diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
index 4ce1d533c7..106349dc9c 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/auth.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func NewKeyStoreTransactorWithChainID(keystore *keystore.KeyStore, account accou
 	if chainID == nil {
 		return nil, ErrNoChainID
 	}
-	signer := types.LatestSignerForChainID(chainID)
+	latestSigner := types.LatestSignerForChainID(chainID)
 	return &TransactOpts{
 		From: account.Address,
 		Signer: func(address common.Address, tx *types.Transaction) (*types.Transaction, error) {
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ func NewKeyStoreTransactorWithChainID(keystore *keystore.KeyStore, account accou
 				return nil, ErrNotAuthorized
 			}
 			// Quorum
+			signer := latestSigner
 			if tx.IsPrivate() {
 				signer = types.QuorumPrivateTxSigner{}
 			}
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, chainID *big.Int) (*Tr
 	if chainID == nil {
 		return nil, ErrNoChainID
 	}
-	signer := types.LatestSignerForChainID(chainID)
+	latestSigner := types.LatestSignerForChainID(chainID)
 	return &TransactOpts{
 		From: keyAddr,
 		Signer: func(address common.Address, tx *types.Transaction) (*types.Transaction, error) {
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ func NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey, chainID *big.Int) (*Tr
 				return nil, ErrNotAuthorized
 			}
 			// Quorum
+			signer := latestSigner
 			if tx.IsPrivate() {
 				signer = types.QuorumPrivateTxSigner{}
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
index f56bdf3d70..094f5a498b 100644
--- a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
+++ b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
@@ -851,9 +851,9 @@ func authFacebook(url string) (string, string, common.Address, error) {
 	// Facebook recently changed their desktop webpage to use AJAX for loading post
 	// content, so switch over to the mobile site for now. Will probably end up having
 	// to use the API eventually.
-	//crawl := strings.Replace(url, "www.facebook.com", "m.facebook.com", 1)
+	crawl := strings.Replace(url, "www.facebook.com", "m.facebook.com", 1)
 
-	res, err := http.Get(url)
+	res, err := http.Get(crawl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", common.Address{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/eth/handler_eth_test.go b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
index a9af7219c5..7557d5936e 100644
--- a/eth/handler_eth_test.go
+++ b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -462,6 +463,87 @@ func testTransactionPropagation(t *testing.T, protocol uint) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Quorum
+// Tests that transactions get propagated to all peers using TransactionMessages and not PooledTransactionHashesMsg
+func TestQuorumTransactionPropagation64(t *testing.T) { testQuorumTransactionPropagation(t, 64) }
+func TestQuorumTransactionPropagation65(t *testing.T) { testQuorumTransactionPropagation(t, 65) }
+
+func testQuorumTransactionPropagation(t *testing.T, protocol uint) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	numberOfPeers := 10
+
+	// Create a source handler to send transactions from and a number of sinks
+	// to receive them. We need multiple sinks since a one-to-one peering would
+	// broadcast all transactions without announcement.
+	source := newTestHandler()
+	defer source.close()
+
+	sinks := make([]*testHandler, numberOfPeers)
+	for i := 0; i < len(sinks); i++ {
+		sinks[i] = newTestHandler()
+		defer sinks[i].close()
+
+		sinks[i].handler.acceptTxs = 1 // mark synced to accept transactions
+	}
+
+	// create transactions
+	// Fill the source pool with transactions and wait for them at the sinks
+	txs := make([]*types.Transaction, 1024)
+	for nonce := range txs {
+		tx := types.NewTransaction(uint64(nonce), common.Address{}, big.NewInt(0), 100000, big.NewInt(0), nil)
+		tx, _ = types.SignTx(tx, types.HomesteadSigner{}, testKey)
+
+		txs[nonce] = tx
+	}
+
+	// WaitGroup to make sure peers are registered before adding transactions to pool
+	wgPeersRegistered := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wgPeersRegistered.Add(numberOfPeers * 2)
+
+	// WaitGroup to make sure messages were shared to all peers
+	wgExpectPeerMessages := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wgExpectPeerMessages.Add(numberOfPeers)
+	// Interconnect all the sink handlers with the source handler
+	for i, sink := range sinks {
+		sink := sink // Closure for gorotuine below
+
+		sourcePipe, sinkPipe := p2p.MsgPipe()
+		defer sourcePipe.Close()
+		defer sinkPipe.Close()
+
+		sourcePeer := eth.NewPeer(protocol, p2p.NewPeer(enode.ID{byte(i)}, "", nil), sourcePipe, source.txpool)
+		sinkPeer := eth.NewPeer(protocol, p2p.NewPeer(enode.ID{0}, "", nil), sinkPipe, sink.txpool)
+		defer sourcePeer.Close()
+		defer sinkPeer.Close()
+
+		go source.handler.runEthPeer(sourcePeer, func(peer *eth.Peer) error {
+			wgPeersRegistered.Done()
+			// handle using the normal way
+			return eth.Handle((*ethHandler)(source.handler), peer)
+		})
+		go sink.handler.runEthPeer(sinkPeer, func(peer *eth.Peer) error {
+			wgPeersRegistered.Done()
+			// intercept the received messages to make sure is the p2p type we are looking for
+			for e := peer.ExpectPeerMessage(uint64(eth.TransactionsMsg), txs); e != nil; {
+				t.Errorf("tx announce received on pre eth/65. errorL %s", e)
+				return e
+			}
+			wgExpectPeerMessages.Done()
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+	wgPeersRegistered.Wait()
+
+	// add txs to pool
+	source.txpool.AddRemotes(txs)
+
+	// wait until all messages are handled
+	wgExpectPeerMessages.Wait()
+}
+
+// End Quorum
+
 // Tests that post eth protocol handshake, clients perform a mutual checkpoint
 // challenge to validate each other's chains. Hash mismatches, or missing ones
 // during a fast sync should lead to the peer getting dropped.
diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/peer.go b/eth/protocols/eth/peer.go
index fc08dadf7f..9edba1ae78 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/peer.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/peer.go
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ func (p *Peer) ExpectRequestHeadersByNumber(origin uint64, amount int, skip int,
 	return p2p.ExpectMsg(p.rw, GetBlockHeadersMsg, req)
 }
 
+func (p *Peer) ExpectPeerMessage(code uint64, content types.Transactions) error {
+	return p2p.ExpectMsg(p.rw, code, content)
+}
+
 // RequestBodies fetches a batch of blocks' bodies corresponding to the hashes
 // specified.
 func (p *Peer) RequestBodies(hashes []common.Hash) error {
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 9fef5fc263..42a5f90a83 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1974,11 +1974,14 @@ func SubmitTransaction(ctx context.Context, b Backend, tx *types.Transaction, pr
 		// Ensure only eip155 signed transactions are submitted if EIP155Required is set.
 		return common.Hash{}, errors.New("only replay-protected (EIP-155) transactions allowed over RPC")
 	}
-	if err := b.SendTx(ctx, tx); err != nil {
-		return common.Hash{}, err
-	}
 	// Print a log with full tx details for manual investigations and interventions
-	signer := types.MakeSigner(b.ChainConfig(), b.CurrentBlock().Number())
+	// Quorum
+	var signer types.Signer
+	if tx.IsPrivate() {
+		signer = types.QuorumPrivateTxSigner{}
+	} else {
+		signer = types.MakeSigner(b.ChainConfig(), b.CurrentBlock().Number())
+	}
 	from, err := types.Sender(signer, tx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return common.Hash{}, err