{"id":402,"date":"2015-09-20T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-09-20T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T16:34:47","slug":"episode-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/episode-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode #18: From Cradle to Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3810427\/height\/50\/width\/640\/theme\/standard\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"50\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"one-half column\">Episode 18<\/div><div class=\"one-half column last\">September 20, 2015 \u2014 56 mins<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div> <strong>Guests:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/artist\/judd-bagley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Judd Bagley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is all about the journey, not the destination, wouldn&#8217;t you agree? In January 2014, Overstock.com became the first major online retailer to accept payment in bitcoin. Less than eighteen months later, though it went unnoticed by many, Monday June 8, 2015 was a date that will go down in financial history. For on this date, the first cryptosecurity was created. It happened on Overstock.com\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/t0.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">T0.com<\/a> (that\u2019s the letter T and number zero) cryptosecurity trading platform. Specifically, the first piece of a $25-million digital bond issued by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overstock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Overstock.com<\/a> exclusively on the bitcoin blockchain. This bond is composed of 25-million digital tokens, each worth U$1.00.\u00a0This is one of the many ways blockchain technology is being applied outside of digital currency.\u00a0What better person to swing by and discuss this with us than Judd Bagley, the director of communications at Overstock. After speaking with him, it is clear he is\u00a0dedicated to moving the oxcart of civilization forward a few feet by advocating the adoption of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lawinnovate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-429\" src=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lawinnovate.jpg\" alt=\"lawinnovate\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lawinnovate.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lawinnovate-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebitcoinpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lawinnovate-450x223.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus, Marcello tells the gang about The Law of Diffusion of Innovation (where he states 1% of people are laggards when its actually closer to 10-15%). Plug in, settle down and open your ears people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guests:\u00a0Judd Bagley Bitcoin is all about the journey, not the destination, wouldn&#8217;t you agree? In January 2014, Overstock.com became the first major online retailer to accept payment in bitcoin. Less than eighteen months later, though it went unnoticed by many, Monday June 8, 2015 was a date that will go down in financial history. 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