From c841aa102bad17c0e06d0c1bb033d44591cad619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raw Pong Ghmoa <58883403+q9f@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 10:09:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] genesis: clarify that eth1 timestamp can be less than min
 genesis time

---
 specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md b/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md
index cdf38dc1e..3ef4081ce 100644
--- a/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md
+++ b/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ def initialize_beacon_state_from_eth1(eth1_block_hash: Bytes32,
     return state
 ```
 
+*Note*: The ETH1 block with `eth1_timestamp` meeting the minimum genesis active validator count criteria can also occur before `MIN_GENESIS_TIME`.
+
 ### Genesis state
 
 Let `genesis_state = candidate_state` whenever `is_valid_genesis_state(candidate_state) is True` for the first time.