Snapshot

Catch the latest block faster by using our daily snapshots.

Snapshot

Chain ID: cosmoshub-4 | Latest Version Tag: v20.0.0

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 24 hours

https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/cosmos/snapshot/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4

Instructions

Stop the service and reset the data

sudo systemctl stop cosmos
cp $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.gaia/data

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/cosmos/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.gaia
mv $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json

Add seeds

sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[email protected]:14956\"|" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Restart the service and check the log

sudo systemctl start cosmos && sudo journalctl -u cosmos -f --no-hostname -o cat