{"id":10030,"date":"2023-02-21T00:57:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T00:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:24:10","slug":"origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the bitcoin logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#origin_of_the_bitcoin_logo\" >Origin of the bitcoin logo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#history_and_evolution_of_the_bitcoin_logo\" >History and evolution of the bitcoin logo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#first_version_satoshi_nakamoto_early_2009\" >FIRST VERSION: SATOSHI NAKAMOTO (EARLY 2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#second_release_bitcoin_talk_february_24_2010\" >SECOND RELEASE: BITCOIN TALK (FEBRUARY 24, 2010)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#third_version_bitboy_november_2010\" >THIRD VERSION: BITBOY (NOVEMBER 2010)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#controversies_and_new_bitcoin_logo_proposals\" >Controversies and new Bitcoin logo proposals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#meaning_and_symbolism_behind_the_bitcoin_logo\" >Meaning and symbolism behind the Bitcoin logo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/origin-of-the-bitcoin-logo\/#bitcoin_logo_today\" >Bitcoin logo today<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 7<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span><section id=\"section_1294404127\" class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n<div id=\"row-69018808\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"origin_of_the_bitcoin_logo\"><\/span><b>Origin of the bitcoin logo<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>Today I want to tell you a very curious and interesting story that has as its protagonist the logo of the first and most important cryptocurrency in history: the\u00a0<strong>BITCOIN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you have never wondered what is hidden behind this orange circle and today I will reveal how one of the most famous and globally recognized symbols was created. Join me to discover\u00a0<strong>the origin of the bitcoin logo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"history_and_evolution_of_the_bitcoin_logo\"><\/span>History and evolution of the bitcoin logo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row-1733377534\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col small-12 large-12\">\n<div class=\"col-inner text-center\">\n<div id=\"image_1586483404\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO-300x205.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Origen del logo de Bitcoin Bitnovo\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO-300x205.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Origen-del-logo-de-Bitcoin-BITNOVO.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>You may be surprised to know, but what we know today as the capital \u201cB\u201d, bitcoin\u2019s symbol, was not used in the original versions. Below I will tell you about the evolution of the BTC logo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"row-1222872154\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-11\">\n<div class=\"col-inner\">\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"first_version_satoshi_nakamoto_early_2009\"><\/span>FIRST VERSION: SATOSHI NAKAMOTO (EARLY 2009)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Satoshi Nakamoto,\u00a0<\/b>who was a crypto and computer cracker, surely didn\u2019t shine in graphic design (you can\u2019t have everything in life \ud83d\ude1c).<\/p>\n<p>In fact the first (very spartan) logo they released in 2009 was a circle with the letters \u201cBC\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_571071605\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-original size-original lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo-150x150.jpeg 150w\" alt=\"primer logo de bitcoin Bitnovo\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo-150x150.jpeg 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-primer-logo-bitnovo.jpeg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s Bitcoin logo appeared two years after the launch of Apple\u2019s iPhone, whose user interface was largely based on\u00a0<strong>skeumorphic design<\/strong>, just like the Bitcoin logo. Scheumorphism, from the Greek skeuos (meaning tool) and morph\u00ea (meaning shape), is a design technique in which an element maintains certain aspects that remind us of objects present in real life and is a style that was very fashionable at the time of bitcoin\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_648343291\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1024x559.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto.png 1634w\" alt=\"logo bitcoin en bitcointalk Bitnovo\" width=\"1020\" height=\"557\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto.png 1634w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1er-logo-bitcoin-nakamoto-1024x559.