INTcoin Mainnet Chain Snapshot
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Snapshot date:    2026-05-02 (UTC)
Source:           UK-A canonical seed node
Tip height:       8488
Tip block hash:   e28a56328039ae780fa5f8d80f54658623330a32d77dbd9a0b3efdf3bbca635d
Network:          mainnet
Block count:      1 blk*.dat files
Total size:       12.1

Contents
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  blocks/        — block files (blk*.dat) + undo data (rev*.dat) + index/
  chainstate/    — LevelDB UTXO database (hot-copied; safe for IBD bootstrap)

How to use
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1. STOP your local intcoind:
     intcoin-cli stop
2. Backup or remove your existing chain data (KEEP wallet files):
     mv ~/.intcoin/blocks ~/.intcoin/blocks.bak
     mv ~/.intcoin/chainstate ~/.intcoin/chainstate.bak
3. Extract this archive into your datadir:
     tar -xzf intcoin-mainnet-snapshot-2026-05-02-h8488.tar.gz -C ~/.intcoin/
4. Start intcoind. It will pick up the snapshot and continue syncing
   from height 8488 to the current network tip:
     intcoind -daemon
5. If chainstate looks inconsistent (e.g. unexpected reorg), run a
   one-off chainstate rebuild (slower but guaranteed correct):
     intcoind -reindex-chainstate

Verifying the download
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Compare the SHA256 against the hash published on
https://international-coin.org/downloads alongside the archive URL.

  sha256sum -c intcoin-mainnet-snapshot-2026-05-02-h8488.tar.gz.sha256

Notes
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- Wallet files (wallet.dat, wallets/) are NOT included. Your wallet
  keys remain yours; the snapshot is chain-data only.
- This is a convenience snapshot. The canonical source of truth is
  always the live network — your node will re-validate every block
  it does not already have. Use the snapshot to skip the slow IBD
  pass, not to skip validation.
