diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index d599c33bb7..445e40d321 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import 'package:ardrive/services/authentication/biometric_authentication.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/services/config/config_fetcher.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/shared/blocs/banner/app_banner_bloc.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sharing/blocs/sharing_file_bloc.dart';
+import 'package:ardrive/sync/data/snapshot_validation_service.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/domain/repositories/sync_repository.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/utils/batch_processor.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/theme/theme_switcher_bloc.dart';
@@ -423,6 +424,9 @@ class AppState extends State<App> {
             driveDao: _.read<DriveDao>(),
             licenseService: _.read<LicenseService>(),
             batchProcessor: BatchProcessor(),
+            snapshotValidationService: SnapshotValidationService(
+              configService: configService,
+            ),
           ),
         ),
         RepositoryProvider(
diff --git a/lib/pages/drive_detail/drive_detail_page.dart b/lib/pages/drive_detail/drive_detail_page.dart
index 3e60fd65db..0af1e05e84 100644
--- a/lib/pages/drive_detail/drive_detail_page.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/drive_detail/drive_detail_page.dart
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class _DriveDetailPageState extends State<DriveDetailPage> {
           },
           child: BlocBuilder<DriveDetailCubit, DriveDetailState>(
             buildWhen: (previous, current) {
-              return context.read<SyncCubit>().state is! SyncInProgress;
+              return widget.context.read<SyncCubit>().state is! SyncInProgress;
             },
             builder: (context, driveDetailState) {
               if (driveDetailState is DriveDetailLoadInProgress) {
diff --git a/lib/sync/data/snapshot_validation_service.dart b/lib/sync/data/snapshot_validation_service.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26a50c1b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sync/data/snapshot_validation_service.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import 'package:ardrive/services/config/config_service.dart';
+import 'package:ardrive/utils/logger.dart';
+import 'package:ardrive/utils/snapshots/snapshot_item.dart';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+
+class SnapshotValidationService {
+  final ConfigService _configService;
+
+  SnapshotValidationService({
+    required ConfigService configService,
+  }) : _configService = configService;
+
+  Future<List<SnapshotItem>> validateSnapshotItems(
+    List<SnapshotItem> snapshotItems,
+  ) async {
+    List<SnapshotItem> snapshotsVerified = [];
+
+    final futures = snapshotItems.map((snapshotItem) async {
+      final appConfig = _configService.config;
+
+      try {
+        final snapshotValidation = await http.head(
+          Uri.parse(
+              '${appConfig.defaultArweaveGatewayUrl}/${snapshotItem.txId}'),
+        );
+
+        logger.d('Validating snapshot ${snapshotItem.txId}');
+
+        if (snapshotValidation.statusCode == 200) {
+          if (snapshotValidation.headers['content-length'] != null) {
+            int lenght =
+                int.parse(snapshotValidation.headers['content-length']!);
+
+            final headers = {
+              'Range': 'bytes=${lenght - 8}-$lenght',
+            };
+
+            final validationRequest = await http.get(
+              Uri.parse(
+                  '${appConfig.defaultArweaveGatewayUrl}${snapshotItem.txId}'),
+              headers: headers,
+            );
+
+            logger.d(
+                'Validation request status code: ${validationRequest.statusCode}');
+          }
+          logger.d('Snapshot ${snapshotItem.txId} is valid');
+
+          snapshotsVerified.add(snapshotItem);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.w('Error while validating snapshot. ${snapshotItem.txId}');
+      }
+    });
+
+    await Future.wait(futures);
+
+    snapshotItems.clear();
+    snapshotItems = snapshotsVerified;
+
+    return snapshotItems;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/sync/domain/repositories/sync_repository.dart b/lib/sync/domain/repositories/sync_repository.dart
index f6bae973a8..ba039eae6b 100644
--- a/lib/sync/domain/repositories/sync_repository.dart
+++ b/lib/sync/domain/repositories/sync_repository.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import 'package:ardrive/services/config/config.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/services/license/license_service.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/services/license/license_state.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/constants.dart';
+import 'package:ardrive/sync/data/snapshot_validation_service.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/domain/ghost_folder.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/domain/models/drive_entity_history.dart';
 import 'package:ardrive/sync/domain/sync_progress.dart';
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ abstract class SyncRepository {
     required ConfigService configService,
     required LicenseService licenseService,
     required BatchProcessor batchProcessor,
+    required SnapshotValidationService snapshotValidationService,
   }) {
     return _SyncRepository(
       arweave: arweave,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ abstract class SyncRepository {
       configService: configService,
       licenseService: licenseService,
       batchProcessor: batchProcessor,
+      snapshotValidationService: snapshotValidationService,
     );
   }
 }
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ class _SyncRepository implements SyncRepository {
   final ConfigService _configService;
   final LicenseService _licenseService;
   final BatchProcessor _batchProcessor;
+  final SnapshotValidationService _snapshotValidationService;
 
   final Map<String, GhostFolder> _ghostFolders = {};
   final Set<String> _folderIds = <String>{};
@@ -118,10 +122,12 @@ class _SyncRepository implements SyncRepository {
     required ConfigService configService,
     required LicenseService licenseService,
     required BatchProcessor batchProcessor,
+    required SnapshotValidationService snapshotValidationService,
   })  : _arweave = arweave,
         _driveDao = driveDao,
         _configService = configService,
         _licenseService = licenseService,
+        _snapshotValidationService = snapshotValidationService,
         _batchProcessor = batchProcessor;
 
   @override
@@ -552,6 +558,11 @@ class _SyncRepository implements SyncRepository {
         snapshotsStream,
         arweave: _arweave,
       ).toList();
+
+      List<SnapshotItem> snapshotsVerified =
+          await _snapshotValidationService.validateSnapshotItems(snapshotItems);
+
+      snapshotItems = snapshotsVerified;
     }
 
     final SnapshotDriveHistory snapshotDriveHistory = SnapshotDriveHistory(
diff --git a/lib/utils/snapshots/snapshot_item.dart b/lib/utils/snapshots/snapshot_item.dart
index a6d258896c..f5e9f0dd49 100644
--- a/lib/utils/snapshots/snapshot_item.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/snapshots/snapshot_item.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ abstract class SnapshotItem implements SegmentedGQLData {
   abstract final int blockStart;
   abstract final int blockEnd;
   abstract final DriveID driveId;
+  abstract final String txId;
 
   factory SnapshotItem.fromGQLNode({
     required SnapshotEntityTransaction node,
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ abstract class SnapshotItem implements SegmentedGQLData {
           fakeSource: fakeSource,
           arweave: arweave,
         );
+
       } catch (e) {
         logger.e('Ignoring snapshot transaction with invalid block range', e);
         continue;
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ abstract class SnapshotItem implements SegmentedGQLData {
 
 class SnapshotItemOnChain implements SnapshotItem {
   final int timestamp;
+
+  @override
   final TxID txId;
   String? _cachedSource;
   int _currentIndex = -1;