If a pool exists where the rewards are shared among participants based on the amount of hash power that they each contribute to the pool, BUT each participant gets to run their own software to choose for themselves which transactions are included in the block (and builds those blocks themselves), would you call that solo mining? Most wouldn't.
I wouldn't call it a solo mining.
Most wouldn't. But franky1 keeps saying that solo mining is when you create your own block headers and has nothing to do with how the reward is shared, so I assume he would disagree with you (however, he hasn't answered the question yet even though I've asked it of him in multiple threads now so we don't know for sure).
you have not asked me in multiple threads.. but anyway
if your making your own block you wont need a pool. because.. drum roll.... YOUR MAKING YOUR OWN BLOCKS
why would you make your own blocks putting in your own collated data and then hashing it yourself to then share 9X.XX% to others... when they done absolutely nothing to help you
no one would do that.
the only reason ck gives away 98% is because he is not doing the work of hashing
collating your own blocks and hashing them SOLO is what solo mining is
solo mining is a term that existed way before the reward had a value.. solo mining is a thing that existed way before reward sharing.. anything involving requiring a pool is not SOLO
there was no pool mining in 2009-2010. no one really cared about the reward value in 2009-2010. but they all knew what solo mining was.
creating and hashing your own block all by yourself independent of anyone else