diff --git a/blockchain/chain.go b/blockchain/chain.go
index c013ff3b..77680ba9 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain.go
+++ b/blockchain/chain.go
@@ -1256,6 +1256,119 @@ func (b *BlockChain) BestSnapshot() *BestState {
 	return snapshot
 }
 
+// TipStatus is the status of a chain tip.
+type TipStatus byte
+
+const (
+	// StatusUnknown indicates that the tip status isn't any of the defined
+	// statuses.
+	StatusUnknown TipStatus = iota
+
+	// StatusActive indicates that the tip is considered active and is in
+	// the best chain.
+	StatusActive
+
+	// StatusInvalid indicates that this tip or any of the ancestors of this
+	// tip are invalid.
+	StatusInvalid
+
+	// StatusValidFork is given if:
+	// 1: Not a part of the best chain.
+	// 2: Is not invalid.
+	// 3: Has the block data stored to disk.
+	StatusValidFork
+)
+
+// String returns the status flags as string.
+func (ts TipStatus) String() string {
+	switch ts {
+	case StatusActive:
+		return "active"
+	case StatusInvalid:
+		return "invalid"
+	case StatusValidFork:
+		return "valid-fork"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("unknown: %b", ts)
+}
+
+// ChainTip represents the last block in a branch of the block tree.
+type ChainTip struct {
+	// Height of the tip.
+	Height int32
+
+	// BlockHash hash of the tip.
+	BlockHash chainhash.Hash
+
+	// BranchLen is length of the fork point of this chain from the main chain.
+	// Returns 0 if the chain tip is a part of the best chain.
+	BranchLen int32
+
+	// Status is the validity status of the branch this tip is in.
+	Status TipStatus
+}
+
+// ChainTips returns all the chain tips the node itself is aware of.  Each tip is
+// represented by its height, block hash, branch length, and status.
+//
+// This function is safe for concurrent access.
+func (b *BlockChain) ChainTips() []ChainTip {
+	b.chainLock.RLock()
+	defer b.chainLock.RUnlock()
+
+	// Grab all the inactive tips.
+	tips := b.index.InactiveTips(b.bestChain)
+
+	// Add the current tip.
+	tips = append(tips, b.bestChain.Tip())
+
+	chainTips := make([]ChainTip, 0, len(tips))
+
+	// Go through all the tips and grab the height, hash, branch length, and the block
+	// status.
+	for _, tip := range tips {
+		var status TipStatus
+		switch {
+		// The tip is considered active if it's in the best chain.
+		case b.bestChain.Contains(tip):
+			status = StatusActive
+
+		// This block or any of the ancestors of this block are invalid.
+		case tip.status.KnownInvalid():
+			status = StatusInvalid
+
+		// If the tip meets the following criteria:
+		// 1: Not a part of the best chain.
+		// 2: Is not invalid.
+		// 3: Has the block data stored to disk.
+		//
+		// The tip is considered a valid fork.
+		//
+		// We can check if a tip is a valid-fork by checking that
+		// its data is available. Since the behavior is to give a
+		// block node the statusDataStored status once it passes
+		// the proof of work checks and basic chain validity checks.
+		//
+		// We can't use the KnownValid status since it's only given
+		// to blocks that passed the validation AND were a part of
+		// the bestChain.
+		case tip.status.HaveData():
+			status = StatusValidFork
+		}
+
+		chainTip := ChainTip{
+			Height:    tip.height,
+			BlockHash: tip.hash,
+			BranchLen: tip.height - b.bestChain.FindFork(tip).height,
+			Status:    status,
+		}
+
+		chainTips = append(chainTips, chainTip)
+	}
+
+	return chainTips
+}
+
 // HeaderByHash returns the block header identified by the given hash or an
 // error if it doesn't exist. Note that this will return headers from both the
 // main and side chains.
diff --git a/blockchain/chain_test.go b/blockchain/chain_test.go
index 8d6ca891..1ac08f9a 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain_test.go
+++ b/blockchain/chain_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package blockchain
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -964,3 +965,193 @@ func TestIntervalBlockHashes(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestChainTips(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		chainTipGen func() (*BlockChain, map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip)
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "one active chain tip",
+			chainTipGen: func() (*BlockChain, map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip) {
+				// Construct a synthetic block chain with a block index consisting of
+				// the following structure.
+				// 	genesis -> 1 -> 2 -> 3
+				tip := tstTip
+				chain := newFakeChain(&chaincfg.MainNetParams)
+				branch0Nodes := chainedNodes(chain.bestChain.Genesis(), 3)
+				for _, node := range branch0Nodes {
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusDataStored)
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusValid)
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+				chain.bestChain.SetTip(tip(branch0Nodes))
+
+				activeTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    3,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch0Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 0,
+					Status:    StatusActive,
+				}
+				chainTips := make(map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip)
+				chainTips[activeTip.BlockHash] = activeTip
+
+				return chain, chainTips
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "one active chain tip, one unknown chain tip",
+			chainTipGen: func() (*BlockChain, map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip) {
+				// Construct a synthetic block chain with a block index consisting of
+				// the following structure.
