Celestia Mocha-5 snapshot

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

What’s inside

data/ folder from a live celestia-appd v9.0.6-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 && \
(set -o pipefail; curl -fL 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

Each step runs only if the previous one succeeded, so a failed or cut download never restarts celestia-appd on a partial data/. Your signing state then stays in ~/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup: fix the cause and run the command again starting from the rm -rf line.

Verify (optional)

curl -fsSL -o snapshot.sha256 https://snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/latest.tar.lz4.sha256 && \
F=$(awk '{print $2}' snapshot.sha256) && \
curl -fL -o "$F" "https://snapshots.unitynodes.com/celestia-mocha/$F" && \
sha256sum -c snapshot.sha256

The .sha256 file is fetched first: it names the dated archive it belongs to, so the file you download is always the one the checksum is for, even if a new snapshot is published during a long download. The last line should read <archive name>: OK.

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=1500).

Getting Started

GenLayer

Celestia

Cosmos

Celestia Mocha-5 snapshot

What’s inside

Restore

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FAQ

​What’s inside

​Restore

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What’s inside

Restore

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