No, not exactly. However, integrating ASSURED as a sidechain to Bitcoin could potentially bring several benefits, but implementing a sidechain involves a significant amount of technical complexity. It would require careful design to ensure secure and efficient operation, vs just having it operate on its own dedicated blockchain.


In the ASSURED system, we implemented two types of nodes to foster a robust, decentralized network:

Simple Nodes: These nodes contribute to the network by validating transactions, maintaining the blockchain, and participating in consensus. For their contribution, they receive ASSURED token rewards as per the protocol's reward schedule.

Full Nodes: These nodes not only perform all the functions of a simple node but also run integrated email servers. They have the additional responsibility of dispatching stored messages to traditional email addresses at the specified release time. To incentivize this added functionality and responsibility, full nodes receive extra ASSURED tokens each time they deliver an email.

This dual-node structure encourages participation from users with different levels of resources and technical expertise, promoting decentralization. The additional rewards for running a full node incentivize users to take on the task of email delivery, ensuring the reliable dispatch of messages.

The ASSURED protocol would be designed to distinguish between simple and full nodes, to allocate rewards appropriately, and to direct email delivery tasks to full nodes. The protocol will also have safeguards to ensure that full nodes accurately report their email delivery activities and do not claim undeserved rewards.

ASSURED will aim to avoid relying on any centralized or third-party services for email delivery, staying true to our commitment to decentralization. This framework will allow ASSURED to offer a secure, reliable, and decentralized messaging system.