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+1. `sudo service palomad stop`
+2. `sudo service pigeond stop`
+3. update the chain id id in the `~/.pigeon/config.yaml` file to `racer` 
+4. Optional if using: update chain id in `~/.paloma/config/client.toml` to `racer`
+5. Add persistent peers: 
+    1. update `~/.paloma/config/config.toml`
+        1. Line 215: add  
+        ```
+        persistent_peers = "ab6875bd52d6493f39612eb5dff57ced1e3a5ad6@95.217.229.18:10656, a9a0a77dfd05b42b14461c57e8a1f252c7deeef3@198.244.228.162:54056, 16f0d09580054101394ea08bbb48b1ad5bb91a27@95.214.52.144:10656, eea0d51296fe41693c90cc0b263635b0945e2231@91.228.224.197:26656, 2c6772b11c1f9eff2a923eb2bf808543cdd501c5@79.143.179.196:26656"
+        ```
+6. Get new genesis
+    1. `wget -O ~/.paloma/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/palomachain/mainnet/master/racer/genesis.json`
+7. **`palomad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.paloma`**
+8. `echo '{}' > ~/.paloma/config/addrbook.json`
+9. `sudo service pigeond start`
+10. `sudo service palomad start`