I don't know what the current versions do, it's been a while since I touched that code.
I have no reason to lie, I'm not selling anything. Bitmain is selling mining hardware, take a look at their claims. They've had 7 years to try to crack it.
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>once your initial-sync has completed, the default monero node behavior is to then automatically enter the --safe flag
Is this still true, too?