VARA snapshots

Mainnet Testnet
Chain VARA Network
Block height 29744901
Block hash 0x0514e1f0579fb471fca148c0150d5af66aeeffe10ef1428a41a6c5642be01424
Creation date 2026-01-22T00:28:54UTC
Database format RocksDb
Pruning 256
Compression format lz4
DB snapshot download link vara-mainnet-29744901.tar.lz4
DB size 15.94 GB
Try-runtime snapshot download link vara-mainnet.snap

How to use

Issue the following command to download and unpack the archive in one step:

curl -o - -L https://snapshots.vara-network.io/vara-mainnet-29744901.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /home/ubuntu/gear-data/chains/vara_network/db

Or simply use the permalink:

curl -o - -L https://snapshots.vara-network.io/vara-mainnet-latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /home/ubuntu/gear-data/chains/vara_network/db

Note: if applicable, replace /home/gear with the actual storage location.

Then run the gear node:

gear --chain vara --base-path /home/ubuntu/gear-data/ --database rocksdb --pruning 256
Chain VARA Network Testnet
Block height 24406258
Block hash 0xa00909999ae0f7d601f806c3d08c7be8d62ebc4b0f3631bb497fdead42cf8269
Creation date 2026-01-22T00:28:54UTC
Database format RocksDb
Pruning 256
Compression format lz4
DB snapshot download link vara-testnet-24406258.tar.lz4
DB size 12.73 GB
Try-runtime snapshot download link vara-testnet.snap

How to use

Issue the following command to download and unpack the archive in one step:

curl -o - -L https://snapshots.vara-network.io/vara-testnet-24406258.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /home/ubuntu/gear-data/chains/vara_network_testnet/db

Or simply use the permalink:

curl -o - -L https://snapshots.vara-network.io/vara-testnet-latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /home/ubuntu/gear-data/chains/vara_network_testnet/db

Note: if applicable, replace /home/gear with the actual storage location.

Then run the gear node:

gear --base-path /home/ubuntu/gear-data/ --database rocksdb --pruning 256