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"second_release_bitcoin_talk_february_24_2010\"><\/span>SECOND RELEASE: BITCOIN TALK (FEBRUARY 24, 2010)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following year, when the Bitcointalk forum had already arrived and it was clear that Nakamoto\u2019s project was going to be successful, the desire for a new symbol, more similar to other monetary icons, became more and more impelling.<\/p>\n<p>Thus forum users began to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=41.0;all&amp;__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=b89fa7e2403c5fbb9f14d8b7a02773c4534a33a6-1615133275-0-AeubDaxtR6zrne-OKQ5qQy5CMXuFrKT_yagEpTXn6vb7JwSVoIOe_OorhANt_owh_SlVJ935lpiVZYD52p422HtBl2pYGxXNVcCnvyLu2pEF6rRMBSYsimcr2vSI1fFQIIIKS8-T8P8qDqErkT6NOwhG8kNk2kyLXKEoM-86BlR_-Nh8nCinCILQi5qnXoYg0LhsaMWRQRG9StonppUWL6fRBvNVk-adKcb1iSGq795sVLRubSFVxNJJRLJvIo3XFg47BoxvJtcvdOUwk4LP-qB0dosybUZzcQWTBNOarDaLVLT0huNySRkk6uK_vfnXzL2OTo1CuTNoty-Ki-WBqs09F9klFxE_19yYAtpmhkGm\">join Nakamoto\u2019s conversation about the Bitcoin logo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several participants in the discussion also presented various ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Some suggested using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=41.0;all&amp;__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=a0a52348551a249bf62ba30038089bac4ae58815-1583758025-0-AcTizOD6RPYGHTIImCUqfwE7JXFBNg46YAFCFkUoFMLcm4gF_qTOgELbCka5EhqzK6uP-MXFgjUS8FGT3zNpJygDhYpB9-jMJeNVOCPGsZo2DVhfw5pOYbwed4QczLqqBUPNjY1sPLL91IEC9CJT7zhpokV5xVy6tXy4j6H6ML8dImJSyJoFb0oYAi5CLDil2dZapYvjdOww5jJqxVN4AUTLSo_7J8EqEYvjDIYbr3qKSK6gWgtwfE--mKeM61Apb-GtnoaHnKNdG6b2_Xp47y-WUeylEwbwVGvqqVoBM0vIAP9XUkuYuUX-eGmtEdmiYQ\">the Thai baht symbol (\u0e3f)<\/a>, others advocated the ampersand (&amp;), someone suggested adding a \u201cT\u201d to \u201cBC\u201d and others recommended using the initials \u201cBTC\u201d as the official currency code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nakamoto<\/strong>\u00a0himself, listening to the various proposals and eager to create a new identity to what would be the first crypto and one of the most important symbols in history,\u00a0<strong>proposed a new version of the logo<\/strong>, which he published on BitcoinTalk on February 24, 2010 and\u00a0<strong>had to represent a coin equivalent to 100 million satoshis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second version of the logo followed the Thai baht concept, a letter \u201cB\u201d with two vertical strokes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"image_1824630372\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo.png 530w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo-150x150.png 150w\" alt=\"bitcoin logo sgunda version Bitnovo\" width=\"530\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo.png 530w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo-150x150.png 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-sgunda-version-bitnovo.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This proposal, while not a masterpiece in terms of design, was interesting in light of the comments that\u00a0<strong>Hal Finney<\/strong>, who years later many thought was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto\/\">the real Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a>, posted on BitcoinTalk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_1610388761\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-original size-original lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1222px) 100vw, 1222px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56.png 1222w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-768x180.png 768w\" alt=\"Bitcoin Symbol\" width=\"1222\" height=\"286\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56.png 1222w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56-768x180.png 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-02-17-a-las-9.02.56.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1222px) 100vw, 1222px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p><i>\u201cInterestingly, the dollar sign originated with two vertical bars instead of one, according to several theories.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dollar_sign<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cifr\u00e3o<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>In addition, Unicode supposedly allows the character to be represented with one or two lines, depending on the font designer\u2019s taste.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Well, notwithstanding Satoshi\u2019s effort, many users had no qualms about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=64.msg19658#msg19658\">criticizing the new logo version<\/a>\u2026 sometimes in a quite direct and insistent manner \ud83d\ude06.<\/p>\n<p>An example is user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=64.msg19658#msg19658\">ArrowJ who wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this the \u201cofficial\u201d logo? I understand how hard it can be to do something truly professional when you don\u2019t have the skills (which I don\u2019t have) or the software (which I also don\u2019t have), so I\u2019m not trying to be rude, but wouldn\u2019t it be better if we adopted something \u2026 better? I\u2019m really not trying to be mean\u2026. I\u2019ve really done my best to try to figure out how to do the things that many of the Deviant artists do.