The third time I set rules for myself: transaction records really need to be kept regularly, or else end-of-year reconciliation can drive you crazy... Now I always take a quick screenshot of the exchange transaction + blockchain explorer hash whenever I change positions / re-stake / claim rewards, and save it in the same folder; then I export a CSV backup every weekend, at least so I don’t forget whether a transaction was a transfer or a sale when the time comes.

Especially recently, as everyone complains about validator income and MEV causing unfair sorting, I see blockchain records more like a tangled ball of yarn: the same operation split into multiple transactions, with gas, tips, and rewards mixed together. Honestly, if I don’t organize it in advance, I won’t be able to explain it clearly later. Anyway, I’d rather spend an extra five minutes making records now than wake up at the end of the year to tax forms and questions like “Where did this come from?”