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 11:45 UTC

Pruning Indexer Version Tag
50000/500/17 null v0.35
Block Age Download
13147919 8 hours snapshot (37.0 GB) with sha256sum 611141

Stop the service and reset the data

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

Download latest snapshot

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

Restart the service and check the log

sudo systemctl start axelar.service && sudo journalctl -u axelar.service -f --no-hostname -o cat