How did everyone get involved in web3?

AKA what’s your web3 origin story

genetically modified organism. synbio PhD. friend of bacteria. I make /synbio vids 🧬, co-host /science 👩🏽‍🔬, building /teaparty ☕️ 

I was asked to do a project for a bank while at grad school (2016).

seemed boring so subverted the brief, used the research budget to buy bitcoin and started researching Ethereum to make a project about a crypto wallet instead. Wasn't well received, but I still have the bitcoin.