From 6b570e2111d8e53fe4b22b86063e800d18ca7978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Grinaker Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 20:16:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] abci: tweak node sync estimate (#115) --- spec/abci/apps.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/spec/abci/apps.md b/spec/abci/apps.md index 3adead3a4..e4208d402 100644 --- a/spec/abci/apps.md +++ b/spec/abci/apps.md @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ This happens if we crashed after the app finished Commit but before Tendermint s A new node joining the network can simply join consensus at the genesis height and replay all historical blocks until it is caught up. However, for large chains this can take a significant -amount of time, often on the order of weeks or months. +amount of time, often on the order of days or weeks. State sync is an alternative mechanism for bootstrapping a new node, where it fetches a snapshot of the state machine at a given height and restores it. Depending on the application, this can