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 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T03:05:39Z 9098895 261.42 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250401-030612
kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T04:05:26Z 9099183 260.96 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-040559
kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T05:04:09Z 5458925 154.58 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250401-050447
kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T06:06:48Z 5459226 139.03 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-060729
kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T07:02:15Z 2429917 50.79 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250401-070246
kusama-paritydb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T00:50:36Z 27774988 674.8 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250404-005124
kusama-people-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T07:31:30Z 3587392 75.87 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250401-073159
kusama-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T01:15:46Z 27732831 3092.05 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20250401-011720
kusama-rocksdb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T02:40:33Z 27776072 716.35 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250404-024120
paseo-muse-paritydb-archive 1.15.2-unknown 2025-04-03T23:50:08Z 3281069 100.72 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250403-235059
paseo-paritydb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-03T23:33:49Z 5837262 98.26 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250403-233428
polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T07:10:05Z 8.5389E+6 270.01 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250401-071033
polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T08:06:04Z 8539177 259.24 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-080641
polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T09:11:05Z 4855004 177.88 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250401-091136
polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T10:07:31Z 4.85528E+6 164.8 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-100804
polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T11:11:16Z 6060342 129.23 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250401-111208
polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T12:06:22Z 6060612 112.92 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250401-120654
polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T14:37:32Z 1477227 27.95 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250401-143802
polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive 1.17.1-unknown 2025-04-01T17:33:48Z 4653365 541.34 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250401-173422
polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune 1.17.1-unknown 2025-04-01T13:42:11Z 4651091 63.3 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250401-134257
polkadot-paritydb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T04:25:29Z 25383319 610.78 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250401-042651
polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T14:01:21Z 1803043 33.89 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250401-140151
polkadot-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T05:21:24Z 25383876 2525.71 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250401-052157
polkadot-rocksdb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T06:19:36Z 25384454 627.49 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250401-062000
westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T00:07:16Z 11341889 160.81 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250404-000750
westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T01:03:01Z 7621274 117.1 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250404-010334
westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-03T23:11:33Z 8175561 111.98 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250403-231207
westend-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T02:41:26Z 25406585 757.76 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250401-024301
westend-paritydb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T01:44:51Z 25449061 90.07 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250404-014518
westend-people-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T02:12:19Z 5155355 93.34 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250404-021257
westend-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-04T01:17:39Z 25448789 576.19 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250404-011913
westend-rocksdb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-03T23:13:56Z 25447562 88.16 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250403-231524

Last updated: 2025-04-04T03:38:21Z

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