go.dev/blog/gopher
24 Mar 2014
Read on go.dev ↗
“The Go Gopher”
Rob Pike and Andrew Gerrand on the Go blog: an iconic mascot and one of the most distinctive features of the Go project.
Live on Robinhood Chain
Go's iconic mascot.Born at Google.Paired with $GOOGL.
The Go Gopher has been the face of Google's programming language since 2009. Millions of developers call themselves gophers. Now the gopher has a ticker.
$ go get gopher
Contract address coming soon
Robinhood Chain · pair GOPHER/GOOGL · verify the address before you swap
est. 2009
× $GOOGL
package gopher
Meet the Go Gopher.
The official mascot of Go, the open-source programming language created at Google and used inside Google itself.
Created by Renée French, the Gopher became Go's mascot for its 2009 open-source launch. Google later turned him into plush toys for Google I/O and vinyl figures for OSCON. Go's own website uses the Gopher as its favicon, and the full history is documented on go.dev.
Today Go is used by millions of developers who call themselves “gophers.” There's an annual conference, GopherCon, running since 2014. Its 2026 edition was in Seattle, August 3–6, and the organisers still call attendees “your gopher friends.”
In the last few weeks alone the gopher headlined Google's Genkit Go announcement and the Go 1.27 release notes. Seventeen years in and he's still on the front page.
A mascot since 2009. Millions of gophers. An entire developer culture. Now $GOPHER comes onchain.
Paired with $GOOGL on Robinhood Chain. The mascot, next to the company that raised him.
- Before 2009
Renée French draws a wide-eyed gopher for a WFMU radio T-shirt. The Go gopher is later derived from it.
- 2009
Go goes open source with the Gopher as its mascot. The Go FAQ covers it under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
- 2014
Rob Pike and Andrew Gerrand publish “The Go Gopher” on the Go blog. The first GopherCon is held.
- 2016
Renée presents the gopher model sheet at GopherCon: hat gopher, tie gopher, balalaika gopher. He's the Go gopher, not just any gopher.
- July 2026
Gophers front Google's Agent Skills in Genkit Go announcement.
- August 2026
Go 1.27 ships, with a
Gopherstruct in the release notes. GopherCon 2026 fills Seattle, August 3–6. - Now
$GOPHER launches on Robinhood Chain, paired with $GOOGL.
Seventeen years of gopher.
From a radio station T-shirt to a Google plush toy. All documented on the Go blog.
The receipts.
Everything on this page is public, official, and linked. Screenshots straight from go.dev and Google's own developer blog.
go.dev/doc/faq
Go FAQ
Read the FAQ ↗
Origin of the mascot
Designed by Renée French. Derived from a WFMU T-shirt. Licensed CC BY 4.0. He's the Go gopher, not just any old gopher.
developers.googleblog.com/en/enable-on-demand-expertise-with-agent-skills-in-genkit-go/
31 Jul 2026
Read on Google's blog ↗
Google puts gophers on the front of Genkit Go
Google's developer blog announced Agent Skills in Genkit Go with a full watercolour banner of gophers. The mascot is still doing the heavy lifting for Google in 2026.
developers.googleblog.com
31 Jul 2026
Open ↗
The post, as published
Daniela Petruzalek, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google. Gophers above the fold.
go.dev/blog/go1.27
19 Aug 2026Go 1.27 ships with a
Read the release ↗
Go 1.27 ships with a Gopher struct
The Go team's latest release notes literally use type Gopher struct to demonstrate the new language features.
Paired with $GOOGL.
Robinhood Chain brings tokenised stocks onchain. $GOOGL is Google. The gopher is Google's. So $GOPHER trades against the company that made him.
- TokenGOPHER
- Ticker$GOPHER
- PairGOPHER / GOOGL
- ChainRobinhood Chain
No new story was invented for this. The mascot was already Google's. The chain already had $GOOGL. We just introduced them.
package gopher
type Gopher struct {
Name string // "GOPHER"
Since int // 2009
Pair string // "GOOGL"
Chain string // "Robinhood"
}
func main() {
g := Gopher{Name: "GOPHER", Since: 2009, Pair: "GOOGL", Chain: "Robinhood"}
go g.Moon() // concurrency
}
How to buy $GOPHER.
Four steps. Match the network and the full contract address before you confirm anything.
Get a wallet
Use a self-custody wallet that supports Arbitrum-based networks, such as MetaMask or Rabby. Keep some ETH for gas.
Add Robinhood Chain
Add the network from an official source and bridge funds across through the verified route.
Paste the contract
Open the DEX and paste the full $GOPHER address from this page. Never search by ticker alone: GOPHER can be copied, the address can't.
Swap
Check network, token address, amount and fees. Confirm only when every detail matches. Welcome, gopher friend.
Token details.
Know the gopher. Check the token.
- Name
- GOPHER
- Ticker
- $GOPHER
- Network
- Robinhood Chain (Arbitrum L2)
- Pair
- GOPHER / GOOGL
- Supply
- 1,000,000,000
- Contract
- Coming soon
Security rule: never trust a ticker alone. Match the network and the full contract address before connecting a wallet. The only official X account is @gogopherrh. There are no other socials.
$ cat contract.txt
Contract address coming soon
Official contract address for $GOPHER on Robinhood Chain
Powered up.
Same gopher, seventeen years of training. Verify the address, then join the gophers.
He's the Go gopher.
Not just any old gopher.
Seventeen years as Google's mascot. One ticker. Paired with $GOOGL on Robinhood Chain.