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 ### Side Watcher
 
-The Side Watcher is a simple relayer node that sits between the Side Chain (Cosmos) and the decentralized Side Nodes. At the moment, it simply relays transactions between nodes via a websocket.
+The Side Watcher is a simple relayer node that sits between the Side Chain (Cosmos) and the decentralized Side Nodes. At the moment, it simply relays transactions between nodes via a websocket. We aim to eliminate this component from the architecture, but for the moment it simplifies networking and consensus agreement while we experiment with higher-value concepts.
 
-Next, the Side Watcher needs to:
+To fulfill the promises in the Lite Paper, the Side Watcher needs to:
 
-[ ] make a block for the P2P when the Side Chain creates a block (see litepaper)
+[ ] make a block for the P2P when the Side Chain creates a block
 [ ] submit P2P chain data to the Side Chain
 
 Later, we will aim to remove the Side Watcher from the architecture, by (a) moving to pure P2P transactions between Side Nodes, and (b) doing leader election of a Side Node to reach agreement on the submitted block.