Why are you all freaking out? I have had zero problems solo mining once I got everything configured properly.
I suggest that you all learn how to properly set up your system to solo mine so you don't have to rely on pools during a coin launch.
There shouldn't even BE any pools for at least a few hours into a coin launch. They cause inevitable forks and ACTUALLY kill coins.
PROTIP: THE OP SOLO MINING INSTRUCTIONS WERE INCORRECT
What was incorrect?
The .conf file was missing a required parameter and he didn't instruct how to set up your wallet as a server so you can actually mine to it.
Any mining you do to a wallet that's not set up properly will get orphaned.
scrypt mining is always the same setup. Don't assume OP knows what they're doing.
C'mon guys, we do this every day.
server=1 was written both on the first post and in the zipped .conf.