The Best Symbol For The Satoshi

[SuperTA]

Why we just don't call it sBTC
That will show be enough to know that you are using Satoshis of Bitcoin

I like the simplicity of it. Sometimes the best things are the ones that are simple. I also like that the btc symbol is somehow included. It's nice to have different opinions and conclusions. The time will tell if there will be a need for a massive usage of the satoshy symbol in the future.

[Gibreil]

It is good also to have a symbol in smaller unit of bitcoin. In order for the sats to have identification. I think number is good but it seems like it has a bit similarity with dollars symbol. We don't need to debate it right now because even we selected the symbol for it if the developer did not accept it, then it could be only a confusion to the people.

[bkbirge]

Apparently this idea has been around for a little while, I like the guy in this article who talks about using a symbol that's already in the Unicode 10.0 spec.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/as-bitcoin-price-soars-some-say-its-time-for-satoshis-to-get-a-symbol

[Artemis3]

Why we just don't call it sBTC
That will show be enough to know that you are using Satoshis of Bitcoin

I like the simplicity of it. Sometimes the best things are the ones that are simple. I also like that the btc symbol is somehow included. It's nice to have different opinions and conclusions. The time will tell if there will be a need for a massive usage of the satoshy symbol in the future.

Hmm yes, but Bitcoin should go first not last, as in Bs. ₿s. BTCs. Ironically that's what the Venezuelan bolivar used to use as symbol, quite appropriate given that its descendant (the BsS.) is currently a bit less (but nearly on par) to 1 satoshi.

[actmyname]

I'm not a fan of associating the most granular form of Bitcoin as "BS".

This symbol is pretty cool: 𝕊

[SuperTA]

That's funny! I had the same thoughts about BS symbol. lol I think it's better to find something else.
It would be cool if the BS word didn't exist.  

[pixie85]

That's funny!   I had the same thoughts about BS symbol. lol I think it's better to find something else. It would be cool if the BS word didn't exist. 

All words should exist. Without BS you would have no way of calling out BSV for the BS that it is

Do we really need another symbol just for satoshis? If so then why should it even be the letter S? The dollar is $ so a satoshi could as well be little B of some sort. like BTC and BTC

[shield132]

Liked forth one but since S and ~ lines are associated with USD dolar, I think it won't be fair to include satoshi in this one despite the fact that his name starts with S because he created bitcoin which is far from USD, a coin made for anonimity, for protecting user's privacy and fast/cheap transactions, it's 100% opposite of fiat and banking system. So to my mind it will be better if there will be combination of B and S since he created bitcoin. Just googled BS logos and there are really amazing ones out there.

[Mahanton]

We have BTC why we need another symbol?
It's like creating another symbol for only Ray Tomlinson besides the simbol @ for email.

If you think to represent satoshis (as unit of value) we have already mBTC which works great. The $ sign is same, same sign for cents.

So what will be the purpose for it ?

Same thoughts!

Why would need for another symbol.? BTC symbol is already enough yet this already symbolizes satoshi and theres no other symbol would fit out.

[dkbit98]

Looking long term I think it is good if Bitcoin community have consensus regarding this topic.

I was looking for some interesting symbols from Japan, like  サ

Here is wiki page regarding Satoshi unit:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_(unit)

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BTCitcoin - atoshi <> BTC -
Bitcoin - Satoshi <> B - S
Please, someone quote my post to here. more symbols would come ...

Contribute thoughts. I don't know for sure how the results of my work if minimized like the default font size of the forum. If it doesn't look fit, just change the width value(currently is 10).
If I had to choose only the OP list, I'd choose the number 1 for now. That's the best (in my point of view) even though I've tried to minimize the size like BTC symbol and it looks like bubble talk. Maybe if it's made thicker, then the S accent is more visible.

PS: Tell me if this logo/symbol has been made before by someone else, I will add credit. As far as searching, I haven't found anything like this.

[TheUltraElite]

Its fun seeing people become obsessed with things that are beyond their control. This is human nature to think and imagine things and thus lead to their own downfall. Do you all think changing a symbol would mean changing anything for the future economy? That lowercase dollar sign with a bitcoin sign beside it has been used to denote satoshi since a long time now even before I ever thought of the same.

It is a pointless discussion anyway. Rather than working together to promote the use of bitcoin people are more interested in drawing new symbols for the smallest unit of bitcoin.

[Nadziratel]

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Which one do you like?
If you have a better suggestion please share with us!

I don't know who made them. But I think it's not good enough.

If there is a Satoshi symbol in it, it must contain the Bitcoin symbol.

