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[BTCurious]

Ik sprak net met Matthew van Bitcoin magazine. Ze gaan in de Barnes & Noble editie van Bitcoin Magazine (#3) een artikel over het Bitcoin symbool doen. Ze stellen voor om vanaf nu het nieuwe symbool, Ƀ, te gebruiken, die al in unicode zit en niet wordt gebruikt voor enige currency. Zie http://www.ecogex.com/bitcoin/ voor meer argumentatie.

Als je meedoet als bedrijf of individu, laat het me dan ff weten, dan geef ik dat door aan Matthew en voegt hij je toe aan deze lijst hier als supporter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajtx05YrHtIydEFmWVVWQWpuYmwybExZY1A1d3Y0Z3c#gid=0

Edit: Hier een custom keyboard layout: ftp://bitcoinlayout:bitcoinlayout@forecast.student.utwente.nl/usinbtc.zip
US-international layout (wat de meeste mensen hebben), maar dan met Ƀ onder AltGr+B (of Ctrl+Alt+B).

Als er behoefte is aan andere layouts moet je het maar even zeggen.

[02:41:59 PM] Matthew N. Wright: We'll be releasing a new article in the Barnes and Noble first issue about the Bitcoin symbol and how it cannot work the way it is (it is incompatible with -anything- in the world right now), and showing everyone how to use the new recommended symbol (originally recommended by http://www.ecogex.com/bitcoin/ ). The symbol is Ƀ (U+0243)

This is an excerpt from the site: "Ƀ (U+0243) is a unicode character used as a "capitalized alternate symbol for the voiced bilabial fricative in Americanist phonetic notation". It is included in a lot of typefaces such as Arial, Times New Roman, Tahoma, Helvetica, Deja vu, Linux Biolinum, Linux Libertine, FreeSerif, Geneva, Gentium Plus, Microsoft sans serif, and many more..."

If I can get confirmation from you that you will adopt this standard symbol, I would like to list your name in the "supporters" column of https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajtx05YrHtIydEFmWVVWQWpuYmwybExZY1A1d3Y0Z3c
[02:43:03 PM] Mqrius: Yeah, sure, I'll add it to my keyboard layout
[02:43:23 PM] Mqrius: What are these adoption tiers?
[02:45:10 PM] Matthew N. Wright: 1st means they're leading the pack
[02:45:15 PM] Matthew N. Wright: 2nd means they're going right after that
[02:45:17 PM] Matthew N. Wright: and 3rd means unsure
[02:45:39 PM] Mqrius: I'll take 1st
[02:46:02 PM] Mqrius: 's about time there was some decision about the logo
[02:46:35 PM] Mqrius: I don't like the colors much though :x
[02:46:44 PM] Matthew N. Wright: Nah, the colors are not required
[02:46:45 PM] Mqrius: http://www.ecogex.com/bitcoin/ They look depressing
[02:46:46 PM | Edited 02:46:49 PM] Matthew N. Wright: What's your email again?
[02:46:50 PM] Mqrius: Nuntius.Marii@Gmail.com
[02:48:15 PM] Mqrius: can/shall I spread this to people that may want to be on the list?
[02:48:24 PM] Matthew N. Wright: Yes!
[02:48:26 PM] Matthew N. Wright: Anyone!
[02:48:28 PM] Matthew N. Wright: Any businesses too!

Edit over de tiers:
1st = Front line
2nd = Ready to go when front line does
3rd = Need to see the effects of front line to decide
4th = Will do anything the "community" does

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[Matthew N. Wright]

Just use ALT + 579!


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[wachtwoord]

I don't like it, use the other one (like a Dollar but with a B, the second submission on https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_symbol). If it has to be unicode just use the Thai Baht one. So many currencies use $ it's ridiculous, so who cares a bunch of Thai are already using it

To paraphrase another user: Your proposal looks like someone with a stick up his butt.

[irritant]

฿ ?

[Matthew N. Wright]

I don't like it

Thanks for sharing! Look for the article explaining it better in the next issue of Bitcoin Magazine and on the website.

