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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