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 TREE_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.02920USDT	-2,67%	10 477 679,00TREE	32 885	0.03000USDT	0.03020USDT
2	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	binance	AA	0.02920USDT	-2,67%	9 657 120,80TREE	8 180	0.03000USDT	0.03000USDT
3	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bybit	A	0.02937USDT	-2,33%	2 324 616,80TREE	851	0.03007USDT	0.03007USDT
4	TREE-TRY TREETRY	binance	AA	1,47TRY	-2,00%	1 860 424,90TREE	423	1,50TRY	1,50TRY
5	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.02933USDT	-2,36%	830 251,81TREE	533	0.03004USDT	0.03004USDT
6	TREE-USD TREE-USD	coinbase	AA	0.02909USD	-2,77%	776 264,72TREE	127	0.02992USD	0.02992USD
7	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	gateio	A	0.02918USDT	-2,83%	498 118,00TREE	403	0.03003USDT	0.03003USDT
8	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.02920USDT	-2,99%	159 578,17TREE	150	0.03010USDT	0.03010USDT
9	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	binance	AA	0.02910USDC	-2,35%	102 483,00TREE	44	0.02980USDC	0.02990USDC
10	TREE-USD TREEUSD	kraken	AA	0.02980USD	-0,33%	34 947,46TREE	18	0.02990USD	0.03100USD
11	TREE-EUR TREEEUR	kraken	AA	0.02600EUR	-3,70%	24 086,16TREE	23	0.02700EUR	0.02700EUR
12	TREE-USD TREEUSD	cexio	BB	0.02897USD	-1,02%	995,19TREE	2	0.02927USD	0.02965USD
13	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	cexio	BB	0.02942USDC	0,34%	853,02TREE	1	0.02932USDC	0.02942USDC
14	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	cexio	BB	0.02950USDT	-2,30%	521,29TREE	1	0.03019USDT	0.03019USDT
15	TREE-KRW KRW-TREE	upbit	B	39,90KRW	-2,21%	13 220 122,30TREE	1 505	40,80KRW	40,80KRW
16	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	toobit	C	0.02920USDT	-2,67%	3 445 203,60TREE	7 060	0.03000USDT	0.03000USDT
17	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bigone	-	0.02950USDT	-1,67%	2 805 854,10TREE	3 606	0.03000USDT	0.03000USDT
18	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bitunix	C	0.02920USDT	-2,34%	2 445 378,00TREE	6 332	0.02990USDT	0.02990USDT
19	TREE-KRW TREE_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	39,08KRW	-3,20%	2 417 944,58TREE	383	40,37KRW	40,37KRW
20	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	lbank	C	0.02921USDT	-2,54%	1 888 215,63TREE	2 246	0.02997USDT	0.03001USDT
21	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bitrue	D	0.02930USDT	-2,01%	1 868 937,24TREE	4 765	0.02990USDT	0.03010USDT
22	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	mexc	C	0.02904USDT	-3,75%	1 835 340,89TREE	2 958	0.03017USDT	0.03017USDT
23	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bydfi	-	0.02904USDT	-3,75%	1 601 495,71TREE	2 937	0.03017USDT	0.03017USDT
24	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bingx	D	0.02930USDT	-2,01%	1 170 970,89TREE	4 888	0.02990USDT	0.03000USDT
25	TREE-EUR TREE-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.02605EUR	-2,58%	774 883,46TREE	236	0.02674EUR	0.02674EUR
26	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	digifinex	D	0.02930USDT	-2,66%	291 676,79TREE	4 259	0.03010USDT	0.03010USDT
27	TREE-USDT treeusdt	huobipro	C	0.02950USDT	-3,59%	209 569,94TREE	118	0.03060USDT	0.03060USDT
28	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	xtpub	-	0.02918USDT	-2,83%	24 907,06TREE	231	0.03003USDT	0.03003USDT
29	TREE-THB THB_TREE	bitkub	C	0.9671THB	-4,76%	11 468,48TREE	4	1,02THB	1,02THB
30	TREE-USDT USDT-TREE	upbit	B	0.03094USDT	0,00%	0TREE	0	0.03094USDT	0.03094USDT
31	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.03941USDT	0,00%	0TREE	0	0.03941USDT	0.03941USDT
32	TREE-BTC BTC-TREE	upbit	B	0.0₆4200BTC	0,00%	0TREE	0	0.0₆4200BTC	0.0₆4200BTC