Professor Shakir

@NewtonProtocol $NEWT #Newt
I have been reading about Newton for the last few days.
Like most people, I first looked at the AI side of the project. It sounded interesting, but it wasn't what stayed in my mind.
The part I couldn't stop thinking about was zkPermissions.
It isn't the biggest feature, and it probably won't get the most attention. Still, I think it is the most important part of the whole idea.
In crypto, we have learned one lesson again and again.
The biggest problem is not always bad code.
Sometimes we simply give too much permission.
We approve a wallet.
We connect to a new app.
We trust a bot to manage our funds.
Everything feels fine until one mistake changes everything.
That is why Newton feels different to me.
Instead of asking people to trust AI, it tries to put clear limits on AI from the beginning.
I like that approach.
An AI agent does not need full control of a wallet just to do one small job. It should only be allowed to do what you want it to do. Nothing more.
That sounds simple, but it is a big change.
Another thing I noticed was the Keystore Rollup.
I won't pretend it is the easiest thing to understand, but the idea behind it makes sense.
Instead of creating new permissions on every blockchain, Newton keeps them in one place. The same rules can work across different networks. That makes everything feel more organized and easier to manage.
The more I read, the more I realized that Newton is not trying to build an AI that can do everything.
It is trying to build an AI that knows where to stop.
That is a very different way of thinking.
Many projects focus on making AI smarter.
Newton seems more focused on making AI safer.
To me, that is the better direction.
After spending years in crypto, I have seen that most problems do not happen because blockchain fails.
They happen because someone had more access than they needed.
One approval.
One private key.
One permission that was too wide.
Maybe the future of AI in Web3 is not about giving machines more power.
Maybe it is about giving them less.
That small idea might end up being the biggest change of all.

@NewtonProtocol $NEWT #Newt
When I first heard about Newton Protocol, I thought it was just another AI project.
Crypto has seen many of those already.
But after spending time reading about it and following its progress, one small detail changed how I looked at it.
The AI doesn't get full control.
You stay in control.
That may not sound exciting at first, but I think it's the most important part of the whole idea.
In crypto, we've learned to be careful. We double-check wallet permissions, read smart contracts, and think twice before signing transactions. So it never made sense to me that people would suddenly trust an AI to manage everything without limits.
Newton takes a different path.
Before an AI agent does anything, you decide the rules. You choose what it can do, how much it can spend, and when it should stop. Every action can be checked on-chain, so you don't have to guess what happened.
That feels more like using a helpful tool than handing over the keys to your wallet.
Another thing I noticed is that most people talk about the AI, but very few talk about verification.
To me, that's the real story.
Anyone can build an AI agent that moves tokens or completes tasks. The harder part is making sure every action is clear, visible, and follows the rules set by the user.
That's where Newton stands out.
It doesn't try to replace your decisions.
It helps carry them out.
The more I watched the project, the more I realized the biggest idea wasn't automation. It was responsibility.
Crypto has always been about removing the need to blindly trust others.
Maybe the next step isn't smarter AI.
Maybe it's making sure AI follows the same rules we've always expected from blockchain itself.