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	0.04109USDT	-8.53%	8,116,166.20NEWT	10,019	0.04492USDT	0.04512USDT
2	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.04110USDT	-8.46%	1,595,473.50NEWT	5,982	0.04490USDT	0.04520USDT
3	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bybit	A	0.04112USDT	-8.42%	1,552,232.00NEWT	3,331	0.04490USDT	0.04511USDT
4	NEWT-TRY NEWTTRY	binance	AA	2.01TRY	-8.03%	1,001,638.20NEWT	1,033	2.18TRY	2.18TRY
5	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	coinbase	AA	0.04130USD	-7.81%	533,242.33NEWT	280	0.04480USD	0.04500USD
6	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.04116USDT	-8.27%	463,506.70NEWT	1,000	0.04487USDT	0.04508USDT
7	NEWT-USDC NEWTUSDC	binance	AA	0.04119USDC	-8.36%	280,160.30NEWT	258	0.04495USDC	0.04511USDC
8	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	gateio	A	0.04084USDT	-8.37%	130,710.00NEWT	94	0.04458USDT	0.04492USDT
9	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.04120USDT	-7.85%	10,636.60NEWT	40	0.04471USDT	0.04488USDT
10	NEWT-USD NEWT_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.04134USD	-8.68%	2,493.00NEWT	9	0.04527USD	0.04527USD
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	55.60KRW	-8.25%	12,491,145.74NEWT	1,939	60.60KRW	61.30KRW
15	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	xtpub	-	0.04110USDT	-8.46%	4,780,874.70NEWT	3,714	0.04490USDT	0.04510USDT
16	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	coinw	-	0.04120USDT	-8.24%	3,015,667.94NEWT	2,647	0.04490USDT	0.04520USDT
17	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	bigone	-	0.04130USDT	-8.83%	2,294,067.00NEWT	4,820	0.04530USDT	0.04560USDT
18	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	toobit	C	0.04112USDT	-8.54%	2,157,066.30NEWT	6,113	0.04496USDT	0.04511USDT
19	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	bitunix	C	0.04110USDT	-8.46%	1,704,426.30NEWT	6,895	0.04490USDT	0.04510USDT
20	NEWT-KRW NEWT_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	56.01KRW	-7.44%	1,454,612.69NEWT	950	60.51KRW	61.01KRW
21	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bitrue	D	0.04112USDT	-8.44%	1,441,739.80NEWT	4,839	0.04491USDT	0.04512USDT
22	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	mexc	C	0.04110USDT	-8.48%	1,352,003.33NEWT	2,973	0.04491USDT	0.04511USDT
23	NEWT-USDT newtusdt	huobipro	C	0.04090USDT	-8.71%	1,211,794.44NEWT	893	0.04480USDT	0.04500USDT
24	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	digifinex	D	0.04110USDT	-8.67%	228,824.79NEWT	2,534	0.04500USDT	0.04500USDT
25	NEWT-EUR NEWT-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.03558EUR	-8.06%	196,011.95NEWT	53	0.03870EUR	0.03876EUR
26	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	btse	-	0.04120USD	-8.44%	169,906.20NEWT	2,688	0.04500USD	0.04520USD
27	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	btse	-	0.04100USDT	-8.89%	61,573.30NEWT	866	0.04500USDT	0.04520USDT
28	NEWT-USDC NEWT_USDC	cryptology	D	0.04115USDC	-8.41%	29,058.37NEWT	89	0.04493USDC	0.04493USDC
29	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	coinex	C	0.04112USDT	-8.09%	21,514.42NEWT	1,530	0.04474USDT	0.04511USDT
30	NEWT-USDC NEWT-USDC	btse	-	0.04100USDC	-8.89%	4,511.50NEWT	687	0.04500USDC	0.04520USDC
31	NEWT-IDR newtidr	indodax	E	728.00IDR	-7.38%	2,832.77NEWT	24	786.00IDR	802.00IDR
32	NEWT-THB THB_NEWT	bitkub	C	1.37THB	-4.47%	2,241.64NEWT	2	1.43THB	1.43THB
33	NEWT-USDT USDT-NEWT	upbit	B	0.04200USDT	-4.55%	2,066.03NEWT	5	0.04400USDT	0.04400USDT
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