<\/p>\n<p><i>There is at least one other thread with a set of logos and badges that are really promising here: http:\/\/bitcointalk.org\/index.php?topic=1631.0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I promise I don\u2019t know this guy (I didn\u2019t even check the username). What the heck, if anyone else could come up with another alternative that would be great too. It seems important that we have a really nice logo with all sizes, resolutions and formats that may be needed.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And insisted\u2026 \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p><i>Is there a reason we couldn\u2019t adopt something else before Bitcoin gets too big and it\u2019s too late to change without damaging \u201cbrand\u201d recognition? It seems silly to stick with something that is \u201cfine\u201d when we could have something great.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I hope I didn\u2019t step on anyone\u2019s toes too much.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"third_version_bitboy_november_2010\"><\/span>THIRD VERSION: BITBOY (NOVEMBER 2010)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After several proposals and opinions, Bitcointalk users unanimously thought that the symbol should conform to certain characteristics that would have allowed anyone to use it in any size and proportions and fit any medium, thus ensuring its fungibility. And it was in November 2010 that a user named\u00a0Bitboy left his first message on Bitcointalk, humbly sharing some of the graphics he had designed.<\/p>\n<p>The comments from other users were surprisingly positive but no one would have thought that the logo proposed and created by Bitboy\u00a0<strong>would have been the logo of the most important digital currency in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_2029609029\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-1024x759.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk.jpg 1500w\" alt=\"bitcoin logo bitboy bitcointalk Bitnovo\" width=\"1020\" height=\"756\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk.jpg 1500w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-logo-bitboy-bitcointalk-1024x759.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Bitboy used the \u201cB\u201d symbol that Satoshi had previously designed, rendered it in white and placed it in an orange circle, tilting the \u0e3f symbol to the right.<\/p>\n<p>Some Bitcoinktalk users noted that\u00a0<strong>Bitboy\u2019s design was somewhat similar to that of the famous Mastercard brand<\/strong>\u00a0and Bitboy replied that, although he was not a lover of Visa and Mastercard, these brands had undoubtedly been his inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>This was undoubtedly\u00a0<strong>the first impetus for defining bitcoin as a payment method.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitboy\u2019s graphics were freely downloadable and placed in a public domain.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"controversies_and_new_bitcoin_logo_proposals\"><\/span><strong>Controversies and new Bitcoin logo proposals<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p><b>April 2014<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Despite being very well received by the community, not everyone agreed with Bitboy\u2019s bitcoin logo.<\/p>\n<p>Some, like those behind the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinsymbol.org\/\">bitcoinsymbol.org<\/a>\u00a0movement, launched a campaign to promote their version of the logo and were active for years with the intention of changing it, firmly believing that<strong>\u00a0the Bitcoin symbol should not look like a logo<\/strong>\u00a0and should be more like a currency symbol (such as the dollar, euro or yen).<\/p>\n<p>The same bitcoinsymbol.org users in April 2014, proposed the adoption of this \u0243 sign that already exists in the Unicode Character U+0243 and in many alphabets, including Latin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_1917356798\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014-150x150.jpg 150w\" alt=\"bitcoin symbol movimiento 2014 Bitnovo\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bitcoin-symbol-movimiento-2014.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>The bitcoinsymbol.org community argued for such a proposal on its website explaining that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a widely distributed peer-to-peer digital currency, Bitcoin needs an open source graphic identity, designed with open source software by and for the community. It needs to be as minimal as possible to allow for more customizations. Because it is simple, extensible, and evergreen, it meets all those requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>October 31, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the following years, the controversies did not cease.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2016,\u00a0<strong>Phil Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0(known as Scronty) took to Reddit, claiming that he was one of three people behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.