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- # State Sync
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- With fast sync a node is downloading all of the data of an application from genesis and verifying it.
- With state sync your node will download data related to the head or near the head of the chain and verify the data.
- This leads to drastically shorter times for joining a network.
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- Information on how to configure state sync is located in the [nodes section](../nodes/state-sync.md)
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