You Can Now Type the Bitcoin 'B' Symbol in Unicode Text

[TravelMug]

A decades-old computer character standard has been updated with a symbol for bitcoin.

The Unicode Consortium unveiled Unicode version 10.0 today, which includes the bitcoin "B" symbol. Overall, the update includes 8,518 characters, along with 56 new emojis.

The move comes more than a year and a half after the Unicode Consortium, which oversees the Unicode computing text standard, approved a proposal that itself constituted a years-long process. Efforts toward a bitcoin Unicode symbol date back to as early as 2011.

The proposal, submitted by technology blogger Ken Shirriff, was actually the second to be considered by the Consortium. An earlier push by Sander van Galoven of the Netherlands was rejected by the organization.

http://www.coindesk.com/you-can-now-type-the-bitcoin-b-symbol-in-unicode-text/

[freebutcaged]

Nicely done, so now we could expect to see BTC symbol as a standard on computer keyboards as well but where would they put it?

[Qartada]

Nicely done, so now we could expect to see BTC symbol as a standard on computer keyboards as well but where would they put it?

Errr, I don't think you've been reading...

Overall, the update includes 8,518 characters, along with 56 new emojis.

This is absolutely nowhere close to a BTC keyboard symbol.  Just because we're part of this group doesn't mean we're important - it's not like Bitcoin is used even a hundredth as much as the dollar for example.

It's a step in the right direction to be recognised but it's not that significant.

[MostHigh]

Does this mean we will see it on keyboards or on OS. please someone should explain to me