why do you want to do that?
I mine mostly because I like the technology, and have (already paid for) CPU cycles spare. Plus, doing it without a pool is a bit like playing the lottery.
local monero node and done, no?
Aha! I have no such thing as far as I’m aware, since I use the mymonero wallet.
I should run a node, and in the “pool” section of the xmrig config, point to localhost?
There’s only the physical, measurable (“form”). The abstract (“formless”) is an approximation we come up with to allow reasoning within our limited brain.