Dear Council,

I wish to propose a tip to Thousand Validator participant Tugy (Amforc) for [parasnaps.io](https://parasnaps.io/).  This project provides database snapshots for pruned validators databases for Polkadot and Kusama.  Snapshots are provided for both Parity and RocksDB database variants for either of the aforementioned chains.

Tugy's implementation innovates over other snapshot sites in the following ways:

1. He has provided multiple download locations including servers in the East and West of USA, West and Eastern Europe and one in Asia.

This is useful for redundancy and faster downloads depending on the region in which the request originates.

2. Instructions for multiple modes of implementation.

In this case he provides three (3) modes of implementation, the first by shell script, the second by manual download, extract, run and the third via ansible script.

This is a useful addition and somewhat a step-up to existing resources.  The receiver's address can be verified via the footer of the site in reference.

Regards,
Will | Paradox

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- Problem Statement: Lack of easily accessible database snapshots for pruned validators databases for Polkadot and Kusama.
- Significance: Enhancing accessibility and speed of database snapshot downloads for validators.
- Proposed Solution: Providing multiple download locations and instructions for various modes of implementation.
- Expected Outcomes: Improved redundancy, faster downloads, and enhanced user experience for validators.

https://parasnaps.io/ a multi-region snapshot project for Polkadot and Kusama

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