Can anyone tell me how to fork a live Cosmos testnet?
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AryaLanjewar3005OP
Sep 2025I want to fork a running chain to my local environment and use the fork as a testing chain. Similar to how anvil --forkworks, I know one method is to use a snapshot provider to sync with the local chain. However, the chain I want to fork does not provide snapshots. Is there any other way to achieve this?
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jijohn
Sep 2025(post deleted by author)
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kelvin
Sep 2025One approach is exporting the genesis file and then replaying blocks from the current height. It takes longer than using snapshots but gives a functional forked chain for testing.