I’ll start right at the beginning. Bitcoin was born out of the desires of a libertarian that wanted to see change in the global finance system. A change that was not governed, or centrally controlled. A change that could break down the walls of banking systems, and artificially controlled monetary systems.

Earlier today, the world's first and most popular crypto-currency Bitcoin, broke another milestone barrier. Its market cap has surpassed $20 billion US dollars. That's no small feat, given that it has almost quadrippled in value in a year.

Unless you're entrenched in the Bitcoin community, you could be forgiven for being totally oblivious to the war that has been unfolding within the digital currency's community.

DOCUMENT MODIFIED: 2016/12/20 - Note: Removed incorrect statement on the discussed, but unactioned "mining halt".

In June 2016, the head of the Commonwealth Bank had infamously stated "If we don't innovate successfully, we're toast". And he wasn't kidding. Ian Narev was fundamentally speaking of the new world economy that entails peer-to-peer business, decentralized business models, and the bitcoin blockchain. The threat is as real as Uber is to the taxi industry.

Hobsons Bay City Council hosts a variety of system in order to deliver customer service excellence, and maintain the demanding needs of today’s system and process requirements.

Australasian Association for Engineering Education. AAEE (a technical society of Engineers Australia) is a professional association of academics, support staff, postgraduate students, librarians, professional engineers, and employers who all have vested interests in fostering excellence and innovation in engineering education.