U+20BF "₿" Bitcoin Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+20BF "₿" Bitcoin Sign is a currency symbol officially added to the Unicode Standard in version 10.0, released in June 2017. It represents bitcoin, the decentralized digital cryptocurrency that was introduced in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The design of the sign features a capital letter B with two vertical strokes running through it, similar to other currency symbols like the dollar sign or the euro sign, and it serves as a standardized way to denote bitcoin in digital text and financial contexts globally.
General Properties
Code Point
U+20BF
Name
Bitcoin Sign
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
₿
HTML Hex Encoding
₿
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x82 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x20BF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000020BF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u20bf
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common