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 | 2025-05-22T03:10:29Z | 9405612 | 274 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250522-031108 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T04:01:49Z | 9405826 | 274.91 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-040216 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T05:14:33Z | 5775726 | 171.79 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250522-051506 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T06:03:00Z | 5775909 | 156.2 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-060327 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T07:02:10Z | 2758252 | 59.28 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250522-070240 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T00:54:26Z | 28455513 | 716.14 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250522-005516 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T07:32:40Z | 4214476 | 90.5 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250522-073308 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T02:42:43Z | 28456586 | 758.84 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250522-024348 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-05-21T23:55:01Z | 3905515 | 116.93 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250521-235540 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-21T23:28:59Z | 6525077 | 114.21 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250521-232945 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T07:15:25Z | 8897736 | 289.67 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250522-071643 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T08:06:11Z | 8897986 | 279.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-080642 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T09:15:34Z | 5213814 | 203.66 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250522-091606 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T10:09:33Z | 5214073 | 190.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-101003 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T11:10:49Z | 6407188 | 138.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250522-111138 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T12:06:00Z | 6.40743E+6 | 121.56 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250522-120730 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-05-22T13:59:12Z | 5365947 | 76.73 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250522-135956 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T04:55:29Z | 26112054 | 657.59 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250522-045634 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T14:02:49Z | 2161554 | 41.94 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250522-140320 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T05:48:19Z | 26112579 | 2677.42 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250522-054846 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T06:41:37Z | 26113109 | 681.88 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250522-064205 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T00:03:10Z | 11781204 | 170.31 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-000340 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T01:05:42Z | 8065275 | 125.56 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250522-010613 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-21T23:07:51Z | 8612497 | 119.63 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250521-230822 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T03:07:27Z | 26136357 | 794.18 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250522-030900 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T00:20:16Z | 26134758 | 94.16 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250522-002051 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T02:14:39Z | 5.59462E+6 | 101.42 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250522-021520 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-22T01:17:26Z | 2.61353E+7 | 601.26 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250522-011903 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-05-21T23:14:50Z | 26134129 | 88.86 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250521-231617 |
Last updated: 2025-05-22T14:36:53Z
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