Recently, I gave myself a “version update”: from trading whenever I felt like it and “we’ll deal with it at the end of the year,” to now recording everything neatly every time I make a move—otherwise I really will lose my mind. Now it’s just screenshots + exporting transaction history + adding a one-line note like “Why buy / Why sell.” Don’t chase perfection; just make sure the books balance, so everything ties out.

Especially these days, everyone keeps complaining that validators earn too much, and that MEV and ordering are unfair. Frankly, you think you only did one swap, but on-chain it may have taken several extra steps… Then by tax season, all those tiny fragments need to be pieced back together, and it’s a total headache. Anyway, my current rule is: I’d rather spend an extra two minutes right now than stay up late at the end of the year playing detective. That’s it for now.