Check the [Version History](/home/tech/for-chain-operators/version-history.md) page to identify the current binary version of the network you would like to join. Then, download the binary release from the [SEDA Chain repository](https://github.com/sedaprotocol/seda-chain).
Run the following sequence of commands to download and decompress the snapshot.
```
# Initialize your node.
sedad join --network mainnet
# Download snapshot and decompress it under chain directory.
# For mainnet:
wget https://seda-1-snapshots.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/seda_mainnet_snapshot.tar.lz4
lz4 -dc < seda_mainnet_snapshot.tar.lz4 | tar xvf - -C $HOME/.sedad
```
You may have to disable SEDA signer to start the node. If you are a validator, please read [SEDA Keys](/home/tech/for-chain-operators/seda-keys.md) to set up SEDA signer after you finish the current instructions.
```
sedad config set app seda.enable-seda-signer false
```
Start the node.
```
sedad start
```
---
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```
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```
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