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 | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T03:22:35Z | 9.70081E+6 | 285.26 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250616-032305 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T04:07:19Z | 9701226 | 286.9 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-040748 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T05:14:38Z | 5934105 | 180.31 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250616-051514 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T06:08:01Z | 5934363 | 164.43 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-060827 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T07:02:28Z | 2926086 | 64.1 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250616-070254 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-07T00:53:00Z | 28683156 | 730.59 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250607-005335 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T07:32:42Z | 4549702 | 98.02 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250616-073311 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T02:46:59Z | 28812454 | 782.54 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250616-024832 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-06-15T23:53:40Z | 4238861 | 129.01 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250615-235427 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-15T23:37:46Z | 6884178 | 123.45 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250615-233848 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-01T07:05:09Z | 8968282 | 293.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250601-070538 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T08:02:19Z | 9074912 | 289.09 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-080249 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T09:10:31Z | 5390757 | 216.49 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250616-091102 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T10:08:44Z | 5391043 | 202.65 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-100911 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T11:13:16Z | 6579277 | 142.47 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250616-111357 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T12:06:41Z | 6.57953E+6 | 125.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250616-120811 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T14:35:46Z | 2011241 | 40.58 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250616-143618 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-06-13T16:18:17Z | 5676176 | 692.74 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250613-161902 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-06-16T14:00:03Z | 5717275 | 80.18 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250616-140035 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T05:02:19Z | 26469889 | 681.17 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250616-050400 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T14:01:50Z | 2338417 | 45.68 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250616-140216 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T06:42:08Z | 26461905 | 2746.86 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250616-064244 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T06:43:16Z | 26470895 | 707.6 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250616-064341 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T00:04:54Z | 11967151 | 177.35 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-000519 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T01:12:37Z | 8308997 | 130.53 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250616-011304 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-15T23:06:02Z | 8853478 | 123.88 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250615-230630 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T03:14:59Z | 26496073 | 806.98 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250616-031628 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T00:23:39Z | 26494362 | 96.22 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250616-002416 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T02:15:49Z | 5837302 | 105.97 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250616-021640 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T01:15:13Z | 26494877 | 612.64 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250616-011633 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-15T23:13:41Z | 26493662 | 87.85 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250615-231507 |
Last updated: 2025-06-16T17:33:03Z
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