[Sir_Substance]

Yes, they do. That's why it takes fucking forever to start a fresh one up.

Citation: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Core_0.11_(ch_5):_Initial...

[tomtomtom777]

No, they don't.

Please check the code.

Please check the discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5yf0ex/trust_assum...

Please check the news:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0140-relea...

Or just run your own node: bitcoind --help and see what it says.

[yafujifide]

No they don't. See the link posted by the author:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/11adab39e6019935aa3a...

Full nodes validate a lot of blocks at initial sync, but not all of them.

[Sir_Substance]

And here's my rebuttal to that misleading link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17233986