🗄️ Snapshots

You can access all up-to-date Polkadot / Kusama snapshots here: https://dot-ksm.snapshot.astrosynx.com/

The page shows the creation time of each snapshot, its type (pruned / archive), and the file size. The service updates automatically, ensuring you always have the latest snapshot for fast node synchronization.

Snapshot pruned

cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop kusama

rm -r $HOME/.kusama/chains/ksmcc3/db/
curl https://dot-ksm.snapshot.astrosynx.com/snapshots/kusama-pruned.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.kusama/chains/ksmcc3

sudo systemctl restart kusama && sudo journalctl -u kusama -f

Snapshot archive

cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop kusama

rm -r $HOME/.kusama/chains/ksmcc3/db/
curl https://dot-ksm.snapshot.astrosynx.com/snapshots/kusama-archive.tar.lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.kusama/chains/ksmcc3

sudo systemctl restart kusama && sudo journalctl -u kusama -f