Bitcoin symbol is now Unicode U+20BF

[magma]

Seems like the bitcoin symbol was just accepted as U+20BF and will be included in unicode.
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15229-bitcoin-sign.pdf

Now we can finally kill the dreadful alternative bitcoin symbol (the one with a dash in the B).

[Smartie]

This is bloody good news, thanks for posting this. I think the previous Unicode symbol was a bit weak.

[LiteCoinGuy]

that happend ALOT faster than i expected - GREAT !

THX KEN!

[achow101]

That is a proposal submitted by someone to the Unicode consortium to include the bitcoin symbol. It absolutely does not mean that it will be accepted or included
You guys are celebrating too early.

[cryptofranc]

Good news, bitcoin increasingly considered as an alternative payment in the form of digital currency.

[LiteCoinGuy]

That is a proposal submitted by someone to the Unicode consortium to include the bitcoin symbol. It absolutely does not mean that it will be accepted or included
You guys are celebrating too early.

i thought it is already accepted. do you have a proof?

[achow101]

That is a proposal submitted by someone to the Unicode consortium to include the bitcoin symbol. It absolutely does not mean that it will be accepted or included
You guys are celebrating too early.

i thought it is already accepted. do you have a proof?

I cannot find any official information from unicode that indicates that it was approved. The meeting minutes have not yet been published, so once those are out, then we can know if it was accepted. Of course, if you could find me information from unicode that indicates the acceptance, I will take it.

[janus]

The symbol is in Stage 6, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11959375

[edin]

The symbol is in Stage 6