1) Yes - the higher the difficulty the more energy (ie hashing) must be spent trying to solve the block
2) New coins will usually not have a pool ready since they will be... new. Not too many people know how to properly set up a pool and would dedicate resources to it without it having any merit. Solo mining is the only option then. If there's a pool setup for a coin, it's probably better to pool mine that coin.
3) If some new alt comes out you can try solo mining it on day 1. Ultimately you're chasing a gimmick 99% of the time (by history).
2) New coins will usually not have a pool ready since they will be... new. Not too many people know how to properly set up a pool and would dedicate resources to it without it having any merit. Solo mining is the only option then. If there's a pool setup for a coin, it's probably better to pool mine that coin.
3) If some new alt comes out you can try solo mining it on day 1. Ultimately you're chasing a gimmick 99% of the time (by history).
Thanks for the answers. Suppose I read about a coin which isn't new, yet the difficulty is very low. Pools do exist for this coin, which have collected anywhere between 30 MH/s to 500 MH/s. In such a case, would there be any situation in which solo mining is better than pool mining?
