That's a Thai currency symbol already though.

duskwuff · on March 27, 2013

And $ can stand for about twenty different currencies. Not all currencies have, or need, unique symbols.

homosaur · on March 27, 2013

Just because people are already doing confusing things with currency symbols doesn't mean we have to continue to do confusing things with currency symbols in the future.

stcredzero · on March 28, 2013

Right! Just because a fringe groups like the US and Australia do with an overloaded currency symbol doesn't mean that Bitcoin needs to settle for such nonsense!

swores · on March 27, 2013

It's not a great solution though. With $ it works because in the majority of cases the context helps, for example in America they know it means USD, when I deal with people here in UK/Europe I know it means USD because of who they are, if I talked to an Australian I would know it means AUD (but would probably check with them).

However with Bitcoin, practically 0% of situations would be "that must mean bitcoins, not USD/other".

meric · on March 27, 2013

When you're in the same article talking about AUDs and USDs, you'd go "A$1000"

e.g.: "Exim Bank to Raise at Least A$100 Million via Bonds" http://blogs.wsj.com/dealjournalindia/2013/03/26/exim-bank-t...

Perhaps with Bitcoin: BC฿50