Bitcoin Currency Symbol ฿
NewLibertyStandard proposes adopting the Thai baht currency symbol ฿ as the official Bitcoin currency symbol and BTC as the three-letter currency code — the notation that became standard.
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NewLibertyStandard proposes adopting the Thai baht currency symbol ฿ as the official Bitcoin currency symbol and BTC as the three-letter currency code — the notation that became standard.
NewLibertyStandard proposes adopting the Thai baht symbol (฿) as Bitcoin's symbol and BTC as the three-letter code on BitcoinTalk, establishing the notation still in use today.
Martti Malmi sells 5,050 BTC to NewLibertyStandard for $5.02 via PayPal — the first known Bitcoin-to-fiat exchange, establishing a real-world price of ~$0.001 per BTC.
NewLibertyStandard publishes the first exchange rate for Bitcoin: $1 = 1,309.03 BTC ($0.000764 per BTC), calculated from the electricity cost of mining — a rudimentary but historic first valuation.