Bitcoin Currency Symbol ฿

[Alcoholocaust]

I prefer Ⓑ

It is relatively easy to read and is not yet used for any other monetary unit (AFAIK)

[asdfqwejpwek]

Hello all, I decided I'd make an account JUST to show my support for Ⓑ (well, and probably to rant and ramble on other issues as well  ). Sure, $ is used in multiple places so why not the Thai ฿? I personally feel like bitcoin is such a radical step (at least for most people, who don't tend to think about the value of currency) that piggybacking on a current currency symbol just because it has the letter B in it is poor form. The Ⓑ (U+24B7) works just as well, or even better. It's shaped like a coin, it has a B, there is no potential for confusion.

I honestly can't think of an argument for ฿ and against Ⓑ.

[Scorpion]

I'll still use BTC too.

[ryepdx]

I like the B with the four stripes best. I'm opposed to using a symbol already in use by another currency.

That said, this discussion is very similar to the one over here:
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=369.0

[CCCMikey]

Ditto on 4-stripe B, or a B with two vertical lines through it for handwriting.

[gigabytecoin]

USD, CAD, AUD, BTCD? Why can't we just use the dollar symbol? That is probably the most internationally recognized symbol in the entire world when it comes to "money".

[em3rgentOrdr]

a wise man (kiba FatherMcGruder) once told me:

"The only real standard is a defacto standard."

[hook]

a wise man (kiba) once told me:

"The only real standard is a defacto standard."

The *only* real standard is an open standard.

[hellekin]

I find it very practical to use an existing UTF-8 character, such as the symbol for Bhat, until there's a unicode character for bitcoin, e.g., using a double-barred-B.

Registration of new unicode characters can be done following this procedure: http://www.unicode.org/pending/proposals.html

Meanwhile, an image with a 'BTC' alt attribute could be used instead, for people who fear the confusion with Bhat.

+1 for BTC as the 3-letter-code for Bitcoins.

My ฿10^-8

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[FatherMcGruder]

a wise man (kiba) once told me:

"The only real standard is a defacto standard."

Ahem:

if course I'm joking around...ofcourse it is important to have a standardized, commonly agreed-upon and recognized symbol

The only standard we can reasonably hope for is a de facto one.

[em3rgentOrdr]

a wise man (kiba) once told me:

"The only real standard is a defacto standard."

Ahem:

if course I'm joking around...ofcourse it is important to have a standardized, commonly agreed-upon and recognized symbol

The only standard we can reasonably hope for is a de facto one.

My apologies, FatherMcGruder...I have edited my earlier post.

[FatherMcGruder]

My apologies, FatherMcGruder...I have edited my earlier post.

No worries, I'll waive my royalty. Everybody gets one.

[Stefan Thomas]

I use BTC wherever practical, just because it's the least ambiguous. But yes, if I needed to use a currency symbol specifically, I'd use ฿ over any of the alternatives. The vertical line is recognizable to mean "currency" and as others have stated, currency symbols routinely refer to multiple currencies, so even with $ and others you always have to have some context that determines which exact currency you're talking about, ฿ would be no different.

[TiagoTiago]

There is already a thread several pages long about choosing an official symbol on Unicode for Bitcoin, there is even a page on the wiki with a few candidates.

[TiagoTiago]

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

[dishwara]

Bitcoin is going to be used for universal currency & may kill all other currencies.
For that instead of using an already PHYSICAL currency symbol, its better to go new.

I think the B with 4 stripes is the best.

Seriously, I don't think there is a need to re-invent the wheel here.



Whether you like it or not, the reality is that the serif "B" with 4 stripes is already used as Bitcoin logo by many people, so why not use it as a currency symbol? Currency symbol MUST be unique, you can't use existing ฿ unless you want to confuse someone during transaction - you don't want to confuse people when they trade, especially when they trade money.

Great Idea. It seems we had it staring us in the face the whole time.

[Steve]

I vote for ฿

[mrchowwow]

Why not the very-common lowercase Beta: β ? Otherwise, I like Ⓑ, too.

[Ian Maxwell]

A problem with ฿ is that eventually we'll need our own Unicode character anyway, because Unicode is "semantic" in that symbols have a fixed meaning. This is okay for $ because it always means "dollar", it's just what sort of dollar that changes. Bitcoins are not our own local variant of bhat.

That said, I'm calling ฿ the best stopgap solution, and using it for now.

Should it go on the left or the right?

[Ryland R. Taylor-Almanza]

So close to figuring out how to type the 4-striped B symbol, but the stripes aren't centered! B͈̎