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 2025-07-01T03:17:28Z 9893266 292.76 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250701-031805
kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T04:07:16Z 9970629 298.28 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-040752
kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T05:14:27Z 6079868 188.29 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-051507
kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T06:05:02Z 6.08011E+6 172.04 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-060533
kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T07:01:49Z 3062123 68.08 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250707-070214
kusama-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T00:00:16Z 2.910954E+7 757.81 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250707-000047
kusama-people-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T07:32:38Z 4829337 104.33 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250707-073304
kusama-rocksdb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T02:50:19Z 29111222 801.59 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250707-025153
paseo-muse-paritydb-archive 1.15.2-unknown 2025-07-06T23:52:40Z 4514768 135.83 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250706-235325
paseo-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-06T23:50:42Z 7186285 130.76 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250706-235129
polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T07:24:37Z 9223796 307.85 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-072523
polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T08:06:39Z 9224003 298.51 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-080657
polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T09:20:40Z 5539609 227.34 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250707-092111
polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T10:06:15Z 5539833 212.95 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-100639
polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T11:16:36Z 6727949 146.29 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250707-111706
polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T12:11:42Z 6728215 129.01 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250707-121307
polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T14:35:40Z 2156393 44.1 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250707-143614
polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive 1.17.1-unknown 2025-07-04T16:32:08Z 5973303 736.71 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250704-163331
polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune 1.17.1-unknown 2025-07-07T13:59:48Z 6014273 87.48 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250707-140012
polkadot-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T05:00:25Z 26770462 700.83 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250707-050138
polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T14:02:25Z 2487504 48.88 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250707-140255
polkadot-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-04T10:07:52Z 26730627 2809.76 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250704-100817
polkadot-rocksdb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T06:49:48Z 26771552 729.92 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250707-065019
westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-01T02:19:55Z 12084096 180.75 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250701-022021
westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T01:03:59Z 8464493 133.26 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250707-010432
westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-06T23:06:47Z 9040959 127.18 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250706-230722
westend-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T02:06:18Z 2.666638E+7 814.72 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250707-020748
westend-paritydb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T00:18:39Z 26780733 98.31 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250707-001922
westend-people-paritydb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T02:16:12Z 6038942 109.82 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250707-021659
westend-rocksdb-archive 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-07T01:04:55Z 26666876 617.43 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250707-010624
westend-rocksdb-prune 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 2025-07-06T23:07:12Z 26717556 88.3 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250706-230842

Last updated: 2025-07-07T18:19:52Z

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