This is a very good point and has been discussed several times , but no agreement yet
This is a good Twitter thread with some cool symbols

https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1155615251494256640?s=21

The biggest problem is trying to get a consensus , when Bitcoin is decentralised !

If only Satoshi would have taken the name Gintoshi, Hatoshi, or anything else like Minato or Haruto , things would have been simpler, we could have used that letter and draw two lines on it and that, with the S is the problem with the $, nobody cares that the Thailand bath resembles a bit BTC, but with the $ it will be a real mess.

As for the sign above, meh, it doesn't tell a thing, besides it looks a lot like Ξ, which eth has chosen as a symbol.

1. It sort of looks like the Ethereum symbol.
2. That's a lot of strokes when trying to write down on paper.

I saw someone tweet something like this:



which I think makes a lot of sense. It's an 's', with an '@' (at) = sat. Only downside is that it doesn't look like a currency symbol at all lol.

Logotype design is an art form in itself. Not just the manual drawing of said symbol, but the conceptualization of the said symbol, that's a tricky thing. You would need something so accessible, easily recognizable, different from other visuals so it doesn't get confusing, and also a powerful statement in itself.  This is something a professional should do, someone that has worked with designing whole company images. But as someone said, it's too decentralize for that. 

We talked about satoshi symbols many times and I don't think that all people will ever agree about using one standard symbol for that, and I am not a fan of using some japanese symbols that look like some other altcoins.

A consensus means that all the voters should agree on one option.This is close to impossible in reality.
The best method to pick a Satoshi symbol would be to list all possible symbols and let the Bitcoiners vote for their favorite.The symbol that gets the most votes should be chosen as the official Satoshi symbol.
I like the symbol that is proposed by OP on this forum thread.It has a deep meaning.
Using the Japanese alphabet to get inspiration is cool,even though Satoshi Nakamoto never claimed that he is Japanese.

This design does appeal to me, so I'd support it if there were any signs of agreement in the community.  But, as pretty much everyone else has said, it's probably too subjective and everyone will like something different. 

It's really something we should have figured out years ago, back when it was easier to agree on stuff.  The larger the userbase, the greater the dissent, it seems.

That will be the main consideration. Since bitcoin has other names for smaller units (mBTC, uBTC, sat), there will be other suggestions to create symbols for other units. Too many symbols will only confuse the user.


Just reading the bitcoin wiki, it seems the symbol in the OP is the priority of choice for some developers.

Btw, at first glance it looks like Facebook's Libra symbol, just imagine people might think libra has actually been launched.

The satoshi symbol is $. End of discussion. 

This is going to be a little bit difficult for the community to decide. With how currency symbols are traditionally done, it seems it would be the letter S and a vertical line across it. That would be a disaster because that would definitely be confused with the top fiat symbol. It would be a very poor choice.

With the symbol suggested in the OP, that makes me think of Ethereum more than Bitcoin. So still a poor choice.

Why wouldn't we rather use the S in the Greek alphabet? S or Sigma in Greek alphabet is Σ in capital and σ or ς in small letter. We could also put a vertical line across the symbol. If the capital letter appears more like an E and therefore suggests Ethereum more than Bitcoin then we could go for the small letter. It also kind of fits that the smallest denomination of Bitcoin should also be represented with a small letter.