<p>The images in the <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">original thread are broken</a>, but the text states that poster on bitcointalk placed the work in the public domain, i.e. the most permissive CC license. Prior to this the logo with "BC" was openly licensed by its inclusion in the Bitcoin source code. </p>

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<p>Can i use Bitcoin sign to create logo? I can not find any resource that says it's not protected. For example <a href="http://localbitcoins.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localbitcoins.com/</a> uses Bitcoin sign in they logo. 
I heard it's licensed with CC licence, but not sure.</p>

<p>Maybe someone know's this?</p>

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Bitcoin logo license and can i use it?
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# Bitcoin logo license and can i use it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-16)

Can i use Bitcoin sign to create logo? I can not find any resource that says it's not protected. For example <http://localbitcoins.com/> uses Bitcoin sign in they logo.
I heard it's licensed with CC licence, but not sure.

Maybe someone know's this?

**Tags:** bitcoin-logo


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-17. Score: 1

The images in the [original thread are broken](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631.0), but the text states that poster on bitcointalk placed the work in the public domain, i.e. the most permissive CC license. Prior to this the logo with "BC" was openly licensed by its inclusion in the Bitcoin source code.


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