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+#!/bin/bash
+# microtick and bitcanna contributed significantly here.
+# Pebbledb state sync script.
+# invoke like: bash contrib/statesync.bash
+
+## USAGE RUNDOWN
+# Not for use on live nodes
+# For use when testing.
+
+## THIS IS FOR THE REPLICATED SECURITY TESTNET
+
+set -uxe
+
+# Set Golang environment variables.
+# ! Adapt as required, depending on your system configuration
+export GOPATH=~/go
+export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin
+
+
+# Initialize chain.
+gaiad init test --home ~/.gaia-rs
+
+# Get Genesis for testnet
+wget -O ~/.gaia-rs/config/genesis.json https://github.com/cosmos/testnets/raw/master/replicated-security/provider/provider-genesis.json
+
+
+# Get "trust_hash" and "trust_height" for testnet
+INTERVAL=100
+LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s https://rpc.provider-state-sync-01.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:443/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height)
+BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - INTERVAL))
+TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "https://rpc.provider-state-sync-01.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:443/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
+
+
+
+# Print out block and transaction hash from which to sync state.
+echo "trust_height: $BLOCK_HEIGHT"
+echo "trust_hash: $TRUST_HASH"
+
+# Export state sync variables.
+export GAIAD_STATESYNC_ENABLE=true
+export GAIAD_P2P_MAX_NUM_OUTBOUND_PEERS=200
+export GAIAD_STATESYNC_RPC_SERVERS="https://rpc.provider-state-sync-01.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:443,https://rpc.provider-state-sync-01.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:443"
+export GAIAD_STATESYNC_TRUST_HEIGHT=$BLOCK_HEIGHT
+export GAIAD_STATESYNC_TRUST_HASH=$TRUST_HASH
+
+# Fetch and set list of seeds from chain registry.
+export GAIAD_P2P_SEEDS="08ec17e86dac67b9da70deb20177655495a55407@provider-seed-01.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:26656,4ea6e56300a2f37b90e58de5ee27d1c9065cf871@provider-seed-02.rs-testnet.polypore.xyz:26656"
+
+# Start chain.
+gaiad start --x-crisis-skip-assert-invariants --iavl-disable-fastnode false --home ~/.gaia-rs