Pablo Xannybar on Nostr: Yup it is true. Could be a coincidence since putting two lines through a letter ...

Yup it is true. Could be a coincidence since putting two lines through a letter similar to the dollar symbol is a fairly obvious way to create a symbol for a currency. But it's also not farfetched that Satoshi was a retro gamer nerd and took inspiration. Could go either way imo.