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 6 hours starting at 01:00 UTC

Snapshot file is currently being created and will become available here once the process is complete.

Stop the service

sudo systemctl stop celestia.service

Reset the data and save validator state

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 and recover validator state

curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/celestia/snapshot_latest.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.service && sudo journalctl -fu celestia.service -o cat