[Polkashots.io](https://polkashots.io) has been providing filesystem snapshots of Kusama nodes for operators to quickly and reliably start or recover a validator node. The setup is cloud-hosted. It has had good uptime and is widely used. This proposal aims at covering the growing maintenance costs as well as adding an IPFS upload mechanism to make them available in a decentralized manner.

The full proposal is available [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tBazq5JHsvKBknl-4Sq6KkHBtggYbuCTfaYaRtmY4GU/edit?ts=60bdbad5#).

- Polkashots.io provides snapshots of Kusama nodes for operators to start or recover a validator node.
- The proposal aims to cover maintenance costs and add an IPFS upload mechanism for decentralized availability.
- The full proposal can be found at the provided link.

#643 Polkashots.io snapshot website - add IPFS and cover maintenance costs

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