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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Make a local blockchain snapshot
+#
+
+#set -x
+#set -e
+set -uo pipefail
+
+BIN_DIR="$HOME/lbcd"   # directory where lbcd binary exists
+CONF_DIR="$HOME/.lbcd"  # directory where config files and wallets are
+SNAPSHOT_DIR="/mnt/sdb"       # directory where to temporarily put the snapshot
+
+AWS_PATH="s3://snapshots.lbry.com/blockchain/"  # Where to upload the snapshot to
+AWS_FLAGS="--region us-east-2"    # General AWS flags (region, profile, etc)
+
+# TODO: add timing info to each step so I know how long it takes
+
+
+
+echo "Running $0"
+
+hash aws 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 'aws command not found. Install it: sudo apt install awscli'; exit 1;  }
+
+if ! aws $AWS_FLAGS s3 ls > /dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "not logged into mfa profile on aws. run aws-mfa-refresh.sh"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! pgrep lbcd;  then
+  echo "Starting lbcd"
+  "$BIN_DIR/lbcd" -server -daemon
+fi
+
+
+EXPLORER_BLOCKS=$(curl -s https://explorer.lbry.com/api/v1/status | grep -Eo 'height":([0-9])+' | grep -Eo '[0-9]+')
+
+echo "Waiting until lbcd has caught up to the blockchain tip"
+
+while true; do
+  info=$("$BIN_DIR/lbcctl" getblockchaininfo 2>/dev/null)
+  if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Waiting for lbcd to start"
+    sleep 10
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  HEADERS=$(echo "$info" | grep headers | grep -Eo '[0-9]+')
+  BLOCKS=$(echo "$info" | grep blocks | grep -Eo '[0-9]+')
+  TIP=$(( EXPLORER_BLOCKS > HEADERS ? EXPLORER_BLOCKS : HEADERS ))
+  echo "tip: $TIP, height: $BLOCKS"
+
+  [[ "$BLOCKS" -ge "$TIP" ]] && break
+
+  ((blocksToGo=TIP-BLOCKS))
+  ((sleepTime=blocksToGo/10)) # I get ~3 blocks per second but I don't want to oversleep
+  if [ "$sleepTime" -lt 2 ]; then sleepTime=2; fi
+  echo "$blocksToGo blocks to go. Checking again in $sleepTime seconds (at $(date -d "+ $sleepTime seconds" "+%H:%M"))..."
+  sleep $sleepTime
+done
+
+
+LBCD_VERSION=$("$BIN_DIR/lbcctl" getnetworkinfo 2>/dev/null | grep -m 1 subversion | sed -E 's/.*:([0-9\.]*)\(.*/\1/g')
+
+echo "Stopping lbcd at $BLOCKS blocks"
+pkill lbcd
+echo "Waiting for lbcd to shut down..."
+while pgrep lbcd > /dev/null; do sleep 3; done
+echo "lbcd stopped"
+
+BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT="$SNAPSHOT_DIR/lbcd_snapshot_${BLOCKS}_v${LBCD_VERSION}_$(date +%F).tar"
+
+case "$LBCD_VERSION" in
+  *)
+    TARGETS="data"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+echo "Making blockchain snapshot $BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT"
+tar -cvf "$BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT" -C "$CONF_DIR" $TARGETS
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to make snapshot"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Uploading blockchain snapshot to s3"
+aws $AWS_FLAGS s3 cp "$BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT" "$AWS_PATH"
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+  echo "Upload failed. Leaving snapshot at $BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Upload finished. Deleting snapshot"
+
+rm -f "$BLOCKCHAIN_SNAPSHOT"
+
+echo "Done"