It is possible to join a pool with a bitaxe.

I started on Ocean. They have Lightning payouts. The thing is that it is only through Bolt12 (not for LND, like Alby Hub). I don't wanted to start a new LN node or create a new wallet that supports Bolt12 and add liquidity just for that. So I moved to Braiins. They were the first pool to implement lightning payouts and using an LN address.

The payout scheme for both pools is different. At Braiins they pay not for every mined block, but for the shares, the hashrate you provide, even if any block is found. This makes the rewards more predictable and stable 👍

And thanks a lot ⚡