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will do set up cpu last night jist on pool. well was more or less just start bionic agian. gonna set up solo and gpu today will see how it goes.

Is there a number gridcoin i should have before solo

I think the staking and proof of research are separate...but related. So it depends on how often you want to get a reward block. The more the better, but I don't know what a lower bound would be.