Gopher Novice - Part II.
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State of my knowledge
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Cont. of [Gopher Novice - Part I].

~ [Gopher Novice - Part I]:
 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/szczezuja/novice/2021-06-15-Gopher-novice-part-i.txt

After two weeks of studying Gophersphere I stuck in the same point. I
don't have many new information but I'll write the main hypothesis and
notes as below:

-The source of the Gemini protocol-

It is said that Gemini protocol has its source in Gophersphere. Or that
Gemini protocol is some how "next Gopher". I've read Solderpunk phlog,
and it's less than I had imagined. There are no many other traces of
Gemini in Gophersphere.

~ Solderspunk's realm:
 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/1/%7esolderpunk/

-Gophersphere is volatile -

.. but, Gophersphere is volatile. Some articles from phlogs from no
more than five years ago are inaccessible now. It's hard to get a copy,
like Internet Archive Project for HTTP.

-Gopher and TLS-

Surprisingly, there are much more discussion about TLS in Gopher
protocol. There are many unofficial protocol extensions and so on. This
topic need more exploration.

-Interesting gopher holes-

I was asking about interesting gopher holes, and in response I got
some main links as below. Notable is that some small communities (SDF,
Zaibatsu, Tilde.team etc.) has some impact on Gemini ([email protected],
solderpunk@zaibatsu etc.).

~ The Gopher Lawn - Categorize the interesting part of the gopherspace.:
 gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn

~ Floodgap Systems':
 gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/

~ Floodgap Systems' - Gopher server installed after 1999:
 gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/new

~ The Observable Gopherspace Universe Project:
 gopher://gopher.viste.fr/1/ogup/list

~ SDF:
 gopher://sdf.org/1

~ Tilde.team pubnix:
 gopher://tilde.team/1/

~ Flagship Circumlunar Colony Est. 2018:
 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/

-Gopher zines-

I was asking about some zines in Gophersphere. But there are no
response. I was thinking that this would be indicator of active part
of Gophersphere, and its fresh topic or main active people. This topic
need more exploration.

-Conferences-

.. but, I spotted a conference which has place in Gophersphere in 2021.

~ Bitreichcon 2021:
 gopher://bitreich.org/1/con/2021

-Gopher apps-

I was asking about some apps in Gophersphere. But I didn't get notable
examples in response. I notices some direction, which could be explored:

* Gopher interface for Git

* Gopher file system

~ Stagit-gopher:
 gopher://git.codemadness.org/1/git/stagit-gopher/log.gph

~ gopherfs:
 gopher://gopher.r-36.net/1/scm/gopherfs

-Gopher and Tor-

.. but, there is much Tor in Gophersphere. I didn't explore nothing
which is behind Tor. I got one response on Fediverse that usage of Tor in
Gophersphere is for encryption (TLS isn't a standard part of protocol),
or for hosting service without public domain.

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