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Kusama Archive Snapshot

Chain Kusama
Block Height 0
Creation Date 2026-05-19
Database Format RocksDb
Pruning Mode Archive
Compression Format lz4
Version used for Snapshotting 1.6.0
Download Link kusama_0_2026-05-18.tar.lz4
Size 3.0T
sha256 Checksum 3fa61fe90fe5a17551b8d86ae758dc8d0af2cf909474e1e4f3d50253b428c134

How to deploy Snapshot

Issue the following commands:

wget https://ksm-archive.radiumblock.com/kusama_0_2026-05-18.tar.lz4
lz4 -c -d kusama_0_2026-05-18.tar.lz4 | tar -x -C /home/polkadot/.local/share/polkadot/chains/ksmcc3
rm -v kusama_0_2026-05-18.tar.lz4

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

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