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Polkadot Archive Snapshot

Chain Polkadot
Block Height 28174777
Creation Date 2026-05-01
Database Format ParityDb
Pruning Mode Archive
Compression Format lz4
Version used for Snapshotting 1.21.0
Download Link polkadot_28174777_2026-05-01.tar.lz4
Size 2.0T
sha256 Checksum 32a3dd10478ede1492860b46251086563cc5b682949316dd1b7ab6105d334bee

How to deploy Snapshot

Issue the following commands:

wget https://pdot-paritydb-archive.radiumblock.com/polkadot_28174777_2026-05-01.tar.lz4
lz4 -c -d polkadot_28174777_2026-05-01.tar.lz4 | tar -x -C /home/polkadot/.local/share/polkadot/chains/polkadot
rm -v polkadot_28174777_2026-05-01.tar.lz4

If applicable, replace /home/polkadot with the actual storage location.

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