Newbies be educated.
Non-Mining Nodes don't validate anything,
they only RELAY blocks according to their consensus rules, they don't validate anything at all.
Wrong. Non-mining nodes fully validate. If someone sends a transaction or a block that isn't valid,
in accordance to the consensus rules, it will not be relayed.
I cannot believe how widespread the misinformation about the topic is.
Which is why non-mining nodes don't really matter and their is no security advantage to having more non-mining nodes.
My node matters to me. I validate my own transactions, and I don't need to trust anyone to validate them for me.
Plus non-mining nodes prevents the network from centralizing towards the miners.
Only Mining Nodes can Validate, when they add an additional block , they validate the previous block.
Wrong.
Only Mining Nodes Matter.
Never forget. UASF.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/long-road-segwit-how-bitcoins-biggest-protocol-upgrade-became-reality/