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 07:15 UTC
Pruning | Indexer | Version Tag |
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100/0/19 | null | v3 |
Block | Age | Download |
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8174128 | 1 hours | snapshot (3.55 GB) with sha256sum 27ec70 |
Stop the service
sudo systemctl stop quasar-testnet.service
Reset the data and save validator state
cp $HOME/.quasarnode/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.quasarnode/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.quasarnode/data
Download latest snapshot and recover validator state
curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/quasar-testnet/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.quasarnode
mv $HOME/.quasarnode/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.quasarnode/data/priv_validator_state.json
Restart the service and check the log
sudo systemctl start quasar-testnet.service && sudo journalctl -fu quasar-testnet.service -o cat