Celestia Mocha-4 snapshot

Bootstrap a Celestia mocha-4 testnet node in ~5 minutes instead of a multi-hour full sync.

What’s inside

data/ folder from a live celestia-appd v9.0.4-mocha node running on PebbleDB with aggressive pruning (custom / keep-recent=100 / interval=19, indexer=null).
snapshots/ sub-dir included so your node can immediately serve state-sync to peers.

Download: snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/latest.tar.lz4 - refreshed every 4 hours. Full archive listing: snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/ Also available: genesis.json · addrbook.json

Restore

sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd

cp $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup

rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app/data
curl -L https://snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-app

mv $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json

sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -fo cat

Verify (optional)

curl -fL -o snapshot.tar.lz4 https://snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/latest.tar.lz4
curl -fL -o snapshot.tar.lz4.sha256 https://snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/latest.tar.lz4.sha256
sha256sum -c snapshot.tar.lz4.sha256

FAQ

How often is the snapshot updated?

Every 4 hours. The last 2 snapshots are kept online.

What db backend?

pebbledb - Celestia’s default since v9.

Can I use this to bootstrap a validator?

Yes. The snapshot contains only chain state - no keys. Your existing config/priv_validator_key.json and data/priv_validator_state.json stay yours.

Does the snapshot include state-sync chunks?

Yes. After restore, your node can also serve state-sync to downstream peers (snapshot-interval=2000).

Getting Started

GenLayer

Celestia

Celestia Mocha-4 snapshot

What’s inside

Restore

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What’s inside

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