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# Public RPC / WS / Snapshots

### Public Endpoints <a href="#public-endpoints" id="public-endpoints"></a>

RPC: <https://pdot-m-rpc.skyneticlabs.com/>

Explorer:  <https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss://pdot-m-rpc.skyneticlabs.com#/explorer>

### Snapshot (pruned) <a href="#snapshot-pruned" id="snapshot-pruned"></a>

```bash
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop polkadot

rm -r $HOME/.polkadot/chains/polkadot/db/
curl https://mainnet-snapshot.skyneticlabs.com/mainnet/polkadot-rocksdb_2025-12-15.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.polkadot/chains/polkadot

sudo systemctl restart polkadot && sudo journalctl -u polkadot -f
```

#### Snapshot (archive) <a href="#snapshot-archive" id="snapshot-archive"></a>

```bash
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop polkadot

rm -r $HOME/.polkadot/chains/polkadot/db/
curl https://mainnet-snapshot.skyneticlabs.com/mainnet/polkadot-paritydb-archive_2025-12-15.tar.lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.polkadot/chains/polkadot

sudo systemctl restart polkadot && sudo journalctl -u polkadot -f
```