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 | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T05:04:17Z | 15780367 | 749.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20260419-050548 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T04:22:28Z | 15779194 | 742.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260419-042358 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T05:15:14Z | 8031593 | 278.63 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20260419-051547 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T06:06:10Z | 8031842 | 252.54 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260419-060635 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T07:03:01Z | 4967132 | 133.8 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20260419-070331 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T01:06:45Z | 3.316045E+7 | 1021.77 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20260419-010813 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T07:32:42Z | 8714377 | 197.09 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20260419-073306 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T02:05:59Z | 33161032 | 3989.58 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20260419-020735 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T02:52:51Z | 33161492 | 1057.52 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20260419-025320 |
| paseo-asset-hub-paritydb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T00:53:55Z | 7795742 | 119.74 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-asset-hub-paritydb-prune/20260419-005431 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-unknown | 2026-04-13T00:17:55Z | 7618123 | 213.59 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20260413-001849 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-18T23:41:43Z | 11287436 | 230.11 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20260418-234208 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T07:00:26Z | 14619105 | 693.89 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20260416-070100 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T08:16:16Z | 14621112 | 668.88 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260416-081739 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T09:23:03Z | 7457223 | 338.29 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20260416-092339 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T10:07:31Z | 7457442 | 314.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260416-100750 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T11:24:05Z | 8664656 | 204.63 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20260416-112438 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T12:04:17Z | 8664856 | 176.33 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20260416-120446 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T14:34:42Z | 4049847 | 108.1 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20260416-143512 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-unknown | 2026-04-16T15:11:32Z | 9.89438E+6 | 1265.22 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20260416-151245 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-unknown | 2026-04-16T13:52:06Z | 9893662 | 131.99 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20260416-135234 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T05:47:53Z | 30867693 | 967.03 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20260419-054832 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-16T14:02:03Z | 4381232 | 90.99 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20260416-140232 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T06:05:44Z | 30867871 | 3638.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20260419-060613 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T07:01:33Z | 30868429 | 1007.87 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20260419-070157 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T00:10:53Z | 14549829 | 321.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260419-001120 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T01:03:44Z | 10793982 | 178.72 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20260419-010414 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-18T23:04:12Z | 11476046 | 170.94 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20260418-230442 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T03:30:21Z | 3.072721E+7 | 960.13 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20260419-033146 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T00:12:09Z | 30725228 | 116.83 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20260419-001334 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T02:19:28Z | 8604564 | 163.49 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20260419-022015 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-19T01:11:39Z | 30725823 | 734.92 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20260419-011224 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.22.0-2e4dd0bc223 | 2026-04-18T23:12:52Z | 30724635 | 110.48 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20260418-231424 |
Last updated: 2026-04-19T08:50:02Z
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