1. The Initial Prepare phase occurs only at startup or when a node issue arises or when a proposed value times out in transmission.
2. Node 2 has the ACCEPT from the crashed Node 1, but in this animation, it won't reach the cluster because Node 4 wins the competition.
3. In normal interaction, the prepare phase is not needed, and nodes can directly start from the Accept phase to propose information.
Current State: All nodes operational - System fully available