Ugh, once year-end hits, I really feel like dying when I try to整理 transaction records. Every time I see a bunch of hashes on-chain involving cross-chain transfers, swaps, and LP interactions, my head feels like it’s buzzing. I learned my lesson this year—I just make sure to jot down two things in the moment: first, the transaction timestamp and the on-chain hash (don’t be lazy—if it’s cross-chain, also screenshot it); second, address labels for the sender and recipient (for example, “XX Bridge” or “XX Protocol”). Otherwise, at year-end I’ll just stare at an Excel sheet, not knowing which transaction was an airdrop and which was a fee.

Recently I’ve been seeing RWA and on-chain U.S. Treasury yield products compared back and forth—it’s actually pretty interesting. But for tax purposes, these products still have to be calculated separately, because the reporting rules differ between real-world assets and on-chain tokens. Anyway, what I do now is: once per quarter, I pull a CSV, store everything by wallet and by protocol, and when tax season comes around, I can at least cry less. That’s it for now—I’m going back to building.