I really don't understand how people are still managing to overlook this coin. It's becoming what Bitcoin was originally meant to be, yet it's market cap is less than 150 million? I find that absolutely insane.
As soon as DCR starts being accepted by vendors this thing will skyrocket. I should probably learn how to join a voting pool at some point so I can start earning PoS rewards.
You don't need a pool, you can solo stake. In fact it's more profitable cause the fees are lower, though now that fees are so low again it's not important.
What the pool offers is the ability to stake without your wallet running