Bitcoin symbol
Type :btc: · Currency
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
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