diff --git a/docs/gaia/join-testnet.md b/docs/gaia/join-testnet.md index 560bbcf6e7..bdbff65e21 100644 --- a/docs/gaia/join-testnet.md +++ b/docs/gaia/join-testnet.md @@ -129,6 +129,21 @@ gaiacli status View the status of the network with the [Cosmos Explorer](https://explorecosmos.network). Once your full node syncs up to the current block height, you should see it appear on the [list of full nodes](https://explorecosmos.network/validators). If it doesn't show up, that's ok--the Explorer does not connect to every node. +## Export State + +Gaia can dump the entire application state to a JSON file, which could be useful for manual analysis and can also be used as the genesis file of a new network. + +Export state with: + +```bash +gaiad export > [filename].json +``` + +You can also export state from a particular height (at the end of processing the block of that height): + +```bash +gaiad export --height=[height] > [filename].json +``` ## Upgrade to Validator Node