The symbol for Ether is...

StephanTual

We already have a three letter currency code for Ether - ETH (http://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/433/ether-currency-code-poll-eth-vs-etr-vs-other), but did you know the symbol for Ether?

It's... (drumroll)...

Ξ

Ξ has the interesting properties of:
1) having already been in use for a while
2) looking fairly elegant
3) can be stylized easily but more importantly...
4) it comes from the community!

I had to do a little digging in my archive and found that nucleo_io on reddit (@Manfred_Karrer‌ in this forum) was the first to reference it on the 13th of January 2014.

Here's the thread for the historians amongst you: http://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v5tjm/ether_symbol/

PS: oh and errr... Ξthereum <- looks cool

nicocesar

How many keyboards layouts include this so it's easy to type?

Jasper

In html easy least.. ΞΞ

StephanTual

ΞASY

cuddaloreappu

How to type this symbol in keyboard

Jasper

If you want to a symbol for ethers in a picture, and have more than Unicode/want it fancier than that, any ideas for that?

Just stylize Ξ , or variants of the logo.. It is a system for distributed consensus, not an altcoin, though, so at least not the symbol itself, as-is. Maybe combining Ξ or the logo trying to indicate that it is fuel.. Tricky though.

(logo there → just to remind you what it looks like)

eaglgenes101

Im on the phone... Any help?