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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