Bitcoin symbol
Type :btc: · Currency
Unicode name Bitcoin Sign · Currency Symbols block · added in Unicode 10.0, 2017
What ₿ is for
The bitcoin sign, which Unicode added in 2017 after years of the community making do with a Thai baht character that looked close enough. A rare case of a currency symbol arriving after the currency.
How to type ₿
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:btc: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 20BF with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 20BF then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:btc: :bitcoin: On the web
HTML ₿
Unicode U+20BF
JavaScript '\u{20BF}'
CSS "\20BF"
Python '\u20BF'
URL %E2%82%BF
More from currency
:shekel: ₦ :naira: ₴ :hryvnia: ₫ :dong: ₱ :peso: ฿ :baht: ¤ :generic_currency: ₡ :colon_currency: $ :dollar_symbol: € :eur: £ :gbp: ¥ :jpy: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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