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. Under 'Fail Proposer After Accept,' Node 2 has the ACCEPT from the crashed Node 1 and will propagate it as it's the only one in the prepare phase.
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