Quote:I have heard some buzz about this recently!

I am thinking about renting a server soon, and I most definitely will look into setting up a gemini server.
Writing a browser for this protocol could also be a very interesting project!

Good luck! By the way, some gemini communities offer free hosting for static sites.

Quote:So is this meant as a simpler replacement of file sharing for IoT, M2M, and low-power devices?

Not exactly. It is not meant to be a replacement of anything, it's just a protocol for people who want to read&write mostly textual content and miss old web's or gopher's aesthetics (in fact, solderpunk, the creator of gemini, used to be a gopher enthusiast). However, it can be used as a file sharing protocol for sure.