Snapshot

Snapshots allows a new node to join the network by recovering application state from a backup file. Snapshot contains compressed copy of chain data directory. To keep backup files as small as plausible, snapshot server is periodically beeing state-synced.

Snapshots are taken automatically every 3 hours

pruning: everything

indexer: null

version tag: v2.3.1-mocha

BLOCK	AGE	DOWNLOAD
2038703+	3 hours	snapshot (9.8 GB)

Instructions

Stop the service and reset the data

sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd
cp $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app/data

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshot-celestia-test.cryptech.com.ua/celestia-testnet-snapshot.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-app
mv $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json

Restart the service and check the log

sudo systemctl start celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f -o cat