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 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T03:10:59Z 9238422 267.25 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250422-031138
kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T04:02:03Z 9238646 267.61 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250422-040233
kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T05:15:38Z 5604516 162.42 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250422-051629
kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T06:09:25Z 5604776 147.34 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250422-061001
kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T07:06:33Z 2573528 54.35 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250422-070710
kusama-paritydb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T00:50:50Z 28030607 689.85 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20250422-005155
kusama-people-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T07:34:01Z 3874122 82.71 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20250422-073428
kusama-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T01:52:04Z 28031214 3144.48 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20250422-015332
kusama-rocksdb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T02:45:18Z 28031741 727.4 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-prune/20250422-024545
paseo-muse-paritydb-archive 1.15.2-unknown 2025-04-21T23:51:08Z 3516525 106.11 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-muse-paritydb-archive/20250421-235149
paseo-paritydb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-21T23:30:11Z 6095882 104.22 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20250421-233106
polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T07:16:07Z 8.68794E+6 278.07 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20250422-071641
polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T08:08:38Z 8.6882E+6 268.36 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250422-080906
polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T09:15:14Z 4.98263E+6 186.94 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20250419-091543
polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T10:10:30Z 4982902 174.69 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250419-101056
polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T11:12:31Z 6188122 132.46 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20250419-111306
polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T12:08:10Z 6.18839E+6 116.29 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250419-120938
polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T14:36:01Z 1604502 30.83 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20250419-143633
polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive 1.17.1-unknown 2025-04-19T15:47:01Z 4907356 576.58 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20250419-154722
polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune 1.17.1-unknown 2025-04-19T13:59:15Z 4906299 68.13 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-rocksdb-prune/20250419-135948
polkadot-paritydb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T05:09:40Z 25683486 630.08 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20250422-051115
polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T14:02:39Z 1.92999E+6 36.84 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20250419-140310
polkadot-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-13T05:48:34Z 25555239 2561.99 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20250413-054937
polkadot-rocksdb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-19T07:40:33Z 25642083 639.26 GB 256 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20250419-074057
westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T00:08:38Z 11499245 164.33 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250422-000913
westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T01:08:06Z 7.77875E+6 120.11 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20250422-010838
westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-21T23:07:30Z 8.32878E+6 114.6 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20250421-230809
westend-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T03:45:49Z 25708177 772.55 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20250422-034708
westend-paritydb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T00:21:17Z 2.570614E+7 91.51 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20250422-002156
westend-people-paritydb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T02:09:12Z 5311887 96.19 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20250422-021004
westend-rocksdb-archive 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-22T01:16:44Z 25706686 585.21 GB archive https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20250422-011824
westend-rocksdb-prune 1.17.4-010fd7bd1cd 2025-04-21T23:11:59Z 25705447 89.05 GB 1000 https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20250421-231336

Last updated: 2025-04-22T09:37:10Z

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