
[Polkashots.io](https://polkashots.io) has been providing filesystem snapshots of Polkadot nodes for operators to quickly and reliably start or recover a validator node. The setup is cloud-hosted. It has had good uptime and is widely used. This proposal aims at covering the growing maintenance costs as well as adding an IPFS upload mechanism to make them available in a decentralized manner.

The full proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xxdUAY71dg2bmmegYYnsi-4LQ8_spgtkzNG7uYZWCh8/edit?usp=sharing).

- Polkashots.io provides snapshots of Polkadot nodes for operators to start or recover a validator node.
- The proposal aims to cover maintenance costs and add an IPFS upload mechanism for decentralized availability.
- The full proposal can be found at the provided link.

#492 Polkashots.io snapshot website - add IPFS and cover maintenance costs

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