Question 1

What is Newton Protocol?

Accepted Answer

Newton Protocol is a verifiable automation layer for the onchain economy, designed to simplify and secure user interactions with decentralised financial systems. Created by the team behind Magic, Newton enables intent-driven automation by combining trusted execution environments (TEEs) and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to ensure that user actions are executed within defined boundaries and with verifiable integrity.

The platform addresses the fragmentation of DeFi and the complexity of interacting with decentralised services. It introduces programmable agents that users can delegate tasks to, such as trading, yield farming, or risk management, all within a cryptographically enforced permission system known as `zkPermissions`.

Core architectural components include:
- **Smart Accounts** that support revocable delegation and granular control.
- **zkPermissions** that encode offchain automation rules into zero-knowledge circuits.
- **Execution Orchestrator** acting as a decentralised task marketplace between users and operators.

These components create a system where automation tasks are carried out offchain but enforced onchain with mathematical proofs, preserving decentralisation, security, and transparency.

Question 2

What is Newton Protocol (NEWT) used for?

Accepted Answer

NEWT is the native token used across the Newton Protocol ecosystem. It plays several roles in the protocol’s operations, including:

- **Fee Payments**: Users pay fees in NEWT to access agent-based services, such as automated trades or portfolio rebalancing.
- **Incentives for Operators**: Operators earn NEWT for fulfilling automation tasks correctly and verifiably.
- **Staking and Reputation**: Operators may stake NEWT as collateral, and their onchain reputation is built based on the successful and verifiable execution of user tasks.
- **Governance** (planned): NEWT may be used to participate in protocol governance, determining permission frameworks or marketplace rules.

The token helps coordinate the decentralised automation marketplace and ensures agents are aligned with user-defined logic by economically penalising dishonest execution.

Question 3

Who created Newton Protocol (NEWT)?

Accepted Answer

Newton Protocol was developed by Magic, a company co-founded in 2018 by Sean Li and Jaemin Jin, both University of Waterloo engineers.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	binance	AA	0.04022USDT	-7.75%	8,641,768.40NEWT	9,061	0.04360USDT	0.04362USDT
2	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.04020USDT	-8.22%	1,693,458.90NEWT	6,185	0.04380USDT	0.04380USDT
3	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bybit	A	0.04023USDT	-7.69%	1,527,172.70NEWT	3,334	0.04358USDT	0.04369USDT
4	NEWT-TRY NEWTTRY	binance	AA	1.96TRY	-7.69%	1,177,073.10NEWT	1,211	2.12TRY	2.12TRY
5	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	coinbase	AA	0.04020USD	-8.43%	533,693.21NEWT	300	0.04390USD	0.04390USD
6	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.04033USDT	-7.48%	421,009.10NEWT	893	0.04359USDT	0.04360USDT
7	NEWT-USDC NEWTUSDC	binance	AA	0.04021USDC	-7.92%	318,039.20NEWT	273	0.04367USDC	0.04367USDC
8	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	gateio	A	0.04024USDT	-7.85%	93,191.00NEWT	83	0.04367USDT	0.04367USDT
9	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.04055USDT	-7.19%	16,911.50NEWT	32	0.04369USDT	0.04369USDT
10	NEWT-USD NEWT_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.04018USD	-8.62%	2,982.00NEWT	10	0.04398USD	0.04398USD
11	NEWT-USD NEWTUSD	cexio	BB	0.04390USD	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.04390USD	0.04390USD
12	NEWT-USDC NEWTUSDC	cexio	BB	0.04514USDC	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.04514USDC	0.04514USDC
13	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	cexio	BB	0.04545USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.04545USDT	0.04545USDT
14	NEWT-KRW KRW-NEWT	upbit	B	55.00KRW	-7.25%	11,504,269.30NEWT	1,994	59.30KRW	59.30KRW
15	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	xtpub	-	0.04020USDT	-7.80%	5,084,534.50NEWT	3,601	0.04360USDT	0.04360USDT
16	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	coinw	-	0.04030USDT	-7.57%	3,136,555.99NEWT	2,611	0.04360USDT	0.04370USDT
17	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	bigone	-	0.04030USDT	-8.82%	2,289,690.00NEWT	4,815	0.04420USDT	0.04460USDT
18	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	toobit	C	0.04023USDT	-7.75%	2,236,589.30NEWT	6,075	0.04361USDT	0.04363USDT
19	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	bitunix	C	0.04022USDT	-7.84%	1,773,207.80NEWT	6,889	0.04364USDT	0.04365USDT
20	NEWT-USDT newtusdt	huobipro	C	0.04009USDT	-7.82%	1,519,799.36NEWT	1,086	0.04350USDT	0.04350USDT
21	NEWT-KRW NEWT_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	54.99KRW	-7.42%	1,493,689.13NEWT	1,021	59.40KRW	59.41KRW
22	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bitrue	D	0.04023USDT	-7.84%	1,501,493.50NEWT	4,852	0.04365USDT	0.04367USDT
23	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	mexc	C	0.04023USDT	-7.86%	1,429,210.06NEWT	2,983	0.04366USDT	0.04367USDT
24	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	digifinex	D	0.04030USDT	-7.78%	245,786.64NEWT	2,515	0.04370USDT	0.04370USDT
25	NEWT-EUR NEWT-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.03511EUR	-8.06%	229,953.17NEWT	78	0.03818EUR	0.03818EUR
26	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	btse	-	0.04009USD	-8.24%	161,507.40NEWT	2,780	0.04370USD	0.04370USD
27	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	btse	-	0.04009USDT	-8.24%	60,936.80NEWT	842	0.04370USDT	0.04370USDT
28	NEWT-USDC NEWT_USDC	cryptology	D	0.04023USDC	-7.73%	28,272.61NEWT	93	0.04360USDC	0.04363USDC
29	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	coinex	C	0.04023USDT	-7.77%	12,922.35NEWT	1,544	0.04363USDT	0.04363USDT
30	NEWT-USDT USDT-NEWT	upbit	B	0.04050USDT	-7.95%	9,199.55NEWT	14	0.04400USDT	0.04400USDT
31	NEWT-USDC NEWT-USDC	btse	-	0.04009USDC	-8.03%	4,509.30NEWT	692	0.04360USDC	0.04370USDC
32	NEWT-IDR newtidr	indodax	E	711.00IDR	-11.24%	3,903.37NEWT	26	801.00IDR	801.00IDR
33	NEWT-THB THB_NEWT	bitkub	C	1.35THB	-5.63%	2,331.51NEWT	4	1.43THB	1.43THB
34	NEWT-BTC BTC-NEWT	upbit	B	0.0₆5500BTC	-5.17%	100.00NEWT	2	0.0₆5799BTC	0.0₆5799BTC
35	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	poloniex	C	0.6835USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.6835USDT	0.6835USDT
36	NEWT-KRW NEWT_KRW	coinone	C	60.80KRW	0.00%	0NEWT	0	60.80KRW	60.80KRW
37	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.1529USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.1529USDT	0.1529USDT