[dkbit98]

There is also one reddit post regarding same Satoshi symbol topic
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/ckywkg/my_2_sat_for_the_satoshi_symbol_greek_small/

[coin-investor]

We have BTC why we need another symbol?
It's like creating another symbol for only Ray Tomlinson besides the simbol @ for email.

If you think to represent satoshis (as unit of value) we have already mBTC which works great. The $ sign is same, same sign for cents.

So what will be the purpose for it ?

That's true we don't need anything that will confuse people especially those coming in, we are pretty much ok on what we already have right now, no need to add more symbolism, there's a thread I read that they want to change the name of Bitcoin or it's symbol, that will create confusion and possibly lose all the efforts that we've done for the last ten years.

[SuperTA]

So you are afraid that somebody will change the symbol of bitcoin? That's never gonna happen! This is not the thread about changing bitcoin. No need for that. Don't be afraid.

[xvids]

We have BTC why we need another symbol?
It's like creating another symbol for only Ray Tomlinson besides the simbol @ for email.

If you think to represent satoshis (as unit of value) we have already mBTC which works great. The $ sign is same, same sign for cents.

So what will be the purpose for it ?

Well, you know, i expect Bitcoin to increase it's value in the next years. So i think the Satoshi symbol will be more used and more important in the future.

I think we already have enough symbols and I agree mBTC is already there so why should we need another symbol for sats?
I mean mBTC is there but only few are using it most of us are still using BTC instead of mBTC so why bother creating another symbol?

[SuperTA]

We have BTC why we need another symbol?
It's like creating another symbol for only Ray Tomlinson besides the simbol @ for email.

If you think to represent satoshis (as unit of value) we have already mBTC which works great. The $ sign is same, same sign for cents.

So what will be the purpose for it ?

Well, you know, i expect Bitcoin to increase it's value in the next years. So i think the Satoshi symbol will be more used and more important in the future.

I think we already have enough symbols and I agree mBTC is already there so why should we need another symbol for sats?
I mean mBTC is there but only few are using it most of us are still using BTC instead of mBTC so why bother creating another symbol?

I think you just answered yourself. Because no one is using it. If bitcoin goes to 100k or even higher, satoshi value will be more used.
Again, no one is forcing it or replacing bitcoin. No one is saying that this will be official! The thread is about the best satoshi symbol. Why i opened this thread? Simply because i like the artistic side of life and i would like to see some Satoshi symbols. I would enjoy that. No need to be accepted as official symbol.

[LoyceV]

Oh, i have said this before, anything beyond satoshis and bitcoins is useless, especially mBTC

Anyone in any country that uses the SI-system understands what mBTC means. It's still my favourite unit: not too big, not too small. It's closest to euro/dollar in value, and thus very convenient for "daily" amounts.

But these all symbols resembles the USD.

That's exactly what I noticed instantly. Although it's quite clever to combine the "S" from Satoshi with the second and third character ("at") in the form of "@".

BTC^-8

It looks good, but it's terrible to type.

The key part of why there's no prefix for satoshi is that the closest one would be nano (10^-9) whereas you would need to do 10nBTC, kind of ugly. Maybe a better answer is XnBTC (using roman numeral)?

The fact that Bitcoin can be divided into 8 decimals confused me for much longer than it should have. With fiat, 2 decimals is easy. Anything with 3 decimals is common too (thousand, million, billion). But 8 decimals is just weird And it's far too big to count: you can't instantly see the value of 0.0000002 BTC without carefully counting the zeros.

Why we just don't represent it like sBTC

It doesn't fit the SI-prefixes.

For now, I'll keep using what I've been using for a long time:
BTC (for big amounts)
mBTC (for more common amounts, although I usually add the Bitcoin amount for people who don't understand it)
satoshi (written in full or as "sat") (for small amounts).

Example

Amount: 0.1 mBTC (0.0001 BTC, or 10,000 satoshi).
Interest: 1% (0.001 mBTC (=0.000001 BTC or 100 satoshi)).

[actmyname]

satoshi (written in full or as "sat") (for small amounts).

Example

Amount: 0.1 mBTC (0.0001 BTC, or 10,000 satoshi).
Interest: 1% (0.001 mBTC (=0.000001 BTC or 100 satoshi)).

I think I prefer sat > s@. It's faster to type and requires the same number of keystrokes, at least on a QWERTY keyboard. For touch typers, S and A are both on the left-hand home row whereas T is a slight movement away from F. @ requires both a wrist movement from the right hand & pinky as well as a stretch from the left hand ring finger to the @ sign.