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Expand Up @@ -464,29 +464,25 @@ The setup includes services for backing up and restoring your node data. You can

To quickly sync your node using provided snapshots:

1. Download and verify snapshots:
1. Download and verify snapshots (`curl` or `wget` can be used but `aria2c` is highly recommended):
```bash
# Download snapshot files (replace DATE with actual date, e.g., 20241104)
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/vana-snapshots/DATE/geth-chaindata-DATE.tar.zst{,.md5}
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/vana-snapshots/DATE/beacon-chaindata-DATE.tar.zst{,.md5}
# Download snapshot files (replace DATE with actual date in the format YYYYMMDD, e.g., 20250528)
aria2c -c -s 16 -x 16 https://storage.googleapis.com/vana-snapshots/DATE/beacon-chaindata-DATE.tar{,.md5}
aria2c -c -s 16 -x 16 https://storage.googleapis.com/vana-snapshots/DATE/geth-chaindata-DATE.tar{,.md5}

# Verify checksums
md5sum -c *.md5
```

2. Extract snapshots to the backups directory:
2. Extract snapshots to the data directory:
```bash
zstd -d geth-chaindata-DATE.tar.zst -o "backups/geth_backup_DATE.dat"
zstd -d beacon-chaindata-DATE.tar.zst -o "backups/beaconchain_DATE.db"
tar -xvf geth-chaindata-DATE.tar
tar -xvf beacon-chaindata-DATE.tar
```

3. Restore the snapshots:
3. Start your node:
```bash
# For Geth (requires interactive terminal)
docker compose run -it --rm geth-restore

# For Beacon chain (requires interactive terminal)
docker compose run -it --rm beacon-restore
docker compose --profile init --profile node up -d
```

> **Note**: make sure you trust the snapshot provider and verify the checksums before restoring!
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