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 07:00 UTC

Pruning Indexer Version Tag
100/0/19 null galileo-3-v1.1.0-beta1
Block Age Download
3252127 4 hours snapshot (1.32 GB)

Stop the service and reset the data

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

Download latest snapshot

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

Restart the service and check the log

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