Please do not say . Join Ck pool or anything like that..
My question is...Lets say I am solo mining with a small geckoscience usb to a local pool on a local node. Is it possible for such a thing to actually solve a bitcoin block. I have seen my little setup get shares as high as 1.8 million diff. Could I check my local little pool one day and see a solved block?
Is it *possible*? Yes.
Early in 2022 Sledge0001 found a block using a Compac-F. BUT... he did it through a solo-pool node that has decent stability and propagation times to relay the Block Found message to the BTC network in a timely manner.
The problem with using a local node is that it is a safe bet that you do not have the connection links & speed and server horsepower to get the Block Found out to the network fast enough to ensure that you don't end up in an orphan race with someone else and lose because their block is confirmed by others before yours is. That would truly suck...
So yes you *can* do it but by using yuor own local node you are just increasing the already astronomical odds against you (using a small miner) by several magnitudes.
What is the last reported solo block on a very small rig and setup i mentioned. You know . Like a person running solo pool with local node. This subject is fascinating to say the least.