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 | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T04:00:24Z | 13242876 | 522.56 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20260213-040051 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T05:17:32Z | 13244691 | 520.07 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-051803 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T06:13:51Z | 7.57846E+6 | 258.5 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20260213-061427 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T07:05:37Z | 7578716 | 233.57 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-070606 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T08:05:13Z | 4.51226E+6 | 118.04 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20260213-080546 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T02:17:42Z | 32244294 | 959.78 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20260213-021817 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T08:33:45Z | 7805372 | 174.32 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20260213-083414 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T03:09:21Z | 32244801 | 3848.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20260213-031038 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T04:01:28Z | 32245313 | 989.57 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20260213-040156 |
| paseo-asset-hub-paritydb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T01:43:51Z | 5220358 | 72.94 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-asset-hub-paritydb-prune/20260213-014515 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T05:22:27Z | 10358024 | 208.2 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20260213-052342 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T09:57:59Z | 12067111 | 501.52 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20260213-095924 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T09:16:27Z | 12065743 | 480.66 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-091652 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T10:21:29Z | 7021806 | 313.76 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20260213-102203 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T11:06:52Z | 7022027 | 291.48 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-110719 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T12:10:05Z | 8223538 | 185.04 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20260213-121046 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T13:03:30Z | 8223805 | 165.59 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20260213-130400 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T15:33:34Z | 3615014 | 91.04 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20260213-153402 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-unknown | 2026-02-13T14:36:07Z | 9064605 | 115.69 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20260213-143635 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T06:17:48Z | 29935413 | 904.64 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20260213-061835 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T15:03:41Z | 3956816 | 81.61 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20260213-150408 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T06:57:23Z | 29935809 | 3453.13 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20260213-065743 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T07:51:40Z | 29936351 | 946.13 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20260213-075157 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T01:07:42Z | 13544296 | 283.93 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-010814 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T02:03:01Z | 1.004906E+7 | 163.47 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260213-020332 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T00:04:24Z | 1.068018E+7 | 156.27 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20260213-000455 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T03:59:16Z | 29791841 | 921.1 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20260213-040041 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T01:12:46Z | 29790176 | 111.8 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20260213-011411 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T03:08:43Z | 7.73555E+6 | 145.66 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20260213-030931 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T02:12:32Z | 29790774 | 703.35 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20260213-021405 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.21.1-c6ba84fb493 | 2026-02-13T00:10:31Z | 29789554 | 103.11 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20260213-001204 |
Last updated: 2026-02-13T19:48:36Z
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