# Snapshots, Archive Nodes

### List of Snapshots and Archives <a href="#list-of-snapshots-and-archives" id="list-of-snapshots-and-archives"></a>

Below is a list of publicly available snapshots that you can use to sync with the BlockX testnet

Snapshots

| Name         | URL                                                                  |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Staketab`   | github.com/staketab/nginx-cosmos-snap                                |
| `Polkachu`   | [polkachu.com ](https://www.polkachu.com/tendermint_snapshots/evmos) |
| `Nodes Guru` | snapshots.nodes.guru                                                 |

::: ::: tab Archives

| Name         | URL                  |
| ------------ | -------------------- |
| `Nodes Guru` | snapshots.nodes.guru |
| `Polkachu`   | polkachu.com         |
| `Forbole`    | bigdipper.live/      |

::: ::::

To access snapshots and archives, follow the process below (this code snippet is to access a snapshot of the current network, `blockx_9001-2`, from Nodes Guru):

```bash
cd $HOME/.blockxd/data
wget https://snapshots.nodes.guru*.tar
tar xf blockx_9001-2-410819.tar
```