Here are just a few public supporters for the change:

Code:

Business Supporters		Site				Adoption Tier
Bitcoin Magazine		http://bitcoinmagazine.net		1st
SafeBit				http://www.safebit.com			1st
WalletBit			http://www.walletbit.com		1st
ResponsePay			https://responsepay.com/		1st
Slush's Pool			http://mining.bitcoin.cz/		1st
Cheaper in Bitcoins		http://cheaperinbitcoins.com		1st
Starcraft Bitcoin Open		http://www.sc2btc.com/			1st
BitStamp			http://bitstamp.net			1st
Pos-A-Doll			http://posadoll.com			1st
DCAO				http://dcao.org				1st
AnonymousAds			http://anonymousads.com			1st
Bitcurex			https://bitcurex.com/			1st
Crowncloud VPS			http://crowncloud.net			1st
Private Internet Access™	https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/	1st
Apollo Digital Goods		http://apollodigitalgoods.com		1st
BitVOIP				http://www.bitvoip.info			1st
StuffExists			http://stuffexists.com			1st
Bitcoin Advertising		http://bitcoinadvertising.com/		1st
h33t Torrents			http://h33t.com/			1st
Bit-Pay				http://bit-pay.com			2nd
Coinabul			http://coinabul.com			2nd
Blockchain			http://blockchain.info			2nd
Bitonic				http://bitonic.nl/			2nd
Cacascius Coins			http://casascius.com			3rd
Strike Sapphire			https://strikesapphire.com/		3rd
CryptoXChange			http://cryptoxchange.com		3rd


Personal Advocates	Contact
Matthew N. Wright	matthew@bitcoinmagazine.co.uk
Eli Sklar		eli.sklar@gmail.com
Mihai Alisie		mihai@bitcoinmagazine.co.uk
Vladimir Marchenko	vladimir@bitcoinmagazine.co.uk
Vitalik Buterin		vitalik@bitcoinmagazine.co.uk
Marek Palatinus		info@bitcoin.cz
Willem van Rooyen	info@sc2btc.com
Marius van Voorden	Nuntius.Marii@Gmail.com
Brian Santos		itmanbrian@gmail.com
Burt Wagner		burt.wagner@gmail.com
Pim Muilwijk		bitsmithnl@gmail.com
Stefan Thomas		~
Andrew Lee		realrasengan@gmail.com
Daniel Smith		dslokk@hotmail.com
David Schwartz		davidjoelschwartz@gmail.com
Jan Moller	 	jan.moller@gmail.com
Jonathan Ryan Owens	jro@ringcoin.com
Erik Voorhees		erikvoorhees@gmail.com
Richard Vialoux		maplesyrupghost@bitcointrading.com
Colin Dean		@colindean
Jean-Francois Arseneau	jf.arseneau@gmail.com


Application	Site											Adoption Tier
BitcoinSpinner	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miracleas.bitcoin_spinner&hl=en	1st

[wachtwoord]

The fact that those guys like it doesn't make me like it more

But please write about it, in the end the majority of the users will decide anyway. (I am used to typing EUR already anyway as I have no Euro-sign on my keyboard, currently I am doing the same for BTC).

[Matthew N. Wright]

The fact that those guys like it doesn't make me like it more

But please write about it, in the end the majority of the users will decide anyway. (I am used to typing EUR already anyway as I have no Euro-sign on my keyboard, currently I am doing the same for BTC).

Yea, I will still use BTC and it is impossible to erase BTC from the history of Bitcoin (lol) but I believe we should start making things easier for the community and newcomers, and I figure what better place to start than the very symbol we use?

[irritant]

wachtwoord: Erik Voorhees is also pro change , that guy in your signature  

[wachtwoord]

Isn't that called an "argumentum ad auctoritatem" ?

[irritant]

i dont know

ß, ฿, Ƀ, Б, Ъ, Ѣ 

i dont really care,  i like the Ѣ because they stopped using it in 1918

as long as it works i'm happy

[Matthew N. Wright]

i dont know

ß, ฿, Ƀ, Б, Ъ, Ѣ  

i dont really care,  i like the Ѣ because they stopped using it in 1918

as long as it works i'm happy

Hehe. I'm gonna use Ѣ for bitcents from now on ^_^

Ƀ0.1000000 = Ѣ1000000

[wasta]

The fact that those guys like it doesn't make me like it more

But please write about it, in the end the majority of the users will decide anyway. (I am used to typing EUR already anyway as I have no Euro-sign on my keyboard, currently I am doing the same for BTC).

Hi wachtwoord, so what do you get if you press on ctrl , alt , 5 , simultaneously.

Please share your findings in your answer, I would like to see what you get....

Met vriendelijke groet  , Wasta

[wachtwoord]

When I type that nothing comes up.

[elena.m]

I am used to typing EUR already anyway as I have no Euro-sign on my keyboard, currently I am doing the same for BTC.

If you're using Linux, you may be interested in the compose key.