Question 1

What is Treehouse?

Accepted Answer

Treehouse Protocol is a decentralised fixed-income platform focused on unifying fragmented on-chain interest rates. It introduces two core innovations:

- **tAssets (e.g., tETH)**: Liquid staking tokens that facilitate interest-rate arbitrage and consistent yield generation.
- **Decentralised Offered Rates (DOR)**: A benchmark mechanism to publish transparent and consensus-driven rates like TESR (Treehouse Ethereum Staking Rate).

The platform aims to create scalable DeFi yield primitives with applications for both retail and institutional users, offering standardised rate exposure and robust infrastructure for interest-bearing assets.

Question 2

What is TREE used for?

Accepted Answer

TREE is the native governance and utility token of the Treehouse Protocol. It enables participants to engage with protocol operations, incentivisation, and decision-making processes.

- **Fee Access**: TREE is required to access benchmark DOR rates via on-chain queries.
- **Staking**: Panelists and Operators stake TREE to support rate consensus and secure data integrity.
- **Incentives**: Distributed to users, contributors, and stakeholders based on ecosystem participation and grant allocation.
- **Governance**: Used to propose and vote on protocol upgrades, rate methodologies, and growth fund disbursement.

Question 3

Who created Treehouse (TREE)?

Accepted Answer

Treehouse Protocol was founded by Brandon Goh and the team at Treehouse Labs, a Singapore-based DeFi infrastructure firm.

Question 4

Technical Architecture

Accepted Answer

- **tAssets Architecture**  
  Users mint tETH by depositing ETH or liquid staking tokens. These assets accrue yield via arbitrage opportunities across DeFi protocols. The mechanism standardises yield delivery and facilitates composable interest-bearing assets.

- **DOR System**  
  Panelists submit rate estimates backed by Operators. A decentralised consensus algorithm aggregates these inputs. TREE staking ensures accountability via slashing and reward mechanisms.

- **Staking and Reward Model**  
  TREE is distributed through ecosystem grants and reward schemes. Vesting schedules apply to investors, the team, and early participants to prevent abrupt market impacts.

- **Claim Programmes**  
  Airdrops were conducted via:
  - **Non-Vested Claims**: Immediate access to tokens for certain early participants.
  - **Vested Claims**: Linear vesting over 12 months for eligible wallet addresses and community contributors.

- **Governance**  
  TREE holders vote on DOR updates, staking parameters, and grant distributions. Delegation options are available to pool governance participation.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	binance	AA	0.04270USDT	7,56%	10 633 239,00TREE	11 134	0.03970USDT	0.04300USDT
2	TREE-TRY TREETRY	binance	AA	2,07TRY	7,25%	3 086 265,10TREE	1 005	1,93TRY	2,08TRY
3	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.04260USDT	7,58%	2 873 934,90TREE	9 684	0.03960USDT	0.04290USDT
4	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bybit	A	0.04270USDT	7,53%	2 858 147,60TREE	2 683	0.03971USDT	0.04297USDT
5	TREE-USD TREE-USD	coinbase	AA	0.04276USD	7,93%	1 474 792,97TREE	389	0.03962USD	0.04287USD
6	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.04266USDT	7,75%	1 006 514,69TREE	1 272	0.03959USDT	0.04296USDT
7	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	gateio	A	0.04270USDT	7,50%	556 975,00TREE	1 290	0.03972USDT	0.04296USDT
8	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	binance	AA	0.04270USDC	7,56%	506 945,80TREE	299	0.03970USDC	0.04290USDC
9	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.04290USDT	8,06%	263 413,93TREE	210	0.03970USDT	0.04290USDT
10	TREE-USD TREEUSD	kraken	AA	0.04290USD	8,88%	171 361,69TREE	105	0.03939USD	0.04290USD
11	TREE-EUR TREEEUR	kraken	AA	0.03719EUR	10,06%	12 299,19TREE	13	0.03379EUR	0.03719EUR
12	TREE-USD TREEUSD	cexio	BB	0.04039USD	1,05%	622,37TREE	1	0.03997USD	0.04039USD
13	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	cexio	BB	0.04073USDC	2,26%	622,37TREE	1	0.03982USDC	0.04073USDC
14	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	cexio	BB	0.04151USDT	4,01%	512,54TREE	1	0.03991USDT	0.04151USDT
15	TREE-KRW KRW-TREE	upbit	B	58,40KRW	6,76%	26 302 922,98TREE	2 600	54,70KRW	58,70KRW
16	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bigone	-	0.04280USDT	8,08%	4 276 295,40TREE	4 192	0.03960USDT	0.04310USDT
17	TREE-KRW TREE_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	58,39KRW	6,53%	4 248 516,57TREE	882	54,81KRW	58,60KRW
18	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	toobit	C	0.04280USDT	8,08%	2 328 960,90TREE	5 021	0.03960USDT	0.04310USDT
19	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bitunix	C	0.04270USDT	7,56%	1 903 099,30TREE	6 223	0.03970USDT	0.04290USDT
20	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bitrue	D	0.04290USDT	8,06%	1 671 172,92TREE	4 860	0.03970USDT	0.04310USDT
21	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	lbank	C	0.04280USDT	8,00%	1 459 384,26TREE	2 387	0.03963USDT	0.04300USDT
22	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	mexc	C	0.04275USDT	7,63%	1 308 580,62TREE	2 996	0.03972USDT	0.04299USDT
23	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bydfi	-	0.04275USDT	7,63%	1 254 494,87TREE	3 235	0.03972USDT	0.04299USDT
24	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bingx	D	0.04280USDT	8,35%	1 082 922,60TREE	6 119	0.03950USDT	0.04300USDT
25	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	xtpub	-	0.04270USDT	7,56%	1 040 737,10TREE	2 047	0.03970USDT	0.04300USDT
26	TREE-EUR TREE-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.03723EUR	7,71%	569 983,50TREE	214	0.03456EUR	0.03735EUR
27	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	digifinex	D	0.04280USDT	7,81%	299 451,03TREE	1 315	0.03970USDT	0.04300USDT
28	TREE-USDT treeusdt	huobipro	C	0.04230USDT	2,17%	121 808,49TREE	95	0.04140USDT	0.04290USDT
29	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	coinex	C	0.04141USDT	6,06%	14 346,42TREE	1 656	0.03905USDT	0.04141USDT
30	TREE-THB THB_TREE	bitkub	C	1,27THB	-2,19%	2 470,72TREE	1	1,30THB	1,30THB
31	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.03941USDT	0,00%	0TREE	0	0.03941USDT	0.03941USDT
32	TREE-BTC BTC-TREE	upbit	B	0.0₆5300BTC	1,92%	253,21TREE	3	0.0₆5200BTC	0.0₆5300BTC
33	TREE-USDT USDT-TREE	upbit	B	0.03951USDT	0,00%	0TREE	0	0.03951USDT	0.03951USDT