not profitable, the difficulty is too high as well as the variance
Mining with a pool profitability ill be even less (pool fees) - I do not understand, that so many people suggest, that there is no mining without pools...
I mine (and mined) a few coins solo, when I will only get a block every few days, but I do not have to be bothered:
- if the pool is legit (or scam).
- on the right blockchain (or a fork)
- that the pool is down because of DDOS
- ...
On the other hand I like pools to test, how much coins I can get with a test setup, to see, if I am on the right blockchain and many other things.
But when I decide, that it is worth to mine, 90%+ I go solo.