If you are a solo miner with a low balance, you will never stake and therefore never be paid out for your research. If you do not stake research within six months of completing it, payment is lost. Currently you will need about 165k GRC to stake daily, 24k to stake weekly, and 1k GRC to stake every 6 months in the V8 system."

This statement remains undemonstrated and unsubstantiated. When v8 goes live, the difficulty of staking a POS block will decrease for those with medium balances. Currently we do not recommend attempting to go solo with a low balance, so I do not see how this is any different than the current situation.