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I downloaded Bitcoin Core v27.1.0 and I'm all synced up. I added the following to the bitcoin.conf file:

server=1
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=Password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1


I also downloaded phaenomenon's 4.12.1 cgminer. I have a few GekkoScience Compac A1s on the way. Is this all I need to get going with solo mining to my local bitcoin core?  Are there any gotchas I'm not aware of?  I know I will never find a block, but I've always wanted to run a full node and solo mine. Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks!

You'll need additional software to perform full mining. You can try following this guide [Guide] Solo mine testnet bitcoins with cgminer, Bitcoin Core, and a Compac F (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5415335.0), while changing few parameters in order to use mainnet instead.

Awesome, thanks!

It did work? The guide provided above is for Testnet only; if you apply the guide above in Mainnet, I don't think it would work.
Usually you need to run a mining pool because it requires a stratum protocol if you want to mine solo.

Just in case if you want to try running your own pool, you can try any of these below

- https://github.com/tpruvot/yiimp
- https://github.com/jtoomim/p2pool

Or the one provided by -ck posted here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=790323.0

You are correct. After getting everything set up, I was getting the GBT error when connecting to the BTC Core.  I'm currently mining to ck pool. Thanks for the info! I'll look into the pool software.

Using ckpool is better choice, since it offer better block propagation compared by running your own node. But guide i mention earlier should works on mainnet with little modification, according to this post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5415335.msg64137683#msg64137683 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5415335.msg64137683#msg64137683).

Not sure this is the right thread to be asking questions like that. Probably best to make a new thread on the specific topic, you might get a better answer then.