The day Bitcoin got its face.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-02-24 09:55
The day Bitcoin got its face.
16 years ago, Satoshi showed the first $BTC logo — and it looked nothing like today’s icon.
I love these little historical moments.
Back then,
Satoshi Nakamoto
presented a logo that looked like a golden coin with the letters “B” and “C”.
Very… 2009.
On the BitcoinTalk forum, users debated the design. Someone suggested adding a “T” — that’s how the ticker BTC was born. Funny thing? The “T” never made it onto the logo itself.
Later, the “C” disappeared.
The “B” gained two vertical strokes.
The coin aesthetic slowly faded.
And then came the now-iconic orange symbol — tilted, minimal, bold — proposed by an anonymous forum user.
Not a design agency.
Not a branding firm.
A random internet participant.
That’s so beautifully Bitcoin.
A decentralized currency.
A crowdsourced logo.
A pseudonymous founder.
The orange ₿ became more than branding. It became a symbol of:
– Monetary rebellion
– Digital scarcity
– Financial self-sovereignty
And think about it — today that same symbol appears in ETF filings, corporate balance sheets, government debates.
From a clunky gold coin graphic to a global financial icon.
From cypherpunk forum threads to Wall Street terminals.
Sitting here in the south of France, imagining early forum users casually shaping what would become one of the most recognized financial symbols of the century… it gives me chills.
Bitcoin wasn’t just coded.
It was co-created.
Et franchement, ça rend l’histoire encore plus belle. 🔥🌊
#Bitcoin #BTC #Satoshi #CryptoHistory #Blockchain #Decentralization
16 years ago, Satoshi showed the first $BTC logo — and it looked nothing like today’s icon.
I love these little historical moments.
Back then,
Satoshi Nakamoto
presented a logo that looked like a golden coin with the letters “B” and “C”.
Very… 2009.
On the BitcoinTalk forum, users debated the design. Someone suggested adding a “T” — that’s how the ticker BTC was born. Funny thing? The “T” never made it onto the logo itself.
Later, the “C” disappeared.
The “B” gained two vertical strokes.
The coin aesthetic slowly faded.
And then came the now-iconic orange symbol — tilted, minimal, bold — proposed by an anonymous forum user.
Not a design agency.
Not a branding firm.
A random internet participant.
That’s so beautifully Bitcoin.
A decentralized currency.
A crowdsourced logo.
A pseudonymous founder.
The orange ₿ became more than branding. It became a symbol of:
– Monetary rebellion
– Digital scarcity
– Financial self-sovereignty
And think about it — today that same symbol appears in ETF filings, corporate balance sheets, government debates.
From a clunky gold coin graphic to a global financial icon.
From cypherpunk forum threads to Wall Street terminals.
Sitting here in the south of France, imagining early forum users casually shaping what would become one of the most recognized financial symbols of the century… it gives me chills.
Bitcoin wasn’t just coded.
It was co-created.
Et franchement, ça rend l’histoire encore plus belle. 🔥🌊
#Bitcoin #BTC #Satoshi #CryptoHistory #Blockchain #Decentralization
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