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 | 2025-07-01T03:17:28Z | 9893266 | 292.76 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250701-031805 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T04:07:16Z | 9970629 | 298.28 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-040752 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T05:14:27Z | 6079868 | 188.29 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-051507 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T06:05:02Z | 6.08011E+6 | 172.04 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-060533 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T07:01:49Z | 3062123 | 68.08 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250707-070214 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T00:00:16Z | 2.910954E+7 | 757.81 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250707-000047 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T07:32:38Z | 4829337 | 104.33 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250707-073304 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T02:50:19Z | 29111222 | 801.59 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250707-025153 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-07-06T23:52:40Z | 4514768 | 135.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250706-235325 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-06T23:50:42Z | 7186285 | 130.76 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250706-235129 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T07:24:37Z | 9223796 | 307.85 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-072523 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T08:06:39Z | 9224003 | 298.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-080657 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T09:20:40Z | 5539609 | 227.34 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-092111 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T10:06:15Z | 5539833 | 212.95 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-100639 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T11:16:36Z | 6727949 | 146.29 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250707-111706 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T12:11:42Z | 6728215 | 129.01 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250707-121307 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T14:35:40Z | 2156393 | 44.1 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250707-143614 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-07-04T16:32:08Z | 5973303 | 736.71 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250704-163331 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-07-07T13:59:48Z | 6014273 | 87.48 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250707-140012 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T05:00:25Z | 26770462 | 700.83 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250707-050138 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T14:02:25Z | 2487504 | 48.88 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250707-140255 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-04T10:07:52Z | 26730627 | 2809.76 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250704-100817 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T06:49:48Z | 26771552 | 729.92 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250707-065019 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-01T02:19:55Z | 12084096 | 180.75 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250701-022021 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T01:03:59Z | 8464493 | 133.26 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-010432 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-06T23:06:47Z | 9040959 | 127.18 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250706-230722 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T02:06:18Z | 2.666638E+7 | 814.72 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250707-020748 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T00:18:39Z | 26780733 | 98.31 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250707-001922 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T02:16:12Z | 6038942 | 109.82 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250707-021659 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-07T01:04:55Z | 26666876 | 617.43 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250707-010624 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-07-06T23:07:12Z | 26717556 | 88.3 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250706-230842 |
Last updated: 2025-07-07T18:19:52Z
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