> If only there were some sort of publicly available record showing transactions performed. (Yeah, I know, they don't include the USD value) I don’t even mean

> If only there were some sort of publicly available record showing transactions performed. (Yeah, I know, they don't include the USD value) I don’t even mean the USD value. I mean the raw transaction itself. In theory it’s persisted forever. In practice, the data is neither readily available nor searchable in the ways you’d actually need to properly account for transactions. On the flip side, if you can’t get the data there’s no chance the IRS would ever be able to figure it out right?