# Post A1 — on-chain verification
I keep a ledger for every crypto payout — and the #1 rule is: I never record a payout from a screenshot. I verify it on the blockchain first.

Why? Because dust, fake payments, and old swaps can all look like income if you only trust what a platform shows you. On-chain verification (token balance diffs, mints, sender accounts) is the only honest bookkeeping.

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