I'm interested in setting up a mining node but having to download the entire blockchain makes it daunting in terms of the storage required.
In particular I'd like to use XMR-Stak miner and use it maybe to mine Monero.
Is it possible to do this? I understand you can configure a wallet to connect to a remote node. I wonder if its possible to do a similar thing with a mining node.
The only real way to mine without downloading the chain is to mine in a pool i guess. And unless you have a massive farm (or are a gambling man, or do spec mining for specific projects) that is what you should most likely be doing anyway.