Rhiza is a revolutionary currency protocol. No blockchain, no mining, no staking — just a fair, peer-to-peer system where every participant is equal.
Crypto was supposed to be decentralized. Instead, power concentrated in the hands of a few.
| Issue | Old Crypto | Rhiza |
|---|---|---|
| Mining Centralization | ✗ 3 pools control 65%+ | ✓ No mining at all |
| Wealth = Power | ✗ PoS favors whales | ✓ Equal participation |
| Speed & Cost | ✗ Slow blocks, high fees | ✓ Instant, zero fees |
| Internet Required | ✗ Always online | ✓ Mesh networking |
| Privacy | ✗ Public ledger | ✓ ZK-private by default |
Every component of Rhiza is designed for true decentralization — not as an afterthought.
No blocks, no chain. Each transaction validates two previous ones, enabling parallel processing and instant confirmation.
A novel consensus where you earn by validating and relaying transactions. No mining hardware, no staking capital — just participate.
Works over TCP/IP, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth, and LoRa. Rhiza operates even without internet — true censorship resistance.
Transactions are private by default. Zero-knowledge proofs ensure security without sacrificing transparency when needed.
No waiting 10 minutes for a block. Transactions reach finality in seconds through cumulative weight confirmation.
Relay rewards cover network costs. Send any amount of RHZ to anyone, anywhere, for free.
Participate in the network, relay transactions, earn rewards. It's that simple.
Sign a transaction referencing two previous transactions in the DAG. This validates them.
Broadcast your transaction. Peers validate and relay it further through the gossip protocol.
Every relay earns RHZ with diminishing returns — ensuring no single node can dominate.
Cumulative weight from relays confirms transactions. Once threshold is met, it's irreversible.
Written in Rust. Fast, safe, and open source.
Rhiza is fully open source. Star, fork, contribute — help build truly decentralized money.
Rhiza is a DAG-based, feeless cryptocurrency that uses Proof of Relay (PoR) consensus. Unlike traditional blockchain, Rhiza uses a Directed Acyclic Graph where each transaction validates two previous ones, enabling parallel processing and instant finality. It's built in Rust and fully open source under the MIT license.
Bitcoin uses Proof of Work, requires expensive mining hardware, charges transaction fees, and takes ~60 minutes for finality. Rhiza uses Proof of Relay — earn by relaying transactions from any device, with zero fees and instant finality. Bitcoin requires internet; Rhiza works via mesh networking (WiFi Direct, Bluetooth, LoRa) even without internet.
Proof of Relay is Rhiza's novel consensus mechanism. Instead of solving mathematical puzzles (PoW) or locking up capital (PoS), participants earn RHZ rewards by validating and relaying transactions to peers. The reward curve has diminishing returns, preventing any single node from dominating the network.
Yes! Rhiza supports mesh networking over multiple transport layers: TCP/IP (internet), WiFi Direct (~100m range), Bluetooth LE (~30m), and LoRa radio (~15km). This makes it censorship-resistant and usable in areas with limited connectivity.
The maximum supply of RHZ is 21,000,000 (21 million), similar to Bitcoin. New RHZ is distributed through relay rewards starting at 0.01 RHZ per relay, halving every 1,000 relays. There are no pre-mines beyond the 5% founder allocation.
You need Rust 1.70+ installed. Clone the repo from GitHub, build with cargo build --release,
create a wallet, and start your node. The built-in wallet UI is accessible at
http://localhost:7471.