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 2025-04-01T00:24:32Z 27732328 672.41 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250401-002518
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 2025-04-01T02:13:42Z 27733393 711.62 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250401-021427
paseo-muse-paritydb-archive 1.15.2-unknown 2025-03-31T23:39:11Z 3241702 99.66 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250331-233945
paseo-paritydb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-03-31T23:14:29Z 5794157 97.28 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250331-231554
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 1.15.2-unknown 2025-03-13T15:10:22Z 4382024 501.29 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250313-151139
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 2025-04-01T00:06:49Z 11315764 160.04 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-000724
westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T01:15:08Z 7594855 116.42 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250401-011554
westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-03-31T23:04:57Z 8149664 111.34 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250331-230541
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 2025-04-01T00:09:15Z 25405064 89.83 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250401-001042
westend-people-paritydb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T02:11:17Z 5128862 92.86 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250401-021217
westend-rocksdb-archive 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-04-01T01:18:47Z 25405758 572.79 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250401-012012
westend-rocksdb-prune 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 2025-03-31T23:08:29Z 25404456 83.29 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250331-231005

Last updated: 2025-04-01T18:39:18Z

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