diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
         - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
         - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
           that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
+    - Use `getchaintxstats` rpc to verify statistics about the transaction count and rate.
+        - Verify by running `getchaintxstats <window_block_count> <window_last_block_hash>` with the `window_block_count` and `window_last_block_hash` from your output.
     - Regenerate manpages (run `contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`, or for out-of-tree builds run
       `BUILDDIR=$PWD/build contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`).
     - Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](/contrib/seeds/README.md)
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1733,6 +1733,8 @@
             "final block in the window in UNIX format.\n"
             "  \"txcount\": xxxxx,             (numeric) The total number of "
             "transactions in the chain up to that point.\n"
+            "  \"window_final_block_hash\": \"...\",      (string) The hash of "
+            "the final block in the window.\n"
             "  \"window_block_count\": xxxxx,  (numeric) Size of the window in "
             "number of blocks.\n"
             "  \"window_tx_count\": xxxxx,     (numeric) The number of "
@@ -1804,6 +1806,8 @@
     UniValue ret(UniValue::VOBJ);
     ret.pushKV("time", int64_t(pindex->nTime));
     ret.pushKV("txcount", int64_t(pindex->nChainTx));
+    ret.push_back(
+        Pair("window_final_block_hash", pindex->GetBlockHash().GetHex()));
     ret.pushKV("window_block_count", blockcount);
     if (blockcount > 0) {
         ret.pushKV("window_tx_count", nTxDiff);
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
         assert_equal(sorted(res.keys()), keys)
 
     def _test_getchaintxstats(self):
+        self.log.info("Test getchaintxstats")
+
         chaintxstats = self.nodes[0].getchaintxstats(1)
         # 200 txs plus genesis tx
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['txcount'], 201)
@@ -83,22 +85,26 @@
         # we have to round because of binary math
         assert_equal(round(chaintxstats['txrate'] * 600, 10), Decimal(1))
 
-        b1 = self.nodes[0].getblock(self.nodes[0].getblockhash(1))
-        b200 = self.nodes[0].getblock(self.nodes[0].getblockhash(200))
+        b1_hash = self.nodes[0].getblockhash(1)
+        b1 = self.nodes[0].getblock(b1_hash)
+        b200_hash = self.nodes[0].getblockhash(200)
+        b200 = self.nodes[0].getblock(b200_hash)
         time_diff = b200['mediantime'] - b1['mediantime']
 
         chaintxstats = self.nodes[0].getchaintxstats()
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['time'], b200['time'])
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['txcount'], 201)
+        assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_final_block_hash'], b200_hash)
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_block_count'], 199)
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_tx_count'], 199)
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_interval'], time_diff)
         assert_equal(
             round(chaintxstats['txrate'] * time_diff, 10), Decimal(199))
 
-        chaintxstats = self.nodes[0].getchaintxstats(blockhash=b1['hash'])
+        chaintxstats = self.nodes[0].getchaintxstats(blockhash=b1_hash)
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['time'], b1['time'])
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['txcount'], 2)
+        assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_final_block_hash'], b1_hash)
         assert_equal(chaintxstats['window_block_count'], 0)
         assert('window_tx_count' not in chaintxstats)
         assert('window_interval' not in chaintxstats)