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 | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T04:14:21Z | 9050461 | 259.54 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250325-041454 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T05:07:01Z | 9050716 | 259.57 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-050736 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T06:16:30Z | 5410596 | 151.9 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250325-061658 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T07:10:52Z | 5410825 | 137.28 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-071123 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T08:03:11Z | 2382468 | 49.77 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250325-080335 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T01:47:22Z | 27634034 | 666.88 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250325-014821 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T08:33:40Z | 3.49532E+6 | 73.98 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250325-083411 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T02:49:26Z | 27634642 | 3076.7 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20250325-025044 |
| kusama-rocksdb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T03:38:33Z | 27635124 | 707.54 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250325-033928 |
| paseo-muse-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-03-25T00:50:30Z | 3149966 | 97.59 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250325-005107 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T00:29:54Z | 5694647 | 94.91 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250325-003024 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T08:19:08Z | 8489333 | 267.38 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250325-081942 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T09:03:02Z | 8489551 | 257.47 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-090317 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T10:12:41Z | 4805383 | 174.23 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250325-101318 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T11:05:40Z | 4805643 | 162.62 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-110558 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T12:09:39Z | 6010928 | 127.98 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250325-121008 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T13:07:12Z | 6011213 | 112.36 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250325-130851 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T15:37:11Z | 1427918 | 27.19 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250325-153745 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.15.2-unknown | 2025-03-13T15:10:22Z | 4382024 | 501.29 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250313-151139 |
| polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-03-25T15:42:03Z | 4552795 | 55.89 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250325-154226 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T05:56:19Z | 25283993 | 604.49 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250325-055739 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T15:02:27Z | 1753558 | 32.95 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250325-150254 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-13T06:53:11Z | 25112797 | 2471.73 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250313-065339 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T07:42:55Z | 25285057 | 622.8 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250325-074320 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T01:07:05Z | 11260174 | 159.17 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-010733 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T02:04:19Z | 7534594 | 115.43 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250325-020445 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T00:06:20Z | 8094222 | 110.61 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250325-000656 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T05:09:02Z | 25307906 | 752.77 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250325-051035 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T01:36:31Z | 25305808 | 89.28 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250325-013756 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T08:48:37Z | 5.07208E+6 | 91.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250325-084903 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T02:19:19Z | 25306236 | 571.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250325-022047 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.16.2-dba2dd59101 | 2025-03-25T00:16:49Z | 25305013 | 81.65 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250325-001817 |
Last updated: 2025-03-25T19:05:27Z
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