Aleo is a private blockchain that encrypts all records in its database, ensuring that no one can see the ownership of assets. To determine your balance on Aleo, your wallet attempts to decrypt every record on the blockchain using your private key. This process is performed locally on your machine, and when a record is successfully decrypted, the wallet calculates and displays your owned assets. Due to the resource-intensive nature of this task, syncing on Aleo can be slower compared to public blockchains. To expedite the syncing process, users can keep their wallet in the maximized view.