Ƀ $ B⃦⃝ ß ฿ Б Ъ Ѣ [BTC] B B⃦

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Quote from: teknohog on October 14, 2012, 03:32:22 AM

Quote from: Akka on October 12, 2012, 07:20:04 AM

And "ß" is really now option that just the sz symbol in German (spoken ss, "sharp S").

Seriously, no one recognizes this as the Greek Beta? I though it should be widely known, at least in science/geek circles. Besides, Beta and Eszett should look different when you have a decent font.

This is a lowercase beta: β
This is a lowercase eszett: ß
This is an uppercase bee: B
This is the numeral eight: 8

These characters all look similar, but are completely different. Try not to get them confused. The character is question is a lowercase eszett, not a lowercase beta.

teknohog

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Quote from: Akka on October 12, 2012, 07:20:04 AM

And "ß" is really now option that just the sz symbol in German (spoken ss, "sharp S").

Seriously, no one recognizes this as the Greek Beta? I though it should be widely known, at least in science/geek circles. Besides, Beta and Eszett should look different when you have a decent font.

Personally, I prefer BTC to any symbol, if only because it is already available in plain ASCII.

Tittiez

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Ƀ, BTC, BTC, B

They all work, nothing is official. I honestly think we should always use BTC instead of a symbol. Why does it need one in the first place?

Akka

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I really like the "Ƀ", just because the other popular symbol can so easily be confused with the Thai Baht symbol.

And "ß" is really now option that just the sz symbol in German (spoken ss, "sharp S").

phatsphere

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the "ß" is just stupid. that's a normal (but to admit, very odd) character of my language. apart from that, the poll is just how i thought of it

Hasimir

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Why can't people just leave things alone. BTC

Well in that particular case it requires a customised webfont.

novusordo

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Why can't people just leave things alone. BTC

Change is good, sometimes. This community doesn't strike me as one that enjoys leaving things alone.

For instance... all of the world's money. Grin

Use whatever symbol you like... there's no "official" symbol, and it would be best if there never will be.

Hasimir

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I'd be interested to know how many people voted for BTC solely because B⃦ (B with a double verticle stroke) did not display for them.

helloworld

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I'm just going to go in for a closer look:

Ƀ
Ƀ
Ƀ
Ƀ
Ƀ
Ƀ

Yes, I like this the best out of the poll options, although I prefer non-serif.

Adrian-x

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Is it possible to adjust the voting rules to change my vote?

While I like BTC I don't like this symbol as presented on bitcointalk.
In my ignorance I thought ฿ was just a variant of BTC like the $ $ is to $ or $

For what it is worth I like both ฿ and Ƀ - in my little mind's eye I associated ฿ with Americans; and Ƀ with Europeans.

As far as symbols go I think ฿ is probably the most appropriate, who knows the history of the symbol, and how did a small country like Thailand end up with its own symbol, while more prominent nations did not?

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Quote from: woodlandmonk on October 11, 2012, 05:16:00 PM

I don't see why ฿ is even really an option as it is already reserved for the Thai baht.

It's not reserved for the thai baht as the $ sign isn't reserved for the US Dollar. Signs can be used for whatever purpose.

woodlandmonk

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I don't see why ฿ is even really an option as it is already reserved for the Thai baht.

It seems like BTC would be good enough although I think B would also work. Unless you are a physicist working with magnetic fields, there is nothing else to confuse units of B with. That would also allow the typical SI unit modifications of cB, mB, uB, nB, etc. for dealing with fractional amounts.

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Decor in numeris

Most currencies do not have a symbol, just a name and an abbreviation. Swedish Kronor are SEK, for example. No funny K with slashes

Ain't BTC good enough?

Aahzman

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Your *what* is itchy?

The first one would i think be better if the horizontal line were on the other side...cuz then the "white space" inside the lower section of the B would make a C.

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Quote from: Atlas on October 11, 2012, 11:03:04 AM

None. Bitcoin has no "official" anything. We're decentralized without a single authority.

We'll just use currency signs as they are accepted.

Ok, Atlas, I agree with you that "official" is a bad word in the bitcoin context. Bare with me and vote anyways for the favorite symbol among the bitcoin community here on this forum.

Atlas

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None. Bitcoin has no "official" anything. We're decentralized without a single authority.

We'll just use currency signs as they are accepted.

giszmo

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As this discussion thread is kind of getting pointless, I hope to get a general idea of your preferences.

Concerns to my understanding are that the one symbols are not what we used before, other symbols are confusing for being a currency symbol/something else already and other symbols only display right on some computers/in the browser/...

As always let me know if I forgot your favorite option.

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