The node is never one block behind. Block verification is instantaneous on my VPS. You seem to be under the false impression that when a block is announced, a n

The node is never one block behind. Block verification is instantaneous on my VPS. You seem to be under the false impression that when a block is announced, a node has to suddenly verify 2-3k txns in a brief moment. This is not how things work. Txns are verified incrementally as they are added one at a time to the mempool.