+				// 	genesis -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 ... -> 10 -> 11  -> 12  -> 13 (active)
+				//                                      \-> 11a -> 12a (unknown)
+				tip := tstTip
+				chain := newFakeChain(&chaincfg.MainNetParams)
+				branch0Nodes := chainedNodes(chain.bestChain.Genesis(), 13)
+				for _, node := range branch0Nodes {
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusDataStored)
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusValid)
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+				chain.bestChain.SetTip(tip(branch0Nodes))
+
+				branch1Nodes := chainedNodes(branch0Nodes[9], 2)
+				for _, node := range branch1Nodes {
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+
+				activeTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    13,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch0Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 0,
+					Status:    StatusActive,
+				}
+				unknownTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    12,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch1Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 2,
+					Status:    StatusUnknown,
+				}
+				chainTips := make(map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip)
+				chainTips[activeTip.BlockHash] = activeTip
+				chainTips[unknownTip.BlockHash] = unknownTip
+
+				return chain, chainTips
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "1 inactive tip, 1 invalid tip, 1 active tip",
+			chainTipGen: func() (*BlockChain, map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip) {
+				// Construct a synthetic block chain with a block index consisting of
+				// the following structure.
+				// 	genesis -> 1  -> 2  -> 3 (active)
+				//            \ -> 1a (valid-fork)
+				//            \ -> 1b (invalid)
+				tip := tstTip
+				chain := newFakeChain(&chaincfg.MainNetParams)
+				branch0Nodes := chainedNodes(chain.bestChain.Genesis(), 3)
+				for _, node := range branch0Nodes {
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusDataStored)
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusValid)
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+				chain.bestChain.SetTip(tip(branch0Nodes))
+
+				branch1Nodes := chainedNodes(chain.bestChain.Genesis(), 1)
+				for _, node := range branch1Nodes {
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusDataStored)
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusValid)
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+
+				branch2Nodes := chainedNodes(chain.bestChain.Genesis(), 1)
+				for _, node := range branch2Nodes {
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusDataStored)
+					chain.index.SetStatusFlags(node, statusValidateFailed)
+					chain.index.AddNode(node)
+				}
+
+				activeTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    tip(branch0Nodes).height,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch0Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 0,
+					Status:    StatusActive,
+				}
+
+				inactiveTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    tip(branch1Nodes).height,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch1Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 1,
+					Status:    StatusValidFork,
+				}
+
+				invalidTip := ChainTip{
+					Height:    tip(branch2Nodes).height,
+					BlockHash: (tip(branch2Nodes)).hash,
+					BranchLen: 1,
+					Status:    StatusInvalid,
+				}
+
+				chainTips := make(map[chainhash.Hash]ChainTip)
+				chainTips[activeTip.BlockHash] = activeTip
+				chainTips[inactiveTip.BlockHash] = inactiveTip
+				chainTips[invalidTip.BlockHash] = invalidTip
+
+				return chain, chainTips
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		chain, expectedChainTips := test.chainTipGen()
+		gotChainTips := chain.ChainTips()
+		if len(gotChainTips) != len(expectedChainTips) {
+			t.Errorf("TestChainTips Failed test %s. Expected %d "+
+				"chain tips, got %d", test.name, len(expectedChainTips), len(gotChainTips))
+		}
+
+		for _, gotChainTip := range gotChainTips {
+			testChainTip, found := expectedChainTips[gotChainTip.BlockHash]
+			if !found {
+				t.Errorf("TestChainTips Failed test %s. Couldn't find an expected "+
+					"chain tip with height %d, hash %s, branchlen %d, status \"%s\"",
+					test.name, testChainTip.Height, testChainTip.BlockHash.String(),
+					testChainTip.BranchLen, testChainTip.Status.String())
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(testChainTip, gotChainTip) {
+				t.Errorf("TestChainTips Failed test %s. Expected chain tip with "+
+					"height %d, hash %s, branchlen %d, status \"%s\" but got "+
+					"height %d, hash %s, branchlen %d, status \"%s\"", test.name,
+					testChainTip.Height, testChainTip.BlockHash.String(),
+					testChainTip.BranchLen, testChainTip.Status.String(),
+					gotChainTip.Height, gotChainTip.BlockHash.String(),
+					gotChainTip.BranchLen, gotChainTip.Status.String())
+			}
+
+			switch testChainTip.Status {
+			case StatusActive:
+				if testChainTip.Status.String() != "active" {
+					t.Errorf("TestChainTips Fail: Expected string of \"active\", got \"%s\"",
+						testChainTip.Status.String())
+				}
+			case StatusInvalid:
+				if testChainTip.Status.String() != "invalid" {
+					t.Errorf("TestChainTips Fail: Expected string of \"invalid\", got \"%s\"",
+						testChainTip.Status.String())
+				}
+			case StatusValidFork:
+				if testChainTip.Status.String() != "valid-fork" {
+					t.Errorf("TestChainTips Fail: Expected string of \"valid-fork\", got \"%s\"",
+						testChainTip.Status.String())
+				}
+			case StatusUnknown:
+				if testChainTip.Status.String() != fmt.Sprintf("unknown: %b", testChainTip.Status) {
+					t.Errorf("TestChainTips Fail: Expected string of \"unknown\", got \"%s\"",
+						testChainTip.Status.String())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}