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 08:15 UTC

Pruning	Indexer	Version Tag
100/0/19	null	v0.5.5

Block	Age	Download
1308506	2 hours	snapshot (18.36 GB)

Stop the service and reset the data

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

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/althea-testnet/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.althea
mv $HOME/.althea/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.althea/data/priv_validator_state.json

Restart the service and check the log

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