IPV6 Networking, best practices?

I'm setting up IPV6 in my home so I can learn more about IPV6. So far
I've got more questions than I've learned about IPV6. So far I've
spent a lot of time reading but it seems like I need to spend a lot
more time reading. Here are some of my questions:

- How do I get IPV6 addresses for my home? I doubt I'll get any as it
looks like I have to wait until the ISPs catch up. I have a Go6
tunnel but it gives me a /128 (I may need to do a lot more reading
as some imply that I might be able to get to my other device from
the V6 network).

- Is there software like a NAT gateway for IPV6 to IPV4?

- What IP address should my IPV6 apps bind to? I've been playing
around with getaddrinfo and getnameinfo they seem simple
enough. I've got djbdns working with IPV6 but one of its apps binds
it self to an address like: ::ffff:127.0.0.1:53 (IPV4 Mapped
addressing) but this is not one of the IPV6 addresses that I have on
my interface.

- Are there any best practices papers available? So far I've not found
any but there's a lot of information that I've reading through.

Sorry if the questions are stupid, I know I have a long way to go and
I'll keep reading and learning.

Thanks

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