Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AABB7F74 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:49:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B5E3A1 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZYIWT-000770-9M for bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org; Sat, 05 Sep 2015 20:49:09 +0200 Received: from x55b23188.dyn.telefonica.de ([85.178.49.136]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2015 20:49:09 +0200 Received: from andreas by x55b23188.dyn.telefonica.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2015 20:49:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: Andreas Schildbach Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:48:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: x55b23188.dyn.telefonica.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposal to add the bitcoin symbol to Unicode X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 18:49:13 -0000 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >