I keep noticing that blockchains are very good at deciding whether a transaction is valid but that doesn’t automatically mean the transaction should be allowed.
Validity is mostly a technical question. Is the signature correct? Does the wallet have the funds? Will the contract call execute under the rules of the chain? If yes the blockchain can process it.
But financial systems usually need a second test.
A transaction can be perfectly valid onchain and still violate a treasury rule a vault mandate an issuer restriction or an authorization policy tied to that capital. That’s the distinction Newton is built around.
To me this is one of the clearest ways to understand the protocol.
Newton doesn’t replace blockchain settlement. It adds a layer before settlement that asks a different question not just can this transaction execute but is this transaction actually permitted under the rules attached to it?
That’s a much stronger standard than validity alone.
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Validity is mostly a technical question. Is the signature correct? Does the wallet have the funds? Will the contract call execute under the rules of the chain? If yes the blockchain can process it.
But financial systems usually need a second test.
A transaction can be perfectly valid onchain and still violate a treasury rule a vault mandate an issuer restriction or an authorization policy tied to that capital. That’s the distinction Newton is built around.
To me this is one of the clearest ways to understand the protocol.
Newton doesn’t replace blockchain settlement. It adds a layer before settlement that asks a different question not just can this transaction execute but is this transaction actually permitted under the rules attached to it?
That’s a much stronger standard than validity alone.
@NewtonProtocol $NEWT #Newt $TAC $LAB