# Just a tiny bit different from gaia-7001, the gaia-7001a

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/just-a-tiny-bit-different-from-gaia-7001-the-gaia-7001a/580>\
**Category:** Validation\
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/just-a-tiny-bit-different-from-gaia-7001-the-gaia-7001a/580 "2018-07-23T16:24:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwunyeung](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/kwunyeung/32/68_2.png) [@kwunyeung](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/kwunyeung)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/just-a-tiny-bit-different-from-gaia-7001-the-gaia-7001a/580/1 "2018-07-23T16:24:59Z")

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While we are waiting for gaia-7002, some validators would like to make gaia-7001 keep running and continue to have some tests. Some of us decided to start a new small chain. We collected some genesis tx from some validators and started the gaia-7001a with a small fix committed by @slamper which make block sync faster. Any validators are welcome to join this chain if you would like to have some tests with gaia. Please visit [https://github.com/forbole/gaia-7001a](https://github.com/forbole/gaia-7001a) and checkout the correct commit `c01a3d218f2544b00b817942e996e171c397b2a4`. Then you can start connecting to `gaia-7001a` with the `genesis.json` in the repo.