PERSONAL STORY: when your NFT starts remembering your mistakes When I first came across Balances by @jackbutcher, I saw it as nothing more than a visual representation of the amount of $BALANCE in a wallet. But the more I look into how it works, the more interesting another aspect becomes. The NFT records your behavior through metrics like Peak balance, Times emptied, and Returns from zero. Imagine two wallets. Wallet #1 Bought $BALANCE, gradually increased the position, and never emptied the wallet. Times emptied = 0. Just held. Wallet #2 Bought, the market went down, and sold everything. Times emptied +1. Then came back. Returns from zero +1. And repeated the cycle several times. Eventually, the NFT shows not just your balance, but the history of what you did with it. This hits close to home for me after experiencing a drawdown of around 80%. In moments like that, you don't think about how it might look in an NFT someday. You're just trying to decide: sell or hold? Buy more or wait? And if you end up selling everything, that decision doesn't just stay in your memory. It becomes part of your onchain history. Balances doesn't know why you sold. But it knows that you did. And that's what I like about @jackbutcher's idea. Two wallets can have the same balance but completely different histories. One: I held. The other: I left. I came back. I left again. Over time, that history becomes part of the artwork itself. That's why I no longer see Balances as just an NFT that displays your balance. It's more like a visual onchain diary of what you did with that balance.