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description: Pantheon Clique Proof-of-Authority (PoA) consensus protocol implementation
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# Bootnodes
Bootnodes are used to initially discover peers.
## Mainnet and Public Testnets
For mainnet, Rinkeby, Ropsten, and Görli, Pantheon predefines a list of enode URLs.
## Private Networks
### Start Bootnode
To start a bootnode for a private network:
1. Export the public key to a file:
!!! example
```bash
pantheon --genesis-file=privateNetworkGenesis.json --data-path=nodeDataPath public-key export --to=bootnode
```
Where `privateNetworkGenesis.json` and `nodeDataPath` are changed to the relevant values for
your private network.
The node public key is exported to the `bootnode` file.
!!!note
The [`--data-path`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#data-path) and [`--genesis-file`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#genesis-file)
options are not used when running Pantheon from the [Docker image](../Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image.md).
Use a bind mount to [specify a configuration file with Docker](../Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image.md#custom-genesis-file)
and volume to [specify the data directory](../Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image.md#data-directory).
2. Start the bootnode, specifying:
* Genesis file and data directory as in the previous step.
* No arguments for the [`--bootnodes` option](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#bootnodes) because this is your bootnode.
!!! example
```
pantheon --genesis-file=privateNetworkGenesis.json --data-path=nodeDataPath --bootnodes
```
To specify this bootnode for another node, specify the [enode URL](Node-Keys.md#enode-url) using the [`--bootnodes`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#bootnodes)
option.
!!! info
The default host and port for P2P peer discovery is `127.0.0.1:30303`.
Use the [`--p2p-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#p2p-host) and
[`--p2p-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#p2p-port) option to specify a host and port.
### Start Node Specifying the Bootnode
To start a node specifying the bootnode for P2P discovery:
!!! example
```bash
pantheon --genesis-file=privateNetworkGenesis.json --data-path=nodeDataPath --p2p-host=127.0.0.1 --p2p-port=30301 --network-id=123 --bootnodes=enode://c35c3ec90a8a51fd5703594c6303382f3ae6b2ecb99bab2c04b3794f2bc3fc2631dabb0c08af795787a6c004d8f532230ae6e9925cbbefb0b28b79295d615f@127.0.0.1:30303
```