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From: Andreas Schildbach <andreas@schildbach.de>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:48:57 +0200
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal to add the bitcoin symbol to Unicode
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Very cool! Thanks for tackling this.


On 09/05/2015 04:11 PM, Ken Shirriff via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Use of the bitcoin symbol in text is inconvenient, because the bitcoin
> symbol isn't in the Unicode standard. To fix this, I've written a
> proposal to have the common B-with-vertical-bars bitcoin symbol added to
> Unicode. I've successfully proposed a new character for Unicode before,
> so I'm familiar with the process and think this has a good chance of
> succeeding. The proposal is at http://righto.com/bitcoin-unicode.pdf
> 
> I received a suggestion to run this proposal by the bitcoin-dev group,
> so I hope this email is appropriate here. Endorsement by Bitcoin
> developers will help the Unicode Committee realize the importance of
> adding this symbol, so please let me know if you support this proposal. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
> 
> 
> 
> 
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