getchaintips (0.17.99 RPC)

[

  {

    "height": xxxx,

numeric

height of the chain tip

    "hash": "xxxx",

string

block hash of the tip

    "branchlen": 0

numeric

zero for main chain

    "status": "active"

string

“active” for the main chain

  },

  {

    "height": xxxx,

    "hash": "xxxx",

    "branchlen": 1

numeric

length of branch connecting the tip to the main chain

    "status": "xxxx"

string

status of the chain (active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only, invalid)

  }

]

1.

“invalid” This branch contains at least one invalid block

2.

“headers-only” Not all blocks for this branch are available, but the headers are valid

3.

“valid-headers” All blocks are available for this branch, but they were never fully validated

4.

“valid-fork” This branch is not part of the active chain, but is fully validated

5.

“active” This is the tip of the active main chain, which is certainly valid