I almost scared myself into a cold sweat just now. While copying the address to make a transfer, my hand slipped and I accidentally clicked an address from an old wallet. Luckily, before I entered the amount, I took another look—otherwise the money would’ve flown. After going through experiences like this too many times, I’ve been feeling more and more that transaction records are something you really can’t be careless about.

When it comes time to do taxes at the end of the year, what I fear most is going through wallets and failing to find the source of a transfer. I’ve formed a habit: after each operation, I immediately take a screenshot, saving the on-chain hash and the notes locally. Every so often I organize and categorize them, and add a reference of the market value for that day. It’s a bit of trouble, but it’s still better than losing my mind at year-end.

Seeing how fiercely NFT royalties are being debated right now, it’s true that balancing creators’ income with secondary-market liquidity is difficult. But then again, no matter how much people argue, keeping your own transaction records is the real rule. In any case, I trust position management more than predictions—once the records are kept, when tax filing time actually comes, at least I’ll have peace of mind.