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Boot the Sidecar from a Snapshot

Snapshots are a quicker way to sync to tip and get started.

Available snapshots​

All available snapshots can be found at https://sidecar.eigenlayer.xyz/snapshots.

Snapshot types​

  • Slim: Only includes indexed chain data and EigenState. Slim snapshots are roughly 30% of the size of full snapshots and can generate the rewards data found in full snapshots.
  • Full: Includes all rewards data but not the generated staker-operator data for attributable rewards.
  • Archive: (Not yet available) Includes all rewards data and the generated staker-operator data for attributable rewards.

Restoring from a snapshot​

Using the hosted manifest​

sidecar restore-snapshot \                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (sm-fixManifest✱) 
    --ethereum.rpc-url="<rpc url>" \
    --chain="mainnet" \
    --database.host="<hostname>" \
    --database.port="5432" \
    --database.user="<username>" \
    --database.password="<password>" \
    --database.db_name="<database name>" \
    --kind="full"

Providing a file directly​

Input files can be either a local file or a URL.

sidecar restore-snapshot \
  --ethereum.rpc-url="<rpc url>" \
    --chain="mainnet" \
    --database.host="<hostname>" \
    --database.port="5432" \
    --database.user="<username>" \
    --database.password="<password>" \
    --database.db_name="<database name>" \
  --input="https://sidecar.eigenlayer.xyz/snapshots/mainnet/sidecar_mainnet_full_v2.4.0_public_20250227160000.dump" \
  --verify-hash=false # unless you have a corresponding sha256sum hash