<\/p>\n<p>And, regarding the bitcoin logo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@_Phil_Wilson_\/bitcoin-symbol-and-logo-origins-5d428d40380\">Wilson posted on his Medium page<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>instructions on how to build both the Satoshi-designed gold coin logo<\/strong>\u00a0and the Bitboy logos, which he said he collaborated with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"meaning_and_symbolism_behind_the_bitcoin_logo\"><\/span><strong>Meaning and symbolism behind the Bitcoin logo<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>If we look closely at the Bitcoin logo, we can better understand the\u00a0<strong>mathematical reasoning behind it<\/strong>, which Wilson explains in his medium article.<\/p>\n<p><b>Number 8<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A first symbolism is represented by the number 8. And it is that this number appears several times in the dimensions and geometry of the Bitcoin design (for example, the B rotates clockwise 13.88 degrees). Always according to Wilson, an eight looks like a B, which is short for \u201cBlock\u201d. The dimensions of other shapes (such as the rectangles in the design) had a length of 12.5 (or one-eighth of 100, again representing an eight).<\/p>\n<p><b>The two vertical strokes that make up the B<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What is the meaning of these two lines? Well, first of all they are supposed to\u00a0<strong>evoke the U.S. dollar<\/strong>. But, if you look closely, you will notice that they can only be seen above and below the \u201cB\u201d and do not cross the entire letter, as is the case with the dollar.<\/p>\n<p>In fact it seems that the \u201cB\u201d has been placed over the \u201c$\u201d symbol, as if to symbolize that the old international currency,\u00a0<strong>the dollar, has been replaced by Bitcoin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Orange circle: the secret of the universe<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the logo, the orange circle is scaled to 525 percent to give it a precise diameter. According to Wilson, \u201c525% is 12.5 x 42,\u201d or one-eighth of 100 times 42, representing\u00a0<strong>the secret of the universe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a reference to the book \u201c<strong>The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy,<\/strong>\u201d since \u201cThis technology is supposed to be the answer to the fundamental question of life, the universe and everything,\u201d Wilson explained.<\/p>\n<p><b>Font<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Trebuchet font<\/strong>\u00a0used in the logo was inspired by the trebuchet catapult, which was Wilson\u2019s favorite weapon in the \u201cAge of Empires\u201d video game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Color<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For the circle, orange (hex code # F6911D, Pantone 1495 C) was chosen for a practical and aesthetic purpose. Wilson stated that a color was chosen that could be printed and replicated \u201cboth on websites and in print media\u201d and that could stand out among other payment options and currencies. In addition, the orange color seems to evoke gold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bitcoin_logo_today\"><\/span><strong>Bitcoin logo today<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2011, there was the first unsuccessful attempt to include the bitcoin sign in the Unicode system. Finally,\u00a0<strong>at the end of 2015, bitcoin was officially registered and received its symbol in the Unicode 10.0 standard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today bitcoin has supported fonts in a variety of software versions.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2019, Google added a variant of Bitboy\u2019s Bitcoin token to its mobile keyboards.<\/p>\n<p>A year later Twitter added a Bitcoin emoji to the #bitcoin hashtag.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it seems that the Bitcoin logo has become\u00a0<strong>one of the most popular symbols<\/strong>, also among those who do not know what Bitcoin is.<\/p>\n<p>A Google search suggests that\u00a0<strong>bitcoin products and merchandising<\/strong>\u00a0has reached incredible levels in online sales so much so that there are over 249,000,000 million results for the search term \u201cbitcoin products\u201d and 82 million results for the term \u201cbitcoin shirt\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 7<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span>Origin of the bitcoin logo Today I want to tell you a very curious and interesting story that has as its protagonist the logo of the first and most important cryptocurrency in history: the\u00a0BITCOIN. Perhaps you have never wondered what is hidden behind this orange circle and today I will reveal how one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrencies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24691,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10030\/revisions\/24691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}