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Number

31127

Title

getblockchaininfo `verificationprogress` never reaches 1.0

Description

In the output of `bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo`, `verificationprogress` sometimes never reaches 1.0, and fluctuates around 0.99999. ``` { ... "verificationprogress": 0.9999945316157191, ... } ``` This was reported in #26433, and closed because `verificationprogress` is only an estimate. I would have commented in that issue, but it's locked. The rationale for closing the issue was because the OP in the issue wanted to use `verificationprogress` to check if the chain is synced, and the field is only an estimate, and shouldn't be relied on as exact. This makes sense, however, however, I think it still should be fixed so that, at the chain tip, `verificationprogress` is 1.0, just for UX reasons. Many a time I've looked at the output of `getblockchaininfo` and been confused because it isn't at 1.0.

URL

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issue/31127

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