nz/#!0tMkFA5Y!4z2Ni8uXejoezA12I5gbjx5p_9uifYXOKVbp9OKHZco

https://i.imgur.com/NR5rAWz.png

If someone could make a range of graphics with this Ƀ instead, I'd send a healthy tip.

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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_symbol

Edit: I know there are already some graphics with that symbol somewhere, but I think the color scheme on them is bad. Waiting to see what's going to be put up here: http://bitcoinsymbol.org

That's nice! But wouldn't you consider to keep consistent with the orange design? I think it helps bitcoin being a recognisable "brand"..
Good job anyway :)  

I think that is detrimental, and implies that it's a company, or centralized. I think long term it would be great if there were every kind of design imaginable, using all kinds of B symbols and color schemes.

Yeah, I'd prefer a variety, but I think having a brand or logo is also beneficial. I don't like the green, but the classic orange colour can sometimes look a bit dated too.

You should keep it with the original colors. Imagine seeing Facebook in red, yellow, green somewhere.

See? This is exactly what I'm talking about.

Facebook is a centralized company. It wouldn't make sense to have a range of different colour schemes and logos.

Bitcoin is not Facebook.

Even though bitcoin is not centralized or a company, it has to be recognizable in a way, hence the (usually) orange logo.

Keep the logo, change the colours?

Nah, change the logo, keep the colours.

My interpretation:

https://i.imgur.com/4rUeTRn.png

A couple of others:

http://imgur.com/a/SFpH4

Logo style:

https://i.imgur.com/GvB9vbE.png


PSDs:

https://mega.co.nz/#!wBwkxD5a!5kMhkTOlXTbytg55grpGAHYKcGhxvLWUZDdC3iUu9Y8

Ok, so that brand thing about orange color seems logic and I sticked to it. But it can be changed to fit site's color scheme.

https://i.imgur.com/VMxlto2.png

More:
http://imgur.com/a/H1o0C

Images aren't showing up. I don't think we should change the symbol. It's already kinda iconic.

Anyone else see the images? Works fine for me in 2 different browsers on 2 different IPs... They're all on imgur.

p.s. This logo is also rather iconic and uses the Ƀ:

http://ilovebitcoin.com/images/bitcoinheart.png

But who are we to decide and 're-brand' it using a new logo?

A decentralized community of independent thinkers?

A bitcoin logo can look like anything you want it to look like.

I just personally prefer the Ƀ character over the more often-used one.

https://i.imgur.com/FrNavWu.png

A few members does not equal to a whole community. How do we know we have picked the right number and right people to vote on this?
Why not honor Satoshi and keep it in its current state?

Why do we need to vote? Do people vote on the price of bread before the supermarket puts it's price tag on it? No, the free market decides at the point of sale.

Anyone designing a website or anything else related to bitcoin is free to make it look however they choose.

I am honoring Satoshi by having faith in free markets.

Shout outs to Nimda (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=57857) ;)

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/avatar_57857.png



And DeathAndTaxes (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=41048)

https://bitcointalk.org/useravatars/avatar_41048.png

Marketer here. Branding is extremely important and has nothing to do with centralization vs decentralization. The end goal is effective communication and you're not going to have that if your message is all over the place. Design is not just visual masturbation, but a way to communicate to people.

From a dev analogy, this is why you have things like the "Android Design Guidelines" and UI / UX best practices. Yes, it's an open ecosystem, but there are best practice guidelines for a reason. If some lazy dev uses Sencha or Phonegap to create some shitty cross-platform app, consumers are going to have a rough time figuring out what the hell is going on. Similarly, if you have green Bitcoin signage with unfamiliar logos, you're introducing a level of confusion to the very people you are trying to target. Language itself is decentralized, but you don't see me going out there and spelyng thingz difrint just beacuz aye can.

Weirdly they're working now.


Yeah, without the word Bitcoin in there you probably wouldn't know what those symbols were for. They need to be easily recognised by all.

here's my 50second attempt just for fun

http://i58.tinypic.com/vrel5e.jpg

plus i am not swearing, as MTGox really is SHUT

Agreed. And the more entrepreneurs like me use them, the more recognised they will become.

I could be wrong, but I doubt the people who go to Bitcoin Kamikaze (http://bitcoinkamikaze.com) to gamble, decide not to deposit just because it doesn't have the over-used orange logo.

Good subject for a consumer-feedback survey I guess.

It would be nice if anytime someone encountered any kind of lone B symbol on a logo, they assumed it had something to do with bitcoin. Images in Bitcoin Myths (http://bitcoinmyths.com) have an even different shape B to the main two we're discussing, but it doesn't stop it from looking like bitcoin.

If you saw a sign like this:

http://bitcoinmyths.com/images/bitcoinmyths5.png

...would you say "Oh that's obviously referring to bitcoin" or would you say "That can't be bitcoin, it doesn't have two lines sticking out the top and bottom of the B".

GET GOXXXED!

lol

Quote 100%.. just a matter of communication! But sure, everyone is free to do what he likes, if the community likes your work, it will pick it up!