diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 06196de3625..626dc9f8cbb 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public:
             1397080064, // * UNIX timestamp of last checkpoint block
             36544669,   // * total number of transactions between genesis and last checkpoint
                         //   (the tx=... number in the SetBestChain debug.log lines)
-            60000.0     // * estimated number of transactions per day after checkpoint
+            0.7         // * estimated number of transactions per second after checkpoint
         };
     }
 };
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public:
         chainTxData = ChainTxData{
             1337966069,
             1488,
-            300
+            0.0035
         };
 
     }
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h
index 8dbde9fc241..db524e8f8ed 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.h
+++ b/src/chainparams.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ struct CCheckpointData {
 };
 
 struct ChainTxData {
-    int64_t nTimeLastCheckpoint;
-    int64_t nTransactionsLastCheckpoint;
-    double fTransactionsPerDay;
+    int64_t nTime;
+    int64_t nTxCount;
+    double dTxRate;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 0ff9a00254b..f9b1cd52ec2 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -4150,10 +4150,10 @@ double GuessVerificationProgress(const ChainTxData& data, CBlockIndex *pindex) {
 
     double fTxTotal;
 
-    if (pindex->nChainTx <= data.nTransactionsLastCheckpoint) {
-        fTxTotal = data.nTransactionsLastCheckpoint + (nNow - data.nTimeLastCheckpoint) / 86400.0 * data.fTransactionsPerDay;
+    if (pindex->nChainTx <= data.nTxCount) {
+        fTxTotal = data.nTxCount + (nNow - data.nTime) * data.dTxRate;
     } else {
-        fTxTotal = pindex->nChainTx + (nNow - pindex->GetBlockTime()) / 86400.0 * data.fTransactionsPerDay;
+        fTxTotal = pindex->nChainTx + (nNow - pindex->GetBlockTime()) * data.dTxRate;
     }
 
     return pindex->nChainTx / fTxTotal;