Copy and paste ₿, the bitcoin currency symbol, a character with no key of its own, or the code BTC.
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11 bitcoin signs and codes. Tap any value to copy it.
11 bitcoin signs and codes. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character
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Code point
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U+20BF. Unicode's note: a cryptocurrency. A capital B with two vertical strokes that show only above and below the letter. In the Currency Symbols block since version 10.0 (2017). It is in neither Alt code table and HTML has no name for it.
Made of U+20BF and the figure 1. The sign stands before the amount, with no space. Swap in your own number.
Made of the letters B, T and C. The common currency code. It is not an ISO 4217 code, where BT is the country code of Bhutan.
Made of the letters X, B and T. Shaped like an ISO 4217 code, in which the code of something that is no national currency begins with X. It is not officially part of that standard.
Made of the letters m, B, T and C. One thousandth of a bitcoin.
Made of the letters s, a and t. Short for satoshi: one hundred millionth of a bitcoin, the smallest amount there is.
U+0E3F. Unicode's full name for it is Thai currency symbol baht: the money sign of Thailand, a B with one stroke through the whole letter. It was borrowed for bitcoin while ₿ had no code point. \textbaht in LaTeX text.
U+0243. A capital B with a bar across it: a letter, with the small form ƀ, and not a money sign. Some wrote it for bitcoin because the character already existed. Added in version 5.0 (2006).
Made of U+0042 and U+20E6, a combining double vertical stroke overlay. The strokes cross the whole letter, where the bitcoin sign shows them only at the top and bottom.
U+0180. The small letter of Ƀ, a b with a bar through its stem. A letter of phonetic writing, not a money sign.
U+1FA99. An emoji of a coin that names no currency. No emoji is called bitcoin: ₿ is the one character with the word in its Unicode name. Added in version 13.0 (2020).
The bitcoin symbol is ₿, Bitcoin sign, U+20BF: a capital B with two vertical strokes that show above and below the letter. No key of the U.S. keyboard types it and it is in neither Alt code table, so copy it.
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The keyboard code for the bitcoin symbol
No Option key types ₿. Some apps, rich text editors in particular, read an Alt code above 255 as a Unicode code point, and there Alt+8383 types it. HTML gives the sign no name, so a web page writes ₿ or ₿.
A special character since 2017
Unicode added ₿ to its currency symbols in version 10.0, in 2017. A device whose fonts are older draws an empty box in its place. Before then people wrote ฿, the Thai baht sign, or Ƀ, a B with a stroke. Both are other characters.
The sign goes before the amount, as in ₿1.
BTC is the common code. XBT has the shape of an ISO 4217 code and is not officially in that standard.
฿, the baht sign, has one stroke through the whole letter. ₿ has two, seen only at the top and bottom.
Questions and answers
How do I type the bitcoin currency symbol on a keyboard?
No key or key combination of the U.S. keyboard types ₿. Copy it here and paste it where the sign is wanted.
What is the Alt code for the bitcoin symbol?
₿ is in neither Alt code table, so the standard codes cannot type it. Its code point is U+20BF, 8383 in decimal, and some rich text editors accept that number after Alt.
How do I get the bitcoin symbol on a phone keyboard?
Copy ₿ and paste it: it is ordinary text. Where a phone shows an empty box in its place, the letters BTC are the fallback that any device can show.
All 11 bitcoin signs and codes
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₿Bitcoin signU+20BF. Unicode's note: a cryptocurrency. A capital B with two vertical strokes that show only above and below the letter. In the Currency Symbols block since version 10.0 (2017). It is in neither Alt code table and HTML has no name for it.
BTCBTC, the usual codeMade of the letters B, T and C. The common currency code. It is not an ISO 4217 code, where BT is the country code of Bhutan.
mBTCMillibitcoinMade of the letters m, B, T and C. One thousandth of a bitcoin.
₿1One bitcoinMade of U+20BF and the figure 1. The sign stands before the amount, with no space. Swap in your own number.
XBTXBT, the code with an XMade of the letters X, B and T. Shaped like an ISO 4217 code, in which the code of something that is no national currency begins with X. It is not officially part of that standard.
Codes and units 1
satSat, the smallest unitMade of the letters s, a and t. Short for satoshi: one hundred millionth of a bitcoin, the smallest amount there is.
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Stand-ins before 2017 3
B⃦B with a double vertical strokeMade of U+0042 and U+20E6, a combining double vertical stroke overlay. The strokes cross the whole letter, where the bitcoin sign shows them only at the top and bottom.
฿Baht signU+0E3F. Unicode's full name for it is Thai currency symbol baht: the money sign of Thailand, a B with one stroke through the whole letter. It was borrowed for bitcoin while ₿ had no code point. \textbaht in LaTeX text.
ɃLatin capital letter b with strokeU+0243. A capital B with a bar across it: a letter, with the small form ƀ, and not a money sign. Some wrote it for bitcoin because the character already existed. Added in version 5.0 (2006).
Not the bitcoin sign 2
🪙CoinU+1FA99. An emoji of a coin that names no currency. No emoji is called bitcoin: ₿ is the one character with the word in its Unicode name. Added in version 13.0 (2020).
ƀLatin small letter b with strokeU+0180. The small letter of Ƀ, a b with a bar through its stem. A letter of phonetic writing, not a money sign.