Polkadot chain database snapshots
A collection of database snapshots for Polkadot, Kusama, Westend, and Rococo relaychains and system parachains.
Available in two flavors: archive and pruned. Archive database retains the full history of blocks. Pruned keeps only the state of the past 256 or 1000 blocks (set --state-pruning 256 or --state-pruning 1000 flag on your node).
How to use
We recommend using the rclone (>1.63.0) utility to download a snapshot. Install it first by following the instructions on the official download page.
Download the snapshot:
export SNAPSHOT_URL="https://snapshots.polkadot.io/[snapshot_name]/[date]" # Use URL from the table below
export PATH_TO_DB_FOLDER="$HOME/.local/share/polkadot/chains/[chain_path]" # Replace by folder name (same as the id field in chainspec)
rclone copyurl $SNAPSHOT_URL/files.txt files.txt
rclone copy --progress --transfers 20 --http-url $SNAPSHOT_URL --no-traverse --http-no-head --disable-http2 --inplace --no-gzip-encoding --size-only --retries 6 --retries-sleep 10s --files-from files.txt :http: $PATH_TO_DB_FOLDER
rm files.txt
Available Snapshots
| Chain | Version | Timestamp | Last block | Size | DB Pruning | URL (not a valid page, use with the above script) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T03:13:00Z | 9257225 | 268 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250425-031334 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T04:03:13Z | 9257442 | 268.45 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-040343 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T05:16:02Z | 5625083 | 163.57 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250425-051638 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T06:04:00Z | 5625317 | 148.44 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-060430 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T07:07:10Z | 2594139 | 54.84 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250425-070734 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T00:52:43Z | 28073217 | 692.56 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250425-005338 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T07:33:53Z | 3915164 | 83.7 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250425-073425 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T01:58:54Z | 28073863 | 3152.39 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20250425-020025 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T02:46:35Z | 28074332 | 729.63 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250425-024710 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-04-24T23:51:12Z | 3556182 | 107.07 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250424-235143 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-24T23:34:45Z | 6139095 | 105.24 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250424-233528 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T07:16:19Z | 8709296 | 279.23 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250425-071653 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T08:06:30Z | 8709542 | 269.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-080700 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T09:15:58Z | 5025316 | 190.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250425-091628 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T10:11:01Z | 5025585 | 177.56 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-101126 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T11:12:45Z | 6230854 | 133.54 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250425-111317 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T12:08:56Z | 6.23112E+6 | 117.37 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250425-121023 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T14:36:13Z | 1646993 | 31.7 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250425-143644 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-04-22T15:59:15Z | 4950181 | 582.72 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250422-155954 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-04-25T13:53:50Z | 4991482 | 70.21 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250425-135423 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T05:04:21Z | 25726306 | 632.82 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250425-050528 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T14:03:00Z | 1.97261E+6 | 37.78 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250425-140328 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T05:16:25Z | 25726425 | 2596.89 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250425-051654 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T06:13:05Z | 25726987 | 651.69 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250425-061324 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T00:01:46Z | 11519922 | 164.38 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-000217 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T01:02:13Z | 7799863 | 120.53 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250425-010240 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-24T23:07:41Z | 8349284 | 114.92 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250424-230807 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T03:33:03Z | 25751063 | 774.58 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250425-033431 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T00:19:35Z | 25749143 | 91.74 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250425-002038 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T02:14:01Z | 5333317 | 96.58 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250425-021458 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-25T01:19:31Z | 25749729 | 587.43 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250425-012102 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd | 2025-04-24T23:16:36Z | 25748515 | 89.37 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250424-231800 |
Last updated: 2025-04-25T17:06:07Z
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