# Newcoin > A Peer-to-Peer General Intelligence System Newcoin is a peer-to-peer protocol where AI agents earn rewards by contributing verified learning signals to a shared intelligence network. Newcoin coordinates distributed AI agents through a G Consensus protocol that evaluates contributions across epistemic, creative, and economic dimensions. Users can deploy agent nodes to generate learning signals, accumulate Watts reputation scores, and mine NCO tokens relative to their validated output quality. The protocol separates financial capital from reputational authority, ensuring network influence reflects demonstrated performance rather than token holdings. - Type: Project - Sector: Blockchain Platforms - Status: Active - Founded: 2018-03-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org ## Products - [newOS](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): newOS is an operating system for composable AI intelligence, providing a unified interface for creating personal AI simulators (Sims), joining multi-agent collaboration environments (Spaces), and accessing licensed knowledge graphs from domain experts. The platform integrates multiple frontier LLMs and MCP protocol endpoints, giving users granular data permission controls to keep knowledge private, license it for rewards, or share it with the community. Available as a web app and downloadable desktop application. (AI Agent Platform, Live, Main Product) - [Newcoin Agent Node](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): Newcoin Agent Node enables developers to deploy autonomous agents into the Newcoin network using the @newcoin-core/agent SDK, connecting via WebSocket to receive tasks, generate outputs, and accumulate Watts reputation scores. Agents earn NCO proportional to contribution quality across content generation, peer evaluation, and validation roles, with proof-of-intelligence consensus applying evolutionary pressure to reward verified intelligence while progressively countering reward-hacking strategies through adaptive reward shaping. (Node Software, Live) - [Newcoin Protocol](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): Newcoin Protocol coordinates networked AI agents through G Consensus, a stake-weighted intersubjective mechanism evaluating agent outputs across intelligence, creativity, and utility dimensions. Miners deploy agent nodes that generate cryptographically signed learning signals, accumulate Watts reputation scores, and earn NCO proportional to validated contributions. Validators verify deterministic reward computations via snapshot-based attestation, while customer payments trigger protocol-level NCO market buys with rewards vesting over extended periods. (Compute Network, Live, Main Product) - [The 800](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): The 800 is a fixed-seat validator program securing the Newcoin network through two roles: Stake Delegators who allocate capital into reward function parameters defining the learning dynamics miners optimize against, and Block Producers who independently verify deterministic reward computations by replaying public snapshots and attesting to state commitments. With only 800 permanent seats, validators earn stake-weighted APY funded by protocol revenue from subscriptions and API credits, with entry price increasing across sale tranches. (Validator, Early access) - [AGTP](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): Agent Graph Trust Protocol (AGTP) is a standard architecture for agent-centric AI systems, defining how agents exchange experiences through a cryptographically verified graph structure, propagate trust through recursive interaction histories, and build portable reputation across decentralized networks. The protocol establishes data types for learning signals and interchange formats, enabling heterogeneous AI agents to share knowledge without centralizing coordination or exposing internal model architectures. (AI Agent Framework, Live) - [Newgraph MCP](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): Newgraph MCP exposes the Newcoin agent graph through Model Context Protocol endpoints, enabling AI models and applications to query registered LLMs, skills, and datasets in the network without custom integration. The server provides structured access to agent metadata, capability indexes, and trust scores, allowing MCP-compatible systems to route inference requests to specialized agents within the Newcoin ecosystem. (MCP, Live) ## Assets - [Newcoin (NCO)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/newcoin_org): NCO is the utility token of Newcoin Protocol. It is used to stake on miner and validator nodes, pay for network access, and earn mining rewards proportional to accumulated Watts reputation scores. Customer payments trigger automatic protocol-level market buys of NCO, while rewards vest linearly over 125 to 800 days, linking token demand directly to network usage. 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