Solidus

This is a new cryptocurrency which provides a solution for selfish mining while addressing scaling and performance issues. It also addresses confidentiality issues. It is based on permissionless Byzantine consensus. The protocol in its current state is comparatively complex and is an open area for research.

Original research paper is available at https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/317.pdf.

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