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	0.04040USDT	1.00%	9,253,516.70TREE	8,265	0.04000USDT	0.04059USDT
2	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.04020USDT	0.50%	3,044,324.70TREE	9,979	0.04000USDT	0.04059USDT
3	TREE-TRY TREETRY	binance	AA	1.96TRY	0.51%	3,172,096.80TREE	956	1.95TRY	1.97TRY
4	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bybit	A	0.04034USDT	0.85%	2,905,493.10TREE	2,776	0.04000USDT	0.04056USDT
5	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.04048USDT	1.23%	1,145,097.50TREE	1,661	0.03999USDT	0.04055USDT
6	TREE-USD TREE-USD	coinbase	AA	0.04034USD	1.53%	972,006.29TREE	351	0.03973USD	0.04048USD
7	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	binance	AA	0.04030USDC	1.51%	901,455.00TREE	475	0.03970USDC	0.04040USDC
8	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	gateio	A	0.04043USDT	0.87%	586,522.00TREE	1,086	0.04009USDT	0.04062USDT
9	TREE-USD TREEUSD	kraken	AA	0.04030USD	1.00%	102,938.67TREE	46	0.03990USD	0.04030USD
10	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.04050USDT	1.00%	71,519.10TREE	135	0.04009USDT	0.04130USDT
11	TREE-EUR TREEEUR	kraken	AA	0.03379EUR	-2.59%	9,381.34TREE	11	0.03470EUR	0.03490EUR
12	TREE-USDC TREEUSDC	cexio	BB	0.03982USDC	-1.97%	585.76TREE	1	0.04063USDC	0.04063USDC
13	TREE-USD TREEUSD	cexio	BB	0.03997USD	-0.82%	439.32TREE	1	0.04030USD	0.04030USD
14	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	cexio	BB	0.03991USDT	-1.17%	439.32TREE	1	0.04039USDT	0.04039USDT
15	TREE-KRW KRW-TREE	upbit	B	55.60KRW	1.09%	28,174,928.61TREE	2,688	55.00KRW	55.80KRW
16	TREE-KRW TREE_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	55.57KRW	0.36%	5,124,099.01TREE	833	55.37KRW	56.20KRW
17	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	toobit	C	0.04020USDT	0.25%	2,311,044.10TREE	5,125	0.04009USDT	0.04059USDT
18	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bigone	-	0.04040USDT	1.25%	2,323,094.30TREE	3,884	0.03990USDT	0.04059USDT
19	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bitunix	C	0.04030USDT	0.75%	1,934,271.70TREE	6,161	0.04000USDT	0.04050USDT
20	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	lbank	C	0.04033USDT	0.88%	1,847,117.52TREE	2,816	0.03998USDT	0.04054USDT
21	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	bitrue	D	0.04040USDT	0.75%	1,602,857.81TREE	4,941	0.04009USDT	0.04070USDT
22	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	mexc	C	0.04032USDT	0.70%	1,407,948.64TREE	3,076	0.04004USDT	0.04059USDT
23	TREE-USDT TREE_USDT	bydfi	-	0.04032USDT	0.70%	1,329,818.95TREE	3,288	0.04004USDT	0.04059USDT
24	TREE-USDT TREE-USDT	bingx	D	0.04040USDT	0.75%	1,081,778.98TREE	5,984	0.04009USDT	0.04059USDT
25	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	xtpub	-	0.04040USDT	1.00%	914,677.03TREE	1,856	0.04000USDT	0.04059USDT
26	TREE-EUR TREE-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.03521EUR	1.42%	305,078.46TREE	177	0.03472EUR	0.03521EUR
27	TREE-USDT tree_usdt	digifinex	D	0.04040USDT	1.00%	250,189.79TREE	1,198	0.04000USDT	0.04059USDT
28	TREE-USDT treeusdt	huobipro	C	0.04100USDT	2.50%	245,676.43TREE	183	0.04000USDT	0.04180USDT
29	TREE-USDT sTREEUSDT	phemex	C	0.04410USDT	0.00%	0TREE	0	0.04410USDT	0.04410USDT
30	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	coinex	C	0.03905USDT	-1.96%	9,340.74TREE	1,579	0.03983USDT	0.03986USDT
31	TREE-THB THB_TREE	bitkub	C	1.30THB	-3.70%	769.17TREE	1	1.35THB	1.35THB
32	TREE-USDT TREEUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.03941USDT	0.00%	0TREE	0	0.03941USDT	0.03941USDT
33	TREE-USDT USDT-TREE	upbit	B	0.03951USDT	0.00%	0TREE	0	0.03951USDT	0.03951USDT
34	TREE-BTC BTC-TREE	upbit	B	0.0₆5200BTC	-14.75%	128.93TREE	2	0.0₆6100BTC	0.0₆6100BTC