it's nearly like pool mining
istead the pool you connect to the localhost-wallet and you get the block-reward alone instead of all pool-workers
And in terms of coin profit, what's more profitable? Or is the difference minimal?
If you have high hash power than solo mining is better if you can compete with others.
But if you are average or slow, defiantly go into a pool, because solo mining would be like winning the lottery trying to find a block.
Is there an IRC? how will we know the second its open?
There is a countdown on the first page, I have it open. When it hits 0 I'll post the password above the download links & pushing the github source out 1 minute before launch.