Would it be possible to run a Bitcoin node using Gopher?

[Jet Cash]

Gopher is an early text based protocol that has been supplanted by the modern html based internet. If you consider Bitcoin to be a monetary based financial system, then it would seem to be an essentially text based communication medium. This would fit in well with the Gopher communication concept. I found a few discussions  about Gopher on bitcoin talk between 2012 and 2014, but nothing since.  In view of the current attack on the Bitcoin blockchain, and the apparent corruption of Core development, would it be possible to add a Gopher communication option to the Knots node software?

[Mia Chloe]

Gopher is an early text based protocol that has been supplanted by the modern html based internet. If you consider Bitcoin to be a monetary based financial system, then it would seem to be an essentially text based communication medium. This would fit in well with the Gopher communication concept. I found a few discussions  about Gopher on bitcoin talk between 2012 and 2014, but nothing since.  In view of the current attack on the Bitcoin blockchain, and the apparent corruption of Core development, would it be possible to add a Gopher communication option to the Knots node software?

I don't think so. You can’t really run a Bitcoin node over Gopher because Bitcoin’s network uses its own binary message system for communication while Gopher is actually just a simple text based request system meant for sharing simple texts and probably documents.

Anyways I think it's possible to make a Gopher interface for a Bitcoin node that shows things like block height and mempool info but the thing is that It would be like a lightweight text version of mempool.space and can still fit the old school and simple style Gopher is actually known for.

[Karl_3000]

You can not run a bitcoin node with a Gopher. If you want to run a bitcoin node, use a computer, raspberry pi or a machine that is cloud based. If you want something that will not consume data which I think is the reason you asked about Gopher, you can use raspberry pi instead but it can be somehow a little expensive to set up.

[Stalker22]

You can not run a bitcoin node with a Gopher. If you want to run a bitcoin node, use a computer, raspberry pi or a machine that is cloud based. If you want something that will not consume data which I think is the reason you asked about Gopher, you can use raspberry pi instead but it can be somehow a little expensive to set up.

Your thinking is fundamentally confused.  Do you even know what a Gopher is?  You sound like you think it is some new, micro-PC or a cheap version of a Raspberry Pi.  Well, it is not!

A Gopher is a communication protocol, much like HTTP is.  You dont "run" a Bitcoin node on the protocol but on a hardware device (i.e. computer).  OP asked if it was possible to run a Bitcoin node using Gopher, not "on Gopher".

[Cryptomultiplier]

Gopher is an early text based protocol that has been supplanted by the modern html based internet. If you consider Bitcoin to be a monetary based financial system, then it would seem to be an essentially text based communication medium. This would fit in well with the Gopher communication concept. I found a few discussions  about Gopher on bitcoin talk between 2012 and 2014, but nothing since.  In view of the current attack on the Bitcoin blockchain, and the apparent corruption of Core development, would it be possible to add a Gopher communication option to the Knots node software?

The Gopher protocol was originally developed in the early '90s as a predecessor to the World Wide Web. It is functional as a system for document retrieval with menus of links. Its server does not maintain an open, persistent connection, thus, trying to run a Bitcoin node on Gopher would be basically impossible and almost like running a social media platform using only plain text emails.

Also, to answer your question, it is possible to add a Gopher communication option to the Knots node software, but it would be a problem when we try to access the primary Bitcoin node functions that is demanded to complete a successful P2p transaction.