Over the past two days, I’ve been testing testnet interactions again. In the group chat, people are guessing every day whether the mainnet will actually issue tokens, and whether earning points is just time wasted—but anyway, I take my records seriously and do it for real.

I used to think tax filings were far from me; I could just make a quick transaction and be done with it. Later, I realized that what really tortures you is the year-end reconciliation: I’ve got a pile of wallets, a pile of cross-chain stuff, and all kinds of small transaction fees for things like claiming airdrops/exchanging/approving. My brain just completely crashes.

Now I basically export my transactions on a fixed schedule every week and save a copy (CSV + screenshots). I also jot down a quick note like “why I made this transaction,” otherwise, when you’re looking at a string of hashes later, you won’t remember anything at all.

Saving a little time at the start ends up costing double in the end.