Snapshots

Setup guide

Chaindata snapshots

Start a Kaia node from an already-synced database instead of syncing from genesis. Files are large — check the size and the date before you start, and follow Use Chaindata Snapshots for the full procedure.

Downloads

Live pruning only

Network Sync option Size Published Download
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What is published

Published here

  • Live pruning, for every network in the table above. Taken on a schedule and kept current.

Not published

  • State migrated (batch pruned) — discontinued. Storage Optimization explains how it differs from live pruning.
  • Archive data.
  • Full database with no pruning — sync from genesis instead.

Need something else?

If what you need is not here — a newer snapshot than the one listed, another network, or one of the kinds above — email devops@kaia.io with what you need and what it is for, and we will tell you whether we can produce it.

mainnet · live pruning

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kairos · live pruning

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