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Kusama Archive Snapshot

Chain Kusama
Block Height 0
Creation Date 2026-03-03
Database Format RocksDb
Pruning Mode Archive
Compression Format lz4
Version used for Snapshotting 1.6.0
Download Link kusama_0_2026-03-02.tar.lz4
Size 3.0T
sha256 Checksum 92c97dc84a2d66d48c90956cf41adf873a54a12b42ac7901f1b5532ad6f81f43

How to deploy Snapshot

Issue the following commands:

wget https://ksm-archive.radiumblock.com/kusama_0_2026-03-02.tar.lz4
lz4 -c -d kusama_0_2026-03-02.tar.lz4 | tar -x -C /home/polkadot/.local/share/polkadot/chains/ksmcc3
rm -v kusama_0_2026-03-02.tar.lz4

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

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