protected boolean weAreAValidator(final ValidatorProvider validatorProvider) {
    return validatorProvider.nodeIsValidator(nodeKey);
  }
Determine if our node is a BFT validator node

@param validatorProvider the validator provider
@return true if we are a validator
consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers.java