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# Snapshot

## Instruction

#### If you didn't install lz4, let's do this first

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd -y
sudo snap install lz4
```

#### Download our snapshot

```
wget -O snapshot_bitcanna.tar.lz4 https://kalia.network/snapshots/snapshot_bitcanna.tar.lz4
```

#### After download the data

```
sudo systemctl stop bcnad
```

#### Make sure to backup your priv\_validator\_state.json

```
cp $HOME/.bcna/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.bcna/priv_validator_state.json.backup
```

#### Decompress the snapshot and restart the service

```
rm -rf ~/.bcna/data
lz4 -c -d snapshot_bitcanna.tar.lz4  | tar -x -C $HOME/.bcna
cp ~/.bcna/priv_validator_state.json.backup ~/.bcna/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl restart bcnad
sudo journalctl -u bcnad -f -o cat
```