Cosmos Hub Snapshots

To help validators to deploy or recover quickly,
we provide daily archives of the Blockchain from high-performance infrastructure.

File	Date	Size	Height	Binary	Download

Snapshots instructions

Quick instructions

systemctl stop cosmoshub.service
cp $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup
mv $HOME/.gaia/data $HOME/.gaia/data.backup

curl -L ... | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.gaia

cp $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json
systemctl start cosmoshub.service

Detailled instructions

1. Install dependencies if needed

sudo apt install curl tar jq lz4 -y

2. Stop the node

systemctl stop cosmoshub.service

3. Remove old data

# Always backup priv_validator_state.json on validator node, to avoid double-sign
cp $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup

If possible, keep this backup until your node is running
mv $HOME/.gaia/data $HOME/.gaia/data.backup

4. Download snapshot

curl -L ... | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.gaia

# Always restore priv_validator_state.json on validator node, to avoid double-sign
cp $HOME/.gaia/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.gaia/data/priv_validator_state.json

5. Start the node

systemctl start cosmoshub.service

6. Monitor your node

journalctl -u cosmoshub

# Is your node catching up?
curl http://localhost:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info

7. Clean-up

rm -rf $HOME/.gaia/data.backup

Others Tools & Services

BlueStake contribute to Cosmos Hub by offering several tools and services,
tailored for users, developers, and node operators.

Peering

We provide seeds and live-peers to allow node operators to efficiently connect a node

IBC Relayers

We provide services to boost interoperability across different blockchain networks.