# Soneium

> View current network statistics and performance data for Soneium on Alchemy.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/docs/llms.txt).

* [Official Docs](https://docs.soneium.org/)
* [Github Repository](https://github.com/soneium)

The snapshot service for Soneium is available [here](https://alchemy.com/snapshots/soneium).

Whether you need to bootstrap your full node, you can use our snapshot service to speed up the process.

Note: the nodes used for snapshotting are using the archive pruning values of Soneium and are hosted as Systemd services on machines using Ubuntu 22.04.

### How to use

Go to our [Soneium snapshot service](https://alchemy.com/snapshots/soneium) and download the latest available snapshot. Decompress the archive as per the following instructions and start your node.

**1. Download the snapshot**

```bash
wget <SONEIUM_SNAPSHOT_URL>
```

**2. Stop your Soneium service**

If Soneium was already running on your machine, stop your services:

```bash
sudo systemctl stop <SONEIUM_GETH_SERVICE>
sudo systemctl stop <SONEIUM_OP_NODE_SERVICE>
```

OR if you are using the recommended docker compose setup:

```bash
docker compose down
```

Make sure there is no process running that might try to write to the database.

**3. Clean the data directory**

Make sure your Soneium data directory is clean (let us assume `<SONEIUM_HOME>` is your root Soneium directory):

```bash
rm -rf <SONEIUM_HOME>/geth/chaindata
```

**4. Install lz4 and decompress the archive**

```bash
sudo apt-get install lz4
```

```bash
lz4 -c -d <SONEIUM_SNAPSHOT_NAME>.tar.lz4  | tar -x -C <SONEIUM_HOME>/geth/
```

**5. Start the Soneium service or container**

You should be in-sync with the network in minutes after starting the node.

<Info>
  Also check the official documentation and the GitHub repository posted above to correctly deploy the node of your choice.
</Info>