Web3 designer Ric Burton shared his story of how Vitalik Buterin sent him 10,000 Ethereum (ETH) in 2016 as compensation for Buton’s one-month work in 2014 via a thread he posted on Twitter.

Burton’s story starts in 2014, just after he got “kicked out of a profitable company” he co-founded. While listening to Bitcoin-realted podcasts, Burton says, he heard Buterin say “I want to build a blockchain that I can run programs on.”

While admitting being intrigued, Burton said he didn’t change his daily routine to pursue this “Ethereum thing.” However, after hearing about Ethereum two more times, Burton says, he finally decided to go see Gavin Wood‘s speech.