The bitcoin symbol was added to unicode in June 2017 with the release of version 10.0. The code point assigned to the bitcoin symbol is U+20BF (₿). It was categorized as a currency symbol.
Here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Promotional_graphics Maybe this will be suitable for encoding in the future. Looks like a variant of U+0E3F THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT, with double stroke showing only above and bellow the "B". -- ____. António MARTINS-Tuválkin | ()| <antonio_at_tuvalkin.web.pt> Não me invejo de quem tem |####| PT-1500-111 LISBOA carros, parelhas e montes | +351 934 821 700, +351 217 150 939 só me invejo de quem bebe | ICQ:193279138 http://tuvalkin.web.pt/a água em todas as fontes |
This was discussed in the latest UTC meeting based on a proposal. The committee asked for evidence of plain text use (which was not given) and some research into its trademark status, IIRC.
I'm putting together a proposal for the Bitcoin sign to be added to Unicode, so I wanted to check here if people have any comments/concerns/objections. [...]
You write "The bitcoin sign and baht symbol are two unrelated symbols that have some visual similarity.", but don't really give any supporting information for that claim. [...]
Just want to say, I don’t think this one is a runner right now. I spent many months recently working with people associated with Bitcoin and they could not decide what they wanted to do.
the idea that it’s entirely normal to enjoy your life for only 2 days a week
The bitcoin symbol was added to unicode in June 2017 with the release of version 10.0. The code point assigned to the bitcoin symbol is U+20BF (₿). It was categorized as a currency symbol.
some digging on unicode.org mail-arch: