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Quorum IBFT 1.0 Network

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Updated 2019-09-13

IBFT 1.0

Besu nodes can participate (submit transactions and receive blocks) in a Quorum IBFT 1.0 network but cannot be a validator.

To connect to a Quorum IBFT 1.0 network:

In the Quorum IBFT 1.0 genesis file, update the consensus protocol specified in the config property from istanbul to ibft:
```
    "config": {
     ...
     "ibft": {
     ...
    }
```
Use the --genesis-file option to specify the IBFT 1.0 genesis file.

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