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
100/0/19 null v1
Block Age Download
2078480 6 hours snapshot (0.73 GB)

Stop the service and reset the data

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

Download latest snapshot

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 quasarnoded && sudo journalctl -u quasarnoded -f --no-hostname -o cat