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	0.04293USDT	-2.05%	7,545,245.00NEWT	10,448	0.04383USDT	0.04496USDT
2	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.04289USDT	-2.17%	6,605,637.40NEWT	7,387	0.04384USDT	0.04498USDT
3	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bybit	A	0.04300USDT	-1.92%	1,056,819.70NEWT	4,144	0.04384USDT	0.04497USDT
4	NEWT-TRY NEWTTRY	binance	AA	2.14TRY	-1.29%	774,816.60NEWT	527	2.17TRY	2.23TRY
5	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.04301USDT	-1.58%	134,178.70NEWT	718	0.04370USDT	0.04484USDT
6	NEWT-USDC NEWTUSDC	binance	AA	0.04293USDC	-1.94%	60,975.60NEWT	153	0.04378USDC	0.04483USDC
7	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	coinbase	AA	0.04300USD	-1.38%	45,002.94NEWT	54	0.04360USD	0.04470USD
8	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	gateio	A	0.04295USDT	-1.74%	37,103.00NEWT	52	0.04371USDT	0.04490USDT
9	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.04303USDT	-1.71%	13,502.20NEWT	58	0.04378USDT	0.04491USDT
10	NEWT-USD NEWT_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.04345USD	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.04345USD	0.04345USD
11	NEWT-KRW KRW-NEWT	upbit	B	57.50KRW	-2.21%	3,435,033.49NEWT	792	58.80KRW	60.30KRW
12	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	toobit	C	0.04295USDT	-1.99%	2,621,750.80NEWT	8,505	0.04382USDT	0.04495USDT
13	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	coinw	-	0.04300USDT	-1.83%	2,323,539.05NEWT	4,422	0.04380USDT	0.04500USDT
14	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	xtpub	-	0.04300USDT	-1.83%	2,262,409.00NEWT	4,794	0.04380USDT	0.04500USDT
15	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	bitunix	C	0.04291USDT	-2.01%	1,536,991.10NEWT	6,896	0.04379USDT	0.04494USDT
16	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	bigone	-	0.04290USDT	-2.05%	1,333,460.00NEWT	4,716	0.04380USDT	0.04490USDT
17	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	mexc	C	0.04296USDT	-1.94%	1,261,823.25NEWT	2,968	0.04381USDT	0.04494USDT
18	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	bitrue	D	0.04293USDT	-1.99%	1,212,793.30NEWT	4,777	0.04380USDT	0.04495USDT
19	NEWT-USD NEWT-USD	btse	-	0.04270USD	-2.29%	975,706.50NEWT	7,318	0.04370USD	0.04500USD
20	NEWT-KRW NEWT_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	57.29KRW	-2.17%	672,535.66NEWT	255	58.56KRW	59.97KRW
21	NEWT-USDT newt_usdt	digifinex	D	0.04290USDT	-2.05%	211,557.95NEWT	5,650	0.04380USDT	0.04500USDT
22	NEWT-USDT newtusdt	huobipro	C	0.04290USDT	1.42%	129,333.68NEWT	92	0.04230USDT	0.04410USDT
23	NEWT-USDT NEWT-USDT	btse	-	0.04290USDT	-1.83%	34,747.60NEWT	998	0.04370USDT	0.04490USDT
24	NEWT-EUR NEWT-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.03878EUR	-0.33%	27,906.69NEWT	50	0.03891EUR	0.04008EUR
25	NEWT-KRW NEWT_KRW	coinone	C	60.15KRW	1.09%	7,960.23NEWT	9	59.50KRW	178.50KRW
26	NEWT-USDC NEWT-USDC	btse	-	0.04280USDC	-2.06%	3,140.10NEWT	840	0.04370USDC	0.04490USDC
27	NEWT-IDR newtidr	indodax	E	802.00IDR	5.39%	2,427.39NEWT	12	761.00IDR	803.00IDR
28	NEWT-USDT USDT-NEWT	upbit	B	0.04722USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.04722USDT	0.04722USDT
29	NEWT-THB THB_NEWT	bitkub	C	1.45THB	-1.01%	1,033.74NEWT	3	1.46THB	1.46THB
30	NEWT-BTC BTC-NEWT	upbit	B	0.0₆5900BTC	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.0₆5900BTC	0.0₆5900BTC
31	NEWT-USDT NEWT_USDT	poloniex	C	0.01440USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.01440USDT	0.01440USDT
32	NEWT-USDT NEWTUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.1529USDT	0.00%	0NEWT	0	0.1529USDT	0.1529USDT