AWS launched Blockchain Snapshots on AWS to publish pre-synced Ethereum and Solana blockchain node data on Amazon S3. These snapshots allow node operators to bootstrap nodes rapidly by downloading authoritative chain data optimized for parallel extraction, reducing time-intensive peer-to-peer network syncing.
Available at no charge in selected Regions, the snapshots refresh on provider cadence and are accessible via EC2 instances with S3 gateway VPC endpoints. This service aims to facilitate node recovery, fleet scaling for RPC endpoints, and data resynchronization tasks by leveraging AWS infrastructure's performance and availability.
Source & further reading
Announcing Blockchain Snapshots on AWS for node bootstrapping ↗Source published 2026-10-14. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.