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 2025-07-10T05:46:08Z 10009976 299.98 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250710-054634
kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T05:12:42Z 6100622 189.42 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250710-051318
kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T06:09:24Z 6100894 173.06 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250710-060951
kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T07:06:21Z 3082054 68.67 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250710-070650
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 2025-07-10T07:32:59Z 4868995 105.22 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250710-073338
kusama-rocksdb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T03:34:26Z 29154214 798.79 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250710-033519
paseo-muse-paritydb-archive 1.15.2-unknown 2025-07-09T23:58:32Z 4552895 136.75 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250709-235910
paseo-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-09T23:38:06Z 7.22936E+6 131.79 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250709-233856
polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T07:28:51Z 9245119 309.08 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250710-072926
polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T08:03:19Z 9245286 299.32 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250710-080346
polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T09:12:39Z 5560883 228.9 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250710-091308
polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T10:05:30Z 5561139 214.45 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250710-100549
polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T11:08:26Z 6749119 146.83 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250710-110858
polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T12:07:43Z 6749407 129.52 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250710-120913
polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T14:41:15Z 2177043 44.6 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250710-144140
polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive 1.17.1-unknown 2025-07-07T16:47:40Z 6015933 744.01 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250707-164907
polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune 1.17.1-unknown 2025-07-10T14:07:21Z 6056794 88.12 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250710-140754
polkadot-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T05:00:55Z 26813348 703.65 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250710-050200
polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T14:09:40Z 2508835 49.33 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250710-141010
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 2025-07-10T06:54:52Z 2.681448E+7 727.26 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250710-065513
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 2025-07-09T23:07:09Z 9068393 127.64 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250709-230742
westend-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T06:34:09Z 26830243 821.31 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250710-063536
westend-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T00:33:35Z 26826791 98.55 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250710-003411
westend-people-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T02:16:05Z 6069552 110.41 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250710-021643
westend-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-10T01:25:31Z 26827285 631.92 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250710-012704
westend-rocksdb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-09T23:34:57Z 26826233 89.28 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250709-233548

Last updated: 2025-07-10T18:15:15Z

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