Most important by far, I think, technically, is that the symbol render on any computer.
I’m realizing on my fresh linux build… my first choice for the symbol, and also the japanese smiley don’t render at all, which makes them both bad.
The only two from the top choices of our poll that work for me are:
ǥ
and
ɠ
So I think one of those should be the currency symbol (more important than the logo) and if ever enough people think the logo should change (though it almost entirely unimportant) we should base the logo on the currency symbol, which should be a widely accessible (and liked) one, which leaves us so far with just the two options above.
I have proposed a number of handsome logos based on this philosophy:
See more: Grin Logos for Community Consideration
The benefit of this it is just the courier font (on every single device I imagine) and the letter g-stroke. It is by far the simplest, most accessible, and prettiest (imo) of all of the options shared. As you can see I’ve also included some of the symbolic meaning at the bottom of the designs.