How can I use a snapshot?

What is a snapshot?

A snapshot is simply a copy of the blockchain. You can make your own by following these instructions. A snapshot is used as a shortcut when resyncing your blockchain because your client will not need to download or validate the blocks. However, this does require you to trust the source of the snapshot is not giving you bad data. If you've made your own snapshot, you of course have nothing to worry about.

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Available Snapshots:	Size:	Created At:	SHA256:
IBANKSNAP01.zip	11 MB	14 June 2020 14:12:15 GMT	View
IBANKSNAP01.tar.gz	11 MB	14 June 2020 14:12:15 GMT	View
IBANKSNAP01.rar	11 MB	14 June 2020 14:12:15 GMT	View

New snapshots are created each 100000 Blocks

How do you use a snapshot?

To use a snapshot, please complete the following steps

Gracefully shutdown your wallet
Locate your INVESTBANKS data directory.
Delete ONLY the following 4 folders and 2 files from your data directory: (Do NOT delete anything other than blocks, chainstate, sporks, zerocoin, banlist.dat, and peers.dat)
If you are using a personal snapshot, find those files. Otherwise, download the newest snapshot from here.
Unzip if needed and place the contents in your INVESTBANKS data directory. You should see it recreate the 4 folders you just deleted (blocks, chainstate, sporks, and zerocoin)
Restart your wallet software
Your wallet will start syncing from whenever the snapshot was created, so the sync should take very little time.

Your INVESTBANKS data directory stores your blockchain, configuration, wallet, and masternode data. By default, they are located in the following locations for each OS type:

Windows

Go to Start > Run > %APPDATA%\INVESTBANKS
(or explorer path C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\INVESTBANKS)
(Hidden folder "AppData" - How to view hidden folders on Windows)

OSX (MacOS)

Open a finder window, then select the "Go" dropdown menu. In this menu please press the "Go to Folder..." option. In the window that opens type:
~/Library/Application Support/INVESTBANKS and press enter. If the folder cannot be found please repeat the steps and enter: ~/.investbanks
~/Library/Application\ Support/INVESTBANKS(/Users/YourUserName/Library/Application\ Support/INVESTBANKS)\
(How to view the hidden folder on OSX)

MacOS High Sierra Only

~/.investbanks
(/Users/YourUserName/.investbanks)
(How to view the hidden folder on OSX)

Linux

~/.investbanks
(Hidden folder ".investbanks" - control+h to display in the GUI, ls -a to display in terminal)

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Investbanks aims to provide an investing platform which will offer customer revenue generating opportunities under independent pillars such as Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant, online shopping, real estate and auctions. The project concept is to utilize blockchain technology and move away from what we envision as vanishing fiat currency in the coming years. With the introduction of the new IBANK coin we can offer global, cheaper, and more efficient customer attracting services over traditional fiat platforms.