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 | 2025-06-19T03:20:39Z | 9739429 | 286.75 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250619-032123 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T04:03:10Z | 9739804 | 288.47 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-040335 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T05:15:52Z | 5955029 | 181.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250619-051631 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T06:07:41Z | 5.95528E+6 | 165.53 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-060812 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T07:03:09Z | 2946124 | 64.67 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250619-070334 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-07T00:53:00Z | 28683156 | 730.59 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250607-005335 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T07:33:40Z | 4590141 | 98.94 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250619-073412 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T02:44:03Z | 28855193 | 785.29 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250619-024527 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-06-18T23:51:29Z | 4279434 | 130.02 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250618-235215 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-15T23:37:46Z | 6884178 | 123.45 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250615-233848 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-01T07:05:09Z | 8968282 | 293.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250601-070538 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T08:02:30Z | 9096213 | 290.29 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-080259 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T09:15:30Z | 5411918 | 218.04 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250619-091603 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T10:10:18Z | 5412178 | 204.13 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-101052 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T11:13:26Z | 6600469 | 143.02 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250619-111400 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T12:07:23Z | 6600726 | 126 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250619-120851 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T14:36:16Z | 2031911 | 41.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250619-143650 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-06-16T16:13:08Z | 5718593 | 699.01 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250616-161421 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-06-19T13:58:51Z | 5759524 | 81.79 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250619-135944 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T04:56:08Z | 2.651284E+7 | 683.94 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250619-045701 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T14:02:48Z | 2359684 | 46.15 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250619-140314 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-16T06:42:08Z | 26461905 | 2746.86 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250616-064244 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T06:47:27Z | 26513945 | 711.33 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250619-064756 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T00:04:53Z | 11992316 | 177.06 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-000524 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T01:03:09Z | 8337585 | 131.08 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250619-010337 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-18T23:05:39Z | 8877898 | 124.25 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250618-230609 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T03:24:52Z | 26538461 | 808.74 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250619-032628 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T00:19:58Z | 26536758 | 96.57 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250619-002043 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T02:15:58Z | 5865826 | 106.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250619-021641 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-19T01:12:46Z | 26537251 | 614.72 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250619-011406 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-06-18T23:14:11Z | 26536151 | 88.53 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250618-231541 |
Last updated: 2025-06-19T17:39:12Z
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