If anyone is having any problems, a new snapshot is made every month and the latest is from Saturday 12/15/18.
Thought this conversation from was helpful:
Unick [1:14 PM]
you can check a block hash at a specific height and compare it to those of the explorer
if it matches you are fine
if not you would need to download the snapshot from the website and restart the wallet with that
you know how to do that or you need help ?
Captain Code [1:15 PM]
just going to google it
console cmd?
Unick [1:15 PM]
yes
if your wallet best height is below (or same) as the explorer, check that block hash and compare the 2
if your wallet is at a higher block, chances are you are on the other chain
for instance
the current height is 2946786
so in the console, I would put this command to get the hash of that block
Captain Code [1:17 PM]
getblockhash and enter
?
Unick [1:17 PM]
`getblockhash 2946786`
correct
then match the output with the one one
https://explorer.growthco.in/ for the same height
or lafu’s explorer
Captain Code [1:18 PM]
got it, thanks
Unick [1:19 PM]
just be aware that on
https://explorer.growthco.in/, on the main page you will find the `TXID` which is NOT the block hash
it can be confusing but click on the block height on the left or put the height number in the search bar to get the blockhash
you know what to do if you are not on the right chain ?
how to download the snapshot and restart with it?