From a6ff5c0d5fddcc50a4dbf88c9fd6fcd7d7e09541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Holland <tim@blockapps.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:29:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Export blockstanbul for multinode

---
 strato | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/strato b/strato
index 55ca1e4..3cb0108 100755
--- a/strato
+++ b/strato
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ else
       exit 9
     fi
 
+    export blockstanbul=true
     echo "blockstanbulPrivateKey: *** (is set)"
     echo "validators: $validators"
   else

From c56acc85e0a38953af01db409b141ad6ae91935c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nikitamendelbaum <nikitamendelbaum@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:46:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] v2.6.1 hotfix

---
 RELEASE_NOTES.md | 4 ++++
 VERSION          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 8e604cd..18d264f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # STRATO Getting Started release notes
 
+## 2.6.1
+
+- export blockstabul variable hotfix
+
 ## 2.6.0
 
 - `--single` now runs a solo PBFT-blockstanbul node
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e70b452..6a6a3d8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6.0
